Organizational Structure
SWERVE is funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR), together with 7 Partner Organisations who each provide a SWERVE infrastructure: The University of Gothenburg (GU), the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS), the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå University (UmU), the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and Stockholm University (SU). These Partners constitute the SWERVE Consortium.
Secretariat
The lead organisation for SWERVE is GU, which is also where the Secretariat is located.
Louise Newman
Director
louise.newman@gu.se
Lovisa Thoursie
Project Manager
lovisa.thoursie@gu.se
Linnea Björkil
Finance Officer
linnea.bjorkil@gu.se
Håkan Axelsson
Data Manager
hakan.axelsson@polar.se
Steering Committee
SWERVE operations are overseen by an independent Steering Committee, which is responsible for strategic oversight, review and prioritisation of ship-time funding allocation, and allocation of project resources.
Per Nieuwjaar
Chair
Position: Director, RV Department (retired)
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Email: per.nieuwejaar@gmail.com
Anna Willstrand Wranne
Vice chair
Position: Scientific Project Manager
Affilitation: Voice of the Ocean (VOTO)
Email: anna.wranne@voiceoftheocean.org
Lena Bergström
Member
Position: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Email: lena.bergstrom@slu.se
Sarah Josefssonn
Member
Position: Marine Chemist, Project Manager
Affiliation: Swedish Geological Survey (SGU)
Email: sarah.josefsson@sgu.se
Ian Snowball
Member
Position: HoD, Professor
Affiliation: Uppsala University UU
Email: ian.snowball@geo.uu.se
Lars Arneborg
Member
Position: HoD, Researcher
Affiliation: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
Email: lars.arneborg@smhi.se
Jarone Pinhassi
Member
Position: Professor
Affiliation: Linneaus University (LNU)
Email: jarone.pinhassi@lnu.se
Ship Operators Network
The Swedish Ship Operators Network (SON) will play an advisory role, providing logistics and infrastructure information to the SC, supporting the secretariat in communication efforts, and maintaining a close relationship with the Director to ensure module implementation is well integrated with existing vessel operations and requirements. The SON will also be involved in the process of prioritising ship time, by running logistical feasibility checks (details provided in Module 3).
Lasse Thorell
Chair
Role: Manager
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SGU), R/V Svea
Email: Lasse.Thorell@slu.se
Björn Lindell
Member
Role: Ship Manager
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SGU), R/V Svea
Email: bjorn.lindell@gu.se
Mattias Sköld
Member
Role: Researcher
Affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SGU), R/V Svea
Email: mattias.skold@slu.se
Björn Bergman
Member
Role: Head of Marine Operations and Technology
Affiliation: Swedish Geological Survey (SGU), Ocean Surveyor
Email: bjorn.bergman@sgu.se
Christoph Humborg
Member
Role: Professor
Affiliation: Stockholm University (SU), Electra
Email: christoph.humborg@su.se
Thomas Strömsnäs
Member
Role: Commander
Affiliation: Stockholm University (SU), Electra
Email: thomas.stromsnas@su.se
Nicholas Kamenos
Member
Role: Professor, Director
Affiliation: Umeå University (UMU)
KBV181
Email: nick.kamenos@umu.se
Anna Palmbo Bergman
Member
Role: Chemist and Physical Geographer
Affiliation: Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (UMF), KBV181
Email: anna.palmbo.bergman@umu.se
Åsa Lindgren
Member
Role: Head of Department
Affiliation: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
c/o Luleå tekniska universitet (LTU), Oden
Email: asa.lindgren@polar.se
Louise Newman
Member
Role: Director
Affiliation: University of Gothenburg (GU), Skagerak
Email: louise.newman@gu.se
Daniel Bergman-Sjöstrand
Member
Role: Oceanographic engineer
Affiliation: SMHI
Email: daniel.bergman-sjostrand@smhi.se
Scientific Review Panel
Prioritisation of access to research vessel funding is managed through a process of scientific review of ship-time proposals. This review is carried out by an international Review Panel. The Terms of Reference for the Panel can be found here.
Caroline Slomp
Chair
Expertise: Geochemistry
Affiliation: Utrecht University
Elin Darelius
Vice chair
Expertise: Physical oceanography
Affilitation: University Bergen
Lasse Riemann
Member
Expertise: Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
Affiliation: University Copenhagen
Tina Kutti
Member
Expertise: Biology
Affiliation: IMR
Henry Vallius
Member
Expertise: Sediment, geology
Affiliation: Geological survey Finland