The Network for the Study of Emotions receives funding from Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
Researchers of History of Ideas Sara Ekström and Annika Berg have been granted SEK 55,000 for the work of the research network for emotional history.
Valentine de Milan, 1802. Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Public Domain.
The funds will support the network's continued activities in organising regular workshops for the participating researchers.
The Network for the Study of Emotions, established in 2024, creates interdisciplinary and inter-faculty meetings for researchers working on the study of emotions using different theories and methods. It mainly brings together researchers in the humanities and social sciences, but also welcomes behavioural scientists, natural scientists and researchers in medicine/health sciences
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse is a foundation that annually distributes funds to strengthen research, education, arts and social engagement work in Sweden.
The newly started network for the study of emotions creates cross-subject and cross-faculty meetings for researchers who, based on different theories and methods, work with the study of emotions.