"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

Photo Magnus Bergström
No one has yet managed to combine Einstein’s general theory of relativity with quantum mechanics. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Magdalena Zych is rising to the challenge using a new mathematical framework in which time is the link between the theories.
Photo Johan Wingborg
Wallenberg Academy Fellow Yasmine Sassa is developing and studying novel materials with exotic magnetic states to enable future sustainable technologies.
Photo Johan Gunséus
Wallenberg Scholar Lars Nyberg has spent decades deepening our understanding of how the brain and memory function – and how they change as we age.
Photo Kennet Ruona
For a long time, economic growth has been portrayed as a necessity for prosperity. Now, that perception is being questioned. Oksana Mont wants to examine how commercial businesses and non-commercial organizations could function in a world without growth.