Program for mathematics 2024

In order for Sweden to regain an international, cutting edge position in Mathematics, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, will support prominent researchers in Mathematics during 2014-2030. The funding amounts to a total of SEK 650 million.

The aim is for Sweden to recover its position at the international cutting edge by giving the best young researchers international experience and by recruiting young as well as more experienced mathematicians to Sweden.

Including this year’s grants, 152 researchers have received funding since 2014.

The program includes several parts:

Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers with a Swedish doctors degree
Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers from outside Sweden
Nomination of guest professors

Six researchers receive international postdoctoral positions and funding for two years after they return to Sweden:

Dr Jiacheng Xia, Chalmers University of Technology (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)

Symmetry and rigidity unite number theory with geometry

Doctoral student Josefien Kuijper, Stockholm University (University of Toronto, Canada

Extending already known domains

Doctoral student Stefan Reppen, Stockholm University (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Towards mathematical theory of everything

Doctoral student Linnéa Gyllingberg, Uppsala University (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

Models for minimal cognition

Doctoral student Robin Stoll, Stockholm University (University of Cambridge, UK)

Graph complexes – a new tool in algebraic topology

Doctoral student Louis Hainaut, Stockholm University (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Comparing transformations of topological spaces

Five researchers receive grants to recruit a foreign researcher for a postdoctoral position in Sweden:

Dr Eusebio Gardella, University of Gothenburg

Distinguishing simple from complex dynamics

Dr Gustavo Jasso Ahuja, Lund University

Unexpected relationships revealed by abstract algebra

Dr Danijela Damjanović, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Symmetries for the study of chaos

Dr Christian Johansson, University of Gothenburg

Exotic geometry will shed light on a century-old conjecture

Professor Klas Modin, Chalmers University of Technology

New approach towards solving the storm puzzle

Seven established researchers from outside Sweden will be visiting professors at Swedish universities (in brackets)

Professor Christina Lienstromberg, University of Stuttgart, Germany (Lund University)

Model for avoiding accidents

Professor Rita Pardini, University of Pisa, Italy (Stockholm University)

Recognising the correct variety

Professor Jonathan Breuer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Random matrices reveal universal characteristics

Professor Mario Wüthrich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Stockholm University)

Fairness and discrimination in insurance pricing

Professor Ezra Getzler, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA (Uppsala University)

Algebraic perspectives on space

Professor Marco Martens, Stony Brook University, New York, USA (Uppsala University)

A deep understanding of change

Professor Steffen Rohde, University of Washington, USA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Finding links to randomness