Research grant

For the first time since returning to Sweden in 2014, I am happy to report that I have just been able to secure a major research grant. Having applied together with other researchers at Halmstad University last year, we learnt this morning that we have indeed been awarded 4.5 million SEK over a period of three years from the Swedish Energy Agency for research on the politics of bioenergy. With such great news, my morning in Halmstad could not have been any better as I marked a bunch of exams and had a few meetings before jumping on the treadmill for another half marathon.

Now on the train back to Gothenburg, I decided to travel with SJ to secure my requalification to the highest level of the SJ Prio programme before it is being revamped in February. Though details remain scarce, at a bare minimum I would expect them to let people who have already requalify keep their status for the next year as anything else would basically be fraudulent. As such, 299 SEK felt like a sensible investment in order to keep my ability to freely change trains on all tickets.