External board

The external board at ARC meets at least twice a year, supporting and fostering the activity at ARC. It has an advisory role in budget issues as well as the overall planning of major ARC activities.

Current members

  • Mårten Palme, Professor of Economics, Stockholm University, Chair
  • Maria Ankarcrona (Head of Department), Professor of Experimental Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, representative of Karolinska Institutet as Head of Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
  • Martin Annetorp, Acting Manager Director, Aging Theme, Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm County Council, Health Care Services)
  • Bo Burström, Professor of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
  • Johanna Hållén, Secretary-General, PRO (the Swedish National Pensioners’ Organisation)
  • Maria Masucci, Professor of Virology and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for International Affairs, Karolinska Institutet
  • Susanne Rolfner Suvanto, Manager, the nursing institute in Sweden
  • Ola Sjöberg, Professor of sociology at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
  • Maria Stanfors, Professor of Economic History, Lund University

Current adjunct member

  • Carin Lennartsson, Director and Deputy Head of Aging Research Center (ARC), Senior lecturer.