Eva Söderström
Associate Professor of Computer Science
School of Informatics
Mandate of the Council
The Council has both a proactive and a reactive mandate in relation to research ethics issues and shall work to ensure that good research practice is upheld at the University. In its proactive work, the Council collaborates with the University’s Research Council. For reactive matters concerning suspected misconduct in research or other deviations from good research practice, collaboration takes place with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research prior to decisions by the Vice-Chancellor.
Specific areas of responsibility of the Research Ethics Council include:
- promoting increased awareness of research ethics at the University.
- providing advice and recommendations on matters relating to research ethics.
- ensuring that governing documents within the Council’s area of responsibility are up to date.
- acting as the receiving body for an initial dialogue in cases where there is a suspicion of misconduct in research or other deviations from good research practice.
- in collaboration with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, assisting the Vice-Chancellor with the preparation of cases and the collection of documentation from researchers in instances where misconduct in research is suspected, prior to the submission of documents to the Swedish National Board for Assessment of Research Misconduct (Npof).
- in collaboration with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, investigating cases that are not classified as misconduct in research but are suspected to constitute deviations from good research practice.
The Research Ethics Council may also serve as a consultative body and reference group in matters relating to research ethics.
Compostition of the the Research Ethics Council
- Masood Fathi, Associate Professor of Production Engineering, School of Engineering Science
- Marina Grahovar, Senior Lecturer in Business Administration, School of Business
- Viveca Larsson, Senior Lecturer in Public Health Science, School of Health Sciences
- Zelmina Lubovac, Senior Lecturer in BioInformatics, School of Bioscience
- Ludwig Mittermeier, PhD Student, student representative at research level
- Eva Söderström, Associate Professor of Computer Science, School of Informatics; Council Chair
The term of office for the members is from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026.
The Research Ethics Council welcomes all questions within the area of research ethics.
Group Photo from 2025 of the Research Ethics Council's members at that time. From Left to Right: Henrik Levin, Administrative Officer, Zelmina Lubovac, Senior Lecturer in BioInformatics, School of Bioscience, Masood Fathi, Associate Professor of Production Engineering, School of Engineering Science, Eva Söderström, Associate Professor of Computer Science, School of Informatics; Council Chair, Börje Boers, Associate Professor in Business Administration; representative of the Faculty Board, Homa Tajsharghi, Professor of Biomedicine/Pro-Dean, School of Health Sciences. (Absent from photo: Marina Grahovar, Ludwig Mittermeier.) Photo by Sara Sjöström.