The scientific advisory council
The council's task is to be an advisory body to the foundation's board in matters concerning the fulfillment of the foundation's purpose. The scientific advisory council evaluates all applications and reviews the projects.
Walter Osika
ChairmanAssociate professor of clinical neuroscience, physician specializing in internal medicine, cardiology and psychiatry. Director of the Center for Social Sustainability at Karolinska Institutet, commission of trust as an expert in public investigations. Research covering early risk factors for cardiovascular and psychiatric diseases, mental stress and fatigue syndrome, as well as various aspects of sustainability.
Miek Jong
Director of NAFKAM and professor at Norges arktiske universitet, Tromsø, Norway. Associate professor at Mittuniversitetet Sundsvall.
Jong has more than 20 years of experience with investigating the effectiveness and safety of CAM modalities such as meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy, anthroposophic medicine, homeopathy, guided imagery, massage, herbs, nutrition and dietary supplements. Jong’s particular interests include supportive care in cancer, with specific focus on wilderness therapy. She has published more than 150 papers, articles, book chapters.
Hanna Friberg
Hanna Friberg is associate professor of biology, specializing in plant diseases in cultivated crops. Her research focuses on how we can design sustainable cropping systems and strategies against diseases and other plant pests, especially how crops can be designed to stimulate natural inhibition of plant diseases. She is chair of the steering group for SLU's Center for Biological Control, and sits on the council of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC WPRS). Teaching and collaboration outside of academia are important parts of Hanna's work.
Axel Mie
Axel Mie is a chemist and researcher at the Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University. He conducts research on links between the agricultural production system and human health, such as the effects of pesticides and cadmium in crops. He also has an interest in risk and protective factors for the development of allergic diseases during childhood.
Georg Carlsson
Professor at the Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp. Georg researches and teaches on the interaction between cultivated crops and their environment, with a particular focus on the cultivation of legumes and diversification through intercropping.
Klas Blomgren
Professor of Paediatrics at Karolinska Institutet and Senior Physician in Pediatric Oncology at Karolinska University Hospital with a special focus on brain tumors in children and adolescents. The goal of his research is to protect the brain against the severe side effects that often occur after radiation therapy to the brain, and to achieve better results from tumor treatment. He is Deputy Head of the Department of Women's and Children's Health.
Johanna Hök
Johanna Hök Nordberg, licensed pharmacist, researcher and teacher at Karolinska Institutet. Johanna's research is about the use of and dialogue around complementary treatment methods, especially in cancer. Her work focuses on investigating both the potential benefits and risks of these methods through different scientific approaches. She is also a process manager for Integrative Cancer Care at the Regional Cancer Center Stockholm Gotland. Her work is characterized by collaboration between academia, healthcare and civil society.
Hubertus Videgård
SecretaryHubertus has worked for many years as an IT project manager but has for the last few years been focusing on the Ekhaga Foundation and his own business. Hubertus is a graduate in economics and the grandson of the foundation's founder.