Research Network

Forum for Health Policy cooperates closely with a number of researchers in various disciplines in order to stimulate science-based knowledge formation and dialogue in health policy. The network is a cornerstone in Forum’s mission to strengthen the interaction between decision makers and researchers.

Following researchers are part of the network

Anders Anell

Management/Organisation, Lunds Universitet

Economist and professor of health care organization and financial management at Lund University. Anell has previously served as Head of the Department of Health Sciences in Lund, IHE, and has been chairman of the Board of Health and Care Services. Anders has published books, articles and reports that deal with different topics related to healthcare organization and governance such as incentive structures, resource allocation, alternative payment methods, performance measurement, cost effectiveness criteria, etc.

Birger Forsberg,

International Health/ Public Health / Social Medicine,
Karolinska Institutet / Stockholms Läns Landsting

Specialist in Social Medicine and Associate Professor in International Health. Forsberg is head of the Health Development Unit at the Health Administration in Stockholm. The unit is responsible for the county council’s public health strategic work and international work, including relations with the European Commission. Forsberg has worked with international health through SIDA, WHO and the World Bank. His research concerns system aspects of control of infectious diseases and interaction between the private and public sectors.  

Joakim Ramsberg, 

Fil. Doctor of Economics, is a Health Economist and works at the The Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis

Joakim is also an affiliated researcher at the Karolinska Institutet. Joakim has previously been principal secretary in the Medicines Investigation and Harkness Fellow at Harvard medical school. His research and work cover broad fields within both health policy and social services. Particular focus is on issues related to governance and business development, and in particular state governance in areas where regions and municipalities are principals. Other strong interests are evidencebased decisionmaking as well as educational health care.

Richard B. Saltman, 

Health Policy och management, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. In his research Saltman looks at structures in the European healthcare systems, with particular focus on the Nordic countries. He has published 14 books and over 100 articles in a variety of health policy issues. Saltman was in charge of the Forum for Health Policy together with Johan Calltorp and Thorbjörn Larsson between 2011-2015.

Ulrika Winblad,

Social Medicine, Uppsala Universitet

Associate Professor in Social Research and Head of Research Group in Health Care Research at the Institute for Public Health and Health Sciences. Winblad´s research focuses on issues related to the management and organization of healthcare and elderly care, with particular focus on the market reforms introduced in Sweden during the last two decades. In several of the research projects, the effects of privatization and choice reforms are investigated, for example in terms of quality and patient status. Two of the research projects in Winblad´s research group are conducted in collaboration with the Forum for Health Policy.

Ewa Wikström,
Professor Health Governance, University of Gothenburg

Ewa Wikström, Professor in Health Governance. Her research focuses on governance, leadership, collaboration, teams, communication, projects and change management in health care as well as the public and private sectors. She has also conducted studies on organisational capability with a focus on age, competence and work environment in workplaces in both the public and private sectors.