Experts

The following experts with different backgrounds and areas of expertise are involved in the Russia project (RUFS) during 2011. Most of the participants speak Russian:

Carolina Vendil Pallin, Project Manager, Deputy Research Director, Ph.D.
Carolina covers Russian domestic policy and security policy decision-making, as well as Russian military reform, the security services and Russia's relations with the EU.

Märta Carlsson, Analyst.
Märta has a Master's degree in Political Sciences with a special focus on Russia. She follows the developments in the Russian armed forces. Märta has previously worked in the Swedish Armed Forces HQ, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Futures Studies.

Jakob Hedenskog, Deputy Research Director, Deputy Project manager, M.A.
Jakob is a Slavist and political scientist.  He covers Russian foreign policy, the North Caucasus and the countries in the CIS area (in particular, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).

Johan Norberg, Senior Researcher, M. Sc. Business Administration and Russian. Johan follows developments in the Russian Armed Forces. At FOI, Johan also works with analysis of international operations of the Swedish Armed Forces and with African security. He has previously worked in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and in the Swedish Parliament as well as served in peace support operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia and the Middle East.

Susanne Oxenstierna, Senior Researcher, Ph.D.
Susanne got  her  Ph.D. in economics at Stockholm University in 1991. She has worked with  public sector reform in Russia and other EE countries during the last 15 years. Susanne's present research topics centres on developments in the Russian economy, defence economy and energy sector.

Roger Roffey, Analyst, Master of Engineering in Chemistry/Biotechnology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and political scientist SU/UU. Roger is an expert on non-proliferation issues; particularly the Russian biological weapons programme/bio protection activities, as well as Russian R&D activities in the area of biotechnology. He also works with terrorism and environmental safety issues.

Fredrik Westerlund, Senior Researcher, B.A. in both Law and Political Science. Fredrik is currently writing a PhD thesis on modern Russian civil-military relations at the Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Fredrik focuses on Russia and security policy and is our expert on Russian military, the Russian military industrial complex and R&D. He also works with nuclear weapon and arms control issues, focusing on Russia.