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In connection with SAFER’s 20th anniversary celebration, special awards were presented to recognise outstanding contributions within the SAFER community. The recipients were:

• SAFER Collaboration Award; Paul Hemeren, University of Skövde
• SAFER Project Leadership Award: Mats Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology
• SAFER Leadership Award: Mats Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology
• SAFER Idea Development Awards: Sanna Eveby, Guidance To Zero, and Maytheewat Aramrattana, VTI

As a collaborative platform, SAFER is built on long-term partnerships, shared knowledge, and joint efforts across academia, industry and public actors. These awards highlight the importance of engagement, leadership and idea development in strengthening our collective capacity to contribute to safer traffic environments for all.

Award recipients

SAFER Collaboration Award
This recognition is awarded to Paul Hemeren, University of Skövde, who through his long-standing and recurring engagement in SAFER’s project development and knowledge-sharing activities has made a distinct impact. Through his contributions, Paul has strengthened the SAFER community and our joint efforts towards a safer traffic environment for all.

SAFER Project Leadership Award
This recognition is awarded to an individual who, over SAFER’s 20 years of operation, has led the highest number of partner projects within the SAFER portfolio. By linking projects into the portfolio, Mats Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology, has created valuable conditions for learning, knowledge exchange and synergies among network partners. His engagement has strengthened both the impact of individual projects and SAFER’s overall capacity to contribute to safer traffic environments for all.

SAFER Leadership Award
This recognition is awarded to an individual who, through long-term engagement in leading roles within SAFER, in the management team, board and competence networks, has made a lasting impact on the organisation. Throughout SAFER’s 20-year development, Mats Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology, has with continuity, commitment and strategic vision contributed to shaping direction, strengthening collaboration and developing the network’s collective capacity. His contributions have been of great importance to SAFER’s development and to our shared work towards safer traffic environments for all.

SAFER Idea Development Awards
This recognition is awarded to the two individuals who have submitted the highest number of applications to SAFER’s Idea Exploration Program. In doing so, they have played an important role in initiating new pre-studies in road safety. Through their engagement, Sanna Eveby, Guidance To Zero, and Maytheewat Aramrattana, VTI, have contributed to bringing together new constellations, testing new ideas and exploring new areas. Their efforts have not only resulted in individual initiatives, but have also strengthened SAFER’s ability to develop research areas, build new collaborations and lay the foundation for future projects that benefit safer traffic environments for all.