Organisation and management
VTI's highest authority is its Board of directors. The institute's executive director is the Director General.
Board of directors
VTI's highest authority is its Board of directors. Members are appointed by the government. Malin Löfsjögård is chairman of the board.
Caroline Ottosson
Chairman of the board
Appointed 2019
Anders Ydstedt
Member of the board
Appointed 2014
Tomas Svensson
Director General at VTI
Appointed 2017
Maria Khorsand
Member of the board
Appointed 2017
Lars Westin
Member of the board
Appointed 2019
Mats Wiberg
Member of the board
Appointed 2019
Linda Olofsson
Member of the board
Appointed 2021
Management team
To lead the institute the Director General has a management team at his disposal. It includes Deputy Director General, Heads of research departments, and Director of Administration.
- Tomas Svensson, Director General
- Åsa Aretun, Director General's office (Deputy Director General)
- Mattias Haraldsson, Head of research department
- Anita Ihs, Head of research department
- Jonas Jansson, Head of research department
- Jan Andersson, Director of Administration
Scientific Council and professors
VTI's Scientifiec Council shall promote scientific quality and research ethics at VTI. The Council also works to strengthen the competence and development opportunities for our research staff and consists of VTI's appointed professors.
VTI has the following professors:
- Anders Nordelöf – Environmental systems analysis
- Astrid Linder – Road safety with a focus on injury prevention
- Henrik Andersson – Economics with a specialization in transport economics
- Jan Andersson – Human-machine interaction (HMI) in the transport sector
- Jan-Eric Nilsson (emeritus professor) – Economics
- Karolina Isaksson – Social sciences with a focus on transport policy and planning
- Maria Börjesson – Economics with a focus on transport
- Sigurdur Erlingsson – Road and track engineering
- Yvonne Andersson-Sköld – Environmental analysis with a focus on transport
Research organisation
VTI's research organisation have three departments. Each department consists of a number of divisions. These are runned by Research Directors.
Research departments
- Infrastructure
- Society, environment and transport
- Traffic and road users
Shared functions
Under the department Shared functions, there are six units providing business support.
