In 2006, the Swedish Research Council granted 20 millions SEK to set up a Center of Gender Excellence at the inter-university Institute of The- matic Gender Studies, Linköping University & Örebro University, for the period 2007-2011. Linköping University has added fve million SEK as matching funds, while Örebro University has added three million SEK as matching funds.
The following is a short presentation of the excellence center.