Current and past scholarship holders

All previous scholarship recipients are part of the GELS alumni network, contributing both their experiences from the GELS project and their professional and personal experiences gained throughout their careers.

GELS Tijmen

GELS Scholarship Holder 2026

Student Tijmen Duivenvoorden has been awarded the Gun and Einar Larsson Stiftelse Scholarship 2026 (GELS) for his project “Feeding Futures in South Africa”.

He has had a long-standing interest in understanding how systemic factors like access to nutrition shape individual well-being. Moreover, he aims to develop a playbook for schools in South Africa to bridge the gap between policy and local implementation of school meal programs, in order to contribute to educational outcomes, health, and community development, especially in under resourced areas.

“My project seeks to close the gap between national policy and sustainable local action. It will stand as a living model of shared responsibility for nutrition, transforming my academic commitment to health, education, and social equity into tangible, community-driven change.”

Past GELS Scholarship Holders

  • 2025: David Graf
  • 2024: Shalini Jha, Joseph Hao, Viktor Svensson and Eric Oetterli
  • 2023: Katarina Li Qiu and Buene Gjana
  • 2022: Markus Nilsson and Lovisa Bergdahl
  • 2021: Malin Lundblad and Cindy Wang
  • 2020: Amanda Blomdahl, Hugo Nordström, and Daniel Johannesson
  • 2019: Natalie Wild and Jakob Nordfeldt
  • 2018: Sebastian Blendow and Lukas Bolin Willfors
  • 2017: Athina Swahn and Anja Tuneld
  • 2016: Astrid Palmstierna and Yuelin Wang
  • 2015: Erik Tivenius and Emanuel Rezvani
  • 2014: Adam Novak and Johannes Meder
  • 2013: Jasmin Moshfegh and Clara Schultz
  • 2012: My Hedlin and Karin Bratt
  • 2011: Pontus Andersson and Michel Dahlberg Traore
  • 2010: Karin Bergström
  • 2009: Charlotte Staf
  • 2008: David Risselborn and Jian Kang
  • 2007: Malin Ivarsson
  • 2006: Lisa Sjöblom
  • 2005: Victor Sundén and Johan Bergström
  • 2004: Carl-Johan Westring
  • 2002: Johan Söör
  • 2001: Johan de Geer
  • 2000: David Bejker and Fredrik Cornell
  • 1999: Hussein Kanber Agha