David Edvardsson is the Director General for the Research Policy Unit at the Ministry of Education and Research. His main field of work is research policy in general. David is the chairman of the Board of Auditors for the Nobel Foundation. Previously, David was employed as a Research Officer at the unit for Research Infrastructure at the Swedish Research Council. He has been the Swedish delegate to ESO (European Southern Observatory) Council, ESO representative in the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) Council, Swedish delegate in FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) Council and member of the financial oversight group of the IceCube neutrino observatory.