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This site aims to present different aspects about research methods. This website was created and managed by Ronny Gunnarsson, Professor emeritus in General Practice at Gothenburg University in Sweden. Ronny created and maintained a Swedish site since 1998. In paralell Ronny started a similar website in english using the domain https://science-network.tv. The web site science-network.tv has now moved into infovoice.se creating a bilangual website.
This website is a one way presentation of written information and written advice provided for free without any cost for you. We do not offer personal consultations. Hence, you can’t use this website to book a personal consultation. However, you can always ask our AI assistant Science Ronny.
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Funding
The information on this website is provided for free as is. There is no fee for using this website. A common question is how do you make money to keep this site running. The answer is simple. I don’t. I have no income at all from this site. There are no adverts. It only cost me money to run this site. However, there are a few reasons for why I am running this site despite no financial gain:
- When I was new to research and constantly confused I had lots of interesting conversations with experienced researchers. Listening to their experience was very valuable to me. Having this website is one way of paying it forward.
- I am supervising many research projects and higher degree research students. Some topics tends to be discussed many times and having this site provides a foundation for some of these discussions. Hence, this site makes it easier to supervise many projects at the same time.
About Ronny Gunnarsson
Brief bio for Ronny Gunnarsson
I have worked in Sweden as general practitioner for 30 years. During these years I engaged in research with topics usually found within primary health care. The first area of interest was upper respiratory tract infections with focus on the sore throat. A consequence was further research about the clinical value of diagnostic tests.
Other areas of research interest is the transition from childhood to adulthood, whiplash-associated disorders (WAD), doctor’s behavior, assessment of the consultation, low back pain and supervision of PhD students. A CV with a publication list is found here.
I took my medical degree (MD) in Sweden 1980. I became a certified General Practitioner in Sweden in June 1991. I completed my PhD in 2001. A short summary with focus on research:
- Head of the Research and development (R & D) unit for primary health care and dental care in southern Älvsborg county, Sweden 1996-2011.
- Chairman of the local R & D Council of Southern Älvsborg County, Sweden 2000-2011.
- Member of the R & D Council for region Västra Götaland, Sweden 2007-2011.
- Member of the Steering Group for R & D Sjuhärad Välfärd, Sweden 2007-2011.
- Adjunct associate Professor in General Practice at Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Gothenburg University, Sweden 2007-2011.
- Adjunct Professor (≈Collegiate Professor) in General Practice at Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Gothenburg University, Sweden 2011-2019.
- Associate Professor in General Practice and Rural Medicine at Cairns Clinical School, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Australia 2012-2018.
- Member of the Research committee for College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Australia 2012-2017
- Member of the Honours committee for College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Australia 2012-2017 (being it’s chair 2013-2017).
- Member of Far North Queensland Human Research Ethichs Committee (FNQ HREC), Queensland Health, Australia 2012-2017.
- Professor in General Practice at the school of public health and community medicine at Gothenburg University, Sweden 2019-2024
- Professor emeritus at the school of public health and community medicine at Gothenburg University, Sweden 2025- (still active in research).
- Adjunct professor at the College of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook UNiversity, Australia, Dec 2025- (ongoing).
Ronny’s experience of formal research supervision
| Research projects by medical students Sweden / Australia | Masters by research Sweden / Australia | PhD students Sweden / Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 0 | 0 | 4 / 0 = 4 |
| Completed | 1 / 30 = 31 | 3 / 0 = 3 | 15 / 2 = 17 (6 as principal advisor) |
Interviews with Ronny Gunnarsson
(The video below is in Swedish. If you have difficulty understanding Swedish, you can get English subtitles by start to play the video, click on the gear icon, then click on Subtitles, then click on auto-translate and select English. This works reasonably well, but there will be some inaccuracies in the translation).