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Bertil Vilhelmson

Telephone

+46 31-786 14 13

Mail

bertil.vilhelmson@geography.gu.se

Visiting address

Viktoriagatan 13 plan 4

41125 Göteborg

Room number

415

Postal address

Box 625

40530 Göteborg

About Bertil Vilhelmson

Senior professor in Human Geography

On other web sites

Research areas

Mobility studies – the geography of human spatial interaction
Transportation, communication, ICTs and migration
Environmental planning and geography
Time use studies
Urban and regional planning

Teaching areas

Transportation and communication geography
Environmental geography
Sustainable mobility
Urban and regional planning
Research methods

Selected publications

Daily mobility and the use of time for different activities. The case of Sweden
Vilhelmson, Bertil
GeoJournal, 48, s. 177-185, 1999

Does the Internet encourage people to move? Investigating Swedish young adults’ internal migration experiences and plans
Vilhelmson, Bertil, Thulin, Eva
Geoforum, 47:June, s. 209-216, 2013

Where does time spent on the internet come from? Tracing the influence of information and communications technology use on daily activities
Vilhelmson, Bertil, Thulin, Eva, Elldér, Erik
Information, Communication and Society, 20:2, s. 250-263, 2016

Who and where are the flexible workers? Exploring the current diffusion of telework in Sweden
Vilhelmson, Bertil, Thulin, Eva
New technology, work and employment, 31:1, s. 77-96, 2016

Spatial, generational and gendered trends and trend-breaks in mobility
Frändberg, Lotta, Vilhelmson, Bertil
Handbook of Sustainable Travel. Eds T. Gärling, D. Ettema & M. Friman, Dordrecht : Springer, s. 15-32, 2014

Publications

When local access matters: A detailed analysis of place, neighbourhood amenities and travel
choice

Erik Elldér, Katarina Haugen, Bertil Vilhelmson
Urban Studies - 2020-01-01
Hvorfor reiser vi slik som vi
gjør?

Bertil Vilhelmson
https://www.toi.no/commute/sluttseminar/ - 2020-01-01
Absent Friends? Smartphones, Mediated Presence, and the Recoupling of Online Social Contact in Everyday
Life

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson, Tim Schwanen
Annals of the American Association of Geographers - 2020-01-01
Usability of Accessibility Instruments in Regional Planning: The Case of Labour Markets and Daily Commuting in the Food Sector in Västra Götaland,
Sweden

Anders Larsson, Erik Elldér, Bertil Vilhelmson
Cecilia Silva, Nuno Pinto, Luca Bertolini Eds. (2019) Designing Accessibility Instruments. Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices, 1st Edition. - 2019-01-01
New Telework, Time Pressure, and Time Use Control in Everyday
Life

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson, Martina Johansson
Sustainability - 2019-01-01
Generationsvisa förändringar i äldres aktivitetsmönster betydelsefulla för hälsa och
välfärd.

Bertil Vilhelmson
Tidsgeografiska dagarna 2019, 9-10 maj, Göteborgs universitet - 2019-01-01
Att förstå och undersöka hållbar
tillgänglighet

Ana Gil Sola, Anders Larsson, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2019-01-01
More at home, more alone? Youth, digital media and the everyday use of time and
space

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Geoforum - 2019-01-01
Bringing the background to the fore. Time-geography and the study of mobile ICTs in everyday
life.

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
In: K Ellegård (Ed) Time Geography in the Global Context. An Anthology. - 2019-01-01
Negotiating proximity in sustainable urban planning: A Swedish
case

Ana Gil Sola, Bertil Vilhelmson
Sustainability - 2019-01-01
Accessibility strategies beyond the private car: A study of voluntarily carless families with young children in
Gothenburg

Ellen Lagrell, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Journal of Transport Geography - 2018-01-01
Everyday life changes in times of digitalization. Examining the daily activity patterns of young people in
Sweden

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Paper presented at 40th International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 24-26 October 2018 - 2018-01-01
Understanding sustainable accessibility in urban planning: Themes of consensus, themes of
tension

Ana Gil Sola, Bertil Vilhelmson, Anders Larsson
Journal of Transport Geography - 2018-01-01
What did we do when the Internet wasn’t around? Variation in free-time activities among three young-adult cohorts from 1990/1991, 2000/2001, and
2010/2011

Bertil Vilhelmson, Erik Elldér, Eva Thulin
New Media and Society - 2018-01-01
When does urban densification encourage proximity-oriented mobility
patterns?

Katarina Haugen, Erik Elldér, Bertil Vilhelmson
AESOP Annual Congress, July 10-14 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden - 2018-01-01
Proximity changes to what and for whom? Investigating sustainable accessibility change in the Gothenburg city region
1990–2014

Erik Elldér, Anders Larsson, Ana Gil Sola, Bertil Vilhelmson
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation - 2018-01-01
Where does time spent on the internet come from? Tracing the influence of information and communications technology use on daily
activities

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin, Erik Elldér
Information, Communication and Society - 2017-01-01
Unga, digitala media och vardagslivet: Flöden i bakgrunden, prioriteringar i
förgrunden

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Presentation vid Tidsgeografiska dagarna, Örebro universitet, 28-30 sept 2017 - 2017-01-01
Does online co-presence increase spatial flexibility? On social media and young people’s migration
considerations

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
CyberGeo: European Journal of Geography - 2017-01-01
Understanding sustainable accessibility in urban planning. Themes of consensus, themes of
tension

Ana Gil Sola, Bertil Vilhelmson, Anders Larsson
7th Nordic Geographers Meeting, Stockholm, 18-21 June 2017 - 2017-01-01
Environment as a Multifaceted Migration Motive: Meanings and Interpretations Among a Group of Young Adults in
Sweden

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Population, Space and Place - 2016-01-01
Changes in young people’s use of time and space due to increased virtual
mobility

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson, Erik Elldér
2nd International Time-Geography Conference, Linköping, September 21-24, 2016 - 2016-01-01
The internet and desire to move: the role of virtual practices in the inspiration phase of
migration

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie - 2016-01-01
Who and where are the flexible workers? Exploring the current diffusion of telework in
Sweden

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
New technology, work and employment - 2016-01-01
Compromising sustainable mobility? The case of the Gothenburg congestion
tax

Erik Hysing, Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management - 2015-01-01
Synpunkter på tillstånd och utvecklingslinjer inom HS-området ur kulturgeografisk synvinkel. Bilaga till Forskningens framtid. Ämnesöversikt 2014: Humaniora och
samhällsvetenskap

Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2015-01-01
Accessibility Atlas to Analyse Regional Acessibility to Labour in the Food
Sector

Anders Larsson, Erik Elldér, Bertil Vilhelmson
COST Action TU1002 – Assessing Usability of Accessibility Instruments - 2014-01-01
Spatial, generational and gendered trends and trend-breaks in
mobility

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Handbook of Sustainable Travel. Eds T. Gärling, D. Ettema & M. Friman - 2014-01-01
Geografisk
tillgänglighet

Anders Larsson, Erik Elldér, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2014-01-01
Tillgänglighet, mobilitet och IT baserade tillgänglighetsverktyg för
kollektivtrafikplanering

Anders Larsson, Erik Elldér, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2014-01-01
Transport geography in
Sweden

Bertil Vilhelmson
Journal of Transport Geography - 2014-01-01
Virtual practices and migration plans: a qualitative study of urban young
adults

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Population, Space and Place - 2014-01-01
The Internet and the migration process: the role of virtual practices in the pre-migrant
phase

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
IGU Regional Conference, Kraków, Poland, 18-22 August 2014 - 2014-01-01
Combining mobile and stationary ICT use - Implications for everyday
life

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
The International Time-Geography Days 2014, May 14-16, Linköping - 2014-01-01
Does the Internet encourage people to move? Investigating Swedish young adults’ internal migration experiences and
plans

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Geoforum - 2013-01-01
Where are the flexible workers? Urban-rural aspects of
telework

Bertil Vilhelmson
5th Nordic Geographers Meeting, 11-14 June 2013, Reykjavik - 2013-01-01
Hållbar mobilitet och omgivningsstrukturer i
förändring

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Hållbar utveckling. Samhällsplanering, lokala villkor och globala beroenden - 2013-01-01
The divergent role of spatial access: The changing supply and location of service amenities and service travel distance in
Sweden

Katarina Haugen, Bertil Vilhelmson
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice - 2013-01-01
Proximity, accessibility and choice: A matter of taste or
condition?

Katarina Haugen, Einar Holm, Magnus Strömgren, Bertil Vilhelmson, Kerstin Westin
Papers in Regional Science - 2012-01-01
The virtualization of urban young people's mobility practices: A time-geographic
typology

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Geografiska Annaler. Series B. Human Geography - 2012-01-01
Social relations, the Internet and decisions to
move

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Paper pres. at The 32nd International Geographical Congress, Köln 26-28 Aug. 2012 - 2012-01-01
Convergence or divergence? Changing gender differences in commuting in two Swedish urban
regions

Ana Gil Sola, Bertil Vilhelmson
Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography - 2012-01-01
More or less travel: personal mobility trends in the Swedish population focusing gender and
cohort

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY - 2011-01-01
Does the Internet encourage people to move? An exploratory study of Swedish young adult´s migration experiences and
plans

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Paper to 5th ICT Expert Group Meeting, 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2011, Berlin - 2011-01-01
More or less travel: personal mobility trends in the Swedish
population

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Journal of Transport Geography - 2011-01-01
Old, yet young: travel-activity patterns among new pensioners in
Sweden

Kerstin Westin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Social Space - 2011-01-01
'Excess' travel - when distance is
subordinated

Katarina Haugen, Bertil Vilhelmson
Geographical Knowledge, Nature and Practice. Nordic Geographers Meeting, 24th-27th May 2011, Roskilde, Denmark - 2011-01-01
ICTs and Activities on the Move? People’s Use of Time While Traveling by Public
Transportation

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin, Daniel Fahlén
Engineering Earth. The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects. Stanley D. Brunn (ed.) - 2011-01-01
The Internet, mobile phones and the geographies of everyday
life

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
YMER 2010 - 2010-01-01
Changes in personal mobility – trends and counter trends in
Sweden

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Paper presented at the XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, 11-17 July, Sweden, Gothenburg - 2010-01-01
Vad gör man när man reser? En undersökning av resenärers användning av restiden i regional
kollektivtrafik

Daniel Fahlén, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2010-01-01
Vad gör man när man reser? Hur människor använder sin restid i regional
kollektivtrafik

Daniel Fahlén, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Transportforum, 13-14 januari 2010, Linköping - 2010-01-01
Structuring Sustainable Mobility: A Critical Issue for
Geography

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Geography Compass - 2010-01-01
Rörlighetsstrategier i
förändring.

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Svensk Geografisk Årsbok 2009, Årgång 85 - 2009-01-01
Virtuell kontakt vs fysiskt resande. Vad händer när IT-användningen
ökar?

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Transportforum, 9 Januari 2009, Linköping - 2009-01-01
Mobile phones: Transforming the everyday social communication practice of urban
youth

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
In S. Campbell & R. Ling (Eds.) The reconstruction of space and time. Mobile communication practises - 2009-01-01
Activities on the move? People´s use of time while travelling by public
transportation

Daniel Fahlén, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Change - Society, Environment and Science in Transition. Nordic Geographers Meeting, 8-11 June, Turku, Finland. Turku University Department of Geography Publications - 2009-01-01
Rörlighetens tid. Vinnova
slutrapport

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2008-01-01
Den användbara restiden. Utgångspunkter för en studie av restidens förändrade användning och betydelse i människors
vardag.

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2008-01-01
Virtual mobility, time use and the place of the
home

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Journal of Economic and Social Geography, TESG - 2008-01-01
Aspects of Corporeal, Virtual and Media Mobility Development in
Sweden

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin, Kristina Lindström
Cosmobilities workshop: The future of Cosmobilities Network, 12-14 march 2008, Holbaek, Denmark - 2008-01-01
Mobiles everywhere: Youth, the mobile phone, and changes in everyday
practice

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Young : Nordic Journal of Youth Research - 2007-01-01
The use of the car. Mobility dependencies of urban everyday
life

Bertil Vilhelmson
In T. Gärling and L. Steg (Eds.) Threats to the Quality of Urban Life from Car Traffic: Problems, Causes, and Solutions - 2007-01-01
Mobiles all around: Changes in everyday communication practice of urban
youth

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Paper to 2nd Nordic Geographers Meeting. Bergen, Norway, 15-17 June, 2007 - 2007-01-01
Structuring sustainable mobility - a critical issue for environmental
geography

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Paper to the 2nd Nordic Geographers Meeting, Bergen, Norway 15-17 June 2007. - 2007-01-01
ICT, proximity and the place of home: a time use
perspective

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Paper to the Fifth Proximity Conference: Proximity between interactions and institutions, Bordeaux, France, 28-30 June, 2006 - 2006-01-01
Rörlighetens omvandling: Svenska ungdomars resor och virtuella
kommunikation.

Lotta Frändberg, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Framtider - 2006-01-01
Virtual mobility and processes of displacement:Young peopleâ??s changing use of ICT, time, and
place.

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Netcom - 2006-01-01
Mapping the potential consequences of car-use reduction in urban
areas

Peter Loukopoulos, Tommy Gärling, Bertil Vilhelmson
Journal of Transport Geography - 2005-01-01
Time for mobility.Outlines on an
investigation

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Paper to the Inaugaral Nordic Geographers Meeting. May 10-14, 2005, Lund, Sweden. - 2005-01-01
Rörlighetens omvandling. Om resor och virtuell kommunikation - mönster, drivkrafter,
gränser.

Lotta Frändberg, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2005-01-01
Mobilitet och miljö i globaliseringens tid. Om svenskarnas internationella
resande.

Bertil Vilhelmson, Lotta Frändberg
Konflikter, samarbete, resultat. Perspektiv på svensk miljöpolitik. - 2005-01-01
Virtual mobility of urban youth. ICT-based communication in
Sweden.

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. - 2005-01-01
Reser man mindre i täta
städer?

Bertil Vilhelmson
Gränsbrytning - 2005-01-01
Urbanisation and everyday mobility. Long-term changes of travel in urban areas of
Sweden.

Bertil Vilhelmson
Cybergeo - 2005-01-01
Virtual mobility and people´s use of time and place. Developments in
Sweden

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Paper to the 30th Congess of the International Geographical Union, Aug. 2004, Glasgow - 2004-01-01
Coastal protection for whom? Land use conflicts in coastal
areas

Jens Ingensand, Bertil Vilhelmson
Poster to the Nordic GIS-conference, 18-20 Oct. 2004, Göteborg - 2004-01-01
Integrated Mobility
Research

Lotta Frändberg, Kristina Lindström, Lisette Petersson, Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
Poster at the International Geographical Union’s congress, Glasgow 15-20 August 2004 - 2004-01-01
Utvecklingen av bebyggelsen i strandzonen vid Gullmarn 1975 -
2001.

Jens Ingensand, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2004-01-01
Home as a pocket of local order: Everyday activities and the friction of
distance.

Kajsa Ellegård, Bertil Vilhelmson
Geografiska Annaler B - 2004-01-01
Personal mobility - a corporeal dimension of transnationalisation. Long-distance travel from Sweden
1994-2000

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
Environment & Planning A - 2003-01-01
ICT-based activities among young people - user strategies in time and
space

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Paper to the Digital Communities Conference 2003, Stockholm, Sweden, June 15-18, 2003 - 2003-01-01
Hur utvecklas kollektivresandet
framöver?

Bertil Vilhelmson
Kollektivtrafik med människan i centrum - 2003-01-01
Green consumption, energy use and carbon dioxide
emission.

Bertil Vilhelmson
Geografiska Annaler Series B - 2003-01-01
Rörlighetens internationalisering: Den svenska befolkningens utlandsresande
1994-2000.

Lotta Frändberg, Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2002-01-01
Rörlighet och förankring - Geografiska aspekter på människors
välfärd

Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2002-01-01
Is regular work at fixed places fading away? The development of ICT-based and travel-based modes of work in
Sweden

Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin
Environment and Planning - 2001-01-01
ICT, work-related activities and
travel

Eva Thulin, Bertil Vilhelmson
NETCOM, Networks and Communication Studies - 2000-01-01
Reser man mindre i täta orter? - Tätortsstrukturer och dagligt resande i Sverige 1978 och
1997

Bertil Vilhelmson
- 2000-01-01
Daily mobility and the use of time for different activities. The case of
Sweden

Bertil Vilhelmson
GeoJournal - 1999-01-01