University of Gothenburg
GPS400: Centre for Collaborative Visual Research
  2. GPS400: Centre for Collaborative Visual Research
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About us

We test and develop innovative and sustainable visual methods and models for research, collaboration and accessibility that increase public participation and interest in knowledge production concerning their local area’s past, present and future.

Steering group

  • Klara Björk, prefect, HDK-Valand
  • Markus Forsberg, researcher and director of Språkbanken Text
  • Marie Grusell, professor, Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG)
  • Karl-Magnus Johansson, Swedish National Archives in Gothenburg
  • Mats Jönsson, professor, Department of Cultural Sciences
  • Jens Lejhall, Regional Development, VGR
  • Peter Ljungstrand, researcher, RISE
  • Lena Martinsson, prefect, Department of Cultural Sciences
  • Fredrik Nilsson, Vice President of Campus and Sustainable Development, Chalmers
  • Morgan Palmqvist, library director, Gothenburg University Library
  • Dawn Sanders, Senior Lecturer, Unit for Subject Matter Education with specialization in Science and Technology Education
  • Mattias Rost, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied IT
  • Niclas Östlind, professor, HDK-Valand

Affiliated researchers

  • Monica Billger, professor, Department of ​Architecture and Civil Engineering
  • Marie Eneman, Docent, Department of applied IT, Devision of Informatics
  • Axel Danielson, filmmaker
  • Maarit Jaakkola, Co-Director, Nordicom
  • Karl-Magnus Johansson, Swedish National Archives in Gothenburg
  • Mats Jönsson, professor, Department of Cultural Science
  • Åsa Krüger, Scientific curator, Gothenburg Botanical Garden
  • Lena Pareto, professor, Department of Education, Communication and Learning
  • Fredrik Trella, researcher, RISE
  • Karin Wagner, professor, Department of Cultural Sciences
  • Louise Wolthers, researcher, the Hasselblad Foundation
  • Nina Mangalanayagam, senior lecturer, HDK-Valand

Archives - Libraries - Museums - Agencies - Companies - Institutions

  • Bohuslän Museum
  • Gothenburg Film Festival
  • Göteborgs Konsthall
  • Gothenburg Museum of Art
  • Gothenburg University Library (UB)
  • The Gothenburg Region
  • City of Gothenburg
  • KvinnSam
  • Museum of Gothenburg
  • HIGAB
  • National Library of Sweden

  • The Medical History Museum

  • Region Västra Götaland

  • SpråkbankenText

  • Swedish National Archives

  • Swedish National Archive in Gothenburg

  • Sveriges Television AB

  • Swedish Film Institute

  • Visual Arena

  • Västergötlands museum

Reference group

  • Ciara Chambers, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Les Roberts, University of Liverpool, England
  • Lars-Martin Sørensen, The Danish Film institut, Denmark
  • Roel Vande Winkel, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • Yvonne Zimmermann, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
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