People

Annika Bergviken

I am an Associate Professor in Education at the University of Gothenburg. I lead the research project Teachers' Digital Work - (in) Balance Between Demands and Support? In the SOS project, I compare policies on education digitalization and digital inequalities.

University of Gothenburg

Mail: annika.bergviken-rensfeldt@ait.gu.se 

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Barbara Patricia Nino Carreras

As a PhD Fellow, I study the barriers that people encounter when interacting with mandatory digital self-services in Denmark. I explore how citizens and their allies negotiate, enact, and understand different forms of access.

IT University of Copenhagen

Mail: Barb@itu.dk

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Brit Ross Winterhereik

I am a professor in the Division for Responsible Innovation and Design at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics. As a PI of the project, I monitor the projects progress and scientific content. My own research in the project focuses on digital inclusion and human-centered digitalization. I contribute to the scientific field of Science and Technology Studies and supervise Barbara Nino Carreras’ PhD research.

Technical University of Denmark

Mail: browi@dtu.dk

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Carl Erik Moe

I am a Professor at the Department of Information Systems. I study the creation and implementation of digital health services, telehealth, and citizens’ use of digital public services. I work on policy analysis across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

University of Agder

Mail: carl.e.moe@uia.no 

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Catarina Player

I am a Professor in Educational Work with a specialization in digitalization at the University of Borås. I am a researcher and part of the Balanced Project at the University of Gothenburg. My research concerns school digitalization and educational technology.

University of Gothenburg

Mail: catarina.player-koro@gu.se 

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Elin Thygesen

I am a professor at the Department of health and nursing science at the University of Agder and affiliated with the Centre of e-Health. My work focuses on social inclusion of marginalized groups, use of health and welfare technology and co-creation. 

University of Adgar

Mail: elin.thygsen@iua.no 

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Irina Papazu

I am an Associate Professor and ethnographer in Science and Technologies Studies and Political Science. I am interested in how public digitalization changes processes, practices, and power relations. In this project, I support the comparative analysis of empirical materials across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

IT University of Copenhagen

Mail: irpa@itu.dk 

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Katherine Stacey Brown

I am a PhD Fellow in Information Systems at the University of Agder. I study common barriers to digital inclusion in the Norwegian healthcare system and how these challenges are overcome today and might be addressed in the future.

University of Agder

Mail: katherine.s.brown@uia.no

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Margunn Aanestad

I am a Professor in Information Systems at the University of Agder in Norway. I am the Academic Head of the Centre of e-Health. In this project, I conduct research into how digital healthcare services can be improved in terms of accessibility and usability.

University of Agder

Mail: margunn.aanestad@uia.no 

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Michala Høg Daimar

I am a secretariat leader at the digital inclusion department of the Agency for Digital Government. I’ve worked on digital inclusion since 2015. Digital inclusion has risen to the top of the political agenda and increasingly more researchers are interested in the topic, therefore it is, of course, exciting to follow this journey.

The Danish Agency for Digital Government

Mail: mihda@digst.dk

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Mikaela Åberg

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning and in Child and Youth Studies. I study the practices that teachers categorize as informal digital work and analyze how this work is motivated and organized in the Swedish context.

University of Gothenburg

Mail: mikaela.aberg@ped.gu.se

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Mona Lundin

I have a PhD in Education and I work as a researcher at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. I lead a team of researchers studying policy documents to carry out a baseline description of universal welfare across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

University of Gothenburg

Mail: mona.lundin@ped.gu.se

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Søren Skaarup

I am a Postdoc at the Center for Public IT Department of BusinessIT. My research interest is the influence of digitalization on the meetings between citizens and the state. I have worked with digitalization and citizen service in the public sector since the mid-1980s.

IT University of Copenhagen

Mail: Skaa@itu.dk 

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Thomas Hillman

As a Professor of Applied Information Technology for Education at the University of Gothenburg, I work on this project in an advisory ability. My research examines how technologies shape and are shaped by the processes of learning and knowing.

University of Gothenburg

Mail: Thomas.hillman@ait.gu.se

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Åsa Makitalo

I am a Professor at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning. I am interested in communication, organization and learning, especially in regard to how institutional actors communicate and intervene in our lives, shape our identities and forms of participation in society.

University of Gothenburg

Mail: asa.makitalo@ped.gu.se

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Scientific Advisory Board

The SOS project has composed an international, scientific advisory board with 6 distinguished

members.