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Biography

My research is about citizen engagement in environmental governance through citizen science, citizen observatories or Urban Living Labs. Most often about using low-cost sensors for air pollution monitoring. Other interests concern online learning through productive dialogues.

- NordicPATH project https://nordicpath.nilu.no
- CitiObs project: https://citiobs.eu/

Activities

Employment (6)

Norwegian Institute for Air Research: Lillestrøm, NO

2023-09-11 to present | Researcher (Urban Environment and Industry)
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University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2022-12-01 to 2023-08-31 | Senior Lecturer (Applied information technology)
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University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2022-04-14 to 2022-11-30 | Researcher (Applied Information Technology)
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Chalmers tekniska högskola: Goteborg, SE

2011-02-01 to 2022-04-13 | Project Leader (Department of Communication and Learning in Science)
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University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2016-09-01 to 2022-03-25 | PhD Student (Department of Applied IT)
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Hogskolan i Skovde: Skovde, SE

2002-08 to 2011-06 (Institutionen för Vård och Natur)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2016-09-01 to 2022-03-25 | Ph.D in Information Technology and Learning (Applied Information Technology)
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University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

2014 | One year M.S in Geography
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Karlstad University: Karlstad, SE

1998 | M.Ed. in Geography and Biology in Upper secondary school
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Umeå University: Umeå, SE

1994 | Bsc in Envrionmental Health
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Funding (2)

CitiObs – Enhancing Citizen Observatories for healthy, sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities

2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 101086421
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Nordic participatory, healthy and people-centred cities

2020-04-01 to 2023-03-31 | Grant
NordForsk (Oslo, NO)
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95326

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Works (9)

Agency and responsibility in smart air pollution monitoring

2023 8th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech)
2023-06-20 | Conference paper
Contributors: Karin Ekman; Marisa Ponti; Marc Peñalver Grau; Nuria Castell; Rasmus Nedergård Steffansen; Enza Lissandrello
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UNPACKING SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATIONS TO FIND PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE

2022-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Karin Ekman
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Making sense of sensing: Learning through Maker-based Civic Engagement

2022-03-02 | Dissertation or Thesis
Part of HANDLE: handle.net/2077/70614
Contributors: Karin Ekman
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Making sense of sensing: Scaffolding community knowledge in an online informal scientific engagement

Learning Communication and Social interaction
2021-09 | Journal article
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Behind the scenes of planning for public participation: planning for air-quality monitoring with low-cost sensors

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85089781340

Part of ISBN:

13600559 09640568

Contributors: Ekman, K.; Weilenmann, A.
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LEARNING 'SCIENCE' IN AN AIR QUALITY MONITORING COMMUNITY?

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
2019 | Conference paper
Contributors: Ekman, K.
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LEARNING ‘SCIENCE’ IN AN AIR QUALITY MONITORING COMMUNITY?

ICERI2019 Proceedings
2019-11 | Other
Contributors: Karin Ekman
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INFORMAL LEARNING IN AN ONLINE CITIZEN SCIENCE COMMUNITY

EDULEARN19 Proceedings
2019-07 | Other
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Attitudes towards IT and use of LMS in Teacher Education: A Swedish case study

Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference , 900-906
2015-03-02 | Conference paper
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Personal and ubiquitous computing. (1)
Review activity for Personal and ubiquitous computing. (1)