Kansliets noteringar
Kod
Dnr
2008-1811-12538-47
2008
Project grant
Announced grants
Annual call of 2008
Total amount for which applied (kSEK)
2009
2010
2011
823
873
990
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
APPLICANT
Name(Surname, First name)
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
Sex
Female
Academic title
Associate professor
Date of doctoral exam
2000-12-15
Email address
[email protected]
Position
lektor
Phone
013-281578
Fax
013-149403
Administering Organisation
Linköpings universitet
University/corresponding, Department, Section/Unit, Address, etc.
Linköpings universitet
Ekonomisk och industriell utveckling (IEI)
Statsvetenskap
58183 Linköping, Sweden
DESCRIPTIVE DATA
Project title, Swedish (max 200 char)
Radikala förändringar igen - stryning och omdaning av lokala infrastruktur system
Project title, English (max 200 char)
Radical changes again - governing transformation of local infrastructural systems
Project description, Swedish (max 1500 char)
Ekologisk, social och ekonomisk hållbarhet utvecklas om det finns infrastruktursystem och styrmedel som får människor att i sin
vardag agera mer hållbart. Energi och VA-systemen är sådana system som under lång tid utvecklats på plats i kommunerna och
idag utgör en del av de flestas vardag. Historiskt har de gått från att ses som en teknisk lösning till att bli mer av politiska och
ekonomiska uppgifter. Sociotekniska system är alltid lokaliserade på en plats, i en kommun som därför måste förhålla sig till
systemet på olika sätt. Projektet syftar till att analysera de radikala
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
historiska förändringar i system och vardag som förknippas med systemens införande för att därigenom utveckla förståelse för hur
ökad hållbarhet kan skapas idag genom att betrakta kommuner konceptuellt som plats, folk och institution.
Analysen baseras på historiska och samtida fallstudier av kommunal infrastruktur och kombinerar teorier från stora tekniska system,
teknik spridning och lokal styrning. Det teoretiska bidraget är en begreppslig modell av lokal styrning, specifikt styrning av
socio-tekniska system. De praktiska implikationerna rör hinder och möjligheter för att forma och implementera styrmedel för
hållbarare systemdesign. Genom hela projektet kommer vi att samverka med de kommuner som studeras och återkoppla resultat
och diskutera kunskapsbehov ur kommunala perspektiv. Resultaten kommer att presenteras både vetenskapligt och för praktiker.
Project description, English (max 1500 char)
Ecological, social and economic sustainability demand sustainable systems and legitimate policy instruments. Socio-technical
systems, as water and energy, have in Sweden a tradition of being municipal responsibilities. When established about a hundred
years ago the changes were radical, but developed from first being mainly technical into more political. Socio-technical systems are
located at specific places and the municipality thus has to take on different roles, as we identifies as “a people” (demos), “a place”
and “an institution”. The project aims to analyze firstly, the radical historical changes related to the establishment of municipal
infrastructural systems and thereby and secondly, building of these experiences analyse why, if and how municipalities in their three
roles relate differently to consumers and citizens in socio-technical systems, here illustrated by the cases of water and energy
systems.
We will analyze available and used municipal policies towards increased sustainable development from system and user
approaches. The theoretical contribution will be a conceptual model of local governance in general and socio-technical systems
specifically. The practical and policy implications will focus on the opportunities and constraints for formulating policy instruments
towards households and system design to increase sustainable development. The final results will thus both be presented in
academic articles and a practical handbook.
Continuation grant
Application concerns: New grant
Cont.project:
Part of cooperation-project
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Keywords
infrastruktur, kommuner, planering, historisk jämförelse, policy instrument
Classification codes (SCB) in order of priority
111307, 131802, 132202
Research areas
Samhällsplanering, övrigt
Review panel
brg1208, brg1408
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
ENCLOSED APPENDICES
A, B, C, D
CO-APPLICANT
Name(Surname, First name)
University/corresponding, Department, Section/Unit, Addressetc.
Söderholm, Kristina
Luleå Tekniska Universitet
Institutionen för industriell ekonomi och samhällsvetenskap
Date of birth
Sex
730320-4866
Female
Academic title
Date of doctoral exam
PhD
2005-10-20
Name(Surname, First name)
University/corresponding, Department, Section/Unit, Addressetc.
Assmo, Per
Högskolan Väst
Institutionen för ekonomi och informatik
Date of birth
Sex
640129-4951
Male
Academic title
Date of doctoral exam
Associate professor
1999-12-11
Name(Surname, First name)
University/corresponding, Department, Section/Unit, Addressetc.
,
Date of birth
Sex
Academic title
Date of doctoral exam
Name(Surname, First name)
University/corresponding, Department, Section/Unit, Addressetc.
,
Date of birth
Sex
Academic title
Date of doctoral exam
HUMAN AND ANIMAL STUDIES
Human studies
Application submitted to regional ethical committee
No
Animal studies
Application submitted to local ethical committee on animal experiment
No
ETHICAL ASPECTS
Aspects
SECTOR RELEVANCE
Sector relevance<br>(max 1500 char)
Kommunerna har ett stort ansvar för utformningen och implementeringen av hållbar utveckling i alla dess dimensioner. Kommunerna
har även en mycket central roll i utformningen, styrningen och kontrollen av socio-tekniska system som energi och VA. Dessa
system är långsiktiga och kräver stora investeringar, därför måste varje förändring ha en långsiktig intention vilket kan stärkas genom
att bygga på historiska erfarenheter. Men kommunerna är komplexa organisationer
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
och i högsta grad olika. Därför behövs både begreppslig och praktisk kunskap kring denna styrning utvecklas. Det här projektets
fokus på kommunens roller som institution, plats och folk är ett sätt att reda i och bidra med klargörande och implikationer om hur
socio-tekniska system kan styras för ökad hållbarhet. Genom att därtill inkludera hushåll och användare av systemen i analysen kan
helt ny förståelse för styrning utvecklas. Genom att utgå från historiska erfarenheter från uppbyggnaden av systemen kommer lokalt
förankrade erfarenheter att ligga till grund för förståelsen av dagens styrning. Erfarenheter av tidigare radikala förändringar kommer
att kunna visa på dagens behöv av förändringar för att skapa hållbarhet för kommande generationer.
BUDGET
Funding period (planed start and end date)
2009-01-01 -- 2011-12-31
Staff/ salaries kSEK
Main applicant
% of full time in the project
Elin Wihlborg
2009
2010
2011
40
288
292
310
Kristina Söderholm, kvinna,
1973, 2005, 34000
30
256
260
275
Per Assmo, man, 1964, 1999,
37000
20
144
146
155
688
698
740
2012
2013
2014
2012
2013
2014
Other staff
Total, salaries (kSEK):
Other costs (kSEK)
2009
Resor för fältstudier
Resor för konferenser, inkl konf.avg.
Återkopplingar, seminarier i kommuner
Publiceringar och språkgranskningar
Övrigt
Total, other costs (kSEK):
2010
2011
40
45
10
20
20
50
45
20
40
20
20
90
30
90
20
135
175
250
ALL FUNDING
Other Formas-projects (granted and applied) (kSEK)
Reg.no.
Funded 2008
Funded 2009 Applied 2009
2007-2013
708
708
887
Project title
Applicant
Applied 2009
Ydre 2.0 - Den politiska
konstruktionen av en lokal
ekonomi i förändring
Projects with other funding source (kSEK)
Funding source
Total
Proj.period
KBM
5000
2003-2007
Krisberedskap för teknisk
infrastruktur
Linköpings universitet
Project title
Applicant
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
Funding source
Total
Proj.period
KBM
5850
2008-2010
Safe public e-services – an
issue of trust and organisation
Linköpings universitet
Project title
Applicant
Applied 2009
POPULAR SCIENCE DESCRIPTION
Popularscience heading and description (max 4500 char)
Vi har både lokalt och globalt bestämt att vi ska skapa ett mer hållbart samhälle. Målet är att även kommande generationer skall
kunna leva ett gott liv. Men det är mycket i vår vardag som vi gör utan att tänka på hur det påverkar nu och i framtiden. Vi ser inte
alltid vilka resurser som vi brukar och förbrukar. Något så vanligt som att ta en dusch, påverkar tillgången till resurser idag och i
framtiden. Men knappt vakna brukar vi inte tänka på hur vattnet värmts eller vad som händer med tvålresterna.
Att vi i de allra flesta svenska hem kan ta en varm dusch är möjligt tack vare att vi har tillgång till energi och vatten- och
avloppssystemen. Den tekniska infrastruktur som möjliggör att vi kan duscha är en komplex hantering av vatten, energi och
avloppsvatten som förs bort renas och återförs till naturens kretslopp. Dessa system är tekniska, men också arrangerade i naturens
och våra sociala sammanhang. Exempel på sociala arrangemang är lagar, regler, prissättning, normer och värderingar. De kallas
socio-tekniska system, för de inkluderar både tekniska och sociala aspekter. Men de är också vårt gränssnitt mot naturen och därför
måste de bli mer hållbara.
Systemen kan vara väldigt lokala såsom en egen brunn och en infiltrationsanläggning eller globala som energisystemet och Internet.
Gemensamt är dock att systemen alltid måste finnas på en plats och vara tillgängliga där vi lever våra vardagsliv. Eftersom det är
sociala arrangemang så är de också i högsta grad politiska. De är liksom omställningen till ett mer hållbart samhälle ett kommunalt
ansvar.
Kommunerna har en lång historia av att utveckla och förvalta infrastruktur. När VA- och energi systemen byggdes ut för drygt hundra
år sedan så var det i hög grad en teknisk radikal åtgärd. Men det gav också människors radikalt nya möjligheter att leva sitt
vardagsliv på andra enklare sätt. När systemen var införda blev de i hög grad en politisk och förvaltningsfråga. Men det blev inte
alltid hållbart. Vi förbrukar mer energi än vad som möjliggör ett gott liv för kommande generationer. I stora delar av världen är
vattenbrist och dålig vattenkvalité ett nytt vardagligt problem. Dessa problem måste lösas men inte bara med nya tekniska lösningar
utan det krävs politisk engagemang och att människor i sin vardag är beredda att leva kanske till och med ”radikalt” annorlunda.
Därför syftar detta forskningsprojekt till att lära av den tidigare utbyggnaden av kommunal infrastruktur kring VA och energi för att
skapa förståelse för hur dagens system skulle kunna styras för att bli mer hållbara. Det handlar om att både i historien och för
framtiden se samspelet mellan de tekniska systemen och människors användning av dem. Det är först när systemen används på ett
hållbart sätt som politiken lyckats ändra samhället till att bli mer hållbart.
De svenska kommunerna har ett stort ansvar för omställningen till ett mer hållbart samhälle och därför studeras kommunal styrning.
Men kommunerna är olika och har flera roller. Vi ser kommunen som en plats. Vi passerar gränser till kommuner och vi bor i olika
kommuner. Kommunen är också en gemenskap av ett folk, de som bor på samma plats tar gemensamt ansvar för utvecklingen på
platsen. Vi som bor på platsen betalar också skatt för att sköta gemensamma angelägenheter. Kommunen har således makt, att
exempelvis ta in skatt, och är då en demokratisk institution. Dessa tre kommunala roller kommer att vara vårt fokus när vi analyserar
både kommunerna styrning och hushållens användning av de systemen. Modellen kommer även att kunna användas som en teori
och förklara helt andra sammanhang i samhället.
Genom att analysera kommunerna på detta sätt kommer forskningsprojektet att ge kommunala aktörer verktyg och möjligheter att
styra mot ökad uthållighet. Därför kommer forskarna under hela projektet att diskutera preliminära resultat och hur projektet
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
kan utvecklas med politiker och tjänstemän. De forskare som skall genomföra detta projekt har stor erfarenhet av sådan samverkan.
De leder idag nätverk av politiker och tjänstemän som kommer att få diskutera även dessa frågor. På så sätt är avsikten att
erfarenheter av forskningen enklare och kanske även snabbare kommer till nytta i samhället. När projektet avslutas kommer
erfarenheterna att samlas i en handbok om hållbar lokal styrning av infrastruktur. Men även flera vetenskapliga artiklar kommer att
publiceras som resultat av projektet.
Web and email address
Web address
http://www.iei.liu.se/stat/wihlborg-elin
Contact's email address
[email protected]
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
Title of research programme
Radical changes again - governing transformation of local infrastructural systems
Appendix A (Research programme)
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Radical changes again
- governing transformation of local infrastructural systems
Introduction
We are used to wake up with a shower in the morning and have come to expect our homes to
have a comfortable temperature. In daily life we seldom pay attention to how and why water,
heat, cooling and electricity are made available for everyday consumption or the technical
system behind these goods and services.
Sustainable development demands sustainable socio-technical systems and legitimate policy
instruments that communicate with each other. System analysis often neglects users, who
define the actual outcome when implementing organizational and technical innovations.1
Municipalities take on several roles in the interplay of socio-technical systems and cannot be
considered from a single perspective. In the energy area, for example, the municipality can at
the same time be producer, distributor, consumer, authority and innovator. To deepen the
understanding of how municipalities govern socio-technical systems and how to develop
sustainable technical infrastructures we need to analyze the multi-faced character of the
municipalities and visualize different functions. We aim to focus on municipalities in the
perspectives of “a people” (demos), “a place” and “an institution” to capture governance in
general and the governance of socio-technical systems specifically. This enables us to analyze
and deepen a theoretical understanding of issues concerning power relations, legitimacy,
accountability and trust in local learning processes for planning and decision-making- tools.
How municipalities govern socio-technical systems today relies on strong path dependence,
thus we also need to study the historical build-up and growth of the socio-technical systems.2
The systems in focus of the research project (energy and water) were typically established
already at the turn of the 19th century. Municipalities made heavy and often bold investments
in those systems though the relevant technologies often were in a ´development-stage´ and the
municipalities lacked a local internal expertise and often were in the hands of external
expertise.3 The investments in technology-specific capital and knowledge and the character of
high tied costs in general, made the systems highly path-dependent.4 The resulting
technological ‘lock-ins’ grew even stronger during the course of the 20th century alongside
with the growth of the administrative apparatus embedding the systems and of the number of
users coupled to them. Users have also developed new practices and routines of everyday life
largely relying on these systems. In parallel, the character of the systems have changed from
being almost purely technical to becoming more and more political. Just as radical as the
investments at the turn of the 19th century in the infrastructural systems were for the
1
Palm, J & Wihlborg, E (2005) “Governing Local Innovation Systems – Swedish Municipalities as Structures
and Actors for Energy and Broadband Development” Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Functional Regions.
Proceedings from Uddevalla Symposium.
2
Over the last few decades the tradition has been strong within the History of technology field, not the least
within Sweden, to study the build-up and growth of infrastructural systems from a socio-technical perspective.
Se for example: Blomkvist, Per (2001) Den goda vägens vänner, Symposion, Stockholm; and Wormbs, Nina
(1997) Genom tråd och eter, Stiftelsen etermedierna i Sverige. See also references in the passage ’Sociotechnical systems in the Swedish municipal context’ below.
3
For example Söderholm, K (2007) Uppbyggnaden av Luleås VA-system vid sekelskiftet 1900, Luleå university
of technology.
4
Arthur, B (1989) ”Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Small Events”,
Economic Journal, Vol 99:55-63.
municipalities and for the daily lives of its users, modern literature claims the necessary
changes of our established infrastructures to be if we want them to become sustainable.5
By a deepened understanding for the historical development of the infrastructural systems and
their municipal governance we can address the role of the multi-faceted character of the
municipalities and the inherent dynamics of infrastructural systems for future policy changes.
Aim and targets
This research project aims at analyzing the changing character - from technical to political - of
infrastructural systems during the 20th century, focusing on the dynamic build-up and
governance of a socio-technical structure in order to develop a conceptual model of the
different approaches of the municipality and its implications for changes of policies,
institutional and socio-technical arrangements towards increased system sustainability and
resilience.
1. What characterized the change from technical to political focus in the management of
large infrastructural socio-technical systems during the 20th century, and what are the
implications for radical changes of the systems today towards a more sustainable
design, planning and development?
2. Which roles have the municipalities played in relation to these changes in urban/rural
areas and how have local policies developed or hindered these changes?
3. Which conceptual meanings of local governance can be learned by exploring the three
roles of the municipality and relate them to the demand for radical changes of large
infrastructural socio-technical systems?
We, and our colleagues, have earlier conducted several studies concerning energy and water
systems in municipalities. In this project we will deepen the theoretical understanding of how
socio-technical systems are governed by using our earlier conclusions as well as a re-analysis
of earlier material.
Socio-technical systems in the Swedish municipal context
Sweden has a tradition of strong local autonomy in combination with a demand on
municipalities to implement national policies and to formulate local strategies accordingly6,
not at least regarding sustainable development in all its meanings.7 Environmental policies are
also global and there are demands for coherences of policies and actions towards sustainable
development locally and nationally.8 Political decisions, in formal political structures as well
as daily life, have to be analyzed in its social and institutional contexts.9 Large technical
systems, such as water, sewage, and energy supply systems are also both local and global in
different levels.10 They encompass technical components, individual actors and organizations,
5
Jonsson, D. K (2006) Situations of Opportunity for Infrasystems, Doctoral Thesis in Infrastructure, KTH.
Gustavsson, A (1996) Kommunal självstyrelse. Stockholm: SNS. Kommunallagen (SFS 1991:900).
7
Eckerberg, K & Joas, M (2004) “Multi-level Environmental Governance: a concept under stress?”, Local
Environment, vol. 9:405-412. Edström, C & Eckerberg, K (2002) Inför Johannesburg Svenska kommuners
arbete med Agenda 21. Stockholm, Miljödepartementet. Evans, B (2005) Governing Sustainable Cities. Sterling.
Va., Earthscan
8
Kaijser, A. (1986) Stadens ljus. Malmö: Liber Förlag. Summerton, J. (1992) District heating comes to town.
The social shaping of an energy system. Linköping university. Palm, J (2004), Makten över energin –
policyprocesser i två kommuner 1977-2001, Linköpings universitet
9
Shove, E. et al. (1998) Energy and social Systems. In Rayner, S. & Malone, E. (eds.) Human Choice and
Climate Change pp 291-327. Ohio: Battelle Press.
10
Stoker, G. (2004) New Localism, Progressive Politics and Democracy? The Political Quarterly 75/2.
6
legal frameworks and institutions that are so closely intertwined in seamless webs that a
distinction between them is not meaningful.11
Here, energy and water systems are considered as socio-technical systems. Correlations
between changes in design of the system and behavior changes are often unclear12 and
motivated from different grounds. However, to reach a more sustainable outcome the use of
the infrastructural systems has to change accordingly. Policy instruments thus have to relate to
both the citizen’s and the consumer’s perspective to be perceived as legitimate and
accountable in the local institutional context.13
Conceptual approach – a tentative model of the roles of municipalities
Local governance appears differently depending on how the municipality is conceptualized,
which is also true in relation to socio-technical systems. Here the principal and conceptual
analysis applies a combined institutional, democratic and spatial perspective. These
perspectives are here called the municipality as institution/organization, people and place.
“The municipality as an institution/organization”
When focusing on municipalities as institutions we will capture how the municipality in
general and the infrastructural systems in particular is organized and governed within its
context, but more interesting if, and if that is the case, how the municipality applies and adopts
its local autonomy to form local institutional arrangements. Thus, issues concerning municipal
responsibility, transparency and accountability are included.
When socio-technical systems are managed in governance contexts we have argued for a
differentiated model of accountability.14 Legitimacy arises through the interplay between legal
interpretations, common understandings and trust within networks and its expression through
policy instruments. The institutional design is made visible through the daily practice and redesign of such institutional settings are indeed political and forms how sustainability can be
improved. Both in historical and contemporary legislation, policy and spatial planning
documents we will be able to read out and problematize the institutional arrangement and
conceptually challenged them.
”The municipality as a people”
This perspective points at the meaning of the municipality as a community of citizens’
engagement and deliberation. Communicative and deliberative democracy is a main approach
in today’s democratic policy studies, and focuses on strengths and weaknesses in theory as
well as practice.15 The civil, political and social rights are given in other contexts and
highlight duties globally as well as in the private sphere as legitimate parts of the citizens’
activities and commitments.16 Ecological citizenship has further theoretical potentials, which
will be further developed in this project.17 The border between the public and private spheres
11
Hughes, TP (1983) Networks of Power. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Hughes, TP (1986) “The
Seamless Web: Technology, Science, etcetera, etcetera,” Social Studies of Science vol. 16.
12
Krantz, H. (2005) Matter that matters. A study of household routines in a process of changing water and
sanitation arrangements. Linköping University. Shove, E. (2003) Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience. Berg.
13
Bogason, P (2001) Public Policy and Local Governance. Institutions in Postmodern Society. Edward Elgar.
14
Palm, J & Wihlborg, E (2008, forthcomming) ”Who is governing what? Governing Local Technical systems
as issues of accountability” Local Government Studies.
15
Goodin, R. and J. Dryzek (2006). "Deliberative impacts: The macro-political uptake of mini-publics." Politics
& Society Vol. 34, p. 219-244; Mannberg, M. & E. Wihlborg (2007) “Communicative planning – friend or foe?
Obstacles and opportunities for implementing sustainable development locally”. Sustainable Development. SOU
2000:1 En uthållig demokrati!; Dryzek, J (2001) ”Legitimacy and Economy in Deliberative Democracy”
Political Theory, Vol. 29.
16
Dobson, A (2003) Citizenship and Environment, Oxford: OUP.
17
Barry, J & Eckersley, R ed. (2005) The State and the Global Ecological Crisis. London: MIT Press.
thus become less clear and policy instruments aiming towards increased sustainability has to
reach beyond traditional legitimate political areas.
“The municipality as a place – a spatial dimension”
Policy making takes place locally, where actors within organizations and institutions form a
local order.18 In municipalities local orders are made up by local actors using available
resources and handling constraints both as policy (conceptually) and in implementation
(realization). Municipalities have exclusive power over planning according to the Swedish
constitution, which provides them with an exclusive space for policy making. An
infrastructural system has obvious physical appearances and is always located somewhere in
places as homes, urban areas and even in the peripheral in-betweens. Of this reason cultural
geographical analysis of places has to be included in political analysis of municipalities.
Municipalities as physical places are constituted in local geography that has changed
fundamentally during the last century and the relevance of this will be focused through the
historical approach.
Outputs, sector relevance and project organization
The outputs of this research project are mainly the conceptual model of the roles of the
municipality. The historical lessons of the meanings of the radical changes in the former shift
of technology models will give new perspectives on how to govern contemporary changes.
Thereby we will open for development of local and national policy instruments towards
sustainable development through design of socio-technical systems and everyday life. The
sector relevance of the project is both practical and conceptual providing reflections on tools
for development of policy instruments.
The conceptual model may also open for new analytical approaches applicable even in other
policy areas. The project builds on a combination of bottom-up, top-down and conceptual
analysis as is common in local politics studies.19 We will also explicitly include households
and their everyday life in the analysis as we have developed in several projects.20 By a strong
conection to research groups on regional development (the Uddevalla Symposium group),
sustainable development (inter-disciplinary research on sustainable development at LTU) and
local governance (CKS at LiU) this study we be grounded in front-line research contexts.
All three research question will be on the agenda throughout the project period. The first and
second question will be profoundly handled through two intense case studies. The analysis is
based on interviews with policy actors and document analysis of both decisions and
information to households, interpreted on discursive and argumentative levels. The field study
of users with experiences from contemporary radical changes will combine methods as indepth interviews, time diaries and focus groups. The results will be presented in academic
articles as well as in a handbook and seminars for local policy actors. The time plan and
division of work is specified in the table below.
18
Bogason, P (2001). Hägerstrand, T (1993) ”Samhälle och natur” I: Region- och miljöekologiska perspektiv på
den rumsliga närings- och bosättningsstrukturen. København: Nordisk Institut for Regionalpolitisk Forskning;
Wihlborg, E (2000) En lösning som söker problem. Hur och varför lokala IT-policyer, utvecklas i
landsbygdskommuner, Linköpings universitet.
19
Bogason, P (2001). Baldersheim, H & Wollmann, H (eds, 2006), The Comparative study of local government
and politics: overview and synthesis, Leverkusen-Opladen: Barbara Budrich. Alvesson, M (2003)
Postmodernism och samhällsforskning. Malmö: Liber förlag. Denters, B & Lawrence R (2005) Comparing Local
Governance. Trends and developments. New York: Palgrave.
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Ellegård, K & J Palm (2008) (red.) Vardags teknik: energi och IT. Stockholm: Carlssons förlag.
09
10
11
Q1 (historical
approach)
Research overview.
National setting
clarified and
selection of 2 cases.
(KS 30% + EW 10%)
Re-analysis of former
studies and two
specific case studies.
(KS 30%)
Q2 (municipal
policy perspectives)
Research overviews
and selection of
cases.
(EW 20%, PA 10%)
General analysis.
(KS 20% + EW 10%)
General analysis of
cases and best
practices.
(EW 10%, PA 10%)
Case studies in
municipalities,
systems and users.
(EW 20%, PA 10%)
Q3 (conceptual
approach)
Outline and principle
analysis of the
conceptual model
approach.
(EW 10%, PA 20%)
Conceptual analysis
of transparency,
legitimacy and
accountability.
(EW 20%, PA 20%)
Principle analysis of
the model approach
(EW 20%, KS 10%,
PA 20%)
Deliverables
Papers & Articles:
- policy instrument/institutional
design (EW + PA)
- municipality roles (EW)
- Historical cases (KS)
Articles:
- political construction of
socio-technical systems (PA)
- Households and sociotechnical system design (EW)
- Historical lessons for
municipal system design (KS)
- Common synthesis article
(all)
- Handbook.
- Seminars.
Associate professor Elin Wihlborg (EW) will act as project coordinator and she holds a
position as senior lecturer in Political Science at Linköping University. She has a PhD in
Technology and Social Change. She is also associated to the division of Physical planning at
Luleå University of Technology and has worked as researcher at the Institute for Future
Studies.
PhD Kristina Söderholm (KS) is employed as a researcher at the History of Technology
unit, Luleå University of Technology. Her research focuses on the relationship between
technology and the environment historically and she has recently studied the up-building of
the water and sewage systems in the municipality of Luleå at the turn of the 19th century.
Wihlborg and Söderholm have developed these research questions throughout their research
collaboration in SHARP – Sustainable Households. Attitudes, Resources and Policies.
PhD Per Assmo (PA) has a PhD in human-economic geography, is senior lecturer and
academic disciplinary leader at University West, in charge of the International Programme for
Politics and Economics (IPPE). H is a Senior Research Fellow at Rhodes University, South
Africa and has more that 15 years experience of practical and academic work on rural
development in Africa and regional development.
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
Title of research programme
Radical changes again - governing transformation of local infrastructural systems
Appendix B (Budget)
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
Bilaga B: Budgetbilaga
DESCRIPTION
STAFF
Elin Wihlborg (salary incl. social cost) empirical and analytical research
activities, project coordination and information to stakeholders.
Kristina Söderholm, (salary incl. social cost) empirical and analytical research
activities.
Per Assmo, (salary incl. social cost) empirical and analytical research activities.
FIELD STUDIES
Field studies in two case municipalities, historical and contemporary cases
Archive studies, copies and access travelling
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
International Conferences á 15.000 kr per person/time.
POPULAR PRESENTATIONS
Presentations for stakeholders and an interested public
(travel/accommodation/allowance)
LITERATURE & PRINTING
Books, journal articles (editing/language)
Production of research articles (editing/language/printing etc)
Production of popular book (editing/language/printing etc)
OTHERS
Consumables
Miscellaneous expenses
TOTAL COSTS
Year 1
688.000
40%
288.000
30%
256.000
20%
144.000
40.000
30.000
10.000
Year 2
698.000
40%
292.000
30%
260.000
20%
146.000
50.000
40.000
10.000
Year 3
740.000
40%
310.000
30%
275.000
20%
155.000
20.000
20.000
TOTAL
2.126.000
45.000
45.000
90.000
10.000
20.000
30.000
60.000
20.000
10.000
10.000
40.000
10.000
30.000
20.000
15.000
5.000
823.000
20.000
10.000
10.000
873.000
90.000
20.000
20.000
50.000
20.000
5.000
15.000
990.000
150.000
40.000
60.000
50.000
60.000
30.000
30.000
2.686.000
890.000
791.000
445.000
110.000
40.000
50.000
180.000
180.000
40.000
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
Title of research programme
Radical changes again - governing transformation of local infrastructural systems
Appendix C (CV)
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
CURRICULUM VITAE
Elin Wihlborg
Elin Karin Kristina Wihlborg (född Jonsson)
Födelsedatum: 7 oktober 1970.
ADRESS:
Avdelningen för statsvetenskap,
Institutionen för Ekonomisk och industriell utveckling,
Linköpings universitet,
581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
Arb: 013-281578
Mobil: 0705-476200,
e-post: [email protected]
DOKTORSEXAMEN
2000. Doktorsexamen i tema Teknik och social förändring, Linköpings universitet.
Disputation 15 December 2000. Avhandlingstitel: En lösning som söker problem. Hur och
varför lokala IT-policyer utvecklas i mindre kommuner på landsbygden. Huvudhandledare pr.
Kajsa Ellegård, Linköpings universitet. Inledningsvis var pr. Lars Ingelstam, handledare.
Biträdande handledare pr. Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg, Mittuniversitet.
POST DOC PERIODER
2004
Department of Politics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2006
Centre of Public Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
2007
Centre for Sustainable futures, Sydney, Australia.
DOCENTUR
Antogs som oavlönad docent i Statsvetenskap vid Linköpings universitet, 2007.
NUVARANDE ANSTÄLLNING
Fast anställning som lektor i Statsvetenskap, vid Institutionen för ekonomi och industriell
utveckling, Linköpings universitet. Ingen fakultetsfinansierad forskning i tjänsten.
Knuten till avdelningen för Arkitektur och Infrastruktur vid Luleå Tekniska universitet.
TIDIGARE RELEVANTA ANSTÄLLNINGAR
Universitetslektor i Statsvetenskap, Institutionen för ekonomi och samhällskunskap, Luleå
tekniska universitet. 2000-2005 (delvis tjänstledig under perioder).
Forskare vid Arbetslivsinstitutet 2003-2004.
Forskare (utredare, expert och andra förordnandeformer och varierande deltid) vid Tema
Teknik och Social förändring, Linköpings universitet, 2002-2003.
Forskare vid Institutet för Framtidsstudier, 2001- 2002.
HANDLEDNING AV DOKTORANDER
Karin Skill, doktorand vid tema Teknik och social förändring, Linköpings universitet.
Licentiatsexamen 2006. Avser att disputera 2008.
Mariann Mannberg, doktorand i samhällsplanering vid institutionen för samhällsbyggnad,
Luleå Tekniska universitet. Licentiatsexamen 2006. Avser att disputera 2008.
Katarina Schylberg, doktorand i samhällsplanering vid institutionen för samhällsbyggnad,
Luleå Tekniska universitet. Planerarar att ta licentiatsexamen juni 2008.
Kristina Laurell, doktorand i byggnadsteknik, vid institutionen för samhällsbyggnad, Luleå
Tekniska universitet.
Lisa Hansson, doktorand vid tema Teknik och social förändring, Linköpings universitet. Även
knuten till Väg- och trafikforskningsinstitutet (VTI). Avser att disputera 2011.
Elina Ramsell, nyantagen doktorand i Statsvetenskap, Linköpings universitet.
Ytterligare två doktorander är under rekrytering.
FORSKNINGSANSLAG ERHÅLLNA I KONKURRENS
Ydre revisited - The Political Construction of Transitional Local Economies
Beviljades anslag från FORMAS landsbygdsutveckling i april 2008. Projekttid 2008-2010.
Kommer att påbörjas i juni 2008, 2,1 miljoner kronor. Elin Wihlborg är projektledare.
Safe public e-services – an issue of trust and organisation
Finansieras av Krisberedskapsmyndigheten 2008-2010 påbörjades i mars 2008, med 5,9
miljoner kr, inkluderar idag fyra aktiva forskare. Elin Wihlborg är projektledare.
SHARP - Sustainable Household. Attitudes, Resources and Policy
Finansieras av FORMAS (3,5 Mkr), 2003-2007 samt Naturvårdsverket (16 Mkr) 2003-2008.
Elin Wihlborg är biträdande programchef och leder ett delprojekt.
Se vidare: www.sharpporgram.se.
Krisberedskap för teknisk infrastruktur – regionala och kommunala strategier för
samverkan och implementering
Finansieras av Krisberedskapsmyndigheten 2005-2008 påbörjades i november 2005, med 5,2
miljoner kr, inkluderar idag tre forskare. Elin Wihlborg är projektledare.
Flexibilitet för företag och/eller människor? Strategier för att hantera arbete och
informations- och kommunikationsteknik i vardagen.
Finansierades av Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap, 2002-2006. Genomfördes
tillsammans med Lennart Sturesson vid Arbetslivsinstitutet, Norrköping.
Lokala innovationssystem, IT och energi – teknik, tolkning och konvergens
Finansierades av Kommunförbundet och VINNOVA, 2003-2007, 1,8 Mkr, har engagerat sex
disputerade forskare. Elin Wihlborg var projektledare.
Avhandlingsprojektet ”På samma villkor – en studie om IT-relaterad kompetensutveckling
och kommunala arbetsmarknadsstrategier”
Finansierades delvis av Svenska kommunförbundets FoU-råd, 1998-2000.
ÖVRIGA UPPDRAG, NÅGRA EXEMPEL
Ledamot av Särskilda nämnden för Lärarutbildningen, Luleå tekniska universitet, 2002-03.
Ledamot av nämnden för internationalisering, samordnad mellan samtliga fakulteter, Luleå
tekniska universitet, 2002 - 2003.
Ersättare i Filosofiska fakultetsnämnden, Linköpings universitet, 2006-2008.
Ledamot av resursgruppen för Verka jämställt, Linköpings universitet, 2006.
KRISTINA SÖDERHOLM
History of Technology Unit
Luleå University of Technology
SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
April 2008
E-mail: [email protected]
CURRICULUM VITAE
Ph.D. degree:
Ph.D., History of Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2005. (Dissertation Title:
Tekniken som problem och lösning – Föroreningsmotstånd och teknikval I 1900-talöets svenska
pappersmassaindustri)
Current employment
Researcher (since November 2005), Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.
Research time: 60 percent.
Previous employment
Researcher and Director of undergraduate studies, Division of Social Science, 2005-2006.
Phd-student, History of Technology Unit, Luleå University of Technology, 1999-2005.
Parental Leave
Total of fourteen months with the twin girls Ella and Bodil (born December 4, 2003) over the time period
December 2003 – present (part-time since October, 2004).
Ph.D. Thesis Supervision
Currently supervising one Ph.D. candidate, Roine Wiklund.
Collaboration with Post-Doc Researchers
Collaboration with five Post-Doc researchers over 07/08 (Mats Bladh, Hilde Ibsen, Magnus Lindmark,
Christer Berglund, Kristina Ek).
National and International Assignments
Member of the Steering Group of the University’s Prioritised Research Area HRA (Hållbar
resursanvändning), 2007-.
Member (Vice Chair) of the Swedish National Committee for History of Technology and Science, The
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2005-.
Member of the Department Board, Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences, Luleå
University of Technology, 2001-2003, 2006.
Member of the Steering Group of the Network IDAS, Luleå University of Technology, 2005-2006.
Member of the Research School for Women, Luleå University of Technology, 2000-2003.
Main organizer of the conference “Teknikhistoriska dagar”, Luleå, March 2004.
Member of the Steering Group of the Research School “Global Resources”, Luleå University of
Technology, 2003.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Per Assmo
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name:
Mr. Per Anders Elmer Assmo
Date of Birth:
1964-01-29-(4951)
Nationality:
Swedish
Current Position: Associate Professor, Academic Discipline Leader, Consultant
CONTACT POSTAL ADDRESS
University:
Per Assmo
University West
Department of Economics & IT
461 86 Trollhättan, Sweden
University:
Tel: +46-(0)520-22 36 66
Fax: +46-(0)520-22 30 99
Cell: +46-(0)708-34 11 69
E-mail: [email protected]
Per Assmo
Tel: +27-46-603 83 20
Rhodes University
Fax: +27-46 636 11 99
Department of Geography
E-mail: [email protected]
PO Box 94
Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa
FORMAL EDUCATION
1984-89:
MA in Geography & Political Science, Göteborg University, Sweden
1989-98:
Ph.D. Studies, including the following post-graduate courses:
♦ Development Geography - Göteborg University, Sweden
♦ Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods - Göteborg University
♦ Theory & Practice of Rural Development - Galway University, Ireland
♦ Tropical Farming - University of Agriculture, Norway
♦ Erosion Processes in the Tropics - University of Agriculture, Sweden
♦ Land Degradation & Land Management - Kenyatta University, Kenya
♦ Development Theory - Göteborg University, Sweden
♦ Geographical Information Systems (GIS) - Göteborg University, Sweden
♦ Political Ecology - Göteborg University, Sweden
1999:
Ph.D. Degree in Human & Economic Geography. Thesis; Livelihood Strategies and
Land Degradation – Perceptions among Small-Scale Farmers in Ng’iresi Village,
Tanzania, Göteborg University, Sweden.
2008:
Associate Professor in Human Geography, University West, Sweden.
EMPLOYMENTS
2005 - Academic Discipline Leader and Programme Manager for the International Programme
for Politics & Economics (IPPE), University West.
2003 - Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Rhodes University, South Africa.
02 - 04 Head of Division for Studies of Politics and Economics, HTU, Sweden.
2000 - Senior Lecturer, University of Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden
95 - 00 Lecturer at Department of Human & Economic Geography, Göteborg University
93 - 97 Adviser and Consultant in East Africa.
90 - 93 Sida Expert (Project Co-ord & Training Specialist) in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
POST DOC VISITS
1999: Department of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Keele, United Kingdom
2000: Department of Geography, Maynooth University & Galway University, Ireland
2001: Department of Social Science, Makerere University, Uganda
2002-: Department of Geography, Rhodes University, South Africa (on-going research fellow)
2003: Department of Economics, University of the Free State, South Africa
2005: Department of Economics, University of Applied Science St Gallen, Switzerland
2007: Department of Economics, Central Queensland University, Australia
2008: Department of Foreign Languages, Ningbo University, China
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:
Member of the Swedish Society for Anthropology & Geography – SSAG
Member of the Centre for Africa Studies – Göteborg University, Sweden - CAS
Member of the Research Editorial Committee – HV/George Mason University
Member of the Review Committee – Programkontoret, Stockholm.
EXAMINER
99 - 01 Internal Examiner, post graduate courses in Human Geography & Political Science,
University of Göteborg.
01 Internal Examiner, post graduate courses in Economic Geography, University West.
02 External examiner, M.A. thesis, Rhodes University, South Africa.
02
External Examiner, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm for a Doctoral
Degree entitled 'Environment, Livelihood and Natural Resource Management in the
Lower Volta Basin of Ghana' Author: John Koku.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (selected since 2002)
2002
2002
2003
2004
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2008
2008
Rhodes University, South Africa. International Education Association of South Africa
Göteborg University, Sweden. Department for Peace & Development Studies.
University of the Free State, South Africa. The Biennal Geography Conference.
Strathclyde University, Scotland. The International Geographical Union
Rhodes University, South Africa. Academic Development Centre Conference.
EAIE, Poland. Presentation - EAIE’s International Conference
Roskilde University, Denmark. International Master Programme.
George Mason University, Washington DC. International Symposium.
Rhodes University, South Africa. ADC Conference, Rhodes University.
Portobello College, Ireland. International Master Programme.
University of Applied Science, Switzerland. Work Integrated Learning (WIL).
Institute for Sustainable Futures (IFS), Sydney
University of Southern Denmark. Nordic Conference for Regional Development
Kyoto University, Japan. International Symposium
RESEARCH AWARDS (selected since 2002)
02-04 Grant from the Västra Götaland Region. Culture and Industry – Film Production for
Regional Development.
02-09 Grant from Programkontoret (LINNAEUS/PALME). Teacher/student exchange
programme between Sweden - South Africa.
2004
Grant from HTU:s research fund. Pedagogical Innovations.
2004
Grant from STINT. International pedagogical development project.
2006
Grant from Föreningsparbankstiftelsen Creative Industry Cluster Growth.
2007
Grant from University West institutional research fund. Creative People and Creative
Places for Regional Economic Growth.
07–09 Grant from University West pedagogical research. Pedagogical innovations in an
international higher education environment
Kod
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
701007-2101
Title of research programme
Radical changes again - governing transformation of local infrastructural systems
Appendix D (List of publications)
Formas, Box 1206, SE-111 82 Stockholm, tel. +46 (0)8 775 40 00, [email protected]
List of publications
Elin Wihlborg
Thesis
Wihlborg, Elin (2000) En lösning som söker problem. Hur och varför lokala IT-policyer
utvecklas i mindre kommuner på landsbygden. Doktorsavhandling. (Linköping Studies in Arts
and Science 225). Linköping: Linköpings universitet.
Peer-reviewed articles
Palm, Jenny & Elin Wihlborg (2008, forthcoming) "Pockets of Local Orders for local policymaking - the case of information society infrastructures". To be published in European
Spatial Policy and Planning, vol 1, 2008.
Mannberg, Mariann & Elin Wihlborg (2007) “Communicative planning – friend or foe?
Obstacles and opportunities for implementing sustainable development locally”. Sustainable
Development.
Palm, Jenny & Elin Wihlborg (2008, forthcoming) “Who is governing what? Governing
Local Technical systems and issues of accountability”. Accepted for publication in: Local
Government Studies.
Wihlborg, Elin & Karin Skill (2006) “Legitimate Policies for Sustainable Development and
Household Work.” In: Women and Environment International, Special Issue on Women and
Urban Sustainability. Spring 2006.
Wihlborg, Elin & Palm, Jenny (2006) “Governed by technology? Urban management of
broadband and 3G systems in Sweden” Journal of Urban Technology, Volume 13, Number 2,
pages 71–89.
Wihlborg, Elin (2005) "Flexible use of time in order to overcome constraints" In: HomeOriented Informatics and Telematics. In: International Federation for Information
Processing. Sloane, A. (ed.) Series. Kluwer and Springer.
Wihlborg, Elin (2002) ”Kvinnor som drivande aktörer kring IT-utveckling”. NIKK Magasin.
Nr. 2, 2002. Nordisk institutt for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning.
Wihlborg, Elin (2002) ”Lokal arbetsmarknadspolitik för IT-samhället – ett innovationssystem
eller en governanceprocess?” Arbetsliv och Arbetsmarknad. Nr. 4, 2002, årg. 8, sid. 5-17.
Books and book contributions
Wihlborg, Elin (2008) ”Hållbar utveckling hemma – en kombinerad begreppslig diskussion.” I:
Ellegård, K. & J. Palm (red.) Vardags teknik: energi och IT – forskning om hållbar användning av
samhällets IT och energisystem. Stockholm: Carlssons förlag.
Wihlborg, Elin (2006) ”Statsvetare – och sedan?” I: Nya villkor för lärande och undervisning 9:e
Universitetspedagogiska konferensen vid Linköpings universitet 17 oktober 2005. Helene Hård af
Segerstad (red). E-bok, Linköpings universitet.
Wihlborg, Elin (2005) Offentliga e-tjänster i medborgarens tjänst. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet,
Delegationen för Tjugofyratimmarsmyndigheten.
Wihlborg, Elin (2003) Kommunala Bredbandsbyggen. Lokal politik för IT-samhället. (Tema-T
Rapport 40). Linköping: Tema Teknik och social förändring, Linköpings universitet.
Wihlborg, Elin (2002) ”IT-samhällets gemenskaper – ett demokratiskt dilemma?”. I: Spänningsfält.
Tekniken Politiken Framtiden (Vänbok till Lars Ingelstam). Sturesson, Lennart m.fl. (red.).
Stockholm: Carlssons förlag.
Ellegård, Kajsa & Elin Wihlborg (red.) (2001) Fånga vardagen. Ett tvärvetenskapligt perspektiv.
Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Wihlborg, Elin (1999) ”Platsbundna gemenskaper med virtuella kopplingar” i IT i demokratins tjänst,
Erik Amnå (red.). Demokratiutredningens forskarvolym VII, SOU 1999:117. Stockholm: Fakta Info
Direkt.
Conference Papers (most recent)
Wihlborg, Elin & Per Assmo (2008) “Turning Time-Spatial Modes An alternative perspective
to integrate environmental-economic processes of change”. To be presented at: Uddevalla
symposium, Kyoto, May 2008.
Wihlborg, Elin (2007) Households as Policy Actors and Concept in Environmental Politics.
Paper presented at Nordic Environmental Social Science, Oslo June 2007.
Wihlborg, Elin (2007) The home considered as family, household and dwelling. Paper
presented at Everyday life in time and space. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of
Association of Time Geographer. Marsh 2007.
Wihlborg, Elin (2007) Households as Policy actors and Concept. A conceptual discussion on
the family, the household and the dwelling. Paper presented at Western Political Science
Association, Panel: Environmental Political theory. Marsh 2007.
Wihlborg, Elin (2006) Here and now or anywhere anytime? - an essay on local e-governance
in global network contexts. Paper presented at Governments & Communities in Partnership,
Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, 25-27 Sep, 2006.
Wihlborg, Elin (2006) “Policy entrepreneurs for local e-governance – an essay on innovative
local policy making”. Paper presented at Uddevalla Symposium. George Mason University
Washington DC. 15-17 juni 2006.
Wihlborg, Elin & Karin Skill (2006) ”Sustainable development in practice – a female
responsibility? A gender analysis of green household activities. Paper presented at Western
Political Science Association, Panel 03.07.
Wihlborg, Elin (2005) Här är där, där man är! - En essä om rumslig urbäddning av lokal
demokrati. Paper presenterat vid Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte, Lund, okt 2005.
Söderholm, Patrik & Elin Wihlborg (2005) Inter-Disciplinary Cooperation for Environmental
Policy Design: Experiences from the SHARP Program, Paper for the 7th Nordic
Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS) Gothenburg, June 2005.
Reports in Swedish
Wihlborg, Elin & Karin Skill (2004) Jämställd, hållbar framtid: Idéer och vardag i samspel.
Rapport 5422. Stockholm: Naturvårdsverket.
Wihlborg, Elin, Jessica Rahm och Kajsa Ellegård (2003) Konvergerande teknik kommer hem.
Tema-T Arbetsnotat 272. Linköping: Tema Teknik och social förändring, Linköpings
universitet.
Wihlborg, Elin (2002) Stadsnät som lokal attraktionskraft i nätverkssamhället. (CKS
Arbetsnotat 28). Linköping: Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier, Linköpings universitet.
Ellegård, Kajsa; Marie-Louise Eriksson och Elin Wihlborg (2000) Regional utvecklingskraft
genom lärande aktörer. Working paper nr. 20, SIR. Östersund: SIR.
(http://www.sir.se/pdfer/wp%2020.pdf)
Invited Conference Presentations
Ett flertal presentationer inom ramen för tjugofyratimmars delegationen 2004-2007.
”Tid, makt och plats” keynote at Tidsgeografidagrna, Halmstad, maj 2008.
”IT i kommuner” keynote vid avslutningskonferens för forskningsprogrammet IT och
demokrati, Oslo universitet, arrangör: Harald Baldersheim.
”IT-samhället en vardaglig och politisk verklighet”, förbundet för folkhögskolelärare, Tollare
folkhögskola, november 2005.
”Lokala innovationssystem, IT och energi - teknik, tolkning och konvergens” presentation för
Kommunförbundets FOU-råd, Stockholm, oktober 2003.
”Bredband till landsbygden” presentation av forskningsprojektet Lokal IT-politik vid ITPS:s
konferens Levande Landsbygd, Östersund, september 2003.
”Kan kommunerna styra IT-utvecklingen?” Paper presenterat vid Konferens för brukare och
forskare anordnad av Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier, Linköping, maj 2002.
Presentation för handläggare och statssekreterare vid Näringsdepartementet om
forskningsprojektet ”Lokal IT-politik”, oktober 2003.
Presentation vid näringsministerns hearing om bredbandsfrågor. Presentation ”Att leva i ITsamhället”, Stockholm, oktober 2003.
Presentation ”Bredband till landsbygden konferensen Levande Landsbygd, Östersund
030901-02. Arrangerad av ITPS, Glesbygdsverket, ETOUR samt ALI.
Presentation för företagare engagerade i bredbandsutbyggnad i Östergötland. RaLAföretagsgrupp, Skänninge, februari 2003.
Presentation ’Användare och användning’ Livets nya villkor, Universitets holding, Linköping,
november 2002.Medverkan i paneldebatt om regional politik vid Norrlandsförbundets
femtioårsjubileum, Luleå, maj 2002.
Medverkan i seminarium kring e-demokrati, arrangerat av IT-Norrbotten och Västerbotten
Direkt. Piteå havsbad, Piteå maj 2001.
Medverkan i forskardiskussion för referensgruppen för bredbandsfrågor vid Post och
Telestyrelsen, Stockholm, april 2001 & mars 2003.
Bibliografi
Böcker
Assmo P. with Eriksson A. (1994) Soil Conservation in Arusha Region, Tanzania - Manual for
Extension Workers with Emphasis on Small-Scale Farmers. Nairobi. RSCU/SIDA.
Assmo, P. & Mawenya, L. (1996) Mwongozo wa Hifadhi ya Ardhi na Kilimo Mseto. Perfect
Printers. Arusha, Tanzania
Assmo P. (1999) Livelihood Strategies & Land Degradation - Perceptions Among Small-Scale
Farmers in Ng'iresi, Tanzania. Series B No 96. Department of Human & Economic Geography,
University of Göteborg.
Assmo, P. (2000) Approaches of Political Ecology in Development Theory & Practice. Occasional
Papers 2000:9. Department of Human and Economic Geography, School of Economics and
Commercial Law, Gothenburg University.
Assmo, P. (2004) Creative Industry Cluster Growth in a Global Economy – The Example of Film in
Väst, Sweden. HTU Research Report 2004:05. Grafikerna Livrena AB, Kungälv. Sweden.
Antologibidrag
Assmo, P. & Fox, R. (2003) The digital economy and higher education: glocal bypass or
integration of nowhere space and somewhere place? In HTU Research Report 03:01.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Public Policy in the Emerging
Digital Economy. Grafikerna AB, Kungälv.
Assmo, P & Blomgren R. (2003) Film Production as Strategy for Regional Development - Mission
(Im)possible? In HTU Research Report 03:01. Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Regional
Development and Public Policy in the Emerging Digital Economy. Grafikerna AB, Kungälv.
Sweden.
Assmo, P. (2004) Creative Clusters Ideas and Realities for Cluster Growth. The Example of Film in
Väst in the Region of Västra Götaland, Sweden. HTU Research Report 2004:01.
Entrepreneurship, Spatial Industrial Clusters and Inter-firm Networks. Grafikerna Livrena
AB, Kungälv. Sweden.
Assmo, P & Fox, R. (2004) The Development of a Research Philosophy and Methodology Course
using Web-Based Learning: An International Collaboration. 30th Congress of the International
Geographical Union (IGU). In Expanding Horizons in a Shrinking World. Commission on
Geographical Education. University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
Assmo, P. (2005) Creative Clusters - Ideas and Realities for Cluster Growth. The Example of Film i
Väst in the Region of Västra Götaland, Sweden. In Karlsson, Johansson & Stough: Industrial
Clusters and Inter-Firm Networks. New Horizons in Regional Science. Edward Elgar
Publishing, Cheltenham
Assmo, P. (2007) Creative Industrial Development for Regional Economic Growth. The Example of
Regional Film Centres in Sweden. In University West Research Report 2007:01
Entrepreneurship and Development – Local Processes and Global Patterns. Grafikerna
Livrena AB, Kungälv. Sweden
Assmo, P. & Wihlborg, E. (2007) Beyond the Economic Meanings of Development - A Discussion
of Political-Geographical Constructions of Societal Development. In University Väst Research
Report 2007:04. Institutions for Knowledge Generation and Knowledge Flows – Building
Innovative Capabilities for Regions. Grafikerna Livrena AB, Kungälv. Sweden
Vetenskapliga tidskrifter
Assmo, P. & Fox, R. (2007) Old (European) wine in new (South African) bottles or new (South
African) wine in old (European) bottles? Developing assessment practices in response to the
changing educational environment, reflections from Sweden and South Africa. (Forthcoming)
Assmo, P. & Fox R. (2008) Gowin’s Knowledge Vee and the Integration of Philosophy and
Methodology: a Case Study. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. (Forthcoming)
Assmo, P., Kjellgren, H. & Fox, R. (2008) Role Playing African Development: an International
Comparison. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
(Forthcoming)
Rapporter, Konferensbidrag, populärvetenskapliga artiklar
Assmo P. & Mawenya L. (1991) Soil Conservation & Agroforestry Programme Arusha (SCAPA)
Information Guide. Arusha. Department of Agriculture Arusha, Tanzania.
Assmo, P. (1995) Rapport från hemkomstseminarium för biträdande bilaterala experter.
Stockholm. SIDA/PU
Assmo, P. (1997) Sustainable Development - For Who. Occasional Papers. Department of Human
& Economic Geography, University of Göteborg.
Assmo, P. (2000) Participatory Approaches in Development. Occasional Papers. Göteborg.
Department of Human & Economic Geography, University of Göteborg
Assmo, P. (2000) From Dependency Theory to Alternative Development Approaches. Occasional
Papers. Department of Human & Economic Geography, University of Göteborg
Assmo, P. (2001) Naturens resurser. Särdrag, fördelning, nyttjande. Working paper. University of
Trollhättan/Uddevalla.
Assmo, P. (2001) Marginality in the Heartland. Livelihood Strategies in the densely populated
rural areas of Northern Tanzania. Research Paper presented at the International Geographical
Union (IGU). Stockholm, Sweden. June 2001.
Assmo, P. & Fox, R. (2002) Diverse and Near, Similar and Distant: A Geographical Perspective on
an International Collaborative Initiative. Research paper presented at Rhodes University,
IEASA Paper. Stephenson. Grahamstown.
Assmo, P. (2003) From Hollywood to Cape Town - Prospects for a Film Production Cluster in
Western Cape, South Africa. Research Paper presented at the 5th Biennal Geography
Conference, University of the Free State, Blomfontein, South Africa. September 2003.
Assmo, P. (2004) A Swedish-South African Work Integrated Training and Research Programme
for the Film Industry. Research Paper presented at the Cape Film Commission/University of
Western Creative Industry Conference. Cape Town, South Africa, October 2004.
Assmo, P. & Fox, R. (2004) Structure, rules and standards: reflections on the development of an
international curriculum.’ ‘Reinventing the University’ Research Paper presented at the
Conference on Higher Education, Rhodes University and Mail & Guardian, Grahamstown,
South Africa, December 2004.
Assmo, P. & Fox, R. (2007) Role Playing African Development: an International Comparison.
Research Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Learning. University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2007.
Assmo, P., Gråsjö, U. & R. Fox (2007) Where is the Creative Place? Spatial Meanings for Regional
Economic Development. Research Paper presented at the Uddevalla Symposium. Institutions
for Knowledge Generation and Knowledge Flows – Building Innovative Capabilities for
Regions. Uddevalla, Sweden. June 2007
Assmo, P. & Wihlborg E. (2007) Beyond the Economic Meanings of Development - A Discussion of
Political-Geographical Constructions of Societal Development. Research Paper presented at the
10th Uddevalla Symposium. Institutions for Knowledge Generation and Knowledge Flows –
Building Innovative Capabilities for Regions. Uddevalla, Sweden. June 2007.
Publications 2001-2008: Kristina Söderholm
Peer reviewed articles in international journals
”Environmental Awakening in the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry: Pollution Resistance
and Firm Responses in the Early 20th Century,” forthcoming in Business Strategy and the
Environment, 2008.
Articles and book chapters
”Tekniskt lärande och teknisk glömska i 1900-talets svenska pappersmassaindustri” In
Samhällsförändrarna: Livsmönster, idéer och teknisk förändring, Söderholm, Kristina and
Lars Elenius (Eds.) First Edition, Studier i norra Europas historia No. 6, pp. 31-49, Luleå
University of Technology, 2007.
”Från förpestad luft till framtida generationers förlust – Miljöargument mot massateknik
under 1900-talet,” In E. Mårald and C. Nordlund (Eds.), Polhem – årsbok i teknikhistoria
(Tema: teknik och miljö), Svenska nationalkommittén för teknikhistoria, 2005.
“Scientific Controversies as a Source of Environmental Information: The Case of Sulphate
Odour from a Swedish Paper Mill in the Early 20th Century,” (with Patrik Söderholm), in
W. Pillman and K. Tochtermann (Eds.), Environmental Communication in the Information
Society, International Society for Environmental Protection, Vienna, Austria, pp. 279-286,
2002.
”Örebroarna och pappersbruket: Föroreningsmotstånd för hundra år sedan,” In G. Persson
(Ed.), Människa, miljö, hälsa, Swedish Science Press, Uppsala, Sweden, 2002.
Monographs and Edited Volumes
Samhällsförändrarna: Livsmönster, idéer och teknisk förändring, Söderholm, Kristina and
Lars Elenius (Eds.) First Edition, Studier i norra Europas historia No. 6, Luleå University of
Technology, 2007.
Tekniken som problem och lösning: föroreningsmotstånd och teknikval i 1900-talets
svenska pappersmassaindustri, Ph.D. Dissertation, Luleå University of Technology Press,
Sweden, 2005.
Lukten från Örebro Pappersbruk: Föroreningsmotstånd och teknikval under tidigt 1900tal, Licentiate Thesis 2001:55, Luleå University of Technology Press, 2001.
Reports solely in Swedish
Miljöforskning inom den svenska pappers- och massaindustrin: från sekelskiftets
luktkommitté till 60- och 70-talens laboratorier och forskningsinstitut, Research Report
2007:11, Luleå University of Technology Press, Sweden, 2007.
Uppbyggnaden av Luleås VA-system vid sekelskiftet 1900: en djärv "miljö"-satsning i en tid
av teknisk och vetenskaplig omdaning, Reserach Report 2007:13, Luleå University of
Technology Press, Sweden, 2007.
Popular science articles/presentations
”En djärv ’miljö’-satsning i Luleå vid sekelskiftet 1900 – uppbyggnaden av VA-systemet”
In Stadsarkivets Årsbok 2008, pp. 15-38, Luleå kommun, 2007.
”Uppbyggnaden av Luleås VA-system vid sekelskiftet 1900 – en miljöfråga?”, in
Norrbotten 2007, Norrbottens museums årsbok., Luleå, 2007.
Presentations at conferences
Paper presentation (forthcoming) at the 7th Global Conference Environmental Justice and
Global Citizenship, Oxford, Great Britain, July 2008.
Paper presentation (forthcoming) at the 2008 “Annual Meeting for the Society for the
History of Technology”, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2008.
Paper presentation (forthcoming) at the “2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008”,
Basel, Switzerland.
Paper presentation at the 2007 “Vetenskap för hållbar utveckling”, Linköping, Sweden,
September 2007.
Paper presentation at the 2003 “Nordic workshop for graduate students in history of science
and technology”, Aarhus, Denmark, May 2003.
Paper presentation at the 16th International Conference Informatics for Environmental
Protection, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, September 2002.
Paper presentation at the 2002 “Annual Meeting for the Society for the History of
Technology”, Toronto, Canada, October 2002.
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Kod
Dnr
2008-1811-12538-47
Name of Applicant
Wihlborg, Elin
Date of birth
Registration date
701007-2101
2008-04-29
Announced grants
Annual call of 2008
Title of research programme
Radical changes again - governing transformation of local infrastructural
systems
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