Björn Ekström
Lecturer
Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT (including The Swedish School of Library and Information Science)
— Swedish School of Library and Information Science
I work at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS). I explore human and nonhuman engagement with information in scholarly conduct, in scholars' relations with nonscholars and/or in environmental settings. I focus on situated interaction of information and how this interaction is relationally tied to large-scale phenomena. In my studies, I combine practice theory approaches with qualitative and digital methods.
Past research projects include studies of information practices in voluntary species monitoring, configurations of (dis/mis)information about sustainability energy initiatives in dominant information infrastructures and big data approaches for monitoring research and innovation performance.
Publications
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Ekström, B., Pilerot, O., Distributed Agency and Materiality in Biodiversity Citizen Science 2026
Chapter in book
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Ekström, B., Book review: Huvila, Isto, Andersson, Lisa and Sköld, Olle (Eds.). Perspectives on paradata: Research and practice of documenting process knowledge 2025
Article, book review
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Ekström, B., Can the exposition of paradata lead to participant diversity in biodiversity citizen science? 2025
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Engström, L., Haider, J., Foundation models’ acceptable use policies disregard the environment and nature 2025
Article in journal
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Haider, J., White, J., Ekström, B., How ‘everyday AI’ encourages overconsumption 2025
Article in journal
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Pilerot, O., Ekström, B., Information practice and information behaviour: on the need for conceptual and theoretical clarity 2025
Article in journal
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Nowé Hedvall, K., Hammarfelt, B., Haider, J., Pilerot, O., Gunnarsson Lorentzen, D., Trépagny, V., Söderlind, Å., Ekström, B., Tattersall Wallin, E., Hedemark, Å., Huvila, I., Rydbeck, K., Engström, L., Hanell, F., Hansson, J., Carlsson, H., Schultz Nybacka, P., Lund, A., Trumpadministrationen hotar biblioteken – låt inte samma sak ske i Sverige 2025
Article in journal
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Haider, J., Söderström, K. R., Ekström, B., Rödl, M., GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation 2024
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Introduction to information retrieval evaluation metrics 2024
Other
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Ekström, B., No rose on this one? 2024
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Winding paths to species reports 2024
Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
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Graminius, C., Ekström, B., Haider, J., Editorial 2023
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Tattersall Wallin, E., Simple questions for complex matters? 2023
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Thousands of examining eyes 2023
Article in journal
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Haider, J., Ekström, B., Tattersall Wallin, E., Gunnarsson Lorentzen, D., Rödl, M., Söderberg, N., Tracing online information about wind power in Sweden: An exploratory quantitative study of broader trends 2023
Report
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Ekström, B., Understanding wind power search queries and results with RAT 2023
Conference paper
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Ekström, B., A niche of their own 2022
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Från naturupplevelse till artdata 2022
Conference paper
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Ekström, B., Information practices in biodiversity citizen science 2022
Conference paper
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Graminius, C., Haider, J., Cardoso, N., Fedorowicz-Kruszewska, M., Ekström, B., Pilerot, O., LIS and environmental research 2022
Conference paper
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Ekström, B., Trace data visualisation enquiry 2022
Article in journal
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Ekström, B., Jackson, C., Crowston, K., Østerlund, C., Tracing knowledge production in an online citizen science project 2022
Conference paper
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Ekström, B., Unfolding material constraints and opportunities in biodiversity citizen science information practices 2022
Conference paper
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Pennlert, J., Ekström, B., Gunnarsson Lorentzen, D., Teleoptical perspectives on digital methods 2021
Chapter in book
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Ekström, B., Jackson, C., Østerlund, C., Tracing hyperlinks 2021
Conference paper
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Ekström, B., Tattersall Wallin, E., Marčetić, H., Programming Historian 2020
Article, book review
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Ekström, B., Developing a rule-based method for identifying researchers on Twitter: The case of vaccine discussions 2019
Conference paper
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Ekström, B., Developing a rule-based method for identifying researchers on Twitter: The case of vaccine discussions 2019
Conference paper
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Gunnarsson Lorentzen, D., Eklund, J., Nelhans, G., Ekström, B., On the potential for detecting scientific issues and controversies on Twitter 2019
Conference paper
Ongoing projects
Concluded projects
Areas
Research groups
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Information Practices and Digital Cultures
How do different professions and communities interact with knowledge and information? What does it mean to think critically in today’s data-driven ...
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Knowledge infrastructures
The Knowledge infrastructures research group (KIR) focuses on how information and knowledge is generated, maintained, shared and transferred.