iInstitute
The iInstitute at Linnaeus University is a member of the international iSchools organization, providing interdisciplinary education in the digital humanities, computer science, health science, and other fields related to digital information.
Managed and advised by colleagues representing the wide breadth of related disciplines, the iInstitute hosts workshops and seminars, including the annual Baladria Summer School in Digital Humanities. Find recent highlights below, in addition to the vision and strategy for the iInstitute at Linnaeus University.
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About iInstitute and iSchools
Today, the iSchool organisation involves over 100 prestigious universities from around the world. The aim of the iSchools organisation is to promote and practice the iField. Disciplines of the iField include computer science, library and information science, business informatics, knowledge management, business, sociology, psychology, philosophy, ethics, linguistics, media, with a range of applied fields and disciplines such as astronomy, medicine, biology, health, history, religion, archaeology, musicology, literature, art.
The need for the iField and the iSchool at Linnaeus University is best described in the following paragraph by Professor Andrew Dillon, Head of iSchool at the University of Austin at the time, Linnaeus University's iSchool project advisor (2017):"
"The most pressing problems of the 21st century are trans-disciplinary and invariably mediated by information or its associated technologies. To lead change, scholarship must cross boundaries and equip the next generation of graduates to think in terms of leveraging human abilities through new IT. There is no single subject or discipline for this, it has to be outside traditional boundaries or it will not work. To do this, an iSchool at your university is essential. Without it, progress will invariably be limited and narrow".
Linnaeus University got accepted as a member of the iSchools organisation in December 2017.
Head of iInstitute
Education
Within the iInstitute, Linnaeus University offers the following:
Programmes at Bachelor's level (in Swedish)
- Library and Information Science
In Swedish, Campus, full time + distance learning, part time - Interactive Media and Web Technologies
In Swedish, Campus, full time
Programmes at Master's level
- Digital Humanities
Distance learning, full time - Social Media and Web Technologies
Campus, full time + Distance learning, full time - e-Health
- Information systems
Campus, full time + Distance learning, full time
PhD Programmes:
- Computor and Information Science
- Graduate School in Contract Archaeology (GRASCA)
- Biomedical Science
- Library and Information studies (in creation)
Workshop Series "Higher Education Programs in Digital Humanities"
These workshops are part of the annual conference "Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Conference (DHNB)".
Seminars and talks
- For seminars and talks since 2021, please see the Calendar section above
- Video recordings of seminars by lecturers who gave permission are now available via LnuPlay.
- On December 9, 2020, Zoi Tsiviltidou held a seminar titled ‘Digital storytelling in the museum for self-directed learning and mobile-supported interaction'. Watch the seminar: https://play.lnu.se/media/t/0_2hcil2mv
- December 2019: On December 2, Ying-Hsang Liu from Australian National University gave a seminar titled ‘Human-Centred Computational Thinking for Digital Humanities’: Watch the seminar: https://play.lnu.se/media/t/0_srja3iok
- October 2019: Lecture arranged by Gunilla Bradley Centre for Digital Business (GBC) about The development and implementation of a PhD Program in ICT for the Kosovo Education System
- May 2019: Christian Wartena, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover, held a lecture named Analysis of Image Captions in Scientific Publications. Video. Slides.
- Seminar by Jean-Francois Blanchette, University of California, Los Angeles, May 18, 2018. Abstract.
- Seminar "Emerging Information Field, iSchools Organisation, and Potential for Linnaeus University". Michael Seadle, Executive Director of iSchools; Dean of Faculty of Arts, Humboldt University and Sam Oh, iCaucus Chair-elect; Head of School, Library & Information Science and Data Science Department, Sungkyunkwan University, featured. The recorded video of the seminar is available at: https://connect.sunet.se/p92gwguambp/. Presentations by Sam Oh & Michael Seadle. November 3, 2017.
Our vision
Our long-term vision is to create a leading education, development and research regional centre in the iField, that combines in novel ways already existing expertise from different Linnaeus University departments and faculties working in close collaboration and co-creation with relevant stakeholders from the surrounding society. Addressing future societal challenges would be possible by highly skilled professionals whose education has been markedly enhanced by practice-informed education and joint, cross-sector innovation.
Strategic values to be developed during these efforts refer to uniting and consolidating the expertise we already have to create new constellations for collaboration leading to new knowledge and products (expertise, education, research, public and commercial services relevant for the region, such as a cultural tourism industry perspective), resulting in a return on investment.
Plans for the first period (24–36 months) are to focus on the development of new educational programmes and research as outlined in the figures below.
Vision and strategy for 2019–2023
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