Over the last several years I have been based at the University of Göteborg working as a lecturer and carrying out my research. Last year my research resulted in the defense of my thesis. During my time at Göteborg I have managed to be a researcher in Italy, a visiting fellow in England, I joined the Free Software Foundation and became project lead for Creative Commons Sweden.
In recent years I have come to focus greatly on copyright and open access questions so it was with great interest that I applied for a role in an open access project based at the University of Lund. Yesterday I was offered (and accepted the position).
The main thrust of my work will be:
- The analysis of copyright interpretation and practice at Swedish universities.
- The study of the relationship between copyright law and license agreements.
- An analysis of the relation between authors/researchers, university departments and publishers.
- Developing proposals and recommendations to deal with the complex of copyright problems that exist in scientific communication.
This all means that after the summer most of my work will be based at the University of Lund. Lund is one of the oldest universities in Sweden (established 1666) and it is one of the driving forces in the open access arena. But, fortunately for me I will also be able to keep a small position at the University of Göteborg.
Photo Al Monner (1935) Historic photoarchive