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Journal: Information Research
Information Research is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It was established in 1995 by Professor T.D. Wilson, Professor Emeritus of the University of Sheffield and subsequently Senior Professor, University of Borås. It is now published by the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden.
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Library and Information Science
The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is Sweden’s most extensive research environment in the subject and conducts research and education with a strong professional connection and international character. Our researchers take on the digital challenges of our time, mostly from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.
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Information Practices and Digital Cultures
The research group Information Practices and Digital Cultures acts as a dynamic cluster bringing together researchers at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, whose work concerns people‘s engagement with information in different practices, roles, or institutions and the implications of digital cultures for how information and knowledge are shaped in contemporary society.
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Culture, Library, Politics
Studies of (public) libraries’ current and historical conditions in different respects, cultural policy change processes, and cultural mediation and citizen involvement; these three themes gather the members of this research group.
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Knowledge infrastructures
The Knowledge infrastructures research group (KIR) focuses on how information and knowledge is generated, maintained, shared and transferred.
Read more about Knowledge infrastructuresThe Scholarly Communication Collective (SCALE)
The Scholarly Communication Collective (SCALE) gathers researchers engaged in critiquing and improving how academic knowledge is communicated, evaluated, and structured. Our focus includes the formal apparatus of scholarly exchange – academic journals, peer review, bibliographic databases – as well as more informal modes of communication within and outside academia.
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INCLUDE – Centre for Inclusive Studies
With the broader ambition of Equal Opportunities for All, the Centre for Inclusive Studies aims to promote and enable research and innovation that relate to issues of Inclusion, Participation, Accessibility, and Equality.
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The Centre for Cultural Policy Research (KPC)
The Centre for Cultural Policy Research work is based in the university's vision of Science for the Professions. We seek to play a key role in the growing field of research and practice in the field of cultural politics in the broadest sense.
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Centre for Reading Research and Promotion (CLL)
The Centre for Reading Research and Promotion (or CLL for its Swedish name, Centrum för läsforskning och läsfrämjande) is Sweden’s first interdisciplinary knowledge centre with a particular focus on issues relating to reading, reading research, and reading promotion.
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How AI can identify the temporal setting of novels
2026-10-26
New study reveals the path of agricultural research into policymaking
2026-10-07
The Centre for Reading Research and Promotion is launching
2026-09-02
Collaboration strengthens libraries in war-torn Ukraine
2026-06-15
How a new research field is being formed – a study on the structures of sustainability science
2026-06-09
2026-10-26
Finding novels set during a particular historical period may become easier in the future. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Borås shows that AI can be used to identify when the events of a novel take place. A relatively simple AI method performed better in the experiments than the more advanced methods included in the study.
2026-10-07
How is research used when agricultural policy is formulated? This has been investigated in a new doctoral thesis at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science. Doctoral student Rui José António has traced the path of agricultural research from researchers and universities to its use in agricultural policy documents – with a focus on countries in Africa.
2026-09-02
How do we read today, and how will we read in the future? How can professions that work to promote reading come together? These are questions being discussed and explored in a new interdisciplinary centre at the University of Borås.
2026-06-15
At the same time as bombs are falling and the electricity is cut, Ukrainian librarians are working to meet residents in new ways and to plan for a future where the war is over.
2026-06-09
How are new research fields established and who decides what knowledge counts as legitimate? A new doctoral thesis at the University of Borås studies how sustainability science has emerged and the power structures that characterise a research field with the ambition to be open, interdisciplinary and socially transformative.
Master's Programme in Information Science: Digital Environments
Study information from both a technical and theoretical perspective.
The programme is suitable for those with a bachelor's degree in library and information science, information architecture, archival science, digital humanities, computer science, information systems, or a related field.
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Rebuilding Ukraine: Libraries Building Resilience in Wartime Ukraine
The war has severely impacted Ukraine’s libraries and memory institutions, undermining public access to knowledge, civic dialogue, and democratic engagement. A collaboration lead by The Swedish School of Library and Information Science aims to empower individuals and, through this, strengthen institutions.
Rebuilding Ukraine: Libraries Building Resilience in Wartime Ukraine
The war has severely impacted Ukraine’s libraries and memory institutions, undermining public access to knowledge, civic dialogue, and democratic engagement. A collaboration lead by The Swedish School of Library and Information Science aims to empower individuals and, through this, strengthen institutions.