Participants MusicLessons research project, 2005-2006

Prof Roger Wallis

Part-time Professor Multimedia, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, Dept of Media Technology and Graphic Arts. Elected Board Member, Swedish Music Copyright Society (STIM) and Executive Chairman of the Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers (SKAP). Ph D from Stockholm School of Economics, and Gothenburg University (Department of Journalism and Mass Communications).

Current interests: The IPR / Copyright regime and its ability to survive in an un-managed network environment. The development of an on-line media environment, issues of creativity, trust, integrity and responsibility in the Internet world, e-commerce and new partnerships. The role of trusted agents (human or computerized) in the on-line environment, in particular the role of music collection/protection societies. Cultural diversity, Disintermediation, vertical integration in the media/technology industries, consumer acceptance of new media delivery technologies etc.Contact: rogerw@kth.se, +46 70 555 7090

Prof Olle Findahl

Ph.D. in cognitive psychology 1984. 1970-1993 researcher at the Audience and Research Department at the Swedish Broadcasting Cooperation. Full Professor in Media and Communication at Umeå University 1993-2003. Founder of advanced programs in Science Journalism and Media Engineering. Part-time Research Manager at World Internet Institute 2000-.

My research have been focused at the audience and user and how we get to know the world around us through media. I have also been interested in new technology and how new media transforms the old. I am now working with a longitudinal study of how the Swedes use Internet and also a longitudinal study of the digitalisation of the news production and its effect on the diversity of television news. Special interest in media coverage of risks and war.

Contact: olle.findahl@worldinternetinstitute.org, +46 70 332 2252

Lars-Erik Ericsson

Doctor of Technology in Telecommunication Theory from Royal Institute of Technology 1974. Employed at Institute for Microelectronics and Information Technology as project leader and co-ordinator of MUSICLESSONS. Senior consultant in ICT business strategy with special focus on commersialisation of research results.

Current interests: New technology for content distribution with special focus on peer-to-peer networking. The new IPR/Copyright regime and the possibilities for creation of new business. Development of services including new access technologies and AAA (Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting). Trust and dependability of critical ICT infrastructures. Recent year activities include long-term competence building with respect to Internet scalability, information security and stability.

Contact: leen@imit.kth.se, +46 8 790 4267

Håkan Selg

MSc from Stockholm School of Economics. Senior consultant in industrial economy and organization with special focus on the diffusion and impact of new information technologies.

His activities during recent years cover a wide area of Internet user studies with a number of reports published by the the ICT Commission, the Swedish University Computer Network (SUNET) and the Swedish Language Council. Thematic fields are the use of Internet among women, among elderly people and the webb access for users with disabilities. Of particular importance is an analysis of driving forces for the use of Internet based on a survey on current research in Sweden and abroad.

Contact: selg@fs.se +46 70 630 0085

Ulf Blomqvist

Part time PhD student at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and part time Assistant Program Manager at the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA). He is born 1971, holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science specialising in Business Administration.

For a period of six years – starting at Bonnier, a Swedish and international media group – he has worked at different positions within the Internet and the dot.com-industries mainly with strategic, business and conceptual development, advising executives in major Scandinavian Corporations. He has been working as a researcher at KTH since 2002, now part time, and his main domain of research is technology and media enhanced learning – the effect of history and experience when introducing new forms of mediated learning.

Contact: ulfhb@nada.kth.se+46 70 660 2060