MOBILE LIFE VINN EXCELLENCE CENTRE

The Mobile Life VINN Excellence Centre was formed in 2007 and closed down in March 2017. During these years the Centre established itself as an internationally recognised research locus in the area of mobile services. The centre operated as a joint venture between its research partners, industrial partners and public sector partners with funding from the Swedish governmental funding agency VINNOVA... At its peak the Centre hosted about 46 researchers in the facilities, exploring experiential, leisure and playful mobile and ubiquitous interactions. The research was conducted in interdisciplinary groups, involving researchers from computer science, interaction design, sociology, psychology but also from game design, art, dance, and fashion. The Centre's competitive edge lied in making serious research on what we might normally portray as "unserious" activities in collaboration with its partners Ericsson, Microsoft Research, IKEA, ABB, Nokia, Telia Company, Company P, Sony Ericsson,..

Also known as: Mobile Life