Åke Grönlund Örebro University Professor ESI/Informatics +46 70 585 1790 701 82 Örebro ake.gronlund@esi.oru.se Sweden 2006-02-01 Åke Grönlund: CV, publications, and research interests Address Södra Majorsgatan 12 A, 903 36 Umeå, Sweden Phone: +46 70 585 1790, Fax +46 90 786 6550 Email: ake.gronlund@esi.oru.se Exam & affiliation Åke Grönlund is (full) Professor of Informatics at Örebro University. He received his PhD in Informatics from Umeå University, where he has worked since 1987. Currently affiliated to Örebro University and Umeå University. Research focus Electronic Government – more analytically and empirically interestingly considered as e- governance – is the currently most prominent research field involving several projects and international cooperation, including work in developing countries, “ICT for Development”. Recent publications in those fields include two international books, two special sections of leading academic journals, and three books in Swedish. More generally, interests include the coordination of organizations (including “virtual organizations” and networks) using information and communication technologies (ICT), including electronic service delivery, organizational redesign, electronic information infrastructures, and coordination of work based on ICT use. Current work includes not only public sector restructuring but also mobile technology for different contexts. Grönlund’s PhD thesis was entitled “Public Computer Systems”, discussed client-organizational use of IT before the World Wide Web was invented in the early 1990s, making him a pioneer in the field of electronic services (nominated so by other people). Assignments Founding faculty, scientific leader, and member of the Steering Committee of the multidisciplinary (informatics, political science, media and communication studies, history) DemocrIT research programme on ICT in democratic processes. Associate editor for the journals Journal of the AIS, e-Services Journal, International Journal of Electronic Government Research, Journal of E-Government, and e-Government Quarterly.