Position: PhD, postdoc in informatics, Senior Lecturer in Media- and Communication studies
Organization: Linnaeus University/Blekinge institute of technology

Annelie Ekelin is a Post-doc at the Blekinge Institute of Technology and Senior lecturer in Media and Communications studies at the School of Social Sciences, Linnaeus University in Sweden. She received her Ph.D. in IT and Work Practice/informatics at the Blekinge Institute of Technology. Her research domain focuses on the development of ICT-supported participation in processes of service development, social media and innovation journalism. Her recent and ongoing projects include the Augment Project, a mobile location based accessibility service for disabled people; the Swedish Asian Research Cooperation on Participatory, Sustainable, Convergent and High Quality Public Services, an inter- and multidisciplinary research cooperation within the Swedish Research Links Program; an assignment for the Information Office of the Swedish Parliament focusing on the current state of e-participation in Sweden, Europe and elsewhere; and an assignment for the Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality as a team leader for deliberations concerning future e-democracy development.

• Panel discussion: Innovations for Government eParticipation