Björn Ekström

I am Lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden. I write about how people seek, share, organise, produce or otherwise deal with information – often in relation to environmental matters, novel technologies and/or scholarly work. I have an interest in sociomaterial practice theory and tend to work with qualitative and digital methods. I mainly teach courses related to information search and knowledge organisation.

Selected publications

Pilerot, O., & Ekström, B. (2025). Information practice and information behaviour: On the need for conceptual and theoretical clarity. Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 30(CoLIS), 461–473.

Haider, J., Söderström, K. R., Ekström, B., & Rödl, M. (2024). GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 5(5), 1-16.

Ekström, B. (2023). Thousands of examining eyes: Credibility, authority and validity in biodiversity citizen science data production. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 75(1), 149-170.

Ekström, B. (2022). A niche of their own: Variations of information practices in biodiversity citizen science. Journal of Documentation, 78(7), 248-265.

Pennlert, J., Ekström, B., & Lorentzen, D. G. (2021). Teleoptical perspectives on digital methods: Scientific claims and consequences. In S. Petersson (Ed.), Digital Human Sciences (pp. 75-102). Stockholm University Press.

Elsewhere

Here is my staff page at the University of Borås.

A more comprehensive list of publications is available at ORCID.