Olof Sundin

Olaf Sundin is Professor of Information Studies at Lund University (since 2012). He earned his doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2003. Sundin leads the RE-SEARCH Project, which examines how young people’s search strategies evolve within today’s AI-infused information infrastructure. He is also program chair for the Search Engine and Society Network (SEASON) and a member of the Nordic Disinformation Resilience Network. His research centers on how disinformation and artificial intelligence shape information practices, the broader datafication of society, and the governance and control of information.

• Recent Works

  • Haider, J., Sundin, O. (2022). Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy: The Crisis of Information. Taylor & Francis.

  • Haider, J., Sundin, O. (2022). Information Literacy Challenges in Digital Culture: Conflicting Engagements of Trust and Doubt. Information, Communication & Society, 25(8): 1176-1191. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2020.1851389

  • Haider, J., Sundin, O. (2019). Invisible Search and Online Search Engines: The Ubiquity of Search in Everyday Life. Taylor & Francis

• Most cited work(s)

  • Limber, L., Sundin, O., Talja, S. (2012) Three Theoretical Perspectives on Information Literacy. Human IT: Journal for Information Technology Studies as a Human Science, 11(2). https://humanit.hb.se/article/view/69

  • Haider, J., Sundin, O. (2019). Invisible Search and Online Search Engines: The Ubiquity of Search in Everyday Life. Taylor & Francis

  • Sundin, O., Johannisson, J. (2005). Pragmatism, Neo-Pragmatism and Sociocultural Theory: Communicative Participation as a Perspective in LIS. Journal of Documentation, 61(1): 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410510577998

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