Mads Solberg
+4740865639
Ankeret, Ålesund, Larsgårdsveien 2
About
I use tools from anthropology and cognitive science to make sense of how humans interact with technology in healthcare. I consider this work as a contribution to 'technoanthropology', a complementary project where anthropological insights – on the one hand – can inform the development and use of new technology, and where the technology – on the other – offers fresh perspectives on foundational issues in anthropology.
I am a member of the MARS-group (Management and organization of social and health services).
We are currently working on a project funded by the Regional Research Fund about how managers in primary care use data and information systems in everyday managerial practice (a topic known as 'data work' in the literature).
Other interests include the epistemic and cognitive foundations of simulation-based education in healthcare (https://www.ntnu.no/ihb/prosim), and novel forms of collaboration with municipal healthcare (Universitetskommune Ålesund).
My recent book, A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture: Cognition, Experiment, and the Science of Salmon Lice, was awarded the 2021 Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book Prize.
Other recent work can be found here: https://app.cristin.no/persons/show.jsf?id=45321
I have an adjunct affiliation at my alma mater, the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, through the ASMOG Collaborative Project.
Guiding framework
Naturalistic theories of cultural transmission and the toolkit of the cognitive sciences offer exciting avenues for research on how communities of practice create and use knowledge. In particular, I'm exploring how the framework of distributed cognition can help us understand the orchestration of coupled human-technological systems in healthcare, and the practices of the experimental life sciences.
This framework pushes cognitive science toward a view of cognition as a property of systems that are larger than isolated individuals. This extends the reach of cognition to encompass a wider cognitive ecology, which includes people’s interactions with each other, as well as their relationships with technology, and other material resources for thinking and action.
I consider rigorous anthropological research to be crucial for the development of cognitive science. One way anthropologists can capture the fine micro-details of multimodal interaction in activity systems, comprised of humans and their technology, is through systematic analysis of digital video (cognitive ethnography).
Background
My PhD investigated knowledge-making and technological innovation in marine science, by studying how a group of molecular parasitologists designed and developed a novel experimental system to discover tools for managing salmon lice (a persistent threat to salmon farming in Norway). My alma mater is the University of Bergen.
From March 2017 to March 2018, I worked on improving the conditions for local democracy and citizen-participation through novel enabling technologies, in the five municipalities that will constitute the new Ålesund municipal government from 1.1.2020. This work was done in close collaboration with politicians, administrators, and municipal executives.
In 2012, I was as an advisor at the Data Protection Official for Research, at Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). See: http://www.nsd.uib.no/nsd/english/index.html.
My masters degree from 2011 was on the management and politics of forest conservation through protected areas in post-war Lebanon. I did my first ethnographic fieldwork in Lebanon's Shouf Mountains.
Before entering academia, I trained as a chef's apprentice, and worked in the culinary arts for some years as a professional cook.
Publications
2024
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Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Karlsen, Anniken Susanne Thoresen;
Solberg, Mads;
Hameed, Ibrahim A..
(2024)
An efficient and lightweight multiperson activity recognition framework for robot-assisted healthcare applications.
Expert Systems With Applications
Academic article
2023
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Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Review of classic. Edwin Hutchins: Cognition in the wild: MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995, pp. 402.
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA)
Book review
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Strand, Øivind;
Giskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb;
Lunde, Arnhild;
Bakke, Snorre;
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Nyskaping – ein introduksjon.
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Giskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb;
Strand, Øivind;
Lunde, Arnhild;
Solberg, Mads;
Bakke, Snorre.
(2023)
Nyskaping : Fjordantologien 2023.
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Velferdsteknologi for personer med demens: En oppsummering av kunnskap.
Senter for omsorgsforskning
Omsorgsbiblioteket
Report
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Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
On why we still do not use social robots in care: insights from anthropological studies on language use.
Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
Academic article
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Solberg, Mads;
Kirchhoff, Ralf.
(2023)
Media Representations of Healthcare Robotics in Norway 2000-2020: A Topic Modeling Approach.
Social science computer review
Academic article
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Badawy, Abeer;
Solberg, Mads;
Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen;
Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang.
(2023)
Together, at a distance: experiences with a novel technology for social contact among older people and their relatives in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMC Geriatrics
Academic article
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Wiig, Astrid Camilla;
Sellberg, Charlott;
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Reviewing simulator-based training and assessment in maritime education: a topic modelling approach for tracing conceptual developments.
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA)
Academic article
2022
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Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Karlsen, Anniken Th;
Solberg, Mads;
Hameed, Ibrahim A..
(2022)
A social VR-based collaborative exergame for rehabilitation: codesign, development and user study.
Virtual Reality
Academic article
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Badawy, Abeer;
Solberg, Mads;
Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen;
Alnes, Rigmor Einang.
(2022)
Improvised use of a digital tool for social interaction in a Norwegian care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
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Badawy, Abeer;
Solberg, Mads;
Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen;
Alnes, Rigmor Einang.
(2022)
Normalization of technology for social contact in a Norwegian care facility during COVID-19.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
-
Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Hameed, Ibrahim A.;
Karlsen, Anniken Th;
Solberg, Mads.
(2022)
Towards a Social VR-based Exergame for Elderly Users: An Exploratory Study of Acceptance, Experiences and Design Principles.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Blindheim, Kari;
Solberg, Mads;
Hameed, Ibrahim A.;
Alnes, Rigmor Einang.
(2022)
Promoting activity in long-term care facilities with the social robot Pepper: a pilot study.
Informatics for Health and Social Care
Academic article
2021
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Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Longva, Bjørnar;
Abdelfattah Abdelhameed, Ibrahim;
Solberg, Mads;
Karlsen, Anniken Th.
(2021)
Health Data Management for Nursing Practice: An Intelligent, Holographic Mixed-Reality System.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Aroyo, Alexander;
De Bruyne, Jan;
Dheu, Orian;
Fosch-Villaronga, Eduard;
Gudkov, Aleksei;
Hoch, Holly.
(2021)
Overtrusting Robots: Setting a Research Agenda to Mitigate Overtrust in Automation.
Paladyn - Journal of Behavioral Robotics
Academic article
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Solberg, Mads.
(2021)
Avstandsoppfølging som velferdsteknologi.
Omsorgsbiblioteket (25)
Report
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Solberg, Mads.
(2021)
A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture: Cognition, Experiment, and the Science of Salmon Lice.
Palgrave Macmillan
Culture, Mind, and Society (CMAS)
Academic monograph
2017
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Solberg, Mads;
Knudsen, Ståle.
(2017)
Experiment, Cognition, and the Science of Salmon Lice: A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture in the Making.
Universitetet i Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Doctoral dissertation
2015
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Solberg, Mads.
(2015)
Book Review - Hallam Stevens' Life Out of Seqence: A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics (2013).
Somatosphere: Science, Medicine and Anthropology
Book review
2014
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Solberg, Mads.
(2014)
Patronage, contextual flexibility and organisational innovation in Lebanese protected areas management.
Conservation and Society
Academic article
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Solberg, Mads.
(2014)
Book Review - Terrence W. Deacon's Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged From Matter (2013).
Somatosphere: Science, Medicine and Anthropology
Book review
2011
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Solberg, Mads;
Knudsen, Ståle.
(2011)
Managing nature, people and development. Patronage, Confessionalism and Market-Based Conservation in a Lebanese Protected Area.
Universitetet i Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Masters thesis
Journal publications
-
Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Karlsen, Anniken Susanne Thoresen;
Solberg, Mads;
Hameed, Ibrahim A..
(2024)
An efficient and lightweight multiperson activity recognition framework for robot-assisted healthcare applications.
Expert Systems With Applications
Academic article
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Review of classic. Edwin Hutchins: Cognition in the wild: MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995, pp. 402.
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA)
Book review
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
On why we still do not use social robots in care: insights from anthropological studies on language use.
Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Solberg, Mads;
Kirchhoff, Ralf.
(2023)
Media Representations of Healthcare Robotics in Norway 2000-2020: A Topic Modeling Approach.
Social science computer review
Academic article
-
Badawy, Abeer;
Solberg, Mads;
Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen;
Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang.
(2023)
Together, at a distance: experiences with a novel technology for social contact among older people and their relatives in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMC Geriatrics
Academic article
-
Wiig, Astrid Camilla;
Sellberg, Charlott;
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Reviewing simulator-based training and assessment in maritime education: a topic modelling approach for tracing conceptual developments.
WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs (JoMA)
Academic article
-
Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Karlsen, Anniken Th;
Solberg, Mads;
Hameed, Ibrahim A..
(2022)
A social VR-based collaborative exergame for rehabilitation: codesign, development and user study.
Virtual Reality
Academic article
-
Badawy, Abeer;
Solberg, Mads;
Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen;
Alnes, Rigmor Einang.
(2022)
Improvised use of a digital tool for social interaction in a Norwegian care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
-
Badawy, Abeer;
Solberg, Mads;
Obstfelder, Aud Uhlen;
Alnes, Rigmor Einang.
(2022)
Normalization of technology for social contact in a Norwegian care facility during COVID-19.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
-
Blindheim, Kari;
Solberg, Mads;
Hameed, Ibrahim A.;
Alnes, Rigmor Einang.
(2022)
Promoting activity in long-term care facilities with the social robot Pepper: a pilot study.
Informatics for Health and Social Care
Academic article
-
Aroyo, Alexander;
De Bruyne, Jan;
Dheu, Orian;
Fosch-Villaronga, Eduard;
Gudkov, Aleksei;
Hoch, Holly.
(2021)
Overtrusting Robots: Setting a Research Agenda to Mitigate Overtrust in Automation.
Paladyn - Journal of Behavioral Robotics
Academic article
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2015)
Book Review - Hallam Stevens' Life Out of Seqence: A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics (2013).
Somatosphere: Science, Medicine and Anthropology
Book review
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2014)
Patronage, contextual flexibility and organisational innovation in Lebanese protected areas management.
Conservation and Society
Academic article
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2014)
Book Review - Terrence W. Deacon's Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged From Matter (2013).
Somatosphere: Science, Medicine and Anthropology
Book review
Books
-
Strand, Øivind;
Giskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb;
Lunde, Arnhild;
Bakke, Snorre;
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Nyskaping – ein introduksjon.
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Giskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb;
Strand, Øivind;
Lunde, Arnhild;
Solberg, Mads;
Bakke, Snorre.
(2023)
Nyskaping : Fjordantologien 2023.
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2021)
A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture: Cognition, Experiment, and the Science of Salmon Lice.
Palgrave Macmillan
Culture, Mind, and Society (CMAS)
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
-
Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Hameed, Ibrahim A.;
Karlsen, Anniken Th;
Solberg, Mads.
(2022)
Towards a Social VR-based Exergame for Elderly Users: An Exploratory Study of Acceptance, Experiences and Design Principles.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Shah, Syed Hammad Hussain;
Longva, Bjørnar;
Abdelfattah Abdelhameed, Ibrahim;
Solberg, Mads;
Karlsen, Anniken Th.
(2021)
Health Data Management for Nursing Practice: An Intelligent, Holographic Mixed-Reality System.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2023)
Velferdsteknologi for personer med demens: En oppsummering av kunnskap.
Senter for omsorgsforskning
Omsorgsbiblioteket
Report
-
Solberg, Mads.
(2021)
Avstandsoppfølging som velferdsteknologi.
Omsorgsbiblioteket (25)
Report
-
Solberg, Mads;
Knudsen, Ståle.
(2017)
Experiment, Cognition, and the Science of Salmon Lice: A Cognitive Ethnography of Knowledge and Material Culture in the Making.
Universitetet i Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Doctoral dissertation
-
Solberg, Mads;
Knudsen, Ståle.
(2011)
Managing nature, people and development. Patronage, Confessionalism and Market-Based Conservation in a Lebanese Protected Area.
Universitetet i Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Masters thesis
Teaching
Courses
Media
2023
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Academic lectureLervik, Wenche; Berg, Helen; Solberg, Mads; Wiig, Astrid Camilla. (2023) Facilitator's assumptions of feedback in simulation-based training for nursing students. University of Gothenberg, Department of Applied IT SimPro2023 , Gøteborg 2023-04-26 - 2023-04-26
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LectureObstfelder, Aud Uhlen; Stokke, Randi; Solberg, Mads; Solbjørg, Ole Kristen; Tragethon, Ane Kathrine; Søraa, Roger Andre. (2023) Teknologiforståelse i helseprofesjonsutdanninger: Et pedagogisk innovasjonsarbeid i Digit,. NTNU Læringsfestivalen , Trondheim 2023-05-08 - 2023-05-09
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PosterRyan, R.; Wolfenden, Luke; Shepperd, Sasha; Cumpston, M.; Parkhill, A.; Merner, B. (2023) Why we need a new Cochrane Thematic Group on Person-centred care, Health Systems and Public Health. Cochrane 27th Cochrane Colloquium , London 2023-09-03 - 2023-09-06
2022
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2022) Towards better data-use in municipal healthcare - preliminary notes from a pilot project. Health Services Research Group in Ålesund Research seminar: information systems in healthcare , Ålesund 2022-10-11 -
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Academic lectureWiig, Astrid Camilla; Sellberg, Charlott; Solberg, Mads. (2022) Tracing conceptual discussions of simulation-based learning in Maritime Higher Education. American Educational Research Association American Educational Research Association AERA2022 , San Diego 2022-04-21 - 2022-04-26
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads; Giskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb. (2022) Læring av hverandre - bruk av simulering som undervisningsmetode i tre ulike profesjoner. Fjordkonferansen Fjordkonferansen 2022 , Loen 2022-06-16 - 2022-06-17
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Academic lectureGiskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb; Solberg, Mads. (2022) On the use of simulation in bachelor-level professional education in Scandinavia – the PROSIM-survey. Universitetet i Gøteborg Analyzing and advancing simulations for professional learning (SimPro2022) , digital 2022-04-07 - 2022-04-07
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Academic lectureGiskeødegård, Marte Fanneløb; Solberg, Mads. (2022) PROSIM deliveries - on the use of simulation in bachelor-level education in Scandinavia. PROSIM/USN Simulation-based learning across Professions (SIMLEARN 2022) , Åsgårdstrand 2022-05-11 - 2022-05-11
2020
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Academic lectureKirchhoff, Ralf; Solberg, Mads. (2020) A framework for policy research on governmental trust and AAL-technology: a proposal. The International Society for Gerontechnology ISG's 12th World Conference of Gerontechnology , Trondheim 2020-10-06 - 2020-10-09
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads. (2020) Symposia 12 - Conceptualizing trust and AAL-technology: Steps towards a comparative framework. International Society of Gerontechnology ISG 2020 , Trondheim 2020-10-09 - 2020-10-09
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads. (2020) WoZ, trust, and situated interactional maintenance in social robotics. IEEE Ro-Man 2020 Overtrusting Robots - Half-day Workshop, 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man 2020) , Virtual (Zoom) 2020-09-04 - 2020-09-04
2019
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads; Kirchhoff, Ralf. (2019) Robotteknologi og helse – en retrospektiv innholdsanalyse av norske avisartikler fra 2000 til 2018. Nasjonalt nettverk for helsetjenesteforskning Helsetjenesteforskningskonferansen 2019 , Trondheim 2019-03-12 - 2019-03-13
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LectureForberg, Elisabeth; Solberg, Mads. (2019) Kvalitet og relevans i praksisstudier - Tverrprofesjonell in situ simulering med studenter og ansatte . SimMidt SimMidt 2019 , Levanger 2019-02-12 -
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2019) Debriefing as epistemic practice: conversational remembering and distributed metacognition in healthcare simulation. Advanced Cognitive Ethnography Lab (ACE), SDU Engaging Skillful Cognitive Systems in Healthcare: Simulation Training and E-consultations , Odense 2019-09-19 - 2019-09-19
2018
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InterviewSolberg, Mads. (2018) Helseinnovasjon tema på Innovasjonsfestivalen – Må jobbe sammen for nye løsninger . Romsdals Budstikke Romsdals Budstikke [Newspaper] 2018-11-16
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InterviewSolberg, Mads. (2018) – Må akseptere at ikke alt fungerer på Helsehuset. Åndalsnes Avis Åndalsnes Avis [Newspaper] 2018-11-15
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Popular scientific lectureSolberg, Mads. (2018) Varme hender eller kaldt stål - skal robotene pleie oss i fremtiden?. NTNU NTNU Kveld , Ålesund 2018-09-27 - 2019-09-27
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2018) Helseinnovasjon . Innovasjonsfestivalen (Nordveggen AS) Innovasjonsfestivalen , Åndalsnes 2018-11-15 - 2018-11-15
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Popular scientific lectureSolberg, Mads. (2018) Varme hender eller kaldt stål - skal robotene pleie oss i fremtiden?. NRK Møre og Romsdal Intervju , Ålesund 2018-09-27 - 2019-09-27
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2018) Åpen publisering og røvertidsskrifter - et par ting alle bør vite . Universitetsbiblioteket ved NTNU Open Access-uka ved Universitetsbiblioteket NTNU. , Ålesund 2018-10-22 -
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InterviewSolberg, Mads. (2018) Roboter inn i omsorgstjenesten - Pepper krydrer hverdagen. Roboten Pepper er lett å like, men er det robot-omsorg vi virkelig ønsker oss i framtida?. Sunnmørsposten Sunnmørsposten [Newspaper] 2018-09-28
2017
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads; Bender, Andrea; Beller, Sieghard; Astuti, Rita; le Guen, Olivier; Overmann, Karenleigh. (2017) Anthropological Contributions to Cognitive Science. Cognitive Science Society CogSci 2017 , London 2017-07-27 -
2016
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2016) Innovasjon, kognisjon og materiell kultur i laboratoriet. Møreforskning Fagdrypp , Ålesund 2016-01-29 -
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads. (2016) A Cognitive Ethnography of Material Culture and Distributed Cognition in an Experimental System: The Case of Licelab. Society for Anthropological Sciences Current Directions in Research on Cognition and Culture , Vancouver 2016-03-31 -
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads. (2016) Epistemic Actions, Material Culture and Distributed Cognition Among Marine Molecular Biologists. European Association for Social Anthropologists EASA 2016 , Milan 2016-07-23 -
2015
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads. (2015) On the Co-Evolution of Aquaculture, Scientific Knowledge and Salmon Lice. American Anthropological Association American Anthropological Association 114th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado , Denver 2015-11-19 - 2015-11-22
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2015) Innovation, cognition and material culture in the lab: some perspectives from the cognitive anthropology of science. University of Bergen Molecular and Computational Biology Research School 2015 , Glesvær 2015-10-20 - 2015-10-20
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2015) Innovation, cognition and material culture in the lab: some perspectives from cognitive anthropology. University of Bergen Molecular and Computational Biology Research School 2015 , Glesvær 2015-10-20 - 2015-10-20
2014
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2014) Towards a cognitive ethnography of marine science: the case of sea lice research. D-COG HCI-Lab, Dept. of cognitive science, UCSD Lab meeting D-COG HCI-Lab, Dept. of cognitive science, UCSD , University of California, San Diego 2014-02-28 -
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads; Dalvin, Sussie Trine. (2014) Public perceptions of salmon farming and salmon lice in Norway, the U.K. and Canada. Sealice 2014 , Maine 2014-08-31 - 2014-09-05
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2014) Towards a cognitive ethnography of marine science: the case of sea lice research. Lab meeting for Morana Alac's research group, Communication and Science Studies, University of California - San Diego, 10.03.14. Morana Alac Lab meeting , UCSD 2014-03-10 -
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2014) Thinking about scientific knowledge: perspectives from cognitive anthropology. Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen Molecular and Computational Biology Research School 2014 , Glesvær 2014-09-09 - 2014-09-09
2013
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Popular scientific lectureSolberg, Mads. (2013) Thinking about scientific knowledge: perspectives from cognitive anthropology. Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen Molecular and Computational Biology Research School 2013 , Glesvær 2013-09-03 - 2013-09-03
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Academic lectureSolberg, Mads. (2013) Towards a cognitive ethnography of marine science: multimodal interaction in a high-tech research environment. ASFPG ASFPG Postnormal science workshop 2013 , Hamburg 2013-09-18 - 2013-09-20
2011
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LectureSolberg, Mads. (2011) Skinnholisme og menneskelig mangfold: refleksjoner omkring det antropologiske prosjekt fra en student. Norsk Antropologisk Forening Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonferanse 2011 , Oslo 2011-05-06 - 2011-05-08