utilitarianism

By Isto Huvila, 2 September, 2015

Research and its societal utility

I recently received an invitation to participate in a survey on attitudes on the societal relevance and utility of research conducted by a somewhat well-known Swedish consultancy Demoskop. It is obvious that research without relevance whatsoever is total waste of time but the survey is an excellent example of the difficulty and shear impossibility of asking "general" questions about this topic. The survey will undoubtedly will produce useful results for those who have paid for it.

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Latest Publications

The NORDeHEALTH 2022 Patient Survey: A Cross-Sectional Survey of National Patient Portal Users in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia (Preprint)
Hägglund, M., Kharko, A., Hagström, J., Bärkås, A., Blease, C., Cajander, Å., et al. (2023). The NORDeHEALTH 2022 Patient Survey: A Cross-Sectional Survey of National Patient Portal Users in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia (Preprint). Journal Of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47573. http://doi.org/10.2196/47573 (Original work published mar)
On Archives and User Participation in the Nordic Countries
Huvila, I. (2023). On Archives and User Participation in the Nordic Countries. In G. Bak & Rostgaard, M. (Eds.) (pp. 225-236). London: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003325406-18
The Social Production of Discourse in Archaeology
Huvila, I. (2023). The Social Production of Discourse in Archaeology. In C. Gonzalez-Perez, Martin-Rodilla, P., & Pereira-Fariña, M. (Eds.) (pp. 115-136). Cham: Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37156-1_6
Errors, Omissions, and Offenses in the Health Record of Mental Health Care Patients: Results from a Nationwide Survey in Sweden
Bärkås, A., Kharko, A., Blease, C., Cajander, Å., Fagerlund, A., Huvila, I., et al. (2023). Errors, Omissions, and Offenses in the Health Record of Mental Health Care Patients: Results from a Nationwide Survey in Sweden. Journal Of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47841. http://doi.org/10.2196/47841 (Original work published nov)
Managing Information Gaps and Non-Information
Huvila, I., Andersson, L., Fulton, C., Haider, J., & Harviainen, T. (2023). Managing Information Gaps and Non-Information. Proceedings Of The Association For Information Science And Technology, 60, 793-798. http://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.863

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Isto Huvila

(né Isto Vatanen)  
Professor in  
Information Studies  
Department of ALM  
Uppsala University

Docent (adjunct professor) in information management  
Information studies  
Åbo Akademi University

Isto Huvila is working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are organisational information, social media, health, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.

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