Katarina L Gidlund

Publications

Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Collections (editor)
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, monographs
Manuscripts
Reports

Articles in journals

Sundberg, L. , Gidlund, K. L. , Larsson, A. & Olofsson, N. (2025). Toward intelligence or ignorance? Performativity and uncertainty in government tech narratives. Government Information Quarterly, vol. 42: 2    

Lindblom, T. , Lindell, J. & Gidlund, K. L. (2024). Digitalizing the Journalistic Field : Journalists’ Views on Changes in Journalistic Autonomy, Capital and Habitus. Digital Journalism, vol. 12: 6, pp. 894-913.  

Hylland, O. M. , Burri, M. , Lindblad Gidlund, K. , Handke, C. , Rodríguez Morató, A. , Oakley, K. , Primorac, J. & Uzelac, A. (2024). Pandemic cultural policy. A comparative perspective on Covid-19 measures and their effect on cultural policies in Europe. The International Journal of Cultural Policy, vol. 30: 1, pp. 81-100.  

Engström, J. & Gidlund, K. L. (2023). Accountability for Digital Dreamers : Patterns of Failed Digitalization Initiatives. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, vol. 19: 1  

Heidlund, M. & Gidlund, K. L. (2023). The making of digitalization : Like nailing jelly to a wall. Information Polity, vol. 28: 1, pp. 29-42.  

Nyhlén, S. & Gidlund, K. L. (2022). In conversation with digitalization : Myths, fiction or professional imagining?. Information Polity, vol. 27: 3, pp. 331-341.  

Gidlund, K. L. & Sundberg, L. (2022). Unveiling 100 years of digitalization as a scholarly object. First Monday, vol. 27: 8  

Gidlund, K. L. & Sundberg, L. (2021). Undisclosed creators of digitalization : A critical analysis of representational practices. Information Polity, vol. 26: 1, pp. 3-20.  

Nyhlén, S. & Gidlund, K. L. (2019). Everything’ disappears … : reflexive design and norm-critical intervention in the digitalization of cultural heritage. Information, Communication and Society, vol. 22: 10, pp. 1361-1375.    

Nyhlén, S. & Gidlund, K. L. (2019). Lost in Translation : How Policy Enactment Get Stuck in the Digital Fix. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidskrift, vol. 22: 02, pp. 295-311.    

Klareld, A. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2017). Rethinking archives as digital : The consequences of ‘paper minds’ in illustrations and definitions of ‘e-archives’. Archivaria, vol. 83: Spring, pp. 81-108.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2015). Three eGovernments living happily ever after : Discursive tensions and conflicting epistemic cultures in the development of public E-services. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, vol. 11: 3, pp. 43-56.  

Giritli Nygren, K. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2012). The pastoral power of technology. Rethinking alienation in digital culture. tripleC, vol. 10: 2, pp. 509-517.    

Lindblad Gidlund, K. & Giritli Nygren, K. (2011). Diagnosing the techno-relational action space; : Finding institutional and individual dimensions for innovation in transformational government. Transforming Government, vol. 5: 4, pp. 364-378.  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2010). The reflexive designer : a method for sustainable IT development. International journal of sustainable society, vol. 2: 4, pp. 406-419.  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. & Axelsson, K. (2009). Editorial: eGovernment in Sweden : New Directions. International Journal of Public Information Systems, : 2, pp. 31-35.    

Giritli Nygren, K. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2009). Leaders as Mediators of Global Megatrends : A Diagnostic Framework. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, vol. 5: 4, pp. 28-42.  

Giritli Nygren, K. & Lindblad Gidlund, K. (2009). Leaders as mediators of megatrends : a diagnostic framework. International Journal of Electronic Government Research, vol. 5: 4, pp. 28-42.  

Lakew, N. & Lindblad Gidlund, K. (). Aligning IS design activities with technology appropriation – Holistic philosophical foundation for design practices. ,

Chapters in books

Gidlund, K. L. & Nyhlén, S. (2023). Digital cultural policy in Sweden : Cultural imaginations of the digital era, or digitized cultural marketization?. In Digital Transformation and Cultural Policies in Europe. Informa UK Limited. pp. 86-102.  

Giritli Nygren, K. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2015). The Pastoral Power of Technology : Rethinking alienation in digital culture. In Marx in the age of digital capitalism. Brill Academic Publishers (Studies in Critical Social Sciences). pp. 396-412.

Giritli Nygren, K. & Lindblad Gidlund, K. (2011). Leaders as mediators of megatrends: A diagnostic framework in praxis. In Applied Technology Integration in Governmental organizations : New E-government Research. Hershey New York : IGI Global (Information Science Reference). pp. 281-297.  

Lindblad Gidlund, K. , Giritli Nygren, K. & Liden, G. (2011). Swedish eGovernment in Public Use. In Information Society and Globalization : Transformation of politics. Zagrep : Political Science Research Centre (Series of Political Science Research Centre Forum). pp. 93-124.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2011). When and how do we become a "User"?. In Reframing human in information systems development. London : Springer Publishing Company. pp. 211-226.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2010). Chaufför eller passagerare?. In Förvaltning och medborgarskap i förändring. Lund : Studentlitteratur. pp. 33-46.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. & Grönlund, Å. (2010). Implementing eGovernment : Advancing professionalism. In E-Government : Grundlagen, Instrumente, Strategien. Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag/GWV Fachverlage GmbH. pp. 495-540.

Lindblad Gidlund, K. & Giritli Nygren, K. (2009). The myth of eGovernment. In Handbook of Research on ICT-Enabled Transformational Government: A Global Perspective. Hershey : Information Science Reference. pp. 313-328.

Collections (editor)

Bolin, M. (ed.) , Bäckström, I. (ed.) , Duvander, A. (ed.) , Gidlund, K. L. (ed.) , Persson Slumpi, T. (ed.) , Sjöstedt Landén, A. (ed.) , Sten, L. (ed.) & Zampoukos, K. (ed.) (2025). Det akademiska arbetets villkor - villkorat akademiskt arbete (AVA). Sundsvall : Mittuniversitetet

Giritly Nygren, K. (ed.) & Gidlund, K. L. (ed.) (2017). Mitt, ditt och vårt universitet : Att förstå något gemensamt. Sundsvall/Östersund : Mittuniversitetet    

Ekelin, A. (ed.) , Eriksén, S. (ed.) , Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (ed.) & Ranerup, A. (ed.) (2010). Förvaltning och medborgarskap i förändring. Lund : Studentlitteratur

Conference papers

Sundberg, L. & Gidlund, K. L. (2024). From Digital Hopes to Governance Gaps : The Double-Edged Sword of Public Service Ecosystems. In Electronic Government. EGOV 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). pp. 186--200.  

Heidlund, M. & Gidlund, K. L. (2023). Digital Solutions to What? : WPR as a Model for Public Servants Seeking a Better Grip on Their Local Digitalization Policy. In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing.. pp. 242--250.  

Wihlborg, E. , Lindgren, I. , Hedström, K. & Gidlund, K. L. (2023). Institutional Re-design for a Digital Era - Learning from Cases of Automation. In Electronic Participation. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). pp. 99--113.  

Sundberg, L. & Gidlund, K. L. (2022). Dimensions of e-Participation : Levels of Participation and Citizen Configurations. In ICEGOV 2022 : 15th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Guimarães Portugal.. pp. 173--179.  

Lindblom, T. , Gidlund, K. L. & Lindell, J. (2021). Digitalizing the journalistic field : Rethinking journalistic autonomy, capital and habitus. In 71st Annual ICA Conference 2021 : Engaging the Essential Work of Care: Communication, Connectedness, and Social Justice.

Sundberg, L. , Gidlund, K. L. & Olsson, L. (2019). Towards Industry 4.0? : Digital Maturity of the Manufacturing Industry in a Swedish Region. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM).. pp. 731--735.  

Sundberg, L. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2017). Value-Based Decision Making : Decision Theory Meets e-Government. In Electronic Government: Lecture Notes in Computer Science : 16th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, EGOV 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 4-7, 2017, Proceedings.. pp. 351--358.    

Gidlund, K. L. (2015). Makers and Shapers or Users and Choosers Participatory Practices in Digitalization of Public Sector. In ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT (EGOV 2015). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). pp. 222--232.    

Lakew, N. & Lindblad Gidlund, K. (2015). Toward Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis – Exploring Technology Adoption And Continuoususe As Lifeworld Experience. In Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2015 - Proceedings.  

Gidlund, K. L. & Sefyrin, J. (2014). Problematizing the participatory subject in demands driven development of public sector. In Innovation and the Public Sector.. pp. 66--75.    

Sefyrin, J. , Lindblad-Gidlund, K. , Öberg, K. & Ekelin, A. (2013). Representational practices in demands driven development of public sector. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics).. pp. 200--211.  

Lakew, N. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2013). The equipment nature of ‘the so-called’ IT Artifacts – Holistic ontology based IS design principles. Paper presented at the 2nd International Workshop in ”IT Artefact Design & Work practice Improvement”  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2012). 'Demand driven development of public e-services' : Dominant, hidden and contrasting stories. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics).. pp. 66--77.  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2012). Designing for all and no one - Practitioners understandings of citizen driven development of public e-services. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.. pp. 11--19.  

Gidlund, K. L. (2011). One for all, all for one - Performing citizen driven development of public e-services. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science. (Lecture notes in computer science). pp. 240--251.  

Gidlund, K. L. & Giritli Nygren, K. (2011). Posing the problems of –e, : eParticipation in everyday life. In IADIS International Conference.

Truex, D. , Olssson, L. , Lindblad-Gidlund, K. , Sefyrin, J. , Larsson, A. , Nilsson, O. , Anderson, K. , Borglund, E. & et al. (2011). Position Statement : Sustainable Information and Information Systems (SIIS). In Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems : Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of ITManaging the Transfer and Diffusion of IT, IFIP. Hamburg Germany : (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). pp. 306--309.    

Gidlund, K. L. (2011). What is modern about -e? : Manifestations of standardization and empowerment. In Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, : Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research and Projects of IFIP EGOV and ePart 2011. Linz :

Lindblad Gidlund, K. , Giritli Nygren, K. & Lidén, G. (2010). Swedish eGovernment in public use. In Information Society and Globalisation: Transformation of Politics, 22 October 2010,  Dubrovnik.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2009). Samverkan för social hållbarhet och öppen innovation. Paper presented at the HSS09  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2009). The Reflexive Designer : A method for sustainable technology development. In SPT 2009: Converging technologies, Changing Societies. Twente : . pp. 166--167.  

Giritli Nygren, K. & Lindblad Gidlund, K. (2008). A diagnosic framework for eGovernment management. In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on e-Society 2008. Algarve : . pp. 3--8.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. & Axelsson, K. (2008). Communicating Vessels for Relevant and Rigorous eGovernment Research. In Collaboration and the Knowledge Economy : Issues, Applications, Case studies. Amsterdam : . pp. 255--261.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2008). Driver or Passenger? An Analysis of Citizen-Driven eGovernment. In Electronic Government, proceedings. Berlin Heidelberg : (LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE). pp. 267--278.  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2007). When and how do we become a 'user'?.

Nilsson, O. & Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2006). Everyday communication home and school  (ECHOES). In Proceedings of the International Workshop on E-services in Public Administration. Boras, Sweden : . pp. 75--84.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2006). User's knights in shining armour?. In IFIP International Federation for Information Processing : Social Informatics: An information society for all? : in remembrance of Rob Kling : proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC7), IFIP TC 9, Maribor, Slovenia, September 21-23, 2006. (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing). pp. 265--278.  

Doctoral theses

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. (2005). Technotherapy : A relation with technology. Dis. Umeå University, 2005

Manuscripts

Lakew, N. , Johnson, R. D. & Lindblad Gidlund, K. Long-term IS use as emergent ‘structure of understanding’ : A Holistic philosophical posture of human-technology relationship.

Gidlund, K. L. & Sundberg, L. Undisclosed Practices of Digitalization - A critical analysis of representational practice and power.

Reports

Sundberg, L. & Gidlund, K. L. (2022). Digitalt deltagande i offentlig sektor : En kritisk granskning. Naturvårdsverket  

Sundberg, L. , Gidlund, K. L. , Larsson, A. & Nyhlén, S. (2020). Digitala tjänster : från policy till slutanvändare. Sundsvall : Mid Sweden University  

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. , Larsson, A. & Nyhlén, S. (2016). Avstamp : Innovationskraft i offentlig sektor.

Lindblad-Gidlund, K. & Löfstedt, U. (2006). Forskning kring offentliga e-tjänster - En kartläggning av forskning som bedrivs kring offentliga e-tjänster i Sverige. (Vinnova rapporter ).