{"id":221,"date":"2023-10-26T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:40:04","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/index.php\/swedigarch\/about\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the consortium stands a team of researchers and specialists who operate within a range of fields relevant to archaeological research. These include traditional archaeology, GIS, osteology, paleoecology, laboratory archaeology, and a series of fields and approaches in the natural sciences, such as aDNA, lipids, isotopes, radiocarbon dating, and spectroscopy, as well as cutting-edge digital documentation methods like LiDAR, drone and laser scanning, photogrammetry, and 3D modelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Operative Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-00714d93 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c536dd4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-c790548d has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default ticss-9dc63493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Karl-Johan-Lindholm.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Karl-Johan Lindholm\" class=\"wp-image-712\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Karl-Johan-Lindholm.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Karl-Johan-Lindholm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Karl-Johan-Lindholm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Karl-Johan-Lindholm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Karl-Johan-Lindholm-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Karl-Johan Lindholm<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor, Director, Chair of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University. Karl-Johan\u2019s main research interest is to bridge the socio-environmental interface by interdisciplinary research and long-term understandings of landscapes and land-use in agriculturally marginal regions in southern and eastern Africa and Europe. He applies critical historical analysis to contextualise current landscape policy, emphasising the sustainable management of biocultural heritage and natural resources. An additional interest is the combination of archaeology, rural development and landscape studies aiming for a better understanding of past and present forms of collective action and cooperative natural resource management. He participates in multiple research clusters and is deeply involved in advancing research infrastructures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-de4c6038 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-aec0455f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Daniel-Lowenborg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Daniel-Lowenborg.png 330w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Daniel-Lowenborg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Daniel-Lowenborg-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Daniel L\u00f6wenborg<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Docent Associate professor, Module leader, Vice Chair of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. Leader of Module 3: <em>Archaeological Excavation and Geodata<\/em>. Researcher in archaeology, specifically landscape archaeology and GIS, focusing on Iron Age social development in central Sweden. Daniel is interested in methodology and theory regarding the use of geographical information technology in combination with access to large amounts of digital archaeological data and the use of quantitative methods in archaeology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-a404ac93 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-1af3d702\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Eva-Svensson_KAU.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Eva Svensson\" class=\"wp-image-710\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Eva Svensson<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong><strong>Professor<\/strong><\/strong>, <strong>Module leader, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Department of Political, Historical, Religious, Cultural Studies Karlstad University. Leader of Module 6: <em>Impact by capacity building, added societal value and user support. <\/em>Eva\u2019s research interests include: Social, ecological and interdisciplinary approaches to forested landscapes in a long-term perspective, with focus on Viking Age, Medieval Times and Early Modern times. She is also engaged in subaltern environment- and lifescapes in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> -20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries. 18th &#8211; 20th centuries and heritage, citizenship and community participation as part of building sustainable system innovations in forested, sparsely populated areas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-98bb4289 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-383e0ecf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Magnus_Lundgren.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Magnus Lundgren\" class=\"wp-image-704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Magnus_Lundgren.jpg 306w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Magnus_Lundgren-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Magnus Lundgren<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Docent Associate Professor, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Director of the SciLifeLab Ancient DNA facility, Uppsala University. The Ancient DNA facility provide analysis of ancient DNA as a service to researchers in Sweden and other countries. DNA constitute the basis of many of our traits, and ancient DNA can give us further understanding of the past. Such knowledge allows to better understand our societies, their development and the people who lived in the past, but it can also tell us how evolution and ecology have changed over time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-7ea4afc6 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-b629c848\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Helena_Hulth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Helena_Hulth.jpg 679w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Helena_Hulth-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Helena Hulth<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Coordinator of Swedigarch, Secretary of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. Helena holds an MA in archaeology from Uppsala University and a Business Certificate from FEI (Business Economics Institute). She has a solid background in contract archaeology as a project leader, specialised in Late Iron Age. With experience also from the County Board, the museums and the private sector &#8211; including publishing, venture capital, and mediation via cutting-edge visualisation techniques; she is an all-rounder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-3fb64c43 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-671d8d7d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nicolo-DellUnto.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Nicol\u00f2 Dell\u2019Unto\" class=\"wp-image-705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nicolo-DellUnto.jpg 716w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nicolo-DellUnto-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Nicol\u00f2 Dell\u2019Unto<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor of Digital Archaeology, Module leader, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Department of Archaeology and Ancient History Lund University. Leader of Module 5: <em>Cutting Edge and Future Data. <\/em>Specialised in spatial technology and 3D visualisation, Nicol\u00f2 has developed projects in several countries where he has carried out experiments aimed at identifying research methodologies based on digital practice. After completing his PhD, he conducted research in the United States and Switzerland, further broadening his international perspective. He currently coordinates the activities of Lund University\u2019s Digital Archaeology Laboratory (DARKLab), a national infrastructure focused on digital archaeology and 3D visualisation, and is currently coordinating the activities of Module 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-cda95700 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-717620bc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kerstin-Liden.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Kerstin Lid\u00e9n\" class=\"wp-image-703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kerstin-Liden.jpg 260w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kerstin-Liden-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Kerstin Lid\u00e9n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Director Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University. Kerstin Lid\u00e9n obtained her PhD in 1995 from Stockholm University. Since 2004, she has been the head of the Archaeological Research Laboratory and holds the position of professor of archaeology with specialisation in laboratory analysis. Kerstin\u2019s research is focused on laboratory analysis, primarily bone chemistry. She has worked with materials from \u00d6land, Gotland and the M\u00e4laren Valley, with a general focus on diet analysis, dietary patterns and kinship. Kerstin is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, elected in the humanities class.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-0bf4d441 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-d5ec2cc2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elin-Fornander-Karl-Johan-Lindholm-edited-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elin-Fornander-Karl-Johan-Lindholm-edited-1.webp 263w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Elin-Fornander-Karl-Johan-Lindholm-edited-1-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Elin Fornander<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>PhD, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Manager of Research and Development, National Historical Museums. Elin is head of Research and development and has a background in Archaeological science, contract archaeology and museum collections management. Her part in Swedigarch is to coordinate the work of making the Historical Museums digital archeological collections FAIR and linked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-be96c797 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-96e84dd1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1546\" height=\"2090\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson.jpg\" alt=\"Image of \u00c5sa Larsson\" class=\"wp-image-713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson-1136x1536.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Asa-M-Larsson-1515x2048.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>\u00c5sa M Larsson<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>PhD, Module leader, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Head of Unit for Technology and Digital Mediation, National Heritage Board. Leader of Module 2: <em>Data Mobilization Beyond the FAIR Principles<\/em>. \u00c5sa began as a field archaeologist and osteologist before doing her PhD on Neolithic pottery and mortuary practices. She worked as Managing Director of a company for contract archaeology before joining the National Heritage Board to help develop a digital archaeological process to ensure a digital flow of information from contract archaeology to the public. Has continued to work with digtial accessibility for research and development. \u00c5sa consider the implementation of FAIR principles and linked semantic data as the most important factors for the development of the scientific revolution in archaeological research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-b1116ed0 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-b0a7f9cb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Philip-Buckland.webp\" alt=\"Image of Philip Buckland\" class=\"wp-image-706\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Philip Buckland<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor of Environmental Archaeology, Module leader, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Vice Dean of Arts and Humanities, Ume\u00e5 University. Leader of Module 4: <em>Archaeological Science and Research Data. <\/em>Philip runs the&nbsp;Strategic Environmental Archaeology Database (SEAD). From 2022, SEAD is part of Swedigarch. Phil\u2019s research is focusing on using biological proxies, like fossil insects, to reconstruct past environmental and climate changes, particularly in the context of historical human activities. Additionally. Phil is interested in using palaeoentomology to study past biodiversity and its relevance to contemporary conservation policies and activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-b1116ed0 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-b0a7f9cb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/40573174-A1A3-4928-BFC8-24BB6A610197_1_105_c-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/40573174-A1A3-4928-BFC8-24BB6A610197_1_105_c-1.jpeg 862w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/40573174-A1A3-4928-BFC8-24BB6A610197_1_105_c-1-284x300.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/40573174-A1A3-4928-BFC8-24BB6A610197_1_105_c-1-768x813.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Ershad Gholamrezaie<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>PhD, Module coordinator, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Staff Scientist, Ume\u00e5 University. Coordinator of Module 4: <em>Archaeological Science and Research Data. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ershad has a diverse research background, holding a PhD in Geology (Basin Modelling), together with degrees in Mining and Mineral Exploration Engineering and Physics\u2013Geophysics, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Informatics and Information Systems on the value of AI in society and enterprise. He has expertise and experience in data-driven and numerical 2D\/3D modelling and visualisation, data science and data management, as well as project management and coordination. In addition to coordinating Module 4, he works as a Data Scientist and Project Manager for the Strategic Environmental Archaeology Database (SEAD)\u2014one of the Swedigarch resources. His work advances rigorous data management and database design, data quality control, and ML\/DL methods to strengthen data-driven modelling and illuminate long-term human\u2013environment interactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-269095f7 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-c3c520ec\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Christian-Isendahl.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Christian Isendahl\" class=\"wp-image-707\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Christian Isendahl<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor, Member of the Operative Board<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg. After completing the PhD degree at Uppsala University in 2002, Christian Isendahl has hold positions at the Human Ecology Division, Lund University, and the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, before taking up a position as lecturer at the University of Gothenburg in 2013. He has extensive fieldwork experience in Latin America, and his research uses historical ecology to explore how archaeology can offer practical insights on contemporary challenges, including long-term sustainability, resilience, and the organisation of past urban, agricultural, water, and socio-political systems. Se also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15184\/aqy.2025.10242\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15184\/aqy.2025.10242<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Steering Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-00714d93 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c536dd4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-c790548d has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default ticss-9dc63493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anders_Hogberg.jpg\" alt=\"Swedigarch-Steering-Group_Anders-H\u00f6gberg\" class=\"wp-image-1195\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anders_Hogberg.jpg 271w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Anders_Hogberg-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anders H\u00f6gberg, Linnaeus University <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anders H\u00f6gberg<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor,<\/strong> <strong>Chair of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Anders H\u00f6gberg is Professor of Archaeology at Linnaeus University, Sweden and associate research fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interest is broad and ranges from research on human cognitive evolution, to heritage futures studies on memory practices at nuclear waste disposal sites. In 2017\u20132022, he worked in an advisory group for the Council for Research Infrastructures (RFI) at the Swedish Research Council. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Swedish National Historical Museums, and is currently member of the Research Advisory Group for the Swedish National Heritage Board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-de4c6038 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-aec0455f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1827\" height=\"2358\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins.jpg\" alt=\"Swedigarch-Steering-Group-Member-prof-Sara-Cousins\" class=\"wp-image-1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins.jpg 1827w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins-1190x1536.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SaraCousins-1587x2048.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1827px) 100vw, 1827px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sara Cousins, Stockholm University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Sara Cousins<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor, Member of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Sara Cousins is a Professor of Physical Geography and an Associate Professor (Docent) in Plant Ecology. Her research combines plant community ecology and landscape history to explore the effects of fragmentation and land-use change on plant dispersal, community composition, and biodiversity. She is particularly interested in how people, livestock, and physical constraints have shaped plant communities over time. Her current research challenges include investigating how climate change and extreme weather events will affect biodiversity in fragmented habitats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-7ea4afc6 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-b629c848\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JessicaPvE33.png\" alt=\"Jessica-Parland-von-Essen\" class=\"wp-image-1358\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JessicaPvE33.png 737w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JessicaPvE33-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jessica-Parland-von-Essen, CSC &#8211; IT Center for Science, Finland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Jessica Parland von Essen<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Docent, Member of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Jessica Parland-von Essen is Docent of History from the University of Helsinki and Program Manager at the Finnish IT Center for Science, CSC. She has worked for many years with research data management and digital transformation in research, including in the EOSC projects FAIRsFAIR and FAIR-IMPACT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-3fb64c43 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-671d8d7d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2485\" height=\"2493\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV.jpg 2485w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV-1531x1536.jpg 1531w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nina_Karlsson_TRV-2041x2048.jpg 2041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2485px) 100vw, 2485px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nina Karlsson, The Swedish Transport Administration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Nina Karlsson<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>PhD, Member of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Head of section for environment at the Swedish Transport Administration. Nina is engaged in planning and building transport infrastructure with special focus om cultural heritage and other environmental issues. She has a PhD in archaeology with focus on environmental archaeology and a long experience of contract archaeology and other cultural heritage issues from the County Administrative Board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-cda95700 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-717620bc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Roger_Edenmo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Roger_Edenmo.jpg 770w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Roger_Edenmo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Roger_Edenmo-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roger Edenmo, County Administrative Board of Uppsala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Roger Edenmo<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>PhD, Member of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Roger Edenmo is County Antiquarian and Head of Unit at the County Administrative Board of Uppsala. He holds a PhD in archaeology with a focus on the Late Neolithic Battle Axe Culture. With extensive experience as a cultural heritage advisor, field archaeologist, and researcher, Edenmo combines academic insight with hands-on expertise in heritage management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-be96c797 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-96e84dd1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mattias-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mattias-1-scaled.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mattias-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Mattias Jakobsson, Uppsala University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Mattias Jakobsson<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor, Member of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Mattias Jakobsson is a professor of Genetics and the head of the Human Evolution research program at Uppsala University. Jakobsson\u2019s research spans from population genetics, human evolution, and human history. His lab uses computational approaches for deciphering complex patterns of large-scale human genomic variation from both modern-day and ancient humans in order to understand human evolutionary history. The lab focuses on interrogating long-standing questions in human evolution, including the colonization and migration in Eurasia, Africa and southeast Asia, including pioneering studies that resolved the enigma of the Neolithic expansion in Europe (<em>Science<\/em> 2012) and doubled the age of modern humans (<em>Science<\/em> 2017).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-b1116ed0 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-b0a7f9cb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jordan-Peter.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jordan-Peter.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jordan-Peter-283x300.jpeg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Peter Jordan, Lund University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Peter Jordan<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Professor, Member of the Steering Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Peter Jordan is a professor of Archaeology at Lund University. His research interests focus primarily on understanding prehistoric transformations and Neolithization processes across Northern Eurasia, including Fennoscandia, Siberia, the Russian Far East and Japan. From 2021 he also holds a Professorship at Hokkaido University (Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity at GI-CoRE). Prior to coming to Lund University, he was Director of the interdisciplinary Arctic Centre at the University of Groningen (2013-21).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Developers and Experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-00714d93 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7c536dd4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-c790548d has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default ticss-9dc63493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2166\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jan-Haas_besk-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jan-Haas_besk-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jan-Haas_besk-1-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jan Haas, Karlstad University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jan Haas<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Senior Lecturer in Geomatics, Karlstad University<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kau.se\/en\/researchers\/jan-haas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan&#8217;s<\/a> research primarily focuses on developing methods within GIS and remote sensing frameworks. His work emphasises sustainability and climate adaptation and mitigation, with the overarching goal of enhancing the well-being of humans and other living organisms by advancing technical solutions and contributing to the scientific knowledge base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-c790548d has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default ticss-9dc63493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"1287\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stefan_Lindgren.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1797\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stefan_Lindgren.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stefan_Lindgren-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stefan_Lindgren-1024x947.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stefan_Lindgren-768x710.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stefan Lindgren, Lund University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stefan Lindgren<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Research Engineer at Lund University Humanities lab, Lund University<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Stefan has a background in computer technology with a special interest in 3d-data and 3d-visualisations. As a research engineer he has been involved in a large number of archaeological projects helping out with 3d-documenation all over the world. His expertise includes 3d-scanning, photogrammetry and 3d-visualisations, which will be used i Swedigarch to develop tutorials and guidelines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-c790548d has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default ticss-9dc63493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2047\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ivanka_Hristova-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1888\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ivanka_Hristova-scaled.png 2047w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ivanka_Hristova-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2047px) 100vw, 2047px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ivanka Hristova, PhD<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Director of the Environmental Archaeology Lab, Ume\u00e5 <strong>University<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">The Environmental Archaeology Lab (MAL) is a research, development, consultancy and education infrastructure in Environmental archaeology, where we apply a multiproxy approach in the interpretation of our data. Ivanka\u2019s background is in Archaeology and Environmental Archaeology with solid experience in contract archaeology. Her research is focused on the investigation of human\u2013plants interactions in the past: reconstructing palaeodiet, plant economy, food processing, agricultural practices, and land use. Her further interest is studying the human impact on the environment, use of woodland resources, vegetation history and its development through time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-7ea4afc6 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-b629c848\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Federica_Sulas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1196\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Federica_Sulas.jpg 200w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Federica_Sulas-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federica Sulas, University of Gothenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Federica Sulas<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Federica is an archaeologist with expertise in geoarchaeology and landscape historical ecology, her main research interests are in land and water management practices, and agro-urban landscapes. Her field research focuses primarily on sub-Saharan African landscapes, and some projects in Mediterranean and Nordic regions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-7ea4afc6 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Carolina Larsson<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Systems Developer at Lund University Humanities lab, Lund University<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Carolina is an expert in 3d-modelling and has a solid experience in working with and manipulating 3d-data from any kind of 3d-acquisition. She has been involved in a number of archaeological projects, handling and developing workflows for large 3d-datasets. In Swedigarch she is part of the team that writes tutorials and guidelines in module M5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-7ea4afc6 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riia-Chmielowski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riia-Chmielowski.jpg 384w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Riia-Chmielowski-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Riia Chmielowski<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Project Assistant\/Data Steward for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sead.se\/\">&nbsp;SEAD<\/a><\/strong>, Archaeology Section, Ume\u00e5 University<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Riia has a diverse research background in geology, archaeology, and geochemical provenancing of stone artefacts and has even worked in research support helping researchers with their Data Management Plans. They now work full time with Swedigarch and SEAD, undertaking data mapping and other tasks needed to enable researchers to share their data in SEAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-be96c797 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-96e84dd1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thijessen_Naidoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thijessen_Naidoo.jpg 945w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thijessen_Naidoo-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thijessen_Naidoo-768x673.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Thijessen Naidoo<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>PhD, Bioinformatician, Department of Organismal Biology, Human Evolution, Uppsala University, and member of the SciLifeLab<\/strong> Ancient DNA Unit.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">T<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-be96c797 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-96e84dd1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fredrik-Gunnarsson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fredrik-Gunnarsson.jpg 448w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fredrik-Gunnarsson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fredrik-Gunnarsson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fredrik Gunnarsson, Swedish National Heritage Board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Fredrik Gunnarsson, PhD<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Project Manager for the Development of K-sams\u00f6k,<\/strong> <strong>Swedish National Heritage Board<\/strong>. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Fredrik leads the redevelopment and further development of K-sams\u00f6k \u2013 a national infrastructure for digital cultural heritage that enables the application of linked open data. K-sams\u00f6k also serves as a central component of the Swedigarch infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Fredrik is an archaeologist and earned his doctorate at Linnaeus University. His dissertation, <em>The Digital Mission<\/em>, explored how archaeological knowledge can be made relevant in a digital society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ticss-be96c797 has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ticss-96e84dd1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Julie_Melin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Julie_Melin.png 517w, https:\/\/swedigarch.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Julie_Melin-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julie Melin, National Historical Museums<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Julie Melin<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Collections Systems Manager <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Julie is a Collections Systems Manager at the National Historical Museums, working within the Department of Collections and Research and the Archaeological Collections Unit. 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