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Larsson, an experienced research journalist, shares her experience of producing digital stories for research dissemination on behalf of researchers. The purpose is to investigate the merits and challenges of a personal multimodal story approach, in a context where a professional produces the final product. Based on interviews with the storytelling researchers the author identifies qualities and issues. Digital stories capture the driving force behind the research, are sustainable and reach a larger audience thereby opening new opportunities. Researchers are unused to be in focus as a person and some fear the personalized research communication is less trustworthy in an academic context. Larsson concludes that digital storytelling is a valid addition to research dissemination.
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Appendix 1: List of Involved Researchers and Links to the Digital Stories
Appendix 1: List of Involved Researchers and Links to the Digital Stories
Alexander Dmitrijev, Associate Professor, Bionanophotonics, Department of Physics Chalmers. http://www.chalmers.se/sv/forskning/vara-forskare/Sidor/Alexander-Dmitriev.aspx
Natalie Barker Ruchti, Associate Professor, Sport Science, Faculty of Education Gothenburg University. http://iki.gu.se/english
Marie Dacke, Associate Professor, Functional Zoology, Department of Biology Lunds University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeSgdzMm16c
Caroline Jonsson, Doctor, Nanoparticles, Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology, Gothenburg University. https://vimeo.com/150806315
Johan Mauritsson, Associate Professor, Atom Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Lunds University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFNCDX2bqlE
Johan Malmström, Associate Professor, Infection Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lunds University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sghCazy50
Martin Högbom, Associate Professor, Structural Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmp2mNiawr8
Peter Nilsson, Professor, Chemical Biology, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h6GeLOfZt8
Camilla Svensson, Assistant Professor, Molecular Pain Research, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFmtbxHfDZQ&list=PLAwDfLnMNIOZ4kG0OKmE1fy6ey1bgsU53&index=15
Sebastian Westenhoff, Associate Professor, Membrane Proteins, Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology, Gothenburg University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqp7u6NGlww&index=5&list=PLAwDfLnMNIOZ4kG0OKmE1fy6ey1bgsU53
Rickard Sandberg, Associate Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU_DzpK3ZMw&index=6&list=PLAwDfLnMNIOZ4kG0OKmE1fy6ey1bgsU53
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Larsson, R. (2017). My Story or Your Story? Producing Professional Digital Stories on Behalf of Researchers. In: Jamissen, G., Hardy, P., Nordkvelle, Y., Pleasants, H. (eds) Digital Storytelling in Higher Education. Digital Education and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51058-3_12
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