The Mobile Life Centre at Stockholm University in Kista, Sweden, does research in mobile services and ubiquitous computing. The topic of the Centre includes research on consumer-oriented mobile and ubiquitous services spanning all areas from entertainment and socialization to work and society. The Centre joins forces with local research organisations such as SICS and Interactive Institute. It has major partners from the IT and telecom industry, including Ericsson Research, TeliaSonera, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Microsoft Research Ltd. Partnerships in the public sector, including City of Stockholm Municipality and Kista Science City secure societal relevance, and collaboration with Stockholm Innovation and Growth ensures that results are integrated in the innovation system. In the Centre, this academic, industrial and public partnership will be able to jointly work on strategically important projects that can provide a sustainable growth for Sweden. The Centre is funded by VINNOVA on a 10-year grant, 2007 - 2017.The Centre adopts a fundamentally user-oriented perspective on services for the future mobile life. It provides a neutral arena where researchers and industrial partners together develop:

• New interaction models and platforms that provide a unified interface across different applications and terminals
• Efficient and user-oriented methods for developing mobile services
• A deepened understanding of the unique properties of the future mobile life
• A future mobile service eco-system where we explore alternative universes for infrastructure, business models and the industry's new roles
• New mobile and ubiquitous services in areas such as pervasive games, social, emotional and bodily communication and new mobile media.

The Centre works tightly with our main partners including Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, TeliaSonera, The City of Stockholm and Kista Science City. The last year we also welcomed Nokia as partner in the Centre. Additionally, we have attracted substantial interest from industry outside the dedicated partners of the centre. In subprojects we work with Philips Research, P AB, Bambuser, Street Media 7, and Do-Fi AB. Through Kista Science City we also have access to many SME:s in the mobile services field.

Click here for the Brochure from the Open House 2009

Click here for the Report from the first year of Mobile Life

Click here for the Brochure from the inauguration in 2007

Newly released! Annual report for 2009-2010 ....the next step

Centre Director
oskar@mobilelifecentre.org +46 (0) 703 79 39 64

Co-Director
Annika Waern annika@mobilelifecentre.org +46 (0) 703 36 39 16

Project leader: Kristina Höök kia@mobilelifecentre.org +46 (0) 705 61 70 35

Project leader
Lars Erik Holmquist leh@mobilelifecentre.org +46 (0) 703 55 85 00

Coordinator
Maria Holm maria@mobilelifecentre.org +46 (0) 709 85 51 92

Centre Board

Chairman, Martin Körling, Ericsson,

Members: Richard Harper, Microsoft, Bo Larsson, Sony Ericsson, Johan Wickman, TeliaSonera, Jyri Huopaniemi, Nokia, Christer Norström, SICS, Staffan Ingvarsson, Stockholm City, Gudrun Dahl, Stockholm University, Thomas Arctaedius, SU Holding.

Deputies: Alex Taylor, Microsoft, Mikael Anneroth, Ericsson, Troed Sångberg, Sony Ericsson, Pekka Markkula, TeliaSonera, Tero Jokela, Nokia, Janusz Launberg, SICS, Karin Öhlander, Stockholm City, Mats Danielsson, Stockholm University.