Ph.D. Student
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CV
Date of birth: 1980 07 01
Citizenship: Swedish
Postal address: SLU, Department of Economics, Section of Agrarian History, Box 7013, S- 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
E-mail address: olof.karsvall@slu.se
Phone: +46 70 22 56 076
Current position
2010 – 2014. Ph.D student, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics, Section of Agrarian History, Uppsala, Sweden. Supervisor: Prof. Janken Myrdal. Part of a research project financed by The Swedish Research Council.
Academic degrees
-2005. Master degree (filosofi magisterexamen). 240hp. Computer Science (Informatics). School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering, Växjö University. Supervisor: Prof. Per Flensburg
-2005. Bachelor’s degree (filosofi kandidatexamen). 200 hp. Human Geography. School of Social Sciences, Växjö University. Supervisor: Prof. Tommy Book
Employment
-Full System Developer. ”Historical GIS and database on Internet”. Project leader: Clas Tollin.Financed by: The Swedish Research Council. www.riksarkivet.se/geometriska. 2009–2010.
-Full Research Assistant/System Developer. Project: National Edition of the Oldest Geometrical Maps. National Archives. Stockholm. Project leader: Clas Tollin. Financed by The Royal Academy of Letters and The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. www.riksarkivet.se/geometriska. 2005–2009.
-Research Assistant in Agrarian History, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. 2008 (3 months).
-Research Assistant. Project: Cross-Organisational Workflow Formation and Enactment (CrossWork). School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering (MSI). Växjö University. Project leader: Prof. Per Flensburg. 2004–2005 (part-time).
Affiliations
System Developer/Coordinator. ”Younger Geometrical Maps”. Project leader: Clas Tollin.Financed by: Financed by The Royal Academy of Letters and The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. www.riksarkivet.se/kartor. 2010–
Scholarships
Minor Field Studies (MFS). Financed by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Research scholarship, field studies in Beijing, China as part of Bachelor thesis in human geography. 2004 (3 months).
Publications
-”Utjordar” and the question of deserted farms − a case study of the parish of Svanshals. Bebyggelsehistorisk Tidskrift, vol 61, 2011, p. 22-38.
-Schwedens ältere geometrische Karten (1630 –1655). Die schwedische Landesaufnahme von Pommern 1692-1709 – Perspektiven eines Editionsprojekts, Pommerschen Landesmuseum, Greifswald, 9-10 oktober 2009.In: Die schwedische Landesaufnahme von Pommern 1692-1709 – Perspektiven eines Editionsprojekts. Busch, M. (eds.) 2011, p. 17-36 (together with Tollin C.)
-Sveriges äldre geometriska kartor. Bebyggelsehistorisk tidskrift, vol 60, 2010, p. 94-103 (together with Tollin C.)
-Bortom åker och äng – de äldsta lantmäterikartorna berättar, in Nycklar till kunskap. Om människans bruk av naturen. Nr 3,2. Tunón, H. And Dahlström, A. (ed.). Skogs- och Lantbrukshistoriska meddelanden nr 48 & CBM:s skriftserie 34. 2010, p. 213-223 (together with Nilsson, P.)
- Inventory methods for finding historically cultivated hop in Sweden (Humulus lupulus L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution v. 57/2, Springer, 2009, p. 219-227. (together with Strese E-M., Tollin, C.)
-”Egendom på papper fatta”. De äldre geometriska kartorna som historisk källa, in ”Kartan i forskningens tjänst”. Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi, vol CIV, 2008, p 57-74. (together with Tollin, C., Höglund, M.)
-Utjordar och spår av ödelagda gårdar, in 1600-talets jordbrukslandskap. En introduktion till de äldre geometriska kartorna”, Höglund, M. (ed.). 2008, p. 56-64.
-Kartornas symboler – exempel på symboler för byggnader, in ”1600-talets jordbrukslandskap. En introduktion till de äldre geometriska kartorna”, Höglund, M. (ed.). 2008, p. 81-92.
-Review of ”Kort som kilde : en håndbog om historiske kort og deres anvendelse / Peter Korsgaard” in Arkiv, samhälle och forskning 2008:1
-Uninhabited cadastral units on large-scale maps 1630-1655: indicators of late medieval deserted farms? Landscape History 29, Hook, D. (ed.). Society for Landscape Studies. 2007, p. 75-87.
-Projekt Nationalutgåva av de äldre geometriska kartorna, in Fornvännen 2006:1, p. 32-33. (together with Tollin, C., Höglund, M.)
-Three ontological ideals – language, system and network ontologies in focus. MSI, Växjö University. (together with Möregårdh, M.)
-The transformation of Beijing – a study of social and spatial consequences of urban housing. SVI, Växjö University. 2005.
Conference papers (selection)
-2011 09 29. Historisk-Geografisk BasTabell (HGBT) ett sätt att sammankoppla historiska och rumsligt orienterade databaser. At ”Källflöden digitalisering av för- och tidigmodernt forskningsmaterial”. Göteborgs Universitet. Faculty of Arts.
- 2010 08 27. “Uninhabited cadastral units or utjordar – new aspects on the Agrarian Crisis in Sweden during the Late Middle Ages and 17th century”. At the Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape (P E C S R L). Special session: The Agrarian Landscape 1000-1800. Liepaja, Latvia.
- 2009 11 16. Utjordar i geometriska kartor och jordeböcker samt befolkningsräkningar – nya perspektiv på agrarkriser under senmedeltid och 1600-tal. At Arbete som handling. WORKshop. Filosofiska institutionen, Uppsala University.
- 2009 10 02. Historical-Geographic Basic Table. An idea of a shared historic-geographical database based on x-y coordinates. At Die schwedische Landesaufnahme von Pommern 1692-1709. Pommerschen Landesmuseum. Greifswald, Germany.
- 2009 08 27. Social and economical differences within the Swedish farming society during first half of 17th century according to the large-scale maps. At the 14th International Conference of Historical Geographers (ICHG). Kyoto University. Kyoto, Japan.
- 2008 09 05. 17th century large-scale maps as a source to the Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis c 1350-1420. At the Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape (P E C S R L). Obidos, Portugal.
- 2008 09 11. Utjordar i de äldre geometriska kartorna 1633-1650. At Uppsala’s senior seminar on Agrarian History. SLU. Uppsala.
- 2008 10 16. Äldre geometriska kartor som källa till utjordar och den senmedeltida. At Projekt Nationalutgåva av de äldre geometriska kartorna. Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien. Stockholm.
- 2007 03 22. 1600-talets landskap utifrån de äldre storskaliga kartorna – att möjliggöra forskning på över 12 000 kartbilder. At Kartdagarna. Jönköping.
- 2006 09 09. Swedish large-scale maps, 1630-1655 – How to make the oldest geometrical maps available for research; examples on spatial and thematic comparisons on the basis of large information quantities. At the Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape (PECSRL). Freie University. Berlin.
