LU Humanities Lab receives RJ infrastructure funding!
We’ve received funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for GoLab, a project that will take research beyond the lab and into real-world environments. By developing mobile technologies, GoLab will help us explore how cognition, communication, and culture interact in everyday life.
The Humanities Lab is proud to announce that our project GoLab: Mobile Research Technology for the Study of Cognition, Communication, Culture has been awarded funding by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ).
GoLab represents a major step forward in how we study human interaction. Traditional research often relies on controlled laboratory environments, which can limit our understanding of how cognition, communication, and cultural practices unfold in everyday life. With GoLab, we aim to change that by developing mobile research technologies that allow data collection in natural settings—where people live, work, and interact.
This project will enable researchers to capture rich, multimodal data outside the lab, combining advanced tools for speech, gesture, and behavioral analysis with flexible, portable setups. By doing so, GoLab will open new possibilities for interdisciplinary research across linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, and related fields.
The funding from RJ not only supports technological innovation but also strengthens our commitment to be an arena for innovative, interdisciplinary research and opens new possibilities for studying human interaction beyond the lab.