In 2007, WAB produced - in cooperation with the Georg Henrik von Wright Archives in Helsinki (VWA) and the Nordic network for Wittgenstein research (NNWR) - a proposal to NordForsk for financial support of the project "Joint Nordic Use of WAB Bergen and VWA Helsinki (JNU VWAB)". NordForsk selected the project for financing and will support it with NOK 997 800. JNU VWAB will run from 2008 to 2010 and has as its prinicipal purpose to give Nordic researchers coordinated use of WAB and VWA. It is expected, that at least fifteen research projects will be carried out by individual researchers ("users") or by research groups ("user groups") under JNU VWAB. The term "user group" means a group of researchers, not necessarily all coming from the same country, participating in the same project.
The Wittgenstein resources at WAB and VWA are complementary. Together
they form a uniquely comprehensive infrastructure in Wittgenstein
research. Additionally, WAB is also central for research in digital scholarly editing, text technology and digital humanities more generally.
Proposals for projects can therefore relate to both: (1) Wittgenstein research and philosophy, (2) digital scholarly editing, text technology and digital humanities, (3) Fields of intersection between (1) and (2). Selection of project proposals to be carried out under JNU VWAB will follow call and evaluation procedures.
Researchers of any citizenship are eligible for benefitting under JNU VWAB, as long as they are based in a Nordic country/affiliated to a research institution in the Nordic countries. "Nordic" refers in this context to the Nordic and Baltic countries and North-West Russia (Denmark DK, Estonia EE, Finland FIN, Iceland IS, Latvia LV, Lithuania LT, Norway NO, Russia RU, Sweden SE).
NordForsk project number: 070355
Project period: 1.1.2008-31.12.2010
Project coordinator: Alois Pichler (WAB, AKSIS), in cooperation with Thomas Wallgren (VWA, University of Helsinki, Philosophy Department)
Management committee and User selection panel:
Hanne Ahonen-Appelqvist (Philosophy Department, Helsinki, FIN), Tone Merete Bruvik (AKSIS, Bergen, NO), Anne-Marie Christensen (Philosophy Department, Odense, DK), Mats Dahlström (Library and Information Science, Borås, SE), Paula Henrikson (Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, Uppsala, SE), Lars Hertzberg (Philosophy Department, Åbo, FIN), Alois Pichler (WAB, AKSIS, Bergen, NO), Simo Säätelä (Philosophy Department, Bergen, NO), Thomas Wallgren (Philosophy Department, Helsinki, FIN)
User representatives: [tba.]
Scientific support: Wittgenstein Research Group at the University of Bergen (WFG); Text Technology Group at AKSIS (TTG); Wittgenstein Research Group at the University of Helsinki (HWG)
Logistic and technical support: AKSIS and Philosophy Department at the University of Helsinki
Total budget: ca. NOK 1 390 000
NordForsk grant: NOK 997 800
Calls for proposals: 8.1.2008 (deadline: 29.2.2008), 7.4.2008 (deadline: 14.5.2008), 26.11.2008 (deadline: 31.1.2009), 11.5.2009 (deadline: 20.8.2009), 23.9.2009 (deadline: 1.12.2009)
Calls for proposals (2008 - 1st call; 2008 - 2nd call; 2008 - 3rd call;
2009 - 4th call; 2009 - 5th call)
Application form
Description of resources and support available to JNU VWAB users
Last change: 2009.09.22 by ap |
Joint Nordic Use of WAB Bergen and VWA Helsinki (JNU VWAB) (2008-2010)