GoLab: mobile research technology for the study of cognition, communication, culture
Studying human thinking, communication, and interaction with the world calls for new tools. To meet these challenges, research labs in the humanities, social sciences, and arts must evolve. Researchers are no longer only working in controlled lab environments—they want to study people and objects in real-world settings: children in classrooms, the elderly at home, professionals in their workplaces, and cultural artefacts in the field. This means taking the lab to the object of study, not the other way around.
The purpose of GoLab is to make this possible. We will expand current capabilities with mobile solutions in three key areas: brain activity (EEG), eye movements (eye-tracking), and 3D data collection and analysis. Mobile technology is in especially high demand in these areas for studying natural behaviour in contexts that cannot be brought into a lab.
GoLab will acquire cutting-edge equipment, develop tools and workflows to manage and analyse the data, and offer training and support to researchers in the three areas. To ensure the long-term sustainability of GoLab, it will be embedded into a well-established research infrastructure, Lund University Humanities Lab, that is freely accessible to academic users.
By combining advanced mobile technologies with expert support and training, GoLab will enable broader, more inclusive research for a better understanding of how we think, act, and interact in the world.
The purpose of GoLab is to make this possible. We will expand current capabilities with mobile solutions in three key areas: brain activity (EEG), eye movements (eye-tracking), and 3D data collection and analysis. Mobile technology is in especially high demand in these areas for studying natural behaviour in contexts that cannot be brought into a lab.
GoLab will acquire cutting-edge equipment, develop tools and workflows to manage and analyse the data, and offer training and support to researchers in the three areas. To ensure the long-term sustainability of GoLab, it will be embedded into a well-established research infrastructure, Lund University Humanities Lab, that is freely accessible to academic users.
By combining advanced mobile technologies with expert support and training, GoLab will enable broader, more inclusive research for a better understanding of how we think, act, and interact in the world.