Richard Ling - Curriculum Vitae#

CURRENT POSITION

• Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology 2014 - present
  

ACADEMIC HISTORY

• B.A. in Sociology, University of Colorado, 1976
  
• Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Colorado, 1984

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Professor, IT University of Copenhagen 2009-2014
  
• Consultant to Telenor Research 2008 - present
  
• Senior Research Scientist, Telenor R&D (30% position as of 2009) 1997- 2008
  
• Research Scientist, Telenor R&D 1993-1997

EDITORSHIPS

• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Editor in Chief, 2017 – 2021 (Oxford University Press)
  
• Mobile Media and Communication, founding Co-Editor in Chief (Sage)
  
• Studies in Mobile Communication, founding Co-Editor Book (series published by Oxford University Press)
  
• Mobile Communication Research founding co-editor, 2005 – 2009 (Book series published by Transaction Press)

CITATION DATA

• Citation count: 13 740 (Google Scholar)
  
• H-Index: 49 (Google Scholar)
  

SELECTED BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES

Ling, R., Fortunati, L. Lim, S.S., Goggin, G. and Li, Y. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Mobile Communication and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Goggin, G., Hjorth, L., & Ling, R. (Eds.). (2016). Mobile Technologies. (4 volumes) Routledge: London.

Ling, R. (2012). Taken for grantedness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Ling, R., & Donner, J. (2009). Mobile phones and mobile communication. Cambridge: Polity.

Ling, R. (2008). New tech, new ties: How mobile communication is reshaping social cohesion. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Ling, R. (2004). The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone’s Impact on Society. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.

AWARDS

• International Communication Association Fellow
  
• Erving Goffman Award presented by the Media Ecology Society
  
• New Tech, New Ties is nominated for the best book in technology and society in book of 2008 by The American Sociological Association’s section on Communication
  
• International Communication Association CROF prize
  
• PROSE award (Honorable mention) for the best book on Sociology or Social Work in 2008 (for New Tech, New Ties)
  
• Telenor research award (external competition) (250 000 Norsk Kroner) cc