Mathias Broth

Professor Mathias Broth at Linköping University's Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) specializes in multimodal interaction analysis, examining how humans coordinate communication through speech, gestures, and environmental cues. His research spans interaction in traffic environments, preschool mobility practices, and language-culture dynamics.

• Develops multimodal interaction analysis methodologies
• Studies traffic interaction between autonomous vehicles and human drivers
• Investigates preschool children's participation in traffic safety practices
• Explores communication in driver training contexts

Research trends focus on embodied communication, showing how people coordinate gaze, gesture, and verbal cues in real-time interactions across different environments including:

• Traffic situations with autonomous vehicles
• Preschool group movements
• Driver training instruction
• Human-robot interaction
• Media production scenarios
• Second language classrooms

Broth contributes to the Language and Culture research environment while supervising PhD students in interaction studies.