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Jacob Orrje is a Researcher at Uppsala University's Department of History of Science and Ideas, with dual affiliations at the Center for History of Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His work bridges early modern knowledge systems and computational methodologies.
- Education: PhD in History of Science and Ideas (Uppsala University, 2015)
Research focuses on digital history and early modern knowledge geographies, particularly through two major projects: "Merchants of Enlightenment" (funded by the Swedish Research Council) investigating commercial networks in 18th-century scholarly communication, and "Mapping Geographies of Early Modern Mining Knowledge" utilizing HTR for transcribing historical mining travelogues.
His methodological approach combines handwritten text recognition and deep mapping to analyze non-academic knowledge production in contexts like commerce and state governance. Publications emphasize the material infrastructure of intellectual exchange, from merchant-led book shipments to computational analysis of historical sources.
Professional trajectory includes postdoctoral research (2016–19) at Stockholm University's Department for Culture and Aesthetics, and teaching/research roles at Uppsala University (2015–16). Current work explores how digital methods reshape historical research paradigms, particularly in Sweden's 18th-century knowledge economy.
