Annika Wik holds a PhD from the Department of Cinema Studies, Stockholm University (2001). Currently she works independently with research and development within the field of film and contemporary art; conducting projects for Film Region Stockholm-Mälardalen and the Swedish Film Institute, and teaching at Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Between 2007-2012 she was working with research based issues for the independent art producer MAP, Mobile Art Production. She is co-editor of the books Imagining the Audience. Viewing Positions in Artistic and Curatorial Practice (2012) and Rörlig konstproduktion/Mobile Art Production (2010). Since 2016 she is Chairman of the board for Filmform – Art Film & Video Archive in Stockholm.