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This thesis is a collection of six papers that explores new IT use in local mobility, i.e., the mobility of people in limited areas such as office environments. The overall research question asked in the thesis is: how can work related locally mobile interaction be supported using context aware applications? To answer the question, I have participated in theoretical and empirical investigations, as well as elaborated on design ideas that have been implemented and evaluated empirically. The empirical investigations revealed two main results: The concepts of “scalability through cultivation ” and “mobile meetings. ” Based on the concept of cultivation and coordination theory, as well as a field study of locally mobile work processes in a plant, we introduce the idea of “scalability through cultivation ” as a novel perspective on how to scale up (mobile