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On Friday, January 24, Isabelle Karlsson defended her thesis titled "Making foreign policy matter: A discursive analysis of the strategic communication of Sweden's feminist foreign policy", which shows the complexity of strategic communication in an international context. Positive public opinion is important for states to realise foreign policy objectives and ambitions. Therefore, they strive to c

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/isabelle-karlsson-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis - 2025-10-03

We are excited to share three new research papers from the Healthy Ageing in a Digital World project, exploring key challenges and opportunities in digital health for older individuals. Barriers to Digital Health Services for Individuals Aged 75+This study examines the challenges older adults face when using digital health services in Finland. Findings highlight issues such as poor website usabili

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-research-papers-healthy-ageing-digital-world - 2025-10-03

HAIDI Research Activities February 20–21, 2025. The Finnish team member, Hanna Varjakoski, participated in the Ageing in the Digital Era: An Interdisciplinary Debate on ICTs and Social Inclusion for Older Adults conference in Milan, Italy. The two-day conference was organized by an interdisciplinary research group from the ACTIVE-IT research project investigating population ageing, active ageing,

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-research-findings-presented-international-conference-milan - 2025-10-03

This year, Media and Communication Studies instituted an award for exceptional master's theses in the subject. The papers given the Peter Dahlgren Excellent Dissertation Award had been publicly defended and received the highest grade."We instituted this prize to celebrate the hard work our international master programme students put into their theses every year and the amazing results that yields,

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/first-recipients-peter-dahlgren-excellent-dissertation-award - 2025-10-03

On Friday, February 28, Monica Porzionato defended her thesis "Feeling the changing climate: An affective approach to the strategic communication of floods in a tourist city". Strategic communication studies usually consider emotions as psychological effects of communication or as an influence on people's understanding of an issue. In the first case, emotions like joy or desire result from strateg

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-monica-porzionato - 2025-10-03

This week, the Department of Communication hosted the doctoral course “The Emerging Field of Strategic Communication – in Times of Geopolitical Conflict and Crisis” (5 ECTS). PhD candidates from Lund University, Mid Sweden University, University of Jyväskylä, and Cardiff University came together to explore key geopolitical challenges in strategic communication.The course covered pressing themes, i

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/doctoral-course-emerging-field-strategic-communication-times-geopolitical-conflict-and-crisis - 2025-10-03

During Sustainability Week at Campus Helsingborg, students from the Strategic Communication and Service Management master programmes organized a panel discussion during Sustainability Week at Campus Helsingborg, exploring the textile industry’s shift towards circular economy practices. Marie Ledendal, Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Communication and Réka Tölg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ho

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/panel-discussion-during-sustainability-week - 2025-10-03

The Campus Helsingborg International Student Career Programme, launched in the spring of 2025, consists of a series of events specifically designed to equip international students with the tools needed to navigate the Swedish labour market, apply for jobs and internships, visit local companies, and build valuable professional networks. The programme is organised in collaboration between the Depart

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/closing-international-student-career-programme-semester-event-internships - 2025-10-03

Every year in June, the small harbour town of Allinge on the island of Bornholm turns into a large celebration of democracy. With more than 2,500 events created by 1,200 different organizations, Folkemødet (literally translated as 'The People’s Meeting') has become an important democratic event with the purpose of creating informal meetings and dialogue between decision-makers and citizens. Treatm

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-participated-peoples-meeting-bornholm-june-2025 - 2025-10-03

On Thursday 5 June, Hario Priambodho defended his thesis "Cult Film Atmospheres: Audiences, Exhibitors, and Live Cinema Spaces". Ever thought that academic texts are boring? Then think again.Hario's defence was anything but conventional — it was full of surprises and interactive moments, including spoon throwing and scenes from cult classics that brilliantly captured the energy and atmosphere of c

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-hario-priambodho - 2025-10-03

At the NORDMEDIA 2025 conference in Odense (August 13-15), researchers from the HAIDI project – Anette Grønning (University of Southern Denmark), Amalie Søgaard Nielsen (University of Southern Denmark), Freja Morris (Lund University), Fredrika Thelandersson (Lund University) and Helena Sandberg (Lund University) – presented new work on digitalisation and care. Two papers were shared:Warm experts,

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-researchers-nordmedia-2025 - 2025-10-03

At the end of April, the Faculty Board decided that a new department, the Department of Communication, will be created. The establishment of the new department is part of the faculty's development towards fewer units, but the merger has also been motivated by additional reasons. The new department will be established on 1 January 2025 and the following units will be included: Department of Strateg

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-department-communication-january-2025 - 2025-10-03

A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the first changes to take place at the end of the year:The Department of Communicati

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2025-10-03

Researchers from Theme 3 and Theme 6 within NextG2Com had the opportunity to visit the Children’s Heart Center at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Under the guidance of Chief of Surgery Kiet Tran and Associate Senior Lecturer Maj Stenmark, the participants were given an insight into the center’s daily activities and the work of the CAISA project. One percent of children born in Sweden are born w

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/smallest-patients - 2025-10-03

NextG2Com organizes an annual workshop for all center partners, and this year, the second workshop in the series took place on April 29. The agenda included sustainability at all levels, insights from long-standing collaboration between industry and academia, and short partner presentations. NextG2Com brings together all partners annually for an internal workshop. This year’s invited speakers were

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-collaboration-and-theme-workshops - 2025-10-03

LTH honorary doctor 2025 Margaret-Anne Storey presented her research on social aspects of software development on different occasions during the conferment week in May. You can watch two recordings of her presentations here.

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/social-aspects-software-development - 2025-10-03

Theme leaders and researchers in NextG2Com have received best application paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation during the previous year. Xuesong Cai, Erik L. Bengtsson, Ove Edfors and Fredrik Tufvesson have been awarded The IEEE Antennas and Propagation 2025 Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award, presented to the authors of the best application paper publ

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/best-paper-2024 - 2025-10-03

Dr Marja Matinmikko-Blue from University of Oulu, Finland, will be giving an inspirational talk on the first NextG2Com program day on September 25, titled: Multi-disciplinary approach to future communication system development. Marja Matinmikko-Blue is Research Director of Infotech Oulu Institute and Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship. She is also member of the International

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/keynote-nextg2com-program-day - 2025-10-03

The LMK foundation has granted Lund Observatory funds for purchasing a brand new, state-of-the-art 24" telescope that will benefit both universtity students and members of the public.   After extensive renovations of one of the observing domes Lund Observatory now has its brand new telescope in place.  The new telescope has a filter wheel equipped with both narrowband and broadband science filters

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-telescope-installed - 2025-10-03

Following a donation by Carl O. Springer, Lund Observatory purchaised an optomechanical GOTO projector and started a Planetarium back in 1978. 40 years later there may not be much left of the original installation, but the planetarium is as popular as ever. The planetarium was first established at Lund Observtory when it was located in the Lund city park (Gamla observatoriet - Stadsparken).  As Lu

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lund-university-planetarium-celebrates-its-40-years - 2025-10-03