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Astrid Norén-Nilsson has assessed Cambodia's political and social trends of the past year for East Asia Forum. The article is part of the annual EAF Year in Review series, in which country experts assess the trends of the past year that are likely to affect the year in prospect. The full article on the East Asia Forum website
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/year-review-article-cambodia-2022 - 2025-12-07
Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published a chapter on civil society leadership in the Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia. The chapter examines how civil society leadership has been addressed in key debates on civil society in Southeast Asia, and provides suggestions for how these debates can benefit from advancing the research agenda on civil society elites. It appears in
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-civil-society-leadership-southeast-asia - 2025-12-07
The Centre for East and Southeast Asian studies conducts research and teaching on Asia, and is looking for an intern. The successful candidate will contribute to both research and administration at the Centre and for the in-house journal, Asia in Focus. As part of their internship, the candidate will write an article, with feedback from researchers at the Centre, for submission to Asia in Focus (o
https://www.ace.lu.se/article/internship-position-centre-open-applications-0 - 2025-12-07
IAC is happy to unveil a powerful upgrade to its spatial sound recording capabilities – a new audio equipment with a focus on capturing the movement of sound in space. This initiative builds on PhD student Yann Coppier’s technique, which he describes as “invisible choreography”, a method for recording spatial interactions and sonic gestures that preserves their dynamic presence.The newly purchased
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-equipment-spatial-sound-recording-iac - 2025-12-07
Help shape the future of technology at IAC! IAC is conducting a survey to better understand the current and future technical needs of our users. Whether it's spatial audio, virtual and augmented reality, or AI-driven creative tools, we are curious to know which technologies you will need access to in the next 2–3 years.Your input will guide upcoming developments and ensure that our resources meet
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/iac-tech-survey-2025 - 2025-12-07
Interview with Karin Johansson (vice dean for research) and Hedvig Jalhed (interim director at the IAC) The Faculty Council recently adopted new guidelines and a new establishment period for the IAC. The new guidelines will apply from the turn of the year and for the next three years. Karin Johansson, Associate Dean for Research, and Hedvig Jalhed, interim director at the IAC, were part of the pro
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-inter-arts-center - 2025-12-07
At deadline 1 October 2023, Make Sound had received many interesting applications for a residency at the IAC. Two projects were successfully selected. Congratulations to Anja Cecilie Petersen and Xavier Bonfill!“Responding Arches” is an evolving sound installation, rooted in research into the interplay between sound and physical structures. Drawing inspiration from architectural arches, Anja Cecil
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/make-sound-artists-october-2023 - 2025-12-07
IAC has the great pleasure to announce that it has been granted SEK 250,000 by Sten K Johnson for the workshop series "Spatial Audio Workshop" which is planned to take place in 2024. The grant will be awarded at a ceremony on 20 June 2023 at the School of Economics and Management in Lund. With the funds granted, IAC wishes to implement a workshop series entitled "Spatial Audio Workshop". The works
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/iac-project-funded-sten-k-johnson-foundation - 2025-12-07
At deadline 1 April 2023, Make Sound received many interesting applications for a residency at IAC. Three projects have now been selected. Congratulations to Jonas Olesen, Sóley Sigurjónsdóttir and Matthew Grouse! Jonas Olesen is a Danish composer and sound artist. Formerly lecturer in electronic composition and history at the Danish Institute for Electronic Music (DIEM), and coordinator of the Sc
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/make-sound-artists-selected - 2025-12-07
Inter Arts Center is happy to announce the Call "1,2,3 Playtime" in collaboration with Region Skåne. Games constitute a multidisciplinary field which the workshop series reflects by exploring various methods and tools within game design in both digital and physical environments. The project offers an opportunity to transform and develop aspects of one’s own artistic practices into a game-based for
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/123-playtime-lecture-and-workshop-series-field-gamification - 2025-12-07
Open-call for composers and sound-artists affiliated with Inter Arts Center/Lund University (including alumni) Lithuanian Composers’ Union, together with Druskininkai Artists‘ residency and Culture Moves Europe programme, invites artists to apply for the international residency, gathering artists from Austria, Sweden, and Ukraine to compose new works for Jauna muzika contemporary music festival, w
https://www.iac.lu.se/article/one-month-residency-lithuania - 2025-12-07
For the third consecutive year, the Psychological Defence Research Institute (PDRI), in collaboration with the Swedish Psychological Defence Authority, hosted a conference on psychological defence. Reflecting the deteriorating security environment, this year’s conference focused on the intersection between research and policy. Held on 14–15 October in Lund, Sweden, the event brought together 70 re
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/exploring-intersection-research-and-policy-conference-psychological-defence - 2025-12-07
Through EUPRERA (The European Public Relations Education and Research Association), the Department of Communication (IKO) organised a large and highly regarded research conference on strategic communication at AF-borgen in Lund between 24 and 27 September. The conference is held every year – previous years in Bucharest, Prague, Vienna and Pamplona, among other places. Most of the researchers came
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/euprera-communications-conference-brought-together-200-researchers-around-world - 2025-12-07
A FORTE-funded interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder project exploring how digitalisation reshapes migrants’ access to work and inclusion in Sweden. On the 5th of September, the Digital Navigation (Dig-Nav) project held its kick-off event at Media Evolution in Malmö. The project is led by Dr. Deniz Neriman Duru, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Lund University, who received 8 mi
Our warmest congratulations to Magnus Johansson, who successfully defended his thesis in Media and Communication Studies: ‘Parenting in screen times. Negotiations, practices and experiences in everyday family life’ at the Faculty of Social Sciences on Friday, 12 September. The thesis deals with parenting and screen time from a moral perspective. Through interviews with parents, the study shows how
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/magnus-johansson-successfully-defended-his-thesis - 2025-12-07
On November 27, Monica Porzionato received the Lund University Academy of Sciences’ prize for the best dissertation in the fields of humanities and social sciences. The award is presented annually to recognize outstanding research contributions and has a long-standing tradition at the university. Monica’s dissertation, Feeling the Changing Climate: An affective approach to the strategic communicat
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/monica-porzionato-awarded-best-dissertation-prize-lund-university - 2025-12-07
NordForsk has awarded 12.2 million NOK to fund the project “The Double Edge of Social Media Influencing: Participatory Antagonism and Communicative Resilience in the Nordics (INFLU-NORD)”for a three-year period (2026–2029). The project addresses the question of how social media influencing shape democratic trust and societal security in the Nordic region? It has two main objectives:Advance underst
https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-explores-participatory-antagonism-and-communicative-resilience - 2025-12-07
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 - 2025-12-07
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 - 2025-12-07
Våra varmaste gratulationer till Magnus Johansson, som framgångsrikt försvarade sin avhandling i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap: ”Parenting in screen times. Negotiations, practices and experiences in everyday family life” vid Samhällsvetenskapliga Fakulteten fredagen den 12 September. Avhandlingen behandlar föräldraskap och skärmtid ur ett moraliskt perspektiv. Studien visar, genom intervjuer
https://www.iko.lu.se/artikel/magnus-johansson-forsvarade-framgangsrikt-sin-avhandling - 2025-12-07
