Published 10 June 2014 The Swedish Innovation Agency, VINNOVA, has granted 100 MSEK to the Strategic Innovation Programme, SIO Chronic Diseases, with the overall aim to create better health and increased growth in Sweden. If Sweden is to remain competitive on the global life science stage, the opportunities for turning research results into innovations providing growth and benefit for patients nee

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Published 6 October 2014 By studying identical twins, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified mechanisms that could be behind the development of type 2 diabetes. This may explain cases where one identical twin develops type 2 diabetes. The study involved 14 pairs of identical twins in Sweden and Denmark. One twin had type 2 diabetes and the other was healthy.“Twins are a good mo

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Published 21 January 2015 Antidiabetics that also provide cardiovascular benefit is a key unmet need in diabetes treatment. ApoA-l is a protein shown to have both glucose lowering and cholesterol-lowering effects and has been investigated by Jens Lagerstedt and Karin Stenkula for its therapeutic potential. They have now received 2,5 million Danish kroner from the Novo Seeds for taking innvoation a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/lagerstedt-and-stenkula-receive-novo-seed-grant - 2025-07-03

Published 31 March 2016 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new type of biomarker that can predict the risk of type 2 diabetes, by detecting epigenetic changes in specific genes through a simple blood test. “This could motivate a person at risk to change their lifestyle”, says Karl Bacos, researcher in epigenetics at Lund University. The results are published today in Nature Comm

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-method-measures-risk-type-2-diabetes-blood - 2025-07-03

Published 16 May 2018 The book "Strategic Communication: An introduction" by Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide, both researchers at the Department of Strategic Communication, was released last winter. Last week, the website PR Place wrote a praising review on the book, which of course is great news for the Department. The review tells us, among other things: "It is an admirable text that brings tog

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Published 7 June 2018 Charlotte Simonsson och Mats Heide, both researches at the Department of Strategic Communication, recently got their article "How focusing positively on errors can help organizations become more communicative: An alternative approach to crisis communication" published in the magazine Journal of Communication Management. The purpose of the paper is to gain new knowledge of how

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/charlotte-simonsson-and-mats-heide-published-journal-communication-management - 2025-07-03

Published 18 June 2018 Stella Zimpfer At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work. Stella is from Germany and has since before a

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Published 12 October 2018 Håkan Bengtsson (CEO) and Anna Haraldsson (consultant) at Edmund Communication participated in the master course Brand Communication. They did a case exercise with the students and talked about the integration of branding in human resource management and how branding can support adoption communication within organisations. We were also joined by two adorable future brand

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/edmund-communication-talks-branding-and-adoption-communication-our-master-students - 2025-07-03

Published 3 October 2018 Anne Buchmann, lecturer from Newcastle University - Australia, recently visited the department of Strategic Communication. Anne Buchmann, lecturer from Newcastle University in Australia, recently visited the department to give a much appreciated lecture for the master students that dealt with branding, popular culture and New Zealand. It was also an opportunity for the edi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturer-australia-visits-department - 2025-07-03

Published 16 November 2018 From the left; Maria Månsson (ISK) Jörgen Eksell (ISK) Cecilia Cassinger (ISK) Michael Johansson (ISM) Lena Eskilsson (ISM) Jan Henrik Nilsson (ISM) A new research project at the Department of Strategic Communication will examine the problems tourism causes for cities and create counteractive strategies. The project, which will run for four years, is funded by a SEK 19.2

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-interdisciplinary-research-project-renewal-urban-tourism-development-managing-sustainability - 2025-07-03

Published 6 December 2018 To strengthen the Department’s International cooperation and exchange research experiences, Cecilia Cassinger, Jörgen Eksell and Maria Månsson from the Department of Strategic Communication visited Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) this week. They met with the international office, exchange students and researchers at the School of Communication. They also got a grand t

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/visit-hong-kong-baptist-university-hkbu - 2025-07-03

Published 14 December 2018 2018 has been a great year for incoming research funds to the Department! We can proudly present a various number of different projects within different fields of Strategic Communication! Only during the last week we had several grants given to various researchers at the Department; ranging from funds for further research within “Public Diplomacy”, Marianne and Marcus Wa

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Published 10 April 2019 Growing concerns over the threat posed by deceptive and false information have prompted the UK government to focus efforts on countering disinformation. Since 2018 a research team at ISK have supported the UK Government Communication Service (GCS) in this regard by developing a counter-disinformation toolkit. The RESIST Disinformation Toolkit provides a step-by-step approac

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/resist-toolkit-isk-supports-uk-government-countering-disinformation - 2025-07-03

Published 16 April 2019 The Department of Strategic Communication is one of many units to be involved in developing Campus Helsingborg thanks to a Lund University investment of SEK 35 million. At the launch on 16 April, there was great enthusiasm from researchers, employees and collaboration partners who will be working together on the new initiatives. The Strategic platform for political communic

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Published 12 June 2019 Master students graduating from the Strategic Communication Programme. To the right; Åsa Thelander, Programme Director The traditional graduation ceremony for the master's programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences took place on June 11 in the beautiful main building of Lund University. It was a day full of excitement, relief, happiness, anticipation and some sadness, as s

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Published 13 June 2019 Kajsa Nilsson was awarded for her Masters Thesis; “The communicative power of Agenda 2030 - a qualitative text analysis of how SDGs function as aspirational CSR talk” Kajsa Nilsson has been awarded a grant of 25,000 SEK from Sparbanksstiftelsen Skåne for her Master's thesis in Strategic Communication, “The communicative power of Agenda 2030 - a qualitative text analysis of h

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Published 26 June 2019 The book Internal Crisis Communication: Crisis Awareness, Leadership, and Coworkership is written and conducted by Mats Heide and Charlotte Simonsson at Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication. Internal Crisis Communication is one of the first guides to communication inside organizations, before, during and after a crisis – not just on the acute crisis phase,

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/finally-its-here-first-book-internal-crisis-communication - 2025-07-03

Published 27 September 2019 Being an intern can be beneficial in many ways. You get to put your knowledge to the test, it’s a great way to expand your network and it looks good on your CV. However, the process of actually landing an internship can be a bit tricky. Where should you even start? How do you find the right internship for you? Julia Lundh Rafstedt is doing her internship, in the course

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-land-your-dream-internship - 2025-07-03

Published 11 October 2019 Successful brands tell compelling stories. The master students on the course in Brand Communication, held by lecturer Cecilia Cassinger, participated in a workshop on brand hierarchy and storytelling in the Cuban rum market led by the Malmö-based agency South Communication’s CEO Andreas Pitlik, and research analyst Victoria Note. Moreover, Andreas is also a part of Adviso

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/master-students-participated-workshop-brand-hierarchy-and-storytelling - 2025-07-03

Published 9 October 2019 On Wednesday October the 9:th we were happy to take part of VentureLab in cooperation with LU Innovation and their "Breakfast & Ideas" -concept at Mindpark, Helsingborg. This morning our students Rebecca Arfwedson and Endang Ghani Ashfiya talked about Strategic Communication hands on. They were focusing on strategic communication in start-ups and sharing their hands on kno

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/communication-hands-having-careers-start-ups-and-dilemma-change - 2025-07-03