Published 2 March 2017 Hui Zhao, Phd student at the Department has had one of her papers recognized among the top student papers of the 2017 ICA (International Communication Association) conference, PR Division. As a recipient of the top four student paper, Ms Zhao will also receive a scholarship from the ICA PR Division in the amount of $500. The paper Contextual Factors and Crisis Attribution in

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Published 21 March 2017 Lobbyists are actively trying to come up with creative ways to influence politicians. Ideally, they want to be seen as friends. Adopted legislation to regulate lobbying within the EU does not cover the way it works in practice. Camilla Nothhaft has shown this in a thesis presented at Örebro University. She now works as a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Strategi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-lobbyists-want-befriend-politicians-behind-scenes-eu - 2025-06-29

Published 21 March 2017 Researcher in strategic communication James Pamment has recently received a STINT grant of SEK 500 000 for a project in the field of communication and diplomacy. Public diplomacy as a research field is essentially about creating the necessary conditions for the realisation of a country’s financial, political and cultural objectives through strategic communication and relati

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/campus-helsingborg-invests-public-diplomacy - 2025-06-29

Published 4 May 2017 This week is the Digital Society Science Week at Lund University. It's a part of the 350 year jubilee and presents a plethora of great research and other stuff. During the two-day Digital Society Symposium that kicked off the week, with keynote speakers such as Lawrence Lessig and José Van Dijck. I had the pleasure to introduce an ongoing project to compare online hate speech

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/nils-gustafson-online-hate-speech-india-and-sweden - 2025-06-29

Published 5 May 2017 On Saturday, a TEDx conference will be held in Malmö. One of the speakers is Hannah Stanton, a former student at the Department of Strategic Communication, who has the opportunity, in her professional life, to combine what she learned during her studies with experiences from her voluntary work. Here is a very recent interview with Hannah, filled with inspiration and advice to

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/hannah-stanton-never-compromise-things-you-know-you-are-good - 2025-06-29

Published 22 May 2017 With in-class teaching over and only papers to write, ISK’s international Master Class in Strategic Communication hit Helsingborg town to celebrate the successful conclusion of their notorious course in crisis communication. With in-class teaching over and only papers to write, ISK’s international Master Class in Strategic Communication hit Helsingborg town to celebrate the s

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/stratcom-masters-hit-helsingborg-town-end-term-party - 2025-06-29

Published 7 June 2017 The award is annually granted to the author (authors) of a Master´s thesis written at the Department of Strategic Communication of Lund University. Send your thesis and a copy of your official grade at the latest 16th of June 2017. The thesis should hold a high academic quality and bring new knowledge to the area of communication that is pertinent to social issues. The defini

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/apply-gullers-grupp-award - 2025-06-29

Published 12 June 2017 Last Monday our graduating Master students, from two different programmes, were celebrated together with master students from the entire Faculty of Social Science, at a ceremony in Lund. Watch the nice pictures, taken by Zaki Habibi, below. Photos: Zaki Habibi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/pictures-masters-ceremony-lund-june-5th - 2025-06-29

Published 9 October 2017 Welcome to a public lecture at Campus Helsingborg. A public lecture in Campus Helsingborg’s seriesThe challenge of machine-generated strategic communicationSocial media bots: automated marketing or political warfare?Mr. Matthew ArmstrongFormer Governor, Broadcasting Board of Governors & Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public DiplomacyWhen? October 18th from

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Published 22 October 2017 A special and very interesting issue of The Journal of Communication Management has recently been released, entitled "The European refugee crisis: organizational responses and communication strategies". James Pamment of the Department of Strategic Communication is one of the editors of the issue together with Alina Dolea and Diana Ingenhoff. This issue Includes the articl

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/special-issue-journal-communication-released-edited-james-pamment-et-al - 2025-06-29

Published 23 November 2017 Looking to further your education and career options? Attend the Graduate Fair to learn more about our range of over 100 Master’s degree programmes offered at Lund University! Meet programme coordinators, find out how to apply and what makes a successful application.The fair happens at LUX in Lund, Thursday - Nov, 30th, from 16-19.Read more!Facebook event!

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/graduate-fair-lund-nov-30th - 2025-06-29

Published 12 December 2017 A recent survey distributed to graduates of our MSc programme in Strategic Communication shows that 95% are employed within a year. Our alumni work as communicators, strategic communicators, managers, consultants or specialists with a variety of tasks such as digital media management, internal communication, content and copywriting, media relations, marketing and analysi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/95-our-msc-strategic-communication-graduates-are-employed-within-year - 2025-06-29

Published 26 January 2018 The CEO and creative director at Malmö based communication agency South Communication spent a day with students on ISK’s international master program discussing global branding, strategy, and the bottom line. Participants in the course strategic brand communication were happy after finishing the presentations of their case solutions. Photo: Cecilia Cassinger

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/south-communication-joins-isk-day - 2025-06-29

Published 13 February 2018 Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide, from the Department of Strategic Communication, recently released the book "Strategic Communication - an introduction" which can be found in most book stores. Read more below. Strategic communication comprises different forms of goal-oriented communication inside and between organizations, their stakeholders and the society. Strategic co

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-book-jesper-falkheimer-and-mats-heide-strategic-communication-introduction - 2025-06-29

Published 14 February 2018 BOTS, ALGORITHMS, JUNK NEWS: DATA SCIENCE AND THE EVIDENCE ON FOREIGN INFLUENCE-CAMPAIGNS LISA-MARIA NEUDERT, OXFORD UNIVERSITY INTERNET INSTITUTE FRIDAY, MAR 02, 15.15-17.00 / CAMPUS HELSINGBORG, ROOM E210 Political actors around the globe use algorithms and automation to sway elections, sow confusion, and target voters with propaganda messages. Micro-targeted advertisi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/target-election-invitation-public-lecture-campus-helsingborg - 2025-06-29

Published 21 March 2018 Now there are (at least) three positions as post doc to apply for att he Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University The duration of the position is two years. The position involves individual research (80%) and teaching at all levels (20%).Read more about the positions, required qualifications, what your application should contain and apply here.The last date to apply is

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/faculty-social-sciences-lund-university-announces-three-new-postdoctoral-positions - 2025-06-29

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

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/strategic-communication-introduction-jesper-falkheimer-and-mats-heide-gets-great-review - 2025-06-29

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 - 2025-06-29

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

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/stella-about-her-award-winning-master-thesis-i-hope-my-thesis-helps-get-startups-thinking-about - 2025-06-29

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 - 2025-06-29