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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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Published 4 November 2019 In November, Eli Avraham, a renowned professor of communication at Haifa university, Israel, visits the Department of Strategic Communication. His research is particularly focused on how places in crisis can rebuild image and trust. Professor Avraham is invited by the research group ’The geography of fear’ to discuss how damaged images of cities and nations can be recover

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Published 5 November 2019 Photo: Erika Fransson Scott Burnett, Lecturer and researcher at the Department started his work at the Department in January 2019. Dr Burnett is currently teaching several courses, but also passionately keeps up with his research within the discourse field of race, gender and sexuality. Meeting him over a cup of coffee makes me absolutely sure that his heart and research

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Published 6 November 2019 From the left: Monica Porzionato & Isabelle Karlsson In the beginning of October we welcomed two of our three new doctoral students; Isabelle Karlsson from Germany and Monica Porzionato from Italy. Isabelle Karlsson did her Master’s in Strategic Communication at the Department between 2016-2018. After her Master’s she has worked within communication in various sectors, bu

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Published 11 December 2019 A new book, edited by Cecilia Cassinger, Andrea Lucarelli, and Szilvia Gyimóthy, explores the mobility of Nordic brand imaginaries and the global relevance of Nordic place branding practices. The edited volume unpacks the specificity of Nordic brand imaginaries, practices, and their political consequences. The contributions consolidate Nordic place branding scholarship a

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Published 17 March 2020 Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The University has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. University facilities will remain open. Dear student,The Swedish Public

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Published 15 May 2020 On Friday May 15:th, two of our phd students, Hui Zhao and Rickard Andersson, nailed down their thesis’. Nailing is a Swedish academic ritual in connection with the presentation of a doctoral dissertation. Three weeks before the dissertation, the thesis must be published, and from this date, the University must provide the thesis so that anybody who would like to read it in o

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Published 29 January 2021 There is an opportunity to become a Doctoral student in Media and Communication with specialization in Strategic Communication. Please read more about the position below. Doctoral studentship in Media and Communication spec. in Strategic Communication So far, we do not have our own research studies programme, but we hope to be able to offer one within a few years. Our doc

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Published 2 February 2021 Participants will take place in a realistic crisis communication simulation, where they will take on the role of a communicator in the midst of a crisis. Welcome to a workshop on how to take action and operate in an ever-shifting and often confounding environment. The workshop includes a realistic crisis communication simulation. In a tailor-made session for Lund Universi

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Published 21 May 2021 From the left: Aryna-Alexandra Creangă, Anastasia Kapodistria and Yiyun Zhu Three first-year Master students at the Master’s programme in Strategic communication have been selected to present their papers at the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) congress to be held in October 2021. The students have worked on their papers during the course

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By erika [dot] fransson [at] isk [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Fransson) - published 24 May 2021 "The award is proof that I am on the right path in life. The Department of Strategic Communication has supported me in my journey to achieve my goals. My teachers have always encouraged me to believe in my ideas and to realize my own potential." Mariia Dovbenko, a student in the Master's programme in Strate

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