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Bling is associated with expensive, ostentatious accessories and “bad taste”. This contrasts with the prevailing aesthetic values of the design world. But what happens when bling and design are brought together? A new thesis in industrial design from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University in Sweden, shows that provocations – such as breaking convention with the help of the bling subcult

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/challenging-design-conventions-key-more-vibrant-design - 2026-01-19

See the exhibition showcasing the results of first-year students’ creative work. On the third floor of IKDC, an exhibition is currently underway featuring projects created by first-year students in the Bachelor’s program in Industrial Design. Through the course “Industrial Design Project A”, they have worked on designing wall-mounted storage units.Course coordinator Olof Kolte explains:The student

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/industrial-design-students-create-steel-wire-and-maximum-three-screws - 2026-01-19

Two alumni from the School of Industrial Design at Lund University have been honored as Ung Svensk Form announces its 2025 scholarship recipients. Former students Clara Storsten and Anna Maria Nilsson are among twenty-five young designers awarded scholarships. Clara Storsten and Anna Maria Nilsson are recognized for their educational tool Klura. The tool consists of wooden and felt tiles along wit

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/industrial-design-students-awarded-educational-tool-preschool-children - 2026-01-19

Furniture for a submarine, a cooling vest for athletes, or a liquor bottle with perfume? Sydsvenskan writes about the School of Industrial Design’s annual graduation exhibition, highlighting some of the students’ projects. Some of the projects featured by Sydsvenskan include:The bike rack “Fast”, which can be used for different types of bicycles and gives cyclists enough space to lock and unlock t

https://www.industridesign.lth.se/en/article/buffalo-bike-sydsvenskan - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/digital-navigation-migrants-swedish-labour-market-opportunities-and-challenges-digitalisation - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

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 - 2026-01-19

Anders Johansen, professor i astronomi, har tilldelas Göran Gustafssonpriset 2019 tillsammans med Kristian Pietras, professor i molekylär medicin. Båda får drygt fem miljoner kronor till sin forskning. Pressmeddelande från Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/anders-johansen-has-been-awarded-goran-gustafssonpriset-physics-2019 - 2026-01-19

The American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) has awarded our friend and colleague professor Lennart Lindegren the 2020 Brouwer Award for his profound impact on the fields of astrometry and celestial mechanics.  Press release from the American Astronomical Association

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/lennart-lindegren-awarded-dirk-brouwer-carreer-award - 2026-01-19

The University pedagogical prize 2020 was awarded to Paul McMillan here at Lund Observatory. Press release from LUNA

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/paul-mcmillan-awarded-pedagogical-prize - 2026-01-19

By the end of 2019 it emerged that there were work environment problems in the astronomy section of the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, also known as Lund Observatory. The then head of department had received a significant number of complaints from staff members about bullying and harassment. The Faculty of Science commissioned an outside consultancy company to perform a thorough

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/work-environment-lund-observatory - 2026-01-19

Following a generous donation by the LMK foundation our new telescope was purchased and installed in the south-east dome.  Donors and senior astronomers were invited to a small inauguration ceremony where it was revealed that the telescope would be named "Anres Öga" (or 'the Eagle Eye') to honor professor emeritus Arne Ardeberg.

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/inauguration-new-telescope - 2026-01-19

At the end of March Lund Observatory together with the Department of Theoretical Physics moved its website to the Lund University web server. This move gives the Lund Observatory website a whole new look, many new functionalities and enables us to comply with the guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). If you are no longer able find important content on our website then feel free to

https://www.astro.lu.se/article/new-website-launched - 2026-01-19