Division of Sensory Organs and Communication (SOK)

At the division, research focusing on human communication is carried out.

Thor BalkhedThe main areas of research are interaction involving people with communicative disabilities, speech and language disorders in children and applied hearing research.

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CIRCA - Independent living support functions for the elderly

IN LIFE Sweden is part of an EU project called IN-LIFE (Innovation Actions, Horizon 2020). The focus is on communication support tools for elderly people with cognitive and/or communicative impairments and memory problems.

Educational Equality for Children with Developmental Language Disorder. A Study of Goal Attainment, Experience and Participation

The project aims to generate knowledge that can be used to improve the organization of learning activities for children with developmental language disorder (DLD), as well as to improve the experience of school attendance among these children.

16th Nordic Symposium on Child Language (CANCELED)

CANCELED EVENT! In due course, we will also get back with information on the possibilities for the future of the symposium.

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Center for dementia research (CEDER)

The research has a focus on the everyday life with dementia. Of special interest is the challenges and the ways persons with dementia and their significant others manage and organize their lives.

En skylt "Allt kommer att bli bra" i ett skyltfönster / A sign "Everything will be fine" in a shop window

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LiU professor recognised for work against visual impairment

LiU-professor Neil Lagali and Senior Lecturer Inger Berndtsson of the University of Gothenburg, have received an award from the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired.

A half million Swedish crowns to eye researcher Neil Lagali

Professor Neil Lagali, eye researcher at BKV, is one of four eye researchers to share a research grant of 2 million Swedish crowns. – It is an honor for me to be chosen to share in this generous donation, says Neil.

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Head of Division

Coordinator

Staff

Stig Arlinger

Oleksiy Buznyk

Anna Ekström

Senior Lecturer

Lovisa Elm

PhD student

Per Fagerholm

Professor emeritus

Lovisa Farnebo

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Jonas Frodlund

Jan Gärdin

Johanna Hengen

PhD student

Heléne Hjertman

Elisabeth Hultcrantz

Professor emerita

Mathias Hällgren

Björn Johansson

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Inga-Lena Johansson

Assistant Lecturer

Carin Josephson

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Sumru Keceli

Neil Lagali

Professor

Torbjörn Ledin

Professor

Sophia Lindeberg

PhD student

Inger Lundeborg Hammarström

Senior Lecturer

Ulrika Marklund

Postdoc

Anna Montell Magnusson

Associate Professor

Anthony Mukwaya

Principal Research Engineer

Elina Mäki-Torkko

Visiting Professor

Nicole Müller

Visiting Professor

Beatrice Peebo

Charlotta Plejert

Senior Lecturer

Srdan Prodanovic

Postdoc

Lars Rasmusson

Adjunct Professor

Christina Samuelsson

Professor

Stefan Stenfelt

Professor

Simon Sundström

Assistant Lecturer

Ola Sunnergren

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Sudeep Surendran

Postdoc

Katharina Tiefenböck Hansson

Assistant Lecturer

Annika Törngren

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Johanna Westerberg

Maria Xeroudaki

PhD student

Mingduo Zhao

Division of Sensory Organs and Communication (SOK)

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CIRCA - Independent living support functions for the elderly

Educational Equality for Children with Developmental Language Disorder. A Study of Goal Attainment, Experience and Participation

16th Nordic Symposium on Child Language (CANCELED)

Cornea Research

Applied Auditory Research