Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At IKOS, the social sciences and humanities unite in environments where research and education work together.

The Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) conducts education and research in various humanities, social sciences and aesthetic subjects, often in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environments where language, culture and society are at the center.

IKOS strives to strengthen the role of the social science and humanities in society and we see collaboration between education, research and the outside world as a prerequisite for success. The department is located in both Linköping and Norrköping.

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“What exactly do we mean by sustainable development?”

Politicians are unanimous that society must develop in a sustainable manner. But what does this mean? If we are to achieve sustainable development, we must discuss the concept itself.

“Art can’t save the world – but it can make us think in new ways”

In cultural history, who is visible and who is invisible? One of LiU’s two Alumni of the Year, Salad Hilowle, asks this question. With his art, he sheds light on people of African descent in Swedish cultural history.

Research on exclusion in late working life receives additional SEK 8,7 million

How can participation in late working life be more inclusive and equal? This is studied by researchers in the research programme EIWO. The programme has received SEK 8,7 million from FORTE to continue in phase two.

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Professorships in the humanities and social sciences

The Moa Martinson and Tage Danielsson professorships at Linköping University are intended for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, or those productive in the arts.

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The Ageing and Social Change research environment

The Ageing and Social Change research environment conducts leading-edge research on key social, political and cultural issues of ageing.

Brita Hermelin föreläser om Ostlänken på CKS kommundag 2016

Centre for Local Government Studies - CKS

CKS (Centre for Local Government Studies) is a research centre for studies on local politics, organization and development.

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Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society - REMESO

The Institute conducts research with a multilevel approach to the understanding of migration, ethnicity and society.

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Courses within the doctoral programmes at the Department of Culture and Society

The Department of Culture and Society offers a variety of graduate courses within the humanities and social sciences. The courses are offered to doctoral students at Linköping University and other institutions of higher education.

The Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Social Change

The doctoral programme in Ageing and Social Change aims to give doctoral students in-depth knowledge in this field. Students shall independently plan and carry out a qualified research project and present and disseminate its results.

The Doctoral Programme in Ethnic and Migration Studies

The doctoral programme offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary research education in ethnic and migration studies.

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Division of Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO)

REMESO pursues research and education on transnational migration, ethnic diversity and citizenship in relation to changes in labour and welfare.

Division of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (FTE)

We conduct research and education within the areas of Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

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Division of Administrative Support (VS)

The vision of the Division of Administrative Support at IKOS embraces high competence, efficiency, involvement and a good work environment. We believe effective dialogue is an important factor for us to succeed with our tasks.

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Department management

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Janna Aanstoot

Lecturer

Sofie Abrahamson

Lecturer

Helena Aeberhard

Lecturer

Susanna Alakoski Söderlund

Professor

Lotta Alemyr

Lecturer

Jesper Alkarp

PhD student

Johanna Andersson

Lecturer

Sofi Arenius

Lecturer

Lene Asp Frederiksen

PhD student

Bodil Axelsson

Professor

Jenny Axelsson

Administrator

Ulrika Axelsson

Lecturer

Emma Axinder

PhD student

Haqqi Bahram

PhD student

Svante Beckman

Professor emeritus

Erik Berggren

Lecturer

Anna Berglind

Associate professor

Ingrid Bergqvist

Lecturer

Veerle Bergqvist

Coordinator

Ann Bergstrand Tybåhl

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Lars Bergwall

Lecturer

Martin Berzell

Associate professor, Head of Division

Ken Bjerregaard

Maria Björkman

Associate professor

Sophia Björsner

Lecturer

Liselotte Boström

Financial Officer

Anna Bredström

Associate professor, Docent

Mathias Broth

Deputy Dean, Professor

Marie Bråneke

Lecturer

Lena Brönnert

Lecturer

Gunilla Bygdén

Administrator

Åsa Carlsson

Associate professor

Carl-Magnus Carlstein

Lecturer

Elisabet Cedersund

Professor emerita

Gwenaelle Clairet

Lecturer

Marie Clark Nelson

Professor emerita

Malgorzata Clarke

Administrator

Göran Collste

Professor emeritus

Daniela Dahl

PhD student

Johanna Dahlin

Assistant professor

Mattias Dahlkvist

Lecturer

Magnus Dahlstedt

Professor

Pouran Djampour

Postdoc

Konstantin Economou

Associate professor, Head of Division

Rusalina Ehnvall

Lecturer

David Ekholm

Associate professor, Docent

Robert Eklund

Senior associate professor

Sofie Ekman

Coordinator

Emma Eldelin

Associate professor, Docent

Hans Elfvingsson

Christine Erlandsson

Coordinator

Gissur Erlingsson

Professor

Nicolina Ewards Öberg

PhD student

Helen Falck

Administrator

Emile Farmer

PhD student

Per-Anders Forstorp

Professor

Niclas Franzén

Lecturer

Martin Fredriksson

Senior Research Coordinator

Anna Friberg

Assistant professor

Ulrika Frisk

Coordinator

Ambjörn Furenhed

Emelie Fälton

Associate professor

Indre Genelyte

Assistant professor

Jenny Gillingsjö

PhD student

Michael Godhe

Associate professor, Docent

Asher Goldstein

PhD student

Ingemar Grandin

Associate professor, Docent

Fredrik Gregorius

Associate professor, Docent

Agnese Grisle

Administrator

Helen Gustafsson

Lecturer

Sofia Gustafsson

Associate professor, Docent

Sofie Gustafsson

Administrator

Erik Gustavsson

Postdoc

Marie Gustavsson

Associate professor

Peo Hansen

Professor

Maria Hansevi

Ola J Hedin

Financial Officer

Kristina Hellman

Administrator

Eva Hemmungs Wirtén

Professor

Brita Hermelin

Professor

Annika Heuer

Research Assistant

Emily Hofstetter

Assistant professor, Docent

Per Holmberg

Visiting Professor

Maline Holmlund

Assistant Lecturer

Mavis Hooi

PhD student

Amanda Hoskins

PhD student

Lisbeth Hurtig

Lecturer

Lars-Christer Hydén

Professor emeritus

Margareta Hydén

Professor emerita

Ulf Härdner

Simon Härnbro

Lecturer

Marie-Louise Höög

Lecturer

Polina Ignatova

Postdoc

Elias Ingebrand

PhD student

Erika Ingemanson

Lecturer

Anna Ingemark

Associate professor

Sabina Ivenäs Dyverfeldt

Lecturer

Sofi Jansson-Keshavarz

PhD student

Mike Jarmon

Lecturer

Anita Johansson

Lecturer

Frida Johansson

Controller

Jenny Johansson

PhD student

Maritha Johansson

Associate professor, Docent

Peder Johansson

Lecturer

Van Anh Johansson

Financial Officer

Elise Johansson Jansson

PhD student

Anna Johnsson Harrie

Associate professor

Katarina Jonsson

Lecturer

Lars Jonsson

Lecturer

Robert Jonsson

Associate professor

Stefan Jonsson

Professor

Mikael Jungevall

Kristoffer Jutvik

Assistant professor

Lars Jämterud

Deputy Head of Department, Lecturer

Mattis Karlsson

Associate professor

Rickard Karlsson

Associate professor

Lisa Karlsson Blom

PhD student

Mansi Kashatria

PhD student

Leelo Keevallik

Professor

Susanne Kelfve

Associate professor, Docent

Adrian Kerrison

Postdoc

Pia Kjellbom

Associate professor

Martin Klinthäll

Associate professor, Docent

Karin Krifors

Assistant professor

Silvia Kunitz

Associate professor

Lasse Kvarnström

Martin Kylhammar

Professor emeritus

Elin Käck

Associate professor, Docent

Pontus Larsen

PhD student

Johan Larson Lindal

PhD student

Ann-Christine Larsson

Madeleine Larsson

Samuel Lee

Postdoc

Annika Lejon

Lecturer

Kjell O Lejon

Professor, Head of Division

Jakob Lien

Branka Likic-Brboric

Senior associate professor, Head of Division

Lars Liljegren

Associate professor

Kerstin Lind

Lecturer

Lars Lindblom

Senior associate professor

Sofie Lindeberg

PhD student

Annika Lindh

Amanda Lindström

Communications Officer

Anna Lindström

Eva Lindström

Associate professor

Angelika Linke

Ragnild Lome

Monika Lopez Wall

Lecturer

David Ludvigsson

Senior associate professor

Anna Lundberg

Professor

Catrin Lundström

Senior associate professor

Elisabeth Lutteman

Associate professor

Agnes Löfgren

PhD student

Annsofie Mahrs Träff

Associate professor

Victoria Martinez

PhD student

Bengt-Göran Martinsson

Professor

Dimitris Michailakis

Professor emeritus

Rudeina Mkdad

PhD student

Andreas Motel-Klingebiel

Professor, Head of Division

Nigel John Musk

Senior associate professor

Karin Mårdsjö Blume

Anders Narbrink

Lecturer

Josefine Nauckhoff

Anders Neergaard

Professor

Leonard Ngaosuvan

Associate professor

Mirko Nikolic

Postdoc

Elin Nilsson

Associate professor

Hans Nilsson

Professor emeritus

Magnus Nilsson

Associate professor

Therése Nilsson

Coordinator

Annelie Norberg

Lecturer

Anders Nordgren

Professor emeritus

Ingemar Nordin

Professor emeritus

Sofia Nordmark

Associate professor

Stellan Nordrup

Lecturer

Andreas Nyblom

Associate professor, Docent

Olav Nygård

Associate professor

Hedvig Obenius

PhD student

Anna Olaison

Associate professor, Docent

Fredrik Olsson

PhD student

Jesper Olsson

Deputy Head of Department, Professor

Celina Ortega Soto

PhD student

Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal

Senior associate professor, Head of Division

Elin Palm

Senior associate professor

Britt Palmqvist

Coordinator

Suzanne Parmenius-Swärd

Associate professor

Sergio Passero

PhD student

George Pavlidis

Assistant professor

Hannah Pelikan

PhD student

Maria Persdotter

Postdoc

Ann-Sofie Persson

Associate professor, Docent

Gunilla Petersson

Associate professor

Jessica Petersson Berge

PhD student

Christopher Pihl

Associate professor

Victoria Pihlgren

Lecturer

Arianna Poli

Postdoc

Roger Qvarsell

Professor emeritus

S M Atiqur Rahman

PhD student

Jonas Ramsten

Lecturer

Eva Rehnholm

Coordinator

Sven Arne Rejsmar

Technician

Julien Renard

Lecturer, Head of Division

Jonas Rentner

Lecturer

Paul Resch

PhD student

Isabel Cristina Restrepo Gonzalez

Lecturer

Anders Roos

Lecturer

Camilla Rosén

Coordinator

Sebastian Rozenberg

PhD student

Peter Ryman

Associate professor

Ahmed Saleiman

Financial Officer

Birgitte Saxtrup Hermansson

Lecturer

Carl-Ulrik Schierup

Professor emeritus

Wolfgang Schmidt

Associate professor

Hanna Scott

PhD student

Anna Sigvardsson

Associate professor

Kenna Sim

PhD student

Per Simfors

Associate professor, Head of Division

Carl-Wilhelm Siwers

PhD student

Peter Skagius

Associate professor

Elin Skog

Lecturer

Carina Skoog

Administrator

Zoran Slavnic

Senior associate professor

Michael Smith

Associate professor

Jacek Smolicki

Postdoc

Fredrik Stjernberg

Professor

Maria Strääf

Associate professor

Karin Ström Lehander

Lecturer

Isabelle Strömstedt

PhD student

Marc Stuhldreier

Postdoc

Gunilla Ståhlberg

PhD student

Ulrika Sund

Administrator

Ann-Kari Sundberg

Deputy Dean, Associate professor

Jan Sundin

Professor emeritus

Henrik Sundqvist

Lecturer

Gary Svensson

Senior associate professor

Lars-Håkan Svensson

Professor emeritus

Christian Svensson Limsjö

Associate professor

Annette Sverker

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Josefina Syssner

Head of Department, Senior associate professor

András Szigeti

Senior associate professor

Christina Söderberg

Annika Taghizadeh Larsson

Associate professor, Docent

Claudia Tazreiter

Professor

Mats Tholander

Head of Administration, Head of Division

Gabriel Thott

Lecturer

Maria Thunborg

Lecturer

Kajsa Thyberg

Associate professor

Victoria Thörnryd

Associate professor

Åsa Tiri

Lecturer

Joy Torgé

Associate professor

Xolani Tshabalala

Postdoc

Håkan Ulfgard

Professor emeritus

Johanna Vernqvist

Associate professor

Björn Waagaard

Lecturer

Camilla Wallin Lämsä

PhD student

Susanne Wallman Lundåsen

Associate professor

Veronika Wallroth

Associate professor

Anna Watz

Associate professor, Docent

Ulrika Wernesjö

Associate professor

Simon Wessbo

Associate professor

Magnus Wiberg

Lecturer

Tomas Widholm

Associate professor

Elin Wigge Elwin

Administrator

Sam Willner

Julia Willén

Lecturer

Harald Wiltsche

Professor

Petra Winsa

HR-partner

Helen Winzell

Associate professor

Monica Wise

Administrator

Sara Wittberg

PhD student

Johan Wänström

Associate professor

Maria Ydén

Olga Zabalueva

PhD student

Ioanna Zengler

Lecturer

Elisabeth Zetterholm

Senior associate professor

Boel Zetterman

Lecturer

Åsa Änggård

HR-partner

Anna Ådahl

Postdoc

Axel Ågren

Lecturer

Aleksandra Ålund

Professor emerita

Richard Öhrvall

Assistant professor

Britta Önnegren

Lecturer

Therese Örnberg Berglund

Associate professor

Gülin Öylü

PhD student

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“Art can’t save the world – but it can make us think in new ways”

Research on exclusion in late working life receives additional SEK 8,7 million

Research gives new perspectives on social isolation in older age

"Vaccine scepticism has grown out of a culture of mistrust"

The war in Ukraine – unexpected but possible to explain

Novels help doctors-to-be gain insight into empathy

Portraying migration and integration – with art

Big donation boost for timely history research

“We want to understand why the world is as it is”

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How the Denisova human went from fossil to fact

“The trauma of war is hereditary”

Risk for overestimation in digital technology in healthcare

Epistemological, philosophical and sociocultural perspectives on post-COVID

User perspective key in the development of Internet interventions for breast cancer survivors

“Parents want to give their child a ‘normal’ childhood”

SEK 30 million to interdisciplinary research on post-covid

A Master's programme with a focus on Ageing and Social Change

Four LiU researchers appointed as new Wallenberg Academy Fellows

The Fakultet podcast: popular science that inspires

More than SEK 30 million from Formas

Newly recognized crossover testimonies give important knowledge of the Holocaust

A new literature on a changed planet

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Professorships in the humanities and social sciences

Research Environments Show/Hide content

The Ageing and Social Change research environment

Centre for Local Government Studies - CKS

Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society - REMESO

The Language and Culture research environment

The Philosophy and Applied Ethics research environment

Culture and society (Tema Q)

The Social Work research environment

Welfare Law

Doctoral programmes Show/Hide content

Courses within the doctoral programmes at the Department of Culture and Society

The Doctoral Programme in Ageing and Social Change

The Doctoral Programme in Ethnic and Migration Studies

Doctoral Studies in Language and Culture

The Doctoral Programme in Social Work

Doctoral studies in Culture and Society

The Doctoral Programme in Welfare Law

Postgraduate studies Dynamics of Health and Welfare

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Division of Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO)

Division of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (FTE)

Division of Administrative Support (VS)

Division of History, Arts and Religious Studies (HKR)

Division of Social Work (SOCARB)

Division of Communication, Literature and Swedish (KLS)

Division of Language, Culture and Interaction (SKI)

Division of Culture, Society, Design and Media (KSFM)

Division of Ageing and Social Change (ASC)

Division of Academic Swedish (AKS)

Centre for Local Government Studies (CKS)

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