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

The division conducts problem-oriented cultural science research and teaching at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences. It includes Culture and Society (Tema Q), Culture Society & Media Design (KSM), and Craft & design.

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Our activity aims to develop a critical/analytical understanding of the role of culture in society, both in the present and in the past.

Research and doctoral studies

Research on Culture and Society

Researchers in the research environment Tema Q share an interest in a critical/analytical understanding of the social, creative, economic, legal and political dimensions of the circulation of knowledge and cultural heritage

Culture and society (Tema Q)

Tema Q/Culture and Society research environment is an interdisciplinary unit that seeks to foster a critical outlook on the multiple roles played by culture in society, in the present as well as in the past.

Doctoral Programme

Doctoral studies in Culture and Society

The Culture and Society research environment has since the autumn term of 2002 offered research education of duration four years, leading to a doctoral degree (240 credits), or two years, leading to a licentiate degree (120 credits).

News

The PIE Podcast Broadens the Perspective on LiU’s Education

The project, that has come halfway, aims to explore how the podcast format can be integrated into LiU’s education. It is an interdisciplinary project in collaboration between two institution

Virtual worlds and 3D objects – the digital future of museums

Virtual environments or 3D objects printed directly into the classroom. Linköping University and the Museum of Östergötland are starting a research collaboration to find new and better ways to utilise technology.

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Symposium sheds light on intellectual property and global health

Intellectual property laws can affect access to medicines or medical equipment, which has consequences for global health. At a symposium problems that arise at the intersection between intellectual property and global health were discussed.

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Head of Division

Staff

Senior Research Coordinator

Associate Professor, Head of Division

Senior Research Coordinator

Michael Godhe

Associate Professor, Docent

Ingemar Grandin

Associate Professor, Docent

Organisation

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

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

Research and doctoral studies

Research on Culture and Society

Culture and society (Tema Q)

Doctoral Programme

Doctoral studies in Culture and Society

News

The PIE Podcast Broadens the Perspective on LiU’s Education

Virtual worlds and 3D objects – the digital future of museums

Symposium sheds light on intellectual property and global health

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

The war in Ukraine – unexpected but possible to explain

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

How the Denisova human went from fossil to fact

The Fakultet podcast: popular science that inspires

Newly recognized crossover testimonies give important knowledge of the Holocaust

Cultural heritage is both everyday and political

New initiative to study how knowledge circulates through society

SEK 3 million for research into how music can help students

Norrköping to support research into learning, traffic and smart forestry textiles

Their podcast won the contract

The essay became a research project - thanks to forgotten cultural treasure

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Head of Division

Staff

Organisation

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

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