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

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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.

“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.

The war in Ukraine – unexpected but possible to explain

No, Putin is not insane – it is not that simple. The war in Ukraine is cruel and unpredictable, but it can be explained. However it is impossible to know how it will end.

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Head of Division

Staff

Jesper Alkarp

PhD student

Bodil Axelsson

Professor

Svante Beckman

Anna Berglind

Associate professor

Ingrid Bergqvist

Lecturer

Lars Bergwall

Lecturer

Daniela Dahl

PhD student

Johanna Dahlin

Assistant professor

Konstantin Economou

Associate professor, Head of Division

Hans Elfvingsson

Lecturer

Per-Anders Forstorp

Professor

Martin Fredriksson

Senior Research Coordinator

Emelie Fälton

Associate professor

Michael Godhe

Associate professor, Docent

Ingemar Grandin

Associate professor, Docent

Helen Gustafsson

Lecturer

Maria Hansevi

Eva Hemmungs Wirtén

Professor

Ulf Härdner

Polina Ignatova

Postdoc

Mike Jarmon

Lecturer

Katarina Jonsson

Lecturer

Lars Jonsson

Mansi Kashatria

PhD student

Martin Kylhammar

Johan Larson Lindal

PhD student

Kerstin Lind

Lecturer

Annika Lindh

Victoria Martinez

PhD student

Anders Narbrink

Lecturer

Annelie Norberg

Lecturer

Stellan Nordrup

Lecturer

Roger Qvarsell

Jonas Ramsten

Lecturer

Paul Resch

PhD student

Sebastian Rozenberg

PhD student

Isabelle Strömstedt

PhD student

Marc Stuhldreier

Postdoc

Gabriel Thott

Lecturer

Björn Waagaard

Lecturer

Olga Zabalueva

PhD student

Boel Zetterman

Lecturer

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

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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