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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

LiU researchers adding sparkle to concert series

This season’s Crusell series will be in the spirit of Nobel. At each of six concerts, a LiU researcher will lecture on one of the Nobel prizes. Eva Hemmungs Wirtén is to talk about Gatsby’s 100th anniversary, Champagne and the prohibition era.
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An important forum for emerging research areas

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, was founded in 2009 as a born-digital, gold open-access, peer-reviewed journal. Now, it is time to celebrate 15 years with a symposium.
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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

Contact us

Head of Division

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Konstantin Economou

Associate Professor, Head of Division

Staff

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Jesper Alkarp
PhD student
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Bodil Axelsson
Professor
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Anna Berglind
Associate Professor
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Ingrid Bergqvist
Lecturer
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Lars Bergwall
Lecturer
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Adam Bisno
Senior Research Coordinator
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Daniela Dahl
PhD student
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Johanna Dahlin
Associate Professor
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Konstantin Economou
Associate Professor, Head of Division
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Mattias Edborg
Lecturer
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Hans Elfvingsson
Lecturer
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Per-Anders Forstorp
Professor
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Martin Fredriksson
Senior Research Coordinator
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Michael Godhe
Associate Professor, Docent
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Ingemar Grandin
Associate Professor, Docent
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Helen Gustafsson
Lecturer
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Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
Professor
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Ulf Härdner
Lecturer
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Polina Ignatova
Postdoc
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Katarina Jonsson
Lecturer
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Mansi Kashatria
PhD student
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Martin Kylhammar
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Helene Kåberg
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Johan Larson Lindal
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Kerstin Lind
Lecturer
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Anna Lundvall
PhD student
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Anders Narbrink
Lecturer
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Annelie Norberg
Lecturer
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Stellan Nordrup
Lecturer
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Caroline Owman
Postdoc
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Jonas Ramsten
Lecturer
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Paul Resch
PhD student
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Sebastian Rozenberg
PhD student
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Hossam Sultan
PhD student
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Ann-Sofie Svansbo
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Björn Waagaard
Lecturer
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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.

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