Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture (ISAK)

ISAK is an institution of broad cultural and social science research and education.

We combine historians, local researchers and cultural and media researchers as well as researchers within regional developement and politics. We are engaged in research and teaching at both Campus Valla and Campus Norrköping.

Our divisions

Centre for Municipality Studies

We focus on questions and challenges of major importance for local municipalities. The activities are the result of several years of co-operation between the university and the municipal sector.

Culture, Society and Media production

Culture, society and media production (KSM) combines academic perspectives with media production, blending theory and practice, and succeeds in connecting the university to the surrounding world.

Division of History, Tourism and Media studies

We teach and research within history, tourism and media.

TemaQ

Tema Q/ Culture and Society 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.

Administrative Support

Administrative Support and Management provides support to the institution's core business, management and employees.

News

Prestigious European grant to LiU professor

Professor Eva Hemmungs Wirtén has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant, one of the most prestigious grants awarded by this body. She receives EUR 2.3 million spread over five years.

International conference on oral history: vulnerability

What happens to groups or individuals when they are defined as being “vulnerable”? Malin Thor Tureby examined this question in a keynote lecture at an international conference recently.

Johanna Dahlin, universitetslektor vid Tema Q, ledde de båda poddsamtalen.

Why Lego is still a market leader

How do jurisprudence and intellectual property law relate to innovation and design? Listen to two podcasts with some of the leading researchers in intellectual property law.

Tourism for better and for worse

All inclusive, backpacking, safari, golf, shopping or training tours. Regardless of the focus of tourism, there is reason to regard it with a critical eye as well. Over the last few decades, researchers have become increasingly interested in the subject.

Owning your science and your self

Marie Curie was a huge celebrity during her lifetime and is still regarded as one of history's most inspiring female scientists. In a new book, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén details the emergence of Marie Curie, and the interests that keep her on top.

Department management

Hans Nilsson

Head of Department, Professor

Konstantin Economou

Senior Lecturer

Lisa Larsson

Administrator

Ola J Hedin

Financial Officer

Diary

Monica Bödker-Pedersen

Coordinator

All staff

Petra Winsa

HR manager

Thordis Arrhenius

Professor

Bodil Axelsson

Associate Professor

Svante Beckman

Professor emeritus

Anna Berglind

Assistant Lecturer

Lars Bergwall