Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture

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.

Department management

Some current research projects

Commons and Commodities: Knowledge, Natural Resources and the Construction of Property

Culture Unbound

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research is an open-access peer-reviewed journal that publishes cutting-edge interdisciplinary cultural research.

Exploring Nordic Models of Architecture and Welfare

The project “Exploring Nordic Models of Welfare and Architecture” will critically examine the Nordic Model from the perspectives of architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism.
Medeltida smycken i silver.

In Orbit: Distributed Curatorial Agency when Museum Objects and Knowledge go Online

This project studies processes of selection and interpretation when museum collections go online. We explore the museums authority and the public’s agency when curatorial operations are distributed between people and technology.
Old fashioned light bulbs.

Patents as Scientific Information 1895-2010 (PASSIM)

A European Research Council Advanced Grant project 2017-2022.

Our divisions

Vy över Campus Norrköping

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. 
Utställning hos KSM.

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.
Samling av böcker inom historia.

Division of History, Tourism and Media studies

We teach and research within history 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.
Intensivt arbetande ekonom vid dator

Administrative Support

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

All staff

Stellan Andersson

Assistant Lecturer

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Thordis Arrhenius

Professor

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Bodil Axelsson

Associate Professor

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Anna Berglind

Senior Lecturer

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Lars Bergwall

Assistant Lecturer

Ken Bjerregaard

News

Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson, professor vid Islands universitet, gästforskar på Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier (CKS).

International guest researchers at CKS

Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson, professor at the University of Iceland, is one of two international guest researchers during the spring.  During his stay in Norrköping, he collaborates with CKS-researcher Gissur Ó Erlingsson.
Eva Hemmungs Wirtén

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.
Bestigning, turism

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.
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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.

Addresses

Visiting addresses

Visiting address Linköping

Campus Valla

B Building, Entrance 25, 3rd floor

Visiting address Norrköping

Campus Norrköping

Kopparhammaren 7 Building (Kungsgatan 56), House C, 3rd floor

Postal address Linköping

Linköpings University

ISAK
581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Postal address Norrköping

Linköping University

ISAK
Kungsgatan 56
601 74 Norrköping
Sweden