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
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Hans Nilsson

Head of Department, Professor

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Bodil Axelsson

Associate Professor

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Lisa Larsson

Coordinator

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Ola J Hedin

Financial Officer

Research
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Research areas

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Heritage

Research on heritage at ISAK has a broad focus, including the study of oral history, digitization, musealisation and education.
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Mediated Culture

Research on mediated culture at ISAK has a broad focus, including the study of both the media texts themselves as well as their production, dissemination, use and regulation.
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History research at ISAK

The institution ISAK's research is characterised by both breadth and depth, and covers the period from the Middle Ages to the present, with a certain concentration on modern history.

Current research

Culture Unbound

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

DigiCONFLICT. Digital Heritage in Cultural Conflicts

DigiCONFLICT is an international research consortium funded by Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage (JPICH), exploring the impact of digital heritage in nationally framed cultural conflicts.
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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.

Centres and research groups

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Centre for local history

The aim of the Centre is to support and develop research on local history and education by bringing about co-operation between professional researchers, instructors, school, teachers and the general public.
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Centre for Municipality Studies - CKS

CKS (Centre for Municipality Studies) is a research centre for studies on local politics, organization and development.
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Twincities Research Group - Social environment and health

The twin cities of Linköping and Norrköping are two equal sized cities in southeast Sweden. They are part of the same county council and have the same structure of health care. How could public health in two so similar cities be so different?

Our divisions
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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. 

Division of Culture and Society

The division conducts problem-oriented cultural science research and teaching at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences.

History and Media Studies

We teach and research within history and media.
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Administrative Support

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

All staff
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Bodil Axelsson

Associate Professor

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Emma Axinder

PhD student

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Anna Berglind

Senior Lecturer

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Lars Bergwall

Assistant Lecturer

Ken Bjerregaard

Marie Clark Nelson

Professor emerita

News
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LiU Humanities

LiU Humanities is a forum for collaboration between researchers, teachers and doctoral students active in the intersection of humanities and social sciences.

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

Four projects at Linköping University and one at RISE Acreo have been awarded funds from the SEK 5 million distributed by the Norrköping Fund for Research and Development in 2019.

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

Everything changed when Martin Kylhammar, professor at LiU, got hold of a forgotten wooden box filled with material never before shown. Now the material becomes public.

Addresses
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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

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