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We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as assistant professor in artistic research and AI. Are you curious about the intersection of artificial intelligence, culture, and societal engagement through storytelling and the arts? At Malmö Theatre Academy, a part of Lund University, you have the opportunity to take the next step tow

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/we-are-looking-assistant-professor-artistic-research-and-ai - 2026-05-21

The third issue of Matter Journal is out, with texts from our research collegium on artistic research in theatre and performance. The third issue of Matter brings together texts that explore contemporary performing arts. Tanja Hylling Dier writes about Hjem, a project that shapes place and community through art and participation. Jörgen Dahlqvist examines time as a dramaturgical tool, using the pl

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/matter-journal-3 - 2026-05-21

Get to know our MA students who started fall 2025 and will graduate in spring 2027. Elena BinerElena Biner is a Swiss artist living and working in Copenhagen. With a background in visual communication and a strong foundation in storytelling, her practice sits at the intersection of visual arts and performative spaces, specialising in immersive experiences. In her work she blurs the line between re

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/presentation-our-master-students-performing-arts-critical-practice-programme - 2026-05-21

We are now announcing the opportunity for project support of up to SEK 150,000 (including overhead costs) to enable artists, artistic researchers and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from each other in an open dialogue and exploratory environment.  The aim of ArtCollab is to enable artists, artistic researchers, and researchers from other scientific disciplines to learn from

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/call-project-funding-artcollab - 2026-05-21

Some years ago, Sven Bjerstedt researched the forgotten Finnish American musician and composer Einar Swan (1903–40) who wrote the immortal song, “When Your Lover Has Gone”. Bjerstedt published an 80-page biography )and participated in one-hour TV and radio documentaries on Einar Swan.Recently, Finland’s former prime minister Esko Aho translated Bjerstedt’s Swan biography into Finnish and included

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/finnish-translation-sven-bjerstedts-research-about-composer-einar-swan - 2026-05-21

In November 2025, doctoral students from the Malmö Theater Academy participated in an encounter with researchers in the field of performing arts from around the world.Doctoral students Iury Salustiano Trojaborg and Tanja Hylling Diers from the Theater Academy participated in the three-day meeting for researchers at the beginning of their research careers. The meeting was led by SOL-based researche

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/transnational-alliance-researchers-theater-and-performing-arts - 2026-05-21

Lund University has seen a record number of applications for its international recruitment initiative, Global Excellence. Eleni-Ira Panourgia is now joining the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts as an assistant professor specializing in artificial intelligence (AI).Global Excellence is the university's largest international recruitment initiative to date and aims to strengthen world-leading rese

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/record-numbers-international-recruitment-ai-researcher-joins-faculty-fine-and-performing-arts - 2026-05-21

Sven Bjerstedt, professor of music education at Malmö Theatre Academy, recently published an article in the journal KronoScope. Journal for the Study of Time: “Awareness of Time and Experience of Conscious Mental Processes during Musical Activity”.How may changes in musicians’ experience of time influence their impressions of having conscious intentions during musical activity? In this essay I wil

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/new-publication-sven-bjerstedt-awareness-time-and-experience-conscious-mental-processes-during - 2026-05-21

The annual Sustainability Week in Lund is fast approaching, with a packed programme once again this year. From the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, we find music, performance and artistic research in interactive events that aim to do more than simply inform — they aim to move people.Sustainability is a multifaceted field that extends far beyond the natural sciences. The concept also encompasse

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-you-can-feel-artistic-perspectives-during-sustainability-week-lund - 2026-05-21

Last September was the application deadline for new PhD students who want to join the SWEAH research school next year. A total of 14 applications were received, from 5 men and 9 women at 5 of the 13 partner universities; Dalarna University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University, Lund University and Umeå University. Two of the applications were not complete and will therefore not be processed

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/now-new-doctoral-students-are-reviewed - 2026-05-21

SWEAH alumnus Wossenseged Jemberie, Umeå University, receives Forte establishment grant and alumni Anna Marseglia and Kuan Yu-Pan, KI, receives Forte project grant. Assistant Professor Anna Marseglia at Karolinska Institutet receives Forte project grant - almost SEK 5 million - to a project about gender differences in social health, resilience and cognition across the life course (the interplay of

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/millions-sweah-alumni-projects - 2026-05-21

District nurse and SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, at Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, earlier this year received SWEAH's travel grant of SEK 20,000 to visit Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, in Portugal. Now she has returned from an almost two-week stay in Lisbon. Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has presented her research project and gained a substantial exchange of knowledge with other

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/unusually-many-people-over-65-no-home-care - 2026-05-21

The work in SWEAH's management continues with high energy. At the turn of the year, some new people entered as members of the graduate school's board. In addition, alumni have been granted assignments in their postdoctoral career development. The graduate school SWEAH is led by a board consisting of members from SWEAH's partner universities. Affiliated PhD students and a SWEAH alumnus also partici

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-commitment-new-year - 2026-05-21

On Tuesday, the new PhD students from partner universities around the country, who have joined the graduate school in 2025, met for the first time. During the introduction day in Lund, they got to meet SWEAH's management and PhD students who have been active in the graduate school since before. Together, the newly admitted PhD students have knowledge and experience from large parts of the world, f

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-are-sweahs-new-phd-students - 2026-05-21

This winter SWEAH PhD student, Isabelle von Saenger, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, visited the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University, USA. Thanks to a travel grant from SWEAH she could share her research and learn from other researchers.– I learned more about the impact of sleep on the health of the older adults, that there are specific guidel

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-changing-perspectives-best-energy-boost - 2026-05-21

The Great Gerontology Prize 2025 is awarded to SWEAH's coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson. The prize is given to people who have made a difference in the field of older adults and ageing. The motivation of the Swedish Gerontological Society, which awards the prize annually, is as follows:"Professor Iwarsson is a prominent researcher who for many years has contributed in an exemplary way to th

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/years-gerontology-award-goes-susanne-iwarsson - 2026-05-21

A new SWEAH face appears in the Applied Gerontology research group's premises in Forum Medicum, Lund. The PhD student, economist and self-taught programmer Johannes Malm, now divides his time between Lund and Jönköping Universities (Schools of Health Sciences), as well as Blekinge Institute of Technology. Read the full article on CASE's website.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-wants-contribute-better-life-people-dementia - 2026-05-21

A few questions for SWEAH PhD student Klara Le at Örebro University, who has just returned from a research trip in Sydney, Australia. Klara Le was awarded a travel grant of SEK 50,000 from SWEAH to visit the School of Social Sciences, at Western Sydney University, in Australia during February and March.What have you learned?– I have had a great time in Sydney. During this research visit, I have co

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/so-was-klaras-research-visit-down-under - 2026-05-21

Now they are here, to scrutinize SWEAH’s operations inside and out. Yesterday three external evaluators landed in Lund, to review the Swedish National Graduate School on Ageing and Health. During tuesday and wednesday this week, they will meet with Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lena Eskilsson, the SWEAH management, alumni and about 30 students who are s

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/evaluators-we-want-learn-about-all-your-secrets - 2026-05-21

The SWEAH postgraduate course 'Gerontology – Multidisciplinary and Integrative Perspectives on Aging', is well underway. On April 3-4 it was time for lectures and seminars and 16 SWEAH PhD students gathered at University of Gothenburg. One of them was Sandra Lukic, from Lund University.How were the days in Gothenburg?– Absolutely fantastic, good lectures and fruitful discussions, as well as very g

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/learned-new-course-ageing-can-be-superpower - 2026-05-21