12 September 2025 10:00 to 13:00 | Seminar Public defense: PhD candidate Magnus Johansson will defend his doctoral dissertation in Media and Communication Studies: Parenting in screen times: Negotiations, practices, and parental experiences in everyday life.Faculty opponent: Associate Professor Maja Sonne Damkjær, Aarhus University, School of Communication and Culture.  About the eventLocation:SOL

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/public-defense-phd-candidate-magnus-johansson - 2025-08-21

17 September 2025 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Seminar: Dr Mika Hietanen, Associate professor of Rhetoric will present his recent monograph Classical Rhetorical Argumentation for the Rhetorical Critic, published this year by RoutledgeTitle of talk: ”Argumentation in Classical Rhetoric – a Re-Appraisal a Century after Wichelns”.  About the eventLocation:SOL, A158Contact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko [

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/kom-higher-seminar-dr-mika-hietanen - 2025-08-21

24 September 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar Text seminar: Dr Magnus Johansson and Dr Hario Priambodho will present a common draft for a book chapter on how families engage in cosy media practices in the home environment. Combining theories and data from their respective doctoral dissertations they present ideas for new postdoctoral research.Title of talk (prel): Cosy Media  About the eventLocation:

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/kom-higher-seminar-magnus-johansson-and-hario-priambodho - 2025-08-21

1 October 2025 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Seminar: Olof Sundin, Professor of Information Studies at the Department of Cultural Studies (LU) will present ongoing research from his VR funded project RE-SEARCH, analysing how information-seeking strategies evolve in response to the AI-infused information infrastructure. He is also leading ‘Who is the Expert?’ project (funded by Crafoord) investigating h

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/kom-higher-seminar-olof-sundin - 2025-08-21

8 October 2025 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Text seminar/workshop: Reporting on ethics, a seminar with Dr Mia-Marie Hammarlin and Dr Deniz Duru, Associate professors at IKO"This seminar will be about acting ethically in practice, from start to finish; from fieldwork to how we write about people, i.e., our research subjects. The seminar will take its starting point in our rich research on sensitive top

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/kom-higher-seminar-mia-marie-hammarlin-and-deniz-duru - 2025-08-21

15 October 2025 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Text seminar: A bag of tricksIn this seminar Dr Howard Nothhaft, Associate professor at IKO will present a book idea with the current working title “A bag of tricks”. The book will discuss concepts where strategic communication overlaps with strategic management and military theory.  About the eventLocation:TBAContact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko [dot] lu

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/seminar-howard-nothhaft - 2025-08-21

29 October 2025 13:00 to 16:00 | Seminar Final seminar:  PhD student Martin Sundby defends his final manuscript, titled: TBAExternal opponent: Lisa Villadsen, Professor Copenhagen UniversityInternal opponent: Nils Gustafsson, Universitetslektor; Lennart Hellspong, Professor Emeritus  About the eventLocation:TBAContact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/final-seminar-phd-student-martin-sundby - 2025-08-21

5 November 2025 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Text seminar: PhD student Alessandra Sossini will present her work in progress.Title: Social media and employee ambassadors  About the eventLocation:SOL, A158Contact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/seminar-phd-student-alessandra-sossini - 2025-08-21

12 November 2025 13:00 to 15:00 | Seminar Text seminar: Fredrik Miegel, Associate professor in Media and Communication Studies, departing from a few key texts, Fredrik will present and discuss with us how classical works in sociology are still useful in understanding recent developments in our digital media societyTitle– TBD  About the eventLocation:SOL, A158Contact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/text-seminar-fredrik-miegel - 2025-08-21

26 November 2025 13:00 to 17:00 | Seminar Extended/themed seminar: “Celebrating Swedish Public Radio Broadcasting turning 100 years”Panel presentations with external guests  About the eventLocation:SOL, A158Contact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

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10 December 2025 15:00 to 17:00 | Seminar Text seminar: “KOM seminar celebrates 2025 year’s publications” including brief presentations by all authors and mingle with “glögg”. About the eventLocation:SOL, A158Contact:helena [dot] sandberg [at] iko [dot] lu [dot] se Save the event to your calendar

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/kom-seminar-celebrates-2025-years-publications - 2025-08-21

12 September 2025 10:00 to 12:06 | Thesis defence Magnus Johansson has written a thesis entitled: Parenting in screen times: Negotiations, practices and experiences in everyday family lifeExternal reviewer: Associate Professor Maja Sonne Damkjær, Århus universitetMore information about the thesis is available in the Lund University Research Portal About the eventLocation:SOL auditorium (H104), Hel

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/calendar/phd-defence-media-and-communications-studies-magnus-johansson - 2025-08-21

in Strategic Communication The programme is focused on public relations, organizational communication and marketing communication. The Bachelor of Science in Strategic Communication and Digital Media further emphasizes the digital media providing courses in e.g. web design and content management.Theoretical and applied features of strategic communication are integrated throughout the programmes, w

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in Strategic Communication Strategic Communication is the study of various forms of targeted information and communication processes between organisations, society and specific stakeholders, agents or target groups. We educate future communications officers, marketing communication managers, PR consultants, communication strategists and project managers. Every year, we offer a varied range of free

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As a PhD student in Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Communication, you will be part of a creative and international research environment, exchanging ideas with academics from around the world. We foster an open and dynamic academic culture, offering regular seminar series, workshops, and conferences. Our researchers engage in pioneering interdisciplinary projects that explore

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Research projects Doctoral studies Guest Researcher Programme Research Areas Publications Conferences and Workshops

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The Department's research output is best viewed in the University's research portal. Research Output Go to the Department's output section in the Lund University Research Portal. Journals edited by the DepartmentPlace Branding and Public DiplomacyThe journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy explores and explains the two related but distinct practices named in its title. 'Place branding' applies

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Ranked 46 by Times Higher Education, our education emphasises theoretical knowledge and practical skills to prepare students for professional careers and further academic studies. We work closely with the media industry, civil society, and government partners, drawing on various research approaches and methodologies. Journalism Go to journalistik.lu.se. Media and Communications studies Strategic C

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The department welcomes visiting scholars and visiting doctoral students who want to join the department for a limited time to conduct research in journalism, media studies or communication studies. The visiting researcher is expected to have a research profile that aligns with any of the department's current research themes and to share interests with several of its researchers.We provide a diver

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/research/guest-researcher-programme - 2025-08-21

The Department collaborates with the surrounding society Collaboration with companies and organizations in the communications industry is an integral part of our education and our research.The knowledge we gain through collaborations helps us understand the world around us while we can develop the content of our educational programmes and freestanding courses. This means that we become better at m

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/cooperation - 2025-08-21