On Thursday 5 June, Hario Priambodho defended his thesis "Cult Film Atmospheres: Audiences, Exhibitors, and Live Cinema Spaces". Ever thought that academic texts are boring? Then think again.Hario's defence was anything but conventional — it was full of surprises and interactive moments, including spoon throwing and scenes from cult classics that brilliantly captured the energy and atmosphere of c

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/successful-defence-dr-hario-priambodho - 2025-08-23

Frida Morris presenting At the NORDMEDIA 2025 conference in Odense (August 13-15), researchers from the HAIDI project – Anette Grønning (University of Southern Denmark), Amalie Søgaard Nielsen (University of Southern Denmark), Freja Morris (Lund University), Fredrika Thelandersson (Lund University) and Helena Sandberg (Lund University) – presented new work on digitalisation and care. Two papers we

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-researchers-nordmedia-2025 - 2025-08-23

At the end of April, the Faculty Board decided that a new department, the Department of Communication, will be created. The establishment of the new department is part of the faculty's development towards fewer units, but the merger has also been motivated by additional reasons. The new department will be established on 1 January 2025 and the following units will be included: Department of Strateg

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/new-department-communication-january-2025 - 2025-08-23

Tobias Linné, Head of Department of the Department of Communication and Media. A new year is approaching and when the Faculty enters 2025, it will be with nine departments instead of the current eleven. The Faculty of Social Sciences will gradually develop towards fewer units over the next six years, according to a policy decision from 2023. After initial preparatory work, it is now time for the f

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/eleven-departments-nine-turn-year - 2025-08-23

Interview with Karin Johansson (vice dean for research) and Hedvig Jalhed (interim director at the IAC) The Faculty Council recently adopted new guidelines and a new establishment period for the IAC. The new guidelines will apply from the turn of the year and for the next three years. Karin Johansson, Associate Dean for Research, and Hedvig Jalhed, interim director at the IAC, were part of the pro

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-inter-arts-center - 2025-08-23

Anja Cecilie Petersen, Responding Arches. At deadline 1 October 2023, Make Sound had received many interesting applications for a residency at the IAC. Two projects were successfully selected. Congratulations to Anja Cecilie Petersen and Xavier Bonfill!“Responding Arches” is an evolving sound installation, rooted in research into the interplay between sound and physical structures. Drawing inspira

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/make-sound-artists-october-2023 - 2025-08-23

IAC has the great pleasure to announce that it has been granted SEK 250,000 by Sten K Johnson for the workshop series "Spatial Audio Workshop" which is planned to take place in 2024. The grant will be awarded at a ceremony on 20 June 2023 at the School of Economics and Management in Lund. With the funds granted, IAC wishes to implement a workshop series entitled "Spatial Audio Workshop". The works

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/iac-project-funded-sten-k-johnson-foundation - 2025-08-23

At deadline 1 April 2023, Make Sound received many interesting applications for a residency at IAC. Three projects have now been selected. Congratulations to Jonas Olesen, Sóley Sigurjónsdóttir and Matthew Grouse! Jonas Olesen is a Danish composer and sound artist. Formerly lecturer in electronic composition and history at the Danish Institute for Electronic Music (DIEM), and coordinator of the Sc

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/make-sound-artists-selected - 2025-08-23

Inter Arts Center is happy to announce the Call "1,2,3 Playtime" in collaboration with Region Skåne. Games constitute a multidisciplinary field which the workshop series reflects by exploring various methods and tools within game design in both digital and physical environments. The project offers an opportunity to transform and develop aspects of one’s own artistic practices into a game-based for

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/123-playtime-lecture-and-workshop-series-field-gamification - 2025-08-23

Open-call for composers and sound-artists affiliated with Inter Arts Center/Lund University (including alumni) Lithuanian Composers’ Union, together with Druskininkai Artists‘ residency and Culture Moves Europe programme, invites artists to apply for the international residency, gathering artists from Austria, Sweden, and Ukraine to compose new works for Jauna muzika contemporary music festival, w

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/one-month-residency-lithuania - 2025-08-23

Introducing EPI: Your robotic karaoke duet partner! No more stage fright – EPI mimics your performance, diverting attention from your singing skills. EPI was designed by Lund University Cognitive Science Robotics Group. Its approachable child-like appearance conveys friendliness and likeability. In a karaoke setting, EPI can foster a sense of connectedness and emotional reassurance for the perform

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/emotional-support-karaoke-bot - 2025-08-23

Chief of surgery Kiet Tran described the equipment required for anesthesia and monitoring of patients. Researchers from Theme 3 and Theme 6 within NextG2Com had the opportunity to visit the Children’s Heart Center at Skåne University Hospital in Lund. Under the guidance of Chief of Surgery Kiet Tran and Associate Senior Lecturer Maj Stenmark, the participants were given an insight into the center’

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/smallest-patients - 2025-08-23

Keynote speaker Birgit Penzenstadler presented a number of tools to "sustainify" NextG2Com research. NextG2Com organizes an annual workshop for all center partners, and this year, the second workshop in the series took place on April 29. The agenda included sustainability at all levels, insights from long-standing collaboration between industry and academia, and short partner presentations. Keynot

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/sustainability-collaboration-and-theme-workshops - 2025-08-23

Professor and honorary doctor Margaret-Anne Storey presented her work in social aspects of software development at the AID Breakfast seminar. LTH honorary doctor 2025 Margaret-Anne Storey presented her research on social aspects of software development on different occasions during the conferment week in May. You can watch two recordings of her presentations here.

https://www.nextg2com.lu.se/en/article/social-aspects-software-development - 2025-08-23

What is the workshop about?Wavefunction methods, including multiconfigurational theory, are well-established techniques for electronic structure calculations of both ground and excited states in chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. However, these methods have been seldom applied in the context of solid-state systems due to their computationally intensive nature and the requirement for additional

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/wavefunction-methods-solid-state-matter-wfs-2025-2503-2803-2025-hotel-arkon-park-gdansk-poland - 2025-08-23

The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund has decided to award Nabanita Mandal endowments for the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology – Chemistry for a project on  “Unraveling Molecular Pathways of Toxic Aggregation in Amyloid Lateral Sclerosis” (100 kSEK).The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund has decided to award Gianluca Utzeri endowments for the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology -

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/nabanita-mandal-and-gianluca-utzeri-has-been-awarded-research-grants-royal-physiographic-society - 2025-08-23

Chemical Physics Reviews from American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing, appointed Petter Persson, Associate Editor.Read more about the news on Chemical Physics Reviews Twitter/X @ChemPhysRev or AIP Publishing's website.

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/chemical-physics-reviews-american-institute-physics-aip-publishing-appointed-petter-persson - 2025-08-23

Ulf RydeGrant: 600 000 SEK/ year, during 2 years.TitleDevelopment of methods to treat metal sites in ligand-binding calculationsAbstractCalculating accurate estimates for the binding affinity of small molecules (e.g. drug candidates) to a macromolecular receptor is one of the most important challenges of computational chemistry. The most promising approach is free-energy perturbation (FEP), which

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/ulf-ryde-and-valera-veryazov-received-grants-essence - 2025-08-23

TitleOptimised capacitive mixing and anomalous underscreening in salt solutionsAmount1.21MSEK PurposeEstablishment of postdoc scholarship

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/jan-forsman-received-funds-olle-engkvists-stiftelse - 2025-08-23

The SciLifeLab research community is a dynamic, interdisciplinary network of scientists from various fields within molecular life sciences, united by the goal of addressing critical challenges in health, biodiversity, and sustainability. With a unique mandate to promote biology-, technology-, and data-driven excellence in life sciences, SciLifeLab fosters collaboration and innovation, driving brea

https://www.compchem.lu.se/article/marie-skepo-has-been-appointed-scilifelab-group-leader - 2025-08-23