Published 11 December 2019 A new book, edited by Cecilia Cassinger, Andrea Lucarelli, and Szilvia Gyimóthy, explores the mobility of Nordic brand imaginaries and the global relevance of Nordic place branding practices. The edited volume unpacks the specificity of Nordic brand imaginaries, practices, and their political consequences. The contributions consolidate Nordic place branding scholarship a

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Published 17 March 2020 Lund University is following the Government and Public Health Authority’s new recommendations regarding measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The University has therefore decided that education and examinations should be conducted using online alternatives (distance education) from 18 March. University facilities will remain open. Dear student,The Swedish Public

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Published 15 May 2020 On Friday May 15:th, two of our phd students, Hui Zhao and Rickard Andersson, nailed down their thesis’. Nailing is a Swedish academic ritual in connection with the presentation of a doctoral dissertation. Three weeks before the dissertation, the thesis must be published, and from this date, the University must provide the thesis so that anybody who would like to read it in o

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Published 29 January 2021 There is an opportunity to become a Doctoral student in Media and Communication with specialization in Strategic Communication. Please read more about the position below. Doctoral studentship in Media and Communication spec. in Strategic Communication So far, we do not have our own research studies programme, but we hope to be able to offer one within a few years. Our doc

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Published 2 February 2021 Participants will take place in a realistic crisis communication simulation, where they will take on the role of a communicator in the midst of a crisis. Welcome to a workshop on how to take action and operate in an ever-shifting and often confounding environment. The workshop includes a realistic crisis communication simulation. In a tailor-made session for Lund Universi

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Published 21 May 2021 From the left: Aryna-Alexandra Creangă, Anastasia Kapodistria and Yiyun Zhu Three first-year Master students at the Master’s programme in Strategic communication have been selected to present their papers at the European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) congress to be held in October 2021. The students have worked on their papers during the course

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By erika [dot] fransson [at] isk [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Fransson) - published 24 May 2021 "The award is proof that I am on the right path in life. The Department of Strategic Communication has supported me in my journey to achieve my goals. My teachers have always encouraged me to believe in my ideas and to realize my own potential." Mariia Dovbenko, a student in the Master's programme in Strate

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Published 10 June 2021 Some Master students attending the official ceremony through Zoom The graduating master students from the Department of Strategic Communication took part in a digital Farewell reception at the Department on Monday June 7 and then attended the digital graduation ceremony at the Faculty of Social Sciences on Wednesday June 9. Two days filled with speeches, cheers and celebrati

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Published 8 September 2021 Strategic communication is a fast-emerging transboundary academic field of research and central to any organization or entity. During the past decades the field has developed its own methods and theories, and is nowadays characterized by several perspectives. In this course, PhD candidates will meet leading scholars representing different perspectives in the field and di

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Published 19 August 2021 Hui Zhao, lecturer at the Department of Strategic Communication, is the recipient of the 2021 Journal of Public Relations Research (JPRR) Karen M. Russell Award for “Explicating the social constructionist perspective on crisis communication and crisis management research: a review of communication and business journals,” the most-downloaded JPRR article during 2020. Hui Zh

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Published 13 September 2021 The webinar is organised by the Institute for Public Affairs at Lund University, in collaboration with a research group in public diplomacy at the Department of Strategic Communication. Cecilia Cassinger is host. Professor Nancy Snow, who is currently researching Sweden's feminist diplomacy, will give a talk about her acclaimed research on gender diplomacy and her exper

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By erika [dot] fransson [at] isk [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Fransson) - published 20 September 2021 Isabelle on her award; - “I am very honored to receive the CPD Doctoral Dissertation Grant. It will definitely help me in conducting my Ph.D. research!” The University of Southern California (USC) Center on Public Diplomacy announced earlier today that Isabelle Karlsson, Ph.D. student at the Departmen

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Published 11 October 2021 Assistant Professor Hui Zhao and her co-author Chiara Valentini have received the best paper award for their research on international crisis communication and multinational corporations’ political engagement from the European Public Relations Education and Research Association 2021 Congress. Hui Zhao interests are in researching organizational communication in a rapidly

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Published 21 December 2021 Between December 23 and January 9, the Department of Strategic Communication will be closed because of Christmas and New Year holidays. If you have any urgent matter, please email info [at] isk [dot] lu [dot] se. We read emails on a weekly basis.

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Published 8 February 2022 The term affective polarization refers to the extent to which citizens feel more negatively toward other political parties than toward their own. Researchers do not know much about the link between news media coverage and affective polarization. One way to better understand affective polarization is to measure the effects of it, for example by setting up scientific experi

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Published 11 April 2022 Nadia Kaneva, associate professor in Media and Strategic communication at Denver University (USA), will, among other things, discuss the marketing of national and gender-related identities. Nadia Kaneva visits the public diplomacy research group and the Department of Strategic Communication in May 2022. The visit is part of an ongoing collaboration between Lund University a

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By info [at] isk [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia Nygren) - published 11 August 2022 We wish new students welcome to the Department this autumn. Our programmes start in the beginning of the semester with a mandatory introduction. Our new master students will be here for pre-registration Våra masterstudenter välkomnas redan den 22 augusti för pre-registration. Our two bachelor's programmes and our master

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By hannah [dot] ekroth [at] isk [dot] lu [dot] se (Hannah Ekroth) - published 23 November 2022 The conference brings together scholars, practitioners and students of place branding and the related fields of nation branding, public diplomacy, city branding, country branding, destination branding. The theme of the 2023 IPBA conference is Place branding in times of crisis and uncertainty. We invite s

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Published 24 November 2022 Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash This preconference is organized by researchers at the department participating in an ongoing NOS-HS network on strategic communication. It explores the complex communicative processes by which organizations constitute strategies to “do the right thing” in response to global crises. Over the past few years, we have witnessed a variety of

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Published 20 December 2022 Photo: Singhararith Chea In December the students on the Master's programme in strategic communication organized their traditional Christmas potluck at Campus Helsingborg. The party was held on the top floor C-7, which was decorated for the occasion by the specially appointed party committee. The Christmas tree was dressed, the Christmas cloths unrolled, and the light ga

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