Published 27 February 2015 On 24 February, discussions on the theme of location branding in the public sector were held at Campus Helsingborg. Why should we brand cities? What do research and practice tell us about methods and effects? With these questions, Jesper Falkheimer, Professor of Strategic Communication and dean of Campus Helsingborg kicked off a two-hour panel debate between researchers

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/great-interest-discussion-city-brand - 2025-01-09

Published 19 January 2015 Susanna Magnusson, researcher in strategic communication at Lund University, Campus Helsingborg, investigated Räddningstjänsten Syd’s communication initiatives to increase its credibility. A few years ago, you could read in the newspaper about how youths threw stones at the emergency services when they intervened in Rosengård in Malmö. The emergency crews were at a loss.

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-study-communication-skills-more-important-cultural-skills - 2025-01-09

Published 19 November 2014 The Department of Strategic Communication has the opportunity to host the fourth international conference on crisis communication, CRISIS4, which will begin on 7 October 2015. The event is hosted by Lund University and the Department of Strategic Communication together with the International Research Group on Crisis Communication (IRGoCC).The deadline for abstracts is 15

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/crisis4-conference-crisis-communication-7-10-october-2015 - 2025-01-09

Published 1 September 2014 A new alumni survey shows that almost 9 out of 10 students who studied strategic communication at Lund University have a job six months after graduating. Moreover, one third already have a job offer before they finish their studies. The strategic communication programmes are offered by the Department of Strategic Communication at Campus Helsingborg. The first degree prog

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/favourable-labour-market-strategic-communication-graduates - 2025-01-09

Published 10 June 2015 During this year’s graduation ceremonies, both Bachelor’s students at Helsingborg’s Arena and the department’s Master’s students at the University Auditorium in Lund were awarded scholarships and honourable mentions for best degree projects. The degree projects focus on different aspects of strategic communication within the department programmes.Scholarship holders 2015 Mar

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/seven-degree-projects-receive-special-recognition-during-years-graduation-ceremonies - 2025-01-09

Published 12 October 2015 A decision to reopen Lund University was taken in the afternoon of Monday 12 October following the closure that has been in force since Sunday night. Activities are expected to be running as usual from Tuesday morning.The decision is based on new information from the Region Syd police. Investigations have revealed that the threat directed at Lund University posted on the

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/lund-university-reopens-tuesday - 2025-01-09

Published 9 November 2015 For the 4th consecutive year, EUPRERA, The European Public Relations Education and Research Association, a body of academic institutions, researchers and senior professionals in the field of strategic communication with 500 members from 40 countries, has awarded professors, next-generation academics and graduates from Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Germany and Romania for

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/best-paper-award-isk-researchers - 2025-01-09

Published 24 November 2015 During the past couple of months, the Department has had the pleasure of welcoming Lindsey Blumell as a visiting research fellow. Ms. Blumell is doing her doctorate (PhD) at Texas Tech University, USA; her research focuses on the investigation of primarily NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) journalism in a digital age, international communication within the public spher

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/lindsey-blumell-visiting-research-fellow-field-social-media-and-human-rights - 2025-01-09

Published 9 November 2015 Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide, professors at the Department of Strategic Communication, have landed an international publishing agreement with Routledge for the popular book, Strategisk kommunikation – en introduktion. The agreement means that the book will be translated into English in 2016. The book will also be expanded and updated, and have a more international ang

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/professors-land-publishing-deal-routledge - 2025-01-09

Published 15 October 2015 Several of the world’s leading researchers in crisis communication participated in an international conference, Crisis4, held 7–10 October at Campus Helsingborg. The host for the conference on this occasion was the Department of Strategic Communication. The conference opened at the City Hall in Helsingborg, where the Mayor, Mats Sander welcomed 80 researchers from Europe,

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Published 6 November 2015 We are all reminded of society’s vulnerability when the train comes to a halt in a snowstorm, or when there is a power cut due to a technical problem. CenCIP (the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection), a newly established research centre at Lund University, is financed by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). The research will enhance our knowledge about

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Published 8 December 2015 It is with some regret that the Division of Communication, Media and Culture, University of Stirling and the Department of Strategic Communication, Lund University, announce that the postgraduate double-degree in Strategic Public Relations is to be discontinued and there will be no future intakes to this programme. Last intake was autumn 2015 and the students will be the

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/master-programme-strategic-public-relations-discontinued - 2025-01-09

Published 7 April 2016 On Wednesday April 6, Mindpark invited students from the Department of Strategic Communication to take part of short presentations from small businesses around Skåne and hear their stories about what type of communication are startups' craving. The Startup Community in Skåne is growing and becoming bigger and bigger as we speak. Loads of the companies that are being launched

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/what-about-communication - 2025-01-09

Published 7 June 2016 SASNET - Swedish South Asian Studies Network has been rewarded 100 000 SEK from the Crafoord Foundation with which to expand the Sweden–South Asia Media Project that began in 2015. The grant will be used to arrange conferences and workshops dealing with online harassment in India and Sweden. Professor Jesper Falkheimer from the Department of Strategic Communication is part of

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Published 9 June 2016 On Wednesday June 8, our master students, together with all graduate Master students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, had their Graduation Ceremony in the old University building in Lund. This year the audience had the pleasure of listening to some great speeches. The commencement speech by Professor Ian Manners from University of Copenhagen gave a reflecting speech on life

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-our-master-students - 2025-01-09

Published 31 May 2016 The Department of Strategic Communication was visited last week by various lecturers who represent components of some of the department’s courses. Last Tuesday, our Bachelor’s students received a lecture by Susanna Laurin, CEO of the company Funka, providing information on how we can create a more humane Internet. On the Wednesday our Master’s students had the opportunity to

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/what-communication-more-humane-internet-trip-bob-hund - 2025-01-09

Published 30 May 2016 Professor of Strategic Communication Jesper Falkheimer, together with his colleagues, has received the Research Stream Award for Best Paper at the conference World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) that is currently being held in Canada. Over the weekend, Jesper Falkheimer presented the winning article “Is strategic communication too important to be left to communication professi

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/researchers-bring-home-award-world-public-relations-forum - 2025-01-09

Published 20 June 2016 On June 17, Jacob Stenberg obtained his doctoral degree in Media and Communication Studies with his thesis entitled “The Communicative State: Political Public Relations and the Rise of the Innovation Hype in Sweden”. The thesis poses the question of what happens when a political hype occurs, that is, when a political issue suddenly becomes highly topical, and political stake

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-phd-thesis-when-policy-issues-are-prioritised-based-their-communicative-potential - 2025-01-09

Published 16 August 2016 Tuesday 16 August 2016 is "Arrival Day" for over 2,000 new international students at Lund University. Approximately 150 of the students study at Campus Helsingborg and 40 of them are specially welcome to our new International Master's Programme in Strategic Communication. Arrival Day is a dedicated day to welcome international students to their new environment at Lund Univ

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/lu-and-campus-helsingborg-welcome-students-around-world - 2025-01-09

Published 26 September 2016 Students at the Department of Strategic Communication are currently involved in developing a digital campaign to counter extremism. The campaign is part of the global initiative P2P: Challenging Extremism launched by the US State Department.- This is a great opportunity for us to apply our theoretical skills to a real problem, says the project leader of the group. The p

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/students-engaged-digital-initiative-extremism - 2025-01-09