This year, Malmö University is installing eight new professors at three faculties. We will celebrate this with inauguration lectures and a professorial installation ceremony on 25 October.

Tina Askanius, Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society

Illustration av Tina Askanius och demonstranter

Tina Askanius' research is based on the interplay between digital media practices, technologies and political activism. She has researched a wide range of political and social movements from climate and environmental activism, social justice movements and feminist protest movements to anti-democratic movements and groupings.

Tina AskaniusUniversitetslektorFakulteten för kultur och samhälleInstitutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikationMedie- och kommunikationsvetenskapSpråk och litteratur

The title of the lecture is 'Media, movements and democratic futures'.

Marwa Dabaieh, Built Environment, Faculty of Culture and Society

Illustration av Marwa Dabieh som håller en fågel i handen

Marwa Dabaieh is an architect with expertise in sustainable and environmentally conscious architecture.

Marwa Dabaieh.

The title of the lecture is 'Feather Light Architecture: Leaving No One Behind'.

Sara Eldén, Social Science, Faculty of Education and Society

Illustration av Sara Eldén med vuxna och barn i bakgrunden

Sara Eldén's scientific interests and contributions are in research on inequality and stratification in relation to family, care and work, as well as in method development and research ethics.

Sara Eldén.

The title of the lecture is 'Att sörja för andra. Sociologiska betraktelser av ojämlikhet i vardagens små och stora skeenden'.

Marcus Knutagård, Social Work, Faculty of Culture and Society

Illustration av Marcus Knutagård som står med en nyckel i handen

Marcus Knutagård research interest includes homelessness, categorisation, the importance of place and social innovation. He has investigated different models, target groups and perspectives in both Sweden and internationally.

Porträttbild på Marcus Knutagård

The title of the lecture is 'Going Home(less) – Walking to Work'.

Pia Nygård Larsson, Swedish as a Second Language, Faculty of Education and Society

Illustration av Pia Nygård Larsson med böcker i famnen och i bakgrunden ett barn som lär sig ordet äpple

Pia Nygård Larsson's didactic research concerns the linguistic dimensions of teaching from a second language and multilingualism perspective. Her research focuses in particular on how teachers can support students' development of school and subject language through inclusive language and knowledge development teaching.

Pia Nygård Larsson.

The title of the lecture is 'Ämneslitteracitet och inkluderande undervisning ur ett andraspråks- och flerspråkighetsperspektiv'.

Gunn Nyberg, Sport Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Society

Illustration av Gunn Nyberg med människor i bakgrunden som rör på sig

Gunn Nyberg's main research interest is knowledge, teaching and learning in schools with a focus on physical education and health. A constant driving force has been how different perspectives on knowledge can affect the teaching of physical education and health in order for all students to experience that they learn and develop their movement skills.

Porträttbild av Gunn Nyberg. I bakgrunden klippa och vatten.

The title of the lecture is 'Kropp, kunskap, lärande och rörelse'.

Liselott Mariett Olsson, Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Society

Illustration av Liselott Mariett Olsson som står med en bok i handen och i bakgrunden ett barn som ritar rymden

Liselott Mariett Olsson's research is about how children create meaning and ask questions about existential, philosophical and metaphysical problems and how preschool can allow children to explore these.

Liselott Mariett Olsson.

The title of the lecture is 'Små barn och stora frågor – om pedagogiska problem och forskningsmetoder'.

Erica Righard, Social Work, Faculty of Health and Society

Illustration av Erica Righard som förser människor med en bro så att de kan mötas

Erica Righard's research has mainly been at the intersection of social work and migration. Social work here includes both social policy and social work as a field of practice, as well as migration, including from the perspective of population mobility and its consequences.

Erica Righard.

The title of the lecture is 'Socialt arbete, migration och social komplexitet – teoretiska perspektiv och praktiska erfarenheter'.

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