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Faculty of Culture and Society
Culture and Society
At the Faculty of Culture and Society, research and education concerns many of the major issues of our time – for example those dealing with global politics, new media and sustainable urban development – from humanistic, social science, and design science perspectives.
The faculty is a creative, evolving and cross-border academic environment characterised by a high degree of internationalisation and collaboration with others, both inside and outside the academy. We are located in the centre of Malmö, but our perspectives cover the whole world. We are organised into three departments: Urban Studies, Global Political Studies and the School of Arts and Communication.
Objective for academic environments
The Faculty of Culture and Society has, as tasked by the Vice-Chancellor, during the academic year 2022/2023 developed an agenda for coherent and boundary-crossing academic environments, including an objective and strategic priorities for the next three years.
KS agenda for coherent and boundary-crossing academic environments
Objective 2026
The main objective is that by 2026, KS will be home to eight coherent and boundary-crossing academic environments (see descriptions below) — that is, areas where the faculty conducts high-quality research, education at all levels and collaboration, both nationally and internationally.
- Three of these academic environments will primarily be based in the School of Arts and Communication (K3)
- Three in the Department of Urban Studies (US)
- Two in the Department of Global Policy Studies (GPS)
The academic environments transcend both departmental and faculty boundaries and include collaboration partners from academia and beyond, in Sweden and other countries. It is also important to emphasise that the objective is contingent on the possibility of employees being part of multiple environments, and that the environments are intrinsically cross-disciplinary.
The images only visualise the contact areas of the environments within Malmö University.
Environments at KS, and their relations to each other and to environments at other faculties.
HS – Faculty of Health and Society; LS – Faculty of Education and Society; TS –
Faculty of Technology and Society; OD – Faculty of Odontology
News Culture and Society
The Swedish Institute supports project in Ukraine
The Swedish Institute supports project in Ukraine
The All-Ukrainian Non-governmental organization Poruch has joined forces with the BUILDS-UP project, led by Malmo University and ICLD, to support Ukraine's national strategy and development reconstruction reform. This partnership aims to increase awareness among municipal officials about the human rights and practical needs of individuals with disabilities. The Swedish Institute has approved the application from GPS. The project is for 2 years (December 2024-November 2026) and has a budget of 1,995,571 SEK. Behind the project are Derek Hutcheson, Tom Nilsson and Maria Tyshchenko together with architect Anne Faurskov and the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy.
Education at Culture and Society
The Faculty of Culture and Society has education in fields including communication, design, peace and conflict studies, human rights, international relations, leadership and organisation, political science, gender studies, environmental science, real estate science and sustainable urban development.
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Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Communication for Development
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Culture and Change - Critical Studies in the Humanities, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
European Studies - Politics, Societies and Cultures, Bachelor's Programme
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
Human Rights
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
Interaction Design
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Interaction Design, Master's Programme (One-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Interaction Design, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Master's Programme (One-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
International Relations
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Leadership and Organisation: Societal Challenges and Organisational Changes, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Leadership for Sustainability, Master's Programme (One-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, Master's programme (One-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, Master's programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programmes and courses
Nordic Urban Planning Studies, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
What is a city and who are the key actors in urban development?...
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
Peace and Conflict Studies
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Political Science: Global Politics and Societal Change, Master's Programme (One-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Political Science: Global Politics, Master's Programme (Two-year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Urban Studies, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Urban Studies: Urban Business and Development - Real Estate and Transport, Master's Programme (Two-year)
Various start and end datesOpen for application
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Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Fastighetsföretagande
2 september 2024 - 6 juni 2027 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Fastighetsförmedling
Various start and end dates -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Företagsekonomi: Transport Management
2 september 2024 - 6 juni 2027 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Grafisk design
Various start and end dates -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Hållbar arkitektur och urban gestaltning
2 september 2024 - 6 juni 2027 -
Programme, avancerad nivå | 60 hp
Hållbar stadsutveckling: Ledning och organisering - magisterprogram
Various start and end dates -
Programme, avancerad nivå | 60 hp
Ledarskap och offentlig organisation, magisterprogram
Various start and end dates -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap: Kritik, handling och gestaltning
Various start and end dates -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Miljövetarprogrammet - Människa, miljö, samhälle
2 september 2024 - 6 juni 2027 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Mångfaldsstudier
2 september 2024 - 6 juni 2027 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Produktdesign
Various start and end dates -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Stadsbyggnad, stadsutveckling och planering
2 september 2024 - 6 juni 2027 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Statsvetenskap: Politik, organisation och ledning, kandidatprogram
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Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Visuell kommunikation
Various start and end dates
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Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Artificial Intelligence - Ethics, Regulation, and Everyday Politics
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Business Administration: Entrepreneurship and International Strategy
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Business Administration: Leadership and Organisation from a Global Perspective
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Caucasus Studies
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Character Design
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 credits
Children's Best Interests in Theory and Practice
16 December 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Climate Change and Global Politics
Various start and end dates -
Course, master’s level | 15 credits
Communication for Development: Advances in Social Action, Planning and Evaluation
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Creative Writing I
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Creative Writing II
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Creative Writing Project
Various start and end dates -
Course, master’s level | 15 credits
Critical Humanities - Ideas on the Move
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Cultural Politics in the Anthropocene: Global and Local Perspectives
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 credits
Design in Collaboration
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Digital Comics
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
English for Professional Purposes
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
European Law
31 March 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
European Studies I: Europe as a Field of Knowledge - Politics, Cultures and Societies from the Past to the Present
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
European Studies II: European Studies Research Areas and Methodology and Minor Thesis
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
European Studies II: The Governance of the European Union and its Role in the World
20 January 2025 - 30 March 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Filmmaking I
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Filmmaking II
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Gender Studies I
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Georgian I
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence - Transnationalism, Agency, and Governance
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Human Rights I
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Human Rights II
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Human Rights III
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
IMER II: Europe and International Migration
31 March 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
IMER II: The Challenges of Ethnic Diversity
20 January 2025 - 30 March 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
IMER III: Research Methodology and Bachelor Thesis
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
IMER Research Areas
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
IMER Research Methods and Minor Thesis
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Imagining Catastrophe
31 March 2025 - 8 June 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Interaction Design
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations I
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
International Peace and Security - Public International Law and International Politics
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
International Relations I
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
International Relations II
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
International Relations III
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Journalistic and Documentary Comics
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025Open for application -
Course, master’s level | 15 credits
Media and Communication Studies: Digital Technologies, Activism, and Social Movements
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Peace and Conflict Studies I
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Peace and Conflict Studies II
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Peace and Conflict Studies III
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Postcoloniality and Intersectionality
2 September 2024 - 10 November 2024 -
Course, master’s level | 30 credits
Problems and Questions in Contemporary IMER Research
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 credits
Public International Law
11 November 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Storytelling - Narration Across Media
Various start and end datesOpen for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 credits
The Environment and Human Rights
11 November 2024 - 15 December 2024 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
The Law and Practice of the United Nations - Model United Nations
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 credits
The Right to Life and Modern Conceptions of Life
7 October 2024 - 10 November 2024 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
The Video Essay as Contemporary Media
10 November 2025 - 18 January 2026 -
Course, master’s level | 15 credits
Urban Studies: Applications of Spatial Economics
31 March 2025 - 8 June 2025Open for application -
Course, master’s level | 15 credits
Urban Studies: Spatial Economics
20 January 2025 - 30 March 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Visual Communication in Contemporary Media
11 November 2024 - 19 January 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
War in the Visual Arts: Representations of War in Photography and Film
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Working-Class Literature - Historical and International Perspectives
Various start and end dates
Research at KS
Our research
The Faculty's research publications in the database Diva.
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2025 | Article in journal
Does Job Search Assistance Reduce Unemployment?: Evidence on Displacement Effects and Mechanisms
Maria Cheung, Johan Egebark, Anders Forslund, Lisa Laun, Magnus Rodin, Johan Vikstrom
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2025 | Book
Enemy Images: Emergence, Consequences and Counteraction
Kristian Steiner, Andreas Önnerfors
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2025 | Article in journal
Imagining change in crisis: Climate imaginaries in activist agenda-settingForthcoming contributions
Julie Uldam, Daniel Lundgaard, Sila Latz, Tina Askanius
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2024 | Conference paper
In pursuit of architectural happiness,: on the potential for change in legal frameworks for accessibility
Jonas E. Andersson
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2024 | Conference paper
Making Trouble: Techniques for Queering Data and AI Systems
Anh Ton Tran, Annabel Rothschild, Kay Kender, Ekat Osipova, Brian Kinnee, Jordan Taylor, Louie Søs Meyer, Oliver L. Haimson, Ann Light, Carl F. DiSalvo
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2024 | Article in journal
“Time to Abandon Swedish Women”: Discursive Connections Between Misogyny and White Supremacy in Sweden
Tina Askanius, Maria Brock, Anne Kaun, Anders Olof Larsson
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2024 | Conference paper
Töpffer and the (secret) Art of Autography
Gunnar Krantz
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2024 | Conference paper
Comics as an artform: Öyvind Fahlströms contribution to comics theory in the mid 1950s
Gunnar Krantz, Jens Andersson
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2024 | Article in journal
Unlocking AI’s Future in Healthcare : Lessons from Intersectionality
Michael Strange
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2024 | Conference paper
Giving Voice to Nature: Participatory Design with Non-Human Stakeholders for Sustainable Development
Chidi Usanga, Cristiano Storni, Ann Light, Liesbeth Huybrechts, Maurizio Teli
Doctoral studies at the Faculty
At Culture and Society, we have doctoral studies in the subjects Global Politics, Interaction Design, International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Media and Communication Studies, Organisation Studies, and Urban Studies. In order to be admitted to postgraduate education, you must be employed as a doctoral student at the same time.
Departments at Culture and Society
Faculty management
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Annika Olsson - Dean/Associate Professor
annika.olsson@mau.se
+46 40 665 76 78Faculty of Culture and Society
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Derek Stanford Hutcheson - Professor/Pro dean
derek.hutcheson@mau.se
+46 72 546 68 34Faculty of Culture and Society
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Maria Wiktorsson - Vice Dean/Senior lecturer
Vice dean for education
maria.wiktorsson@mau.se
+46 40 665 72 55Humanities, Languages and Cultural Production
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Christel Brost - Senior lecturer
Dean's Council, Anna Lindh Academy
christel.brost@mau.se
+46 40 665 78 75Humanities, Languages and Cultural Production
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Helene Waldeck - Head of administration
helene.waldeck@mau.se
+46 40 665 70 73Faculty office, Faculty of Culture and Society