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School of Arts and Communication
Arts and Communication
At the School of Arts and Communication (K3), we work with interdisciplinary education and research in media, culture and design. We combine traditional scientific and academic theory with artistic methods and practical elements.
Education at K3
The School brings together technology and culture. Our students work with new media, design, culture and a wide range of arts. A hallmark of K3 is that we collaborate with companies, organisations and other parties. Our students work with real-life cases through projects and assignments. Find our courses in the course catalogue.
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Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Grafisk design
31 augusti 2026 - 3 juni 2029 -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
Interaction Design
31 August 2026 - 3 June 2029 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap: Kritik, handling och gestaltning
31 augusti 2026 - 3 juni 2029 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Produktdesign
1 september 2025 - 4 juni 2028 -
Programme, grundnivå | 180 hp
Visuell kommunikation
31 augusti 2026 - 3 juni 2029
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Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Communication for Development
31 August 2026 - 4 June 2028 -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Culture and Change - Critical Studies in the Humanities, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
31 August 2026 - 4 June 2028 -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Interaction Design, Master's Programme (One-Year)
31 August 2026 - 6 June 2027 -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Interaction Design, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
31 August 2026 - 4 June 2028 -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, Master's programme (One-Year)
31 August 2026 - 6 June 2027 -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, Master's programme (Two-Year)
31 August 2026 - 4 June 2028
Examples from education
Rooms for creative activities

Rooms for creative activities
In the university building called “Orkanen”, our students have access to labs and studios for sound and radio, photography, motion picture, animation and games as well as studios for editorial work, labs and workshops.
Annual exhibition

Annual exhibition
Throughout the year, students at K3 organise exhibitions showcasing their own work. Most notable are the annual degree exhibitions, which take place in May and June. More information about upcoming degree exhibitions will be available in the calendar as the dates approach, and on the programme pages.
Research at K3
K3 attracts researchers in several different disciplines, from design and information technology to media research and cultural sciences. Research projects can involve anything from participant design and physical computing to social media, cartoons and questions about culture and class. Much of the research is done together with external parties.
Research projects
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Research project
Data Conversations
pille.pruulmann.vengerfeldt@mau.se -
Research project
Climate transitions in interaction
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Research project
Academic policy support of social innovation for sustainable transition
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Research project
Foresight through the Doughnut model
li.jonsson@mau.se -
Research project
Reflective data practices for sustainable technology design (REDUCE)
elisabet.nilsson@mau.se -
Research project
The Forbidden Music
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Research project
International Collaboration for Climate Change Action at the frontlines
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Research project
Networked misogyny in Sweden, Germany and Russia: articulations, intersections and transnational flows
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Research project
LISTEN- Collective listening to communities and spaces as a core capability in planning towards 15- minute suburban Cities
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Research project
Future Society and Democracy in Europe
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Research project
Design after Progress: Reimagining Design Histories and Futures
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Research project
Precariat, Precarity and Precariousness in (Post-) Welfare-State Scandinavian Literatures
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Research project
Countering Oppositional Political Extremism through Attuned Dialogue: Track, Attune, Limit
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Research project
Swedish Riksdag 1867–2022: An Ecosystem of Linked Open Data
fredrik.noren@mau.se -
Research project
Bauhaus of the Seas Sails
anna.seravalli@mau.se -
Research project
Digital Emergency Communication (DIGeMERGE)
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Research project
Modern Times 1936
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Research project
Refugee Migration and Cities: Social Institutions, Political Governance and Integration in Jordan, Turkey and Sweden (SIPGI)
josepha.wessels@mau.se
K3 Research Seminars
Programme
At K3's research seminars, our own researchers and guest researchers present interesting results and invite you to a discussion.
Teachers, researchers and PhD students

Nicholas Baroncelli Torretta

Christel Brost

Sara Callahan

Martin Cathcart Fröden
Jakob Friedrich Dittmar

Åsa Harvard Maare
Ann-Sofi Ljung Svensson

Simon Niedenthal
Research publications
In DiVA, you will find scholarly output by faculty staff and students. It is also the open archive for publications series published by Malmö University.
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2025 | Conference paper
Homework: the politics of participatory design in distributed contexts
Alicia Smedberg, Jens Portison-Hylander
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2025 | Article in journal
The Senseless Machine: Toward a Crip Reading of (No-touch) Hands and Human Value from Eugenics to Biometrics
Amanda Lagerkvist, Jenny Eriksson Lundström, Maria Rogg
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2025 | Article in journal
Transforming Climate Change Reporting: Unveiling the Impact of Cross-Platform Integration in the Digital Era – A Comparative Analysis of Dawn and The News
Hiba Nawaz, Saadia Ishtiaq Nauman, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt
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2025 | Conference paper
From Data to Transformative Change: Designing Interactive Systems for Citizen Science Empowerment
Catia Prandi, Christothea Herodotou, Mara Dionisio, Neal T. Reeves, Lizette Reitsma, Simone Mora
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2025 | Conference paper
Navigating a New Direction in HCI Education: Challenges of Teaching More-Than-Human Perspectives
Elisabet M. Nilsson, Wolmet Barendregt, Rikke Hagensby Jensen, Anne-Marie Hansen, Daisy Yoo, Eva Eriksson
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2025 | Conference paper
AI-assisted Learning in HCI Education: Opportunities and Dilemmas from a Student Perspective
Clint Heyer, Elisabet M. Nilsson, Jens Pedersen
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2025 | Conference paper
Affect in more-than-human design practice: An anecdote-based exploration through dialogue
Daphné Hamilton-Jones, Anna M. Schröder
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2025 | Conference paper
Exploring affective dimensions of the ecological crisis in design: a reflective manifesto writing workshop
Femke Coops, Anna M. Schröder, Daphné Hamilton-Jones
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2025 | Chapter in book
Methods for doing participatory media research with youth
Dagny Stuedahl, Elisabet M. Nilsson, Susanne Sackl-Sharif, Florence Namasinga Selnes, Henry Mainsah, Harald Hornmoen
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2025 | Chapter in book
Media-based Say, Do, Make activities for youth participation in research
Elisabet M. Nilsson, Dagny Stuedahl, Harald Hornmoen, Nordås Frode
Doctoral studies at K3
The School of Arts and Communication (K3) provides third-cycle education and awards degrees in interaction design and media and communication studies. In order to be admitted to third-cycle education, you need to apply for a vacant position as a doctoral student.
Research centres
Research groups
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Research group
K3 Heritage Research Group
K3's heritage research group gathers researchers who are interested in diverse aspects of heritage research. Interests ranging from theoretical and conceptual understanding of heritage to questions about users and uses of heritage.
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Research group
The Child's Best Interest: welfare sector's strategic communication with children
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, including children's digital rights, forms the basis for the activities of the Child's Best Interest environment. Within the environment, there is a strong commitment to developing a child rights-based approach i...
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Research group
The Monster Lab
The Monster Lab is a research group where artists and researchers at the School of Arts and Communication, K3, can workshop their monster research and art as well as collaborate on shared publications and research applications.
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Research group
The humanities research group
The group consist of researchers from the humanities studying art and culture
Networks
The Centre for Modern European Studies

The Centre for Modern European Studies
CEMES explores Europe's political, cultural, and intellectual transformation in recent centuries. The network is a collaboration with Lund University and the University of Copenhagen.
Desis Lab

Desis Lab
The Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab focuses on how design can be used to explore and raise discussions about societal challenges. It does so both through research projects and teaching activities.
Studio residencies

Studio residencies
Iaspis is an international programme for visual and applied artists. Its mission is to work with internationalisation with the aim of increasing and developing contacts between Swedish artists and international institutions and fellow artists.
Research subjects
Collaborate with K3
For K3, it is natural to collaborate with different parties. Many teachers and researchers run their own activities, companies or projects alongside their work. It is natural to involve people outside the university in our study programmes, degree projects, research projects or other types of projects. One exciting example is the IASPIS studio for collaboration with international artists.
Please contact us if you have ideas for collaboration with our students or researchers.
Current student at K3
The Student Web
If you are already studying at School of Arts and Communication, you can find practical information about studying at Malmö University on the Student Web. Information relating to your programme or course is available through Canvas, the University's virtual learning environment, which you can also access via the Student Web.
Contact us
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Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen - Manager
charlotte.sorensen@mau.se
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Åsa Harvard Maare - Head of department/Head of unit/Senior lecturer
Enheten för kultur
asa.harvard@mau.se
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Helena Ondrus - Head of unit/Senior lecturer
Enheten för design
helena.ondrus@mau.se
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Magnus Andersson - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Contact for doctoral studies
magnus.andersson@mau.se
Contact a study administrator
Do you want to get in contact with a study administrator at K3?
Send an e-mail to: k3student@mau.se