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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.
Our courses and programmes
Programmes
Bachelor's level
- Interaction Design
- In Swedish:
- Grafisk design
- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap: Medieaktivism, strategi och entreprenörskap
- Produktdesign
- Visuell kommunikation
Master's level
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Culture and Change - Critical Studies in the Humanities
Interaction design, master's programme (one-year) - Interaction design, master's programme (two-year)
- Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, master's programme (one-year)
Media and Communication Studies: Culture, Collaborative Media, and Creative Industries, master's programme (two-year)
Courses

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
Each spring, students from K3 contribute degree projects to FormDesign Center’s spring exhibition. The projects are created as part of the Graphic Design, Product Design and Visual Communication courses.
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
mHealth in pandemic situations: Smartphone based portable and wearable sensors for COVID-19 diagnostic
sergey.shleev@mau.se -
Research project
Knowing From Somewhere: On Modes and Sites of Knowledge Production with Hacker Communities in the Field of Internet of Things
anuradha.reddy@mau.se -
Research project
The Digital Gothic. Rethinking ethics, media and monsters in a digital age
bo.reimer@mau.se -
Research project
U-YouPa – Understanding Youth Participation and Media literacy in Digital Dialogue Spaces
elisabet.nilsson@mau.se -
Research project
Promoting Digital Security and Empowering Queer Youth through Storytelling Techniques
jakob.svensson@mau.se -
Research project
Sustainable Sudan; documenting the past and visioning the future through graffiti and environmentalism
josepha.wessels@mau.se -
Research project
Behind the Algorithm - A study of programmers the logics behind their work
jakob.svensson@mau.se -
Research project
Norm-creative crisis preparedness – Co-designing methods for supporting crisis preparedness and responses before and during pandemics
elisabet.nilsson@mau.se -
Research project
The Housing-Integration-Nexus: shaping exchange and innovation for migrants’ access to housing and social inclusion - HOUSE-IN
josepha.wessels@mau.se -
Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Mixed Reality in Public Space - Choreography meets Interaction Design
marika.hedemyr@mau.se -
Research project
Transitioning towards sustainable water and waste management
anna.seravalli@mau.se -
Research project
Documentary Comics and Historiography
jakob.dittmar@mau.se -
Research project
Refugee Migration and Cities: Social Institutions, Political Governance and Integration in Jordan, Turkey and Sweden (SIPGI)
josepha.wessels@mau.se -
Research project
Resilience in Urban Sudan (RUS): Resilience, social cohesion and climate change in urban areas of Greater Khartoum
josepha.wessels@mau.se -
Research project
A Day in the Digital Lives of 0-3 year olds. DIGIKIDS Sweden
ulrika.sjoberg@mau.se -
Research project
Value Sensitive Design in Higher Education (VaSE)
elisabet.nilsson@mau.se -
Research project
The Robot as a Technocultural Icon (RoboIcons)
bojana.romic@mau.se -
Research project
Performing Integration: Participatory Art & New Publics in Malmö
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Research project
Grief and hope in transition
kristina.lindstrom@mau.se -
Research project
Back to the homestead. The idyll as a critical and aesthetic discourse in Swedish literature is a genre study in the field of comparative...
ann-sofi.ljung.svensson@mau.se
K3 Research Seminars
Autumn 2020
At K3's research seminars, our own researchers and guest researchers present interesting results and invite you to a discussion.
Researchers and PhD students
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Staff
Erin Cory - Senior lecturer
erin.cory@mau.se -
ARStaff
Anuradha Reddy - Postdoc
anuradha.reddy@mau.se -
Staff
Maliheh Ghajargar - Associate senior lecturer
maliheh.ghajargar@mau.se -
Staff
Johan Farkas - Doctoral student
johan.farkas@mau.se -
Staff
Josepha Wessels - Senior lecturer
josepha.wessels@mau.se -
ALStaff
Ann Light - Professor
ann.light@mau.se -
Staff
Juliana Restrepo Giraldo - Doctoral student
juliana.restrepo-giraldo@mau.se -
Staff
Dario Salvi - Associate senior lecturer
dario.salvi@mau.se -
Staff
Li Jönsson - Associate senior lecturer
li.jonsson@mau.se -
THStaff
Therese Hellberg - Doctoral student
therese.hellberg@mau.se -
MKStaff
Michael Krona - Senior lecturer
michael.krona@mau.se -
Staff
Lars Holmberg - Doctoral student
lars.holmberg@mau.se -
PRStaff
Petra Ragnerstam - Senior lecturer
petra.ragnerstam@mau.se -
Staff
Maria Wiktorsson - Vice Dean/Senior lecturer
maria.wiktorsson@mau.se -
Staff
Asko Kauppinen - Senior lecturer
asko.kauppinen@mau.se -
Staff
Oscar Hemer - Professor
oscar.hemer@mau.se -
Staff
Jakob Svensson - Professor
jakob.svensson@mau.se -
ASStaff
Alicia Smedberg - Doctoral student
alicia.smedberg@mau.se -
JWStaff
Jenny Wiik - Senior lecturer
jenny.wiik@mau.se -
Staff
Tobias Denskus - Senior lecturer
tobias.denskus@mau.se -
USStaff
Ulrika Sjöberg - Head of unit/Professor
ulrika.sjoberg@mau.se -
Staff
Margareta Melin - Senior lecturer
margareta.melin@mau.se -
Staff
Anne-Marie Hansen - Senior lecturer
anne-marie.hansen@mau.se -
CAStaff
Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen - Lecturer
charlotte.sorensen@mau.se -
PHStaff
Per-Anders Hillgren - Professor
per-anders.hillgren@mau.se -
Staff
Åsa Harvard Maare - Senior lecturer
asa.harvard@mau.se -
Staff
Clint Heyer - Senior lecturer
clint.heyer@mau.se -
DCStaff
David Cuartielles - Lecturer
david.cuartielles@mau.se -
Staff
Sara Gottschalk - Lecturer
sara.gottschalk@mau.se -
TOStaff
Temi Odumosu - Senior lecturer
temi.odumosu@mau.se -
Staff
Gunnel Pettersson - Senior lecturer
gunnel.pettersson@mau.se -
SKStaff
Susan Kozel - Professor
susan.kozel@mau.se -
Staff
Bo Reimer - Professor
bo.reimer@mau.se -
BCStaff
Berndt Clavier - Senior lecturer
berndt.clavier@mau.se -
JDStaff
Jakob Friedrich Dittmar - Senior lecturer
jakob.dittmar@mau.se -
ALStaff
Ann-Sofi Ljung Svensson - Senior lecturer
ann-sofi.ljung.svensson@mau.se -
PLStaff
Per Linde - Head of unit/Senior lecturer
per.linde@mau.se -
Staff
Elisabet M. Nilsson - Senior lecturer
elisabet.nilsson@mau.se -
GKStaff
Gunnar Krantz - Professor
gunnar.krantz@mau.se -
Staff
Pille Pruulmann Vengerfeldt - Professor
pille.pruulmann.vengerfeldt@mau.se -
MFStaff
Martin Farran-Lee - Adjunct professor
martin.farran-lee@mau.se -
Staff
Maria Hellström Reimer - Professor
maria.hellstrom.reimer@mau.se -
Staff
Marika Hedemyr - Doctoral student
marika.hedemyr@mau.se -
Staff
Bojana Romic - Senior lecturer
bojana.romic@mau.se -
VVStaff
Veera Virmasalo - Doctoral student
veera.virmasalo@mau.se -
Staff
Tina Askanius - Senior lecturer
tina.askanius@mau.se -
HBStaff
Hugo Boothby - Lecturer
hugo.boothby@mau.se -
AHStaff
Anders Høg Hansen - Senior lecturer
anders.hog-hansen@mau.se -
HLStaff
Henrik Svarrer Larsen - Senior lecturer
henrik.svarrer.larsen@mau.se -
JPStaff
Jens Pedersen - Senior lecturer
jens.pedersen@mau.se -
KLStaff
Kristina Lindström - Senior lecturer
kristina.lindstrom@mau.se -
ASStaff
Anna Seravalli - Senior lecturer
anna.seravalli@mau.se -
AEStaff
Anders Emilsson - Senior lecturer
anders.emilson@mau.se -
SNStaff
Simon Niedenthal - Senior lecturer
simon.niedenthal@mau.se -
SSStaff
Staffan Schmidt - Senior lecturer
staffan.schmidt@mau.se
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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2021 | Article in journal
On Frogs, Monkeys, and Execution Memes
Tina Askanius
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2021 | Chapter in book
Arbetarlitteraturen och klassamhället
Magnus Nilsson
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2021 | Article in journal
Response by Odumosu to "Representing experiential knowledge"
Temi Odumosu
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2021 | Conference paper
From "Explainable AI" to "Graspable AI"
Maliheh Ghajargar, Jeffrey Bardzell, Alison Smith Renner, Peter Gall Krogh, Kristina Höök, Laurens Boer, David Cuartielles, Wiberg Mikael
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2020 | Article in journal
Street Solidarity
Erin Cory
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2020 | Chapter in book
Bringing Conviviality into Methods in Media and Migration Studies
Erin Cory
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2020 | Collection (editor)
Working-Class Literature(s) Volume II
Magnus Nilsson, John Lennon
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2020 | Chapter in book
Introduction
Magnus Nilsson, John Lennon
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2020 | Article in journal
Reexamining the Proletarian Fictional Autobiography
John Lennon, Magnus Nilsson
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2020 | Article in journal
”Man ska’ jo nødigt blive en kvinde med en sag”
Jannie Møller Hartley, Tina Askanius
More about our research

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
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.
Third-cycle education 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.
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.