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13 December 2024

ҳ has appointed Linda Carlsson as new Director of Communications. She comes most recently from the Swedish Council for Higher ҳ.

Linda Carlsson will take up her position as Director of Communications on 15 February. She has previously worked as Director of Communications at Stockholm University and most recently in the same role at the Swedish Council for Higher ҳ.

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Linda Carlsson is the new Director of Communications at LiUPhotographer: Björn Stafstedt/Linköpings universitet

“It will be exciting and fun. LiU is a modern and, in many ways, a pioneering and brave university,” says Linda Carlsson.

“It’s been an extensive recruitment process with many highly competent applicants. With Linda Carlsson, our communications work can continue to follow LiU’s motto – with the courage to think freely and innovate,” says University Director Anna Thörn.


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