Professors installed at IKOS

Do you want to know more about research in the humanities and social sciences at 糖心网页版? Here are the new professors at the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) presented. You are welcome to attend the next inaugural lecture, and to read about the research in the IKOS publication series.

The Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) was founded on 1 January 2020. We conduct education and research in the humanities, social sciences and aesthetic subjects. The research is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, with the focus on culture, society and language. On this page you find information about the professors who have been installed at IKOS, as well as those to be installed in the near future.

IKOS inaugural lectures

A new professor at IKOS gives an inaugural lecture where they talk about their subject area and research. The lecture is part of installation in the position.

IKOS inaugural lectures are open to everyone and serve as a meeting place where we promote and discuss IKOS research. The lectures are given on campus in Norrköping or at Valla in Linköping. Upcoming installations will be advertised on this page.

After installation, the professor produces a written text, the content of which is based on their inaugural lecture, to be part of the IKOS publication series.

Interviews with the professors

A man wearing glasses standing in front of a red wall.

Moral economy perspectives through history

When a crisis arises, a humanitarian urge to help others is often awakened. But what happens when emotions rule and knowledge is lacking? Norbert Götz, professor of modern history, has researched the conditions of humanitarian aid.

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The battle for power 鈥� who has the right to our electricity?

Wind farms rising like the Eiffel Tower, data centres consuming as much power as entire regions and municipalities feeling like pawns in a global game. The large-scale investments are creating conflict: who has priority access to our electricity?

Fleeing her country inspired migrant-focused research

Branka Likic-Brboric is a professor of Ethnicity and Migration at REMESO. Her research is shaped by her background and personal experiences. She is driven by a desire that terrible examples from history should not be repeated or amplified.

Series of publications

IKOS: Inaugural lectures

Read more about the research conducted at IKOS in our publication series of texts written by our professors.

IKOS: Inaugural lectures (we use the Swedish name; IKOS: Installationsf枚rel盲sningar) is a series of publications from the Department of Culture and Society, Link枚ping University. The texts are written by the department鈥檚 professors and are based on their inaugural lectures.

The series highlights and makes available some of the interdisciplinary and multifaceted research in the humanities and social sciences conducted at the department.

IKOS guest professors in the names of Moa Martinsson and Tage Danielsson also publish writings in the series after their inaugural lectures. They can be found on the page about the professorships.

Collage with two black-and-white photos. On the left, Tage Danielsson in a tuxedo smiling at the camera. On the right, Moa Martinson at her desk with a pen in hand.

Professorships in the humanities and social sciences

The Moa Martinson and Tage Danielsson professorships at 糖心网页版 are intended for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, or those productive in the arts.

Publication list

A selection from IKOS: Installationer

Cover of publication 'Beredskapstid och framtidsfrid: Samtidshistoria i en orolig v盲rld'

Marie Cronqvist (2025)

Cover of publication 'Samtalet som fundament i socialt arbete'

Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal (2026)

Cover of publication 'Existens, temporalitet och mobilitet'

Zoran Slavnic (2025)

Cover of publication 'What future for migration and borders?'

Claudia Tazreiter (2025)

Cover of publication 'Geografens guide till glesbygden'

Josefina Syssner (2025)

Cover of publication 'Lifeworld and Science'

Harald Wiltsche (2022)

The complete list of publications in the series

The complete list of publications in the IKOS series

in the series is available in DIVA.

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Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

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