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A recent survey distributed to graduates of our MSc programme in Strategic Communication shows that 95% are employed within a year. Our alumni work as communicators, strategic communicators, managers, consultants or specialists with a variety of tasks such as digital media management, internal communication, content and copywriting, media relations, marketing and analysis of trends, business envir

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/95-our-msc-strategic-communication-graduates-are-employed-within-year - 2025-12-17

The CEO and creative director at Malmö based communication agency South Communication spent a day with students on ISK’s international master program discussing global branding, strategy, and the bottom line. Participants in the course strategic brand communication were happy after finishing the presentations of their case solutions. Photo: Cecilia Cassinger

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/south-communication-joins-isk-day - 2025-12-17

Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide, from the Department of Strategic Communication, recently released the book "Strategic Communication - an introduction" which can be found in most book stores. Read more below. Strategic communication comprises different forms of goal-oriented communication inside and between organizations, their stakeholders and the society. Strategic communication is an emerging

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-book-jesper-falkheimer-and-mats-heide-strategic-communication-introduction - 2025-12-17

BOTS, ALGORITHMS, JUNK NEWS: DATA SCIENCE AND THE EVIDENCE ON FOREIGN INFLUENCE-CAMPAIGNS LISA-MARIA NEUDERT, OXFORD UNIVERSITY INTERNET INSTITUTE FRIDAY, MAR 02, 15.15-17.00 / CAMPUS HELSINGBORG, ROOM E210 Political actors around the globe use algorithms and automation to sway elections, sow confusion, and target voters with propaganda messages. Micro-targeted advertising, political bots, and man

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/target-election-invitation-public-lecture-campus-helsingborg - 2025-12-17

Now there are (at least) three positions as post doc to apply for att he Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University The duration of the position is two years. The position involves individual research (80%) and teaching at all levels (20%).Read more about the positions, required qualifications, what your application should contain and apply here.The last date to apply is April, 23rd. 

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/faculty-social-sciences-lund-university-announces-three-new-postdoctoral-positions - 2025-12-17

The book "Strategic Communication: An introduction" by Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide, both researchers at the Department of Strategic Communication, was released last winter. Last week, the website PR Place wrote a praising review on the book, which of course is great news for the Department. The review tells us, among other things: "It is an admirable text that brings together theories from a

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/strategic-communication-introduction-jesper-falkheimer-and-mats-heide-gets-great-review - 2025-12-17

Charlotte Simonsson och Mats Heide, both researches at the Department of Strategic Communication, recently got their article "How focusing positively on errors can help organizations become more communicative: An alternative approach to crisis communication" published in the magazine Journal of Communication Management. The purpose of the paper is to gain new knowledge of how organizational errors

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/charlotte-simonsson-and-mats-heide-published-journal-communication-management - 2025-12-17

At the graduation ceremony for all the master students at the Faculty of Social Science earlier in June, Stella Zimpfer received the Sparbankstiftelsen award for best master thesis in strategic communication, a thesis focusing on startup branding in the Öresund region. I asked Stella a few questions about her work. Stella is from Germany and has since before a bachelor’s degree in European Studies

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/stella-about-her-award-winning-master-thesis-i-hope-my-thesis-helps-get-startups-thinking-about - 2025-12-17

Håkan Bengtsson (CEO) and Anna Haraldsson (consultant) at Edmund Communication participated in the master course Brand Communication. They did a case exercise with the students and talked about the integration of branding in human resource management and how branding can support adoption communication within organisations. We were also joined by two adorable future brand experts who listened atten

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/edmund-communication-talks-branding-and-adoption-communication-our-master-students - 2025-12-17

Anne Buchmann, lecturer from Newcastle University - Australia, recently visited the department of Strategic Communication. Anne Buchmann, lecturer from Newcastle University in Australia, recently visited the department to give a much appreciated lecture for the master students that dealt with branding, popular culture and New Zealand. It was also an opportunity for the editors (from left in the ph

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/guest-lecturer-australia-visits-department - 2025-12-17

A new research project at the Department of Strategic Communication will examine the problems tourism causes for cities and create counteractive strategies. The project, which will run for four years, is funded by a SEK 19.2 million grant from Formas. The number of tourists in cities is expected to rise in the future, bringing with it an increase in problems that affect cities’ sustainability. The

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/new-interdisciplinary-research-project-renewal-urban-tourism-development-managing-sustainability - 2025-12-17

To strengthen the Department’s International cooperation and exchange research experiences, Cecilia Cassinger, Jörgen Eksell and Maria Månsson from the Department of Strategic Communication visited Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) this week. They met with the international office, exchange students and researchers at the School of Communication. They also got a grand tour of the green campuses

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/visit-hong-kong-baptist-university-hkbu - 2025-12-17

2018 has been a great year for incoming research funds to the Department! We can proudly present a various number of different projects within different fields of Strategic Communication! Only during the last week we had several grants given to various researchers at the Department; ranging from funds for further research within “Public Diplomacy”, Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (James

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/more-research-funds-keep-coming - 2025-12-17

Growing concerns over the threat posed by deceptive and false information have prompted the UK government to focus efforts on countering disinformation. Since 2018 a research team at ISK have supported the UK Government Communication Service (GCS) in this regard by developing a counter-disinformation toolkit. The RESIST Disinformation Toolkit provides a step-by-step approach to countering disinfor

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/resist-toolkit-isk-supports-uk-government-countering-disinformation - 2025-12-17

The Department of Strategic Communication is one of many units to be involved in developing Campus Helsingborg thanks to a Lund University investment of SEK 35 million. At the launch on 16 April, there was great enthusiasm from researchers, employees and collaboration partners who will be working together on the new initiatives. The Strategic platform for political communication initiative is deve

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/campus-helsingborg-developing-and-department-strategic-communication-part-process - 2025-12-17

The traditional graduation ceremony for the master's programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences took place on June 11 in the beautiful main building of Lund University. It was a day full of excitement, relief, happiness, anticipation and some sadness, as students joined together in taking their last official steps at Lund University.The ceremony included speeches, music, and individual congratul

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/graduation-ceremony-masters-students - 2025-12-17

Kajsa Nilsson has been awarded a grant of 25,000 SEK from Sparbanksstiftelsen Skåne for her Master's thesis in Strategic Communication, “The communicative power of Agenda 2030 - a qualitative text analysis of how SDGs function as aspirational CSR talk”. The nomination reads as follows:An outstanding, ambitious and very well-written thesis that focus a current and important area – CSR communication

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/master-thesis-communicative-power-agenda-2030-was-awarded - 2025-12-17

The book Internal Crisis Communication: Crisis Awareness, Leadership, and Coworkership is written and conducted by Mats Heide and Charlotte Simonsson at Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication. Internal Crisis Communication is one of the first guides to communication inside organizations, before, during and after a crisis – not just on the acute crisis phase, to provide a complete a

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/finally-its-here-first-book-internal-crisis-communication - 2025-12-17

Being an intern can be beneficial in many ways. You get to put your knowledge to the test, it’s a great way to expand your network and it looks good on your CV. However, the process of actually landing an internship can be a bit tricky. Where should you even start? How do you find the right internship for you? Julia Lundh Rafstedt is doing her internship, in the course KOMB26 Internship in Strateg

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/how-land-your-dream-internship - 2025-12-17

Successful brands tell compelling stories. The master students on the course in Brand Communication, held by lecturer Cecilia Cassinger, participated in a workshop on brand hierarchy and storytelling in the Cuban rum market led by the Malmö-based agency South Communication’s CEO Andreas Pitlik, and research analyst Victoria Note. Moreover, Andreas is also a part of Advisory Board at the Department

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/master-students-participated-workshop-brand-hierarchy-and-storytelling - 2025-12-17