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19 December 2024 at 14:00 Join us for fika from 14:00 to 15:00 and pick up your copy of the publication, featuring collected reports and reflections from the 1, 2, 3 Playtime project. The workshop and lecture series, initiated by IAC and Region Skåne, culminated in the Malmö Gallery Weekend 2024 exhibition at IAC. We are happy to share insights into the processes, ideas, and possibilities that eme

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/release-1-2-3-playtime-lab-report-film-screening-zonen - 2025-12-13

The newly established Centre for Aesthetics and Business Creativity (ABC), at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), and led by Professor Daniel Hjorth, is thrilled to announce its collaboration with the Malmö Academy of Music (MHM), the Inter Arts Center (IAC) and the research cluster on “Creativity, AI, and the Human” at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI), University of E

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/bridging-performing-art-ai-creativity-and-entrepreneurship-abc-mhm-iac-and-efi-research-cluster - 2025-12-13

The board of the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies has decided to accept a new Advanced Study Group (ASG) coordinated by the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts. An ASG gathers researchers from different disciplines around a shared research issue, and provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and perspectives on a research issue at a very early stage of development. The new ASG is called Cr

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/creative-data-lab-new-advanced-study-group-pufendorf-institute-advanced-studies - 2025-12-13

The 1, 2, 3 Playtime publication with the collected reports and reflections from the 1, 2, 3 Playtime project is now available online!The workshop and lecture series, initiated by IAC and Region Skåne, culminated in the Malmö Gallery Weekend 2024 exhibition at IAC. We are happy to share insights into the processes, ideas, and possibilities that emerged during 1, 2, 3 Playtime (2023–24).1, 2, 3 Pla

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/1-2-3-playtime-lab-report-available-online - 2025-12-13

In recent years, Lund University has invested much to emphasize the role of culture and the arts in education, research and innovation. To support teaching practitioners in this work, money for seed funding was announced last autumn.One of the four funded projects is “The Physics of Opera – About tones in light and colours in sound”, in which the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts is collaboratin

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/seed-funding-project-physics-opera - 2025-12-13

As a flagship of the Swedish National Data Service (SND) at LU 2025–26, the IAC Art Files project has started in January 2025. The purpose of IAC Art Files is to set up a platform and a portal that enables management and display of individual, thematic and interdisciplinary knowledge production in the arts, as well as sharing functions for artistic research data – to reinforce contact and exchange

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/iac-art-files-project-started - 2025-12-13

Today, 25 March, marks the launch of Researchdata.se, a new national web portal designed to make it easier for researchers to find, share, and reuse research data across various disciplines.Through a searchable platform, users gain access to thousands of datasets and resources for sustainable data management throughout the research process. The portal facilitates collaboration between universities

https://www.iac.lu.se/article/researchdatase-swedens-new-portal-research-data - 2025-12-13

Expectations of what constitutes a positive customer experience have changed over time. Developments in technology and digital services have enabled new kinds of customer experience. As have new store formats and diversified retail offerings. Regardless of the form it has taken, customer experience has always been of paramount importance to retail managers. And it continues to be so. Over 50% of p

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/excitement-not-only-experience - 2025-12-13

There is no doubt that retailing is undergoing a significant structural transformation. During the last decade or so, many stores have closed. Yet, at the same time, online retailers are opening physical stores and showrooms and many long-established retailers are investing in new and innovative store formats. This suggests that the physical store is not ‘dead’ but that its role and function is ch

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ease-or-excitement - 2025-12-13

What made IKEA go against the grain and move into town? This week, IKEA opened a bedroom store in central Stockholm. The store in The Lobby on Regeringsgatan is the latest in a series of smaller, city-centre formats that IKEA is currently testing in various parts of the world. It is an interesting development, at a time when other retailers are moving out of the city. And it represents another imp

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/ikea-bedroom - 2025-12-13

Individuals cannot solve the climate crisis, argue researchers Carys Egan-Wyer and Jack Coffin. Policy makers should direct their attention to the (im)moral market structures that influence consumer and corporate decision-making. In the fight against climate change, it is more important to make markets more moral than to make consumers more ethical. Individual consumers are, by now, well used to b

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/why-we-need-more-moral-markets-not-more-ethical-consumers - 2025-12-13

The Centre's international guest researcher, Dr. George Maglaras, comments on resilience in the retail sector and, with examples from the grocery sector, illustrates how we must learn to live with the contemporary disruptions we have been experiencing. Multiple critical incidents in the last few years provided evidence of the increasing uncertainty in the business environment, which is negatively

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/learning-live-disruptions - 2025-12-13

The Smart City Expo World Congress 2023 in Barcelona put the spotlight on the future of smart and sustainable cities. Through engaging discussions and presentations, we gained unique insights into innovative solutions crucial for the cities of tomorrow. Key topics included urban mobility, logistics, technology's role, sector collaboration, and smart solution integration, shaping a vision for livea

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/integrated-ecosystems-path-tomorrows-smart-and-sustainable-cities - 2025-12-13

Having a workforce with the right skills is crucial for companies and society to tackle current and future challenges successfully. In our rapidly changing world, the ability to develop and adapt skills is more critical than ever, especially in today's knowledge-driven society. This is particularly true for the retail sector, which employs about one in ten workers in Sweden. Ongoing digital and st

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/workforce-right-skills - 2025-12-13

Perhaps not, argues Yulia Vakulenko. At least not when it comes to the delivery service needs and preferences of rural versus urban e-consumers in the age of consumer-centric supply chain management. The new age of consumer-centric supply chain management highlights the benefits of placing the consumer at the core of strategy development and operations design. Recent e-commerce shifts translate in

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/does-one-service-fit-all - 2025-12-13

Martin Moström from Retail House shares insights on the necessity for the retail sector to embrace change. Contrary to rumours, the physical store is far from obsolete; it has consistently evolved. Over the past two decades in the grocery trade, store numbers in Sweden have decreased from over 3,000 to around 1,000. This transformation is a natural part of business, but the challenge lies in how w

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/seeing-grocery-store-fresh-eyes - 2025-12-13

Recent developments in the retail sector—increased competition, a focus on sustainability, and the pervasive digitization—have prompted discussions on its long-term competitiveness and the potential for more systematic innovation alongside daily operational activities. However, understanding how the retail industry perceives and addresses innovation remains a key question. In contrast to industria

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/continuous-improvement-systematic-innovation-retail-utopia-or-opportunity - 2025-12-13

Our city centres and their development are a subject of constant debate. Ulf Johansson suggests that, if we let the market decide, our city centres will eventually be emptied of retail. Most recently, representatives from our food retailers suggested to municipalities that regulations on establishment locations be relaxed, advocating for the mantra of letting the market rule (Dagligvarunytt 2022a,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/should-market-manage-our-city-centres - 2025-12-13

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, some shopping geographies had difficulties while others proved to be more resilient. Devrim Umut Aslan discusses what we can learn from these resilient places. A global pandemic hit the world, radically changing how shoppers shop and how they move around in cities. Sweden’s handling of the pandemic had been rather ‘relaxed’; it had not enforced any strict lock-downs

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-maintain-town-centre-retail-times-crisis - 2025-12-13

Crafting positive customer experiences has become increasingly crucial for retailers and third-party logistics providers, with delivery playing a pivotal role. Deliveries play a big part in this. With more people buying things online, there are more packages to deliver. This puts a lot of pressure on the companies that deliver these packages, and it's a challenge for both online retailers and thir

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/customer-experience-key-world-class-delivery - 2025-12-13