Decisions on which Theme applications will go all the way will be made in April. Right now, we are pleased to welcome four new Advanced Study Groups starting in February, 2025.
Advanced Study Groups 2025
Storytelling – from cell to society
Storytelling surrounds us and we love it. We tell stories, we listen to them, and we study them and our interpretation of them.
New knowledge has been gained about storytelling that can help us overcome interdisciplinary boundaries and improve our understanding of storytelling as a phenomenon in itself: from communication between cells to the stories of creation. The foundation of this bridge is that the art of storytelling can be connected with the biological evolution of humankind.
ASG Coordinator: Jenny Öhman (Faculty of Medicine)
Research Infrastructures – sustainability dimensions and critical perspectives
Large research infrastructures – for example ESS and MaxIV right here in Lund – are crucial for advanced research and thereby solving sustainability challenges facing humankind. But they also affect society in other ways.
This ASG seeks answers to the following questions: How do research infrastructures change our view of research? Do they displace other research? How does society transform? Do large research infrastructures change perceptions of science inside and outside academia? How are the facilities used politically? Do they lock-in research directions (for a long time)?
ASG Coordinator is Sverker Werin (Faculty of Science)
Agriculture in the future – society, safety and health
Agriculture in the 21st century faces multiple challenges. An ongoing war in Europe, climate change, a growing global population and changing diets are driving up the demand for food.
This ASG will discuss historic practices and future challenges in agriculture in order to increase human health and well-being as well as productivity. The overall goal is to identify cross-sectoral environmental issues and promote ideas towards a more sustainable agricultural environment in Southern Sweden.
ASG Coordinator is Annette Krais (Faculty of Engineering)
Creative Data Lab
We are well acquainted with the need for open science, digitalisation of research outcomes and processes. There is also a growing emphasis on user-friendly platforms supporting cross-disciplinary collaborations. But artistic research data management (ARDM) has its own challenges – and opportunities.
The researchers within this ASG will explore new methods for handling diverse and non-traditional data types inherent in artistic research. This initiative will help bridge the gap between artistic practice and academic research, fostering a more inclusive and dynamic research environment.
ASG Coordinator is Hedvig Jalhed (Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts)