Revised project plan
The organisation project will present a revised project plan to the Faculty Board in September. Among other things, the new plan clarifies how the project relates to education and research. The description of planned activities for the coming year has also been updated.
The organisation project will run over several years and the project plan will be revised at least once a year.
Continued preparations for the new Department of Communication
As previously announced, the Department of Strategic Communication and the subjects of Media and Communication Studies and Journalism will form the Department of Communication at the beginning of 2025. Some news within this process are:
- The election of head of department, deputy head of department and department board for the new department will be carried out in October.
- A new website with the address www.iko.lu.se is under construction.
- It has now been decided that Media and Communication Studies will continue to have teaching and workplaces at SOL throughout the academic year 24/25. In the summer of 2025, the move to Gamla polikliniken (building M) will take place and before that the premises will be renovated.
Gender Studies, Social Anthropology and Sociology
The decision to merge the Department of Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology will be presented to the Faculty Board in October. An information meeting will be held in mid-September, where faculty and departmental management will meet all staff and employee organisations concerned.
The Head of the Department of Sociology, Magnus Karlsson, is since 1 July also acting Head of the Department of Gender Studies.
Feasibility study on a possible merger between KEG and LUCSUS
Ola Hall, Head of the Department of Human Geography (KEG), and Barry Ness, Director of LUCSUS, have been commissioned to carry out a feasibility study prior to a possible merger between the two units. During the work, relevant groups among the staff will be involved. The project group for the organisation project also assists with support during the process.
No decisions have been taken at this stage - the purpose of the feasibility study is to analyse the opportunities and challenges of a possible merger and provide a basis for how a new, joint department could be organised. The feasibility study will address financial and administrative issues, as well as the effects of the merger on education, research, profile, etc.
The feasibility study shall be completed by 31 January 2025.