During 2024 Malmö University installed eight new professors at three faculties. New professors will be installed in October 2025.

Tina Askanius, Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society

Tina AskaniusUniversitetslektorFakulteten för kultur och samhälleInstitutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikationMedie- och kommunikationsvetenskapSpråk och litteratur

Tina Askanius' research is based on the interplay between digital media practices, technologies and political activism. She has researched a wide range of political and social movements from climate and environmental activism, social justice movements and feminist protest movements to anti-democratic movements and groupings.

Tina Askanius' research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Marwa Dabaieh, Built Environment, Faculty of Culture and Society

Marwa Dabaieh.

Marwa Dabaieh is an architect with expertise in sustainable and environmentally conscious architecture.

Marwa Dabaieh's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Sara Eldén, Social Science, Faculty of Education and Society

Sara Eldén.

Sara Eldén's scientific interests and contributions are in research on inequality and stratification in relation to family, care and work, as well as in method development and research ethics.

Sara Eldén's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Marcus Knutagård, Social Work, Faculty of Culture and Society

Marcus Knutagård

Marcus Knutagård research interest includes homelessness, categorisation, the importance of place and social innovation. He has investigated different models, target groups and perspectives in both Sweden and internationally.

Marcus Knutagård's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Pia Nygård Larsson, Swedish as a Second Language, Faculty of Education and Society

Pia Nygård Larsson.

Pia Nygård Larsson's didactic research concerns the linguistic dimensions of teaching from a second language and multilingualism perspective. Her research focuses in particular on how teachers can support students' development of school and subject language through inclusive language and knowledge development teaching.

Pia Nygård Larsson's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Gunn Nyberg, Sport Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Society

Gunn Nyberg

Gunn Nyberg's main research interest is knowledge, teaching and learning in schools with a focus on physical education and health. A constant driving force has been how different perspectives on knowledge can affect the teaching of physical education and health in order for all students to experience that they learn and develop their movement skills.

Gunn Nyberg's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Liselott Mariett Olsson, Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Society

Liselott Mariett Olsson.

Liselott Mariett Olsson's research is about how children create meaning and ask questions about existential, philosophical and metaphysical problems and how preschool can allow children to explore these.

Liselott Mariett Olsson's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

Erica Righard, Social Work, Faculty of Health and Society

Erica Righard.

Erica Righard's research has mainly been at the intersection of social work and migration. Social work here includes both social policy and social work as a field of practice, as well as migration, including from the perspective of population mobility and its consequences.

Erica Righard's research illustrated by Oskar Aspman and narrated by Hanna Solberger.

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