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Josephine Rydberg’s Public defence

Josephine Rydberg’s Public defence

The Public defence of Josephine Rydberg’s PhD project at SKH will take place 21 May 2026.
The feeling of an illustrated image. A woman with a ‘distorted mirror image’.
Photo: Lina Persson

Josephine Rydberg’s artistic doctoral project Mud in the Machine has been published. 

Link to DiVA: Doctoral thesis
Link to Research Catalogue: Doctoral thesis

The defence will be streamed live here

 

The chat will open when the defence begins. Welcome to ask your questions!

Chat here (The chat will open when the defence begins)

Participants

PhD candidate:
Josephine Rydberg
PhD candidate at Stockholm University of the Arts and working as a crossmedia developer at Region Gävleborg.

Opponent:
Lars Kristensen
Senior Lecturer in Media Arts, Aesthetics and Narration

Committee:
Annika Waern, Professor at Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala Universitet
Joshka Wessels, Associate Professor/Senior lecturer, Media and Communications, Malmö Universitet
Stacey Sacks, Professor of Acting
Staffan Julén (substitute) Head of communications, Artistic Researcher, Institute for Future Studies

Principal supervisor:
Tinna Joné

Supervisor
Jaakko Stenros
Eli Bö 

Chair: 
Cecilia Roos

Schedule 

13:00-13.10 Welcome by the Head of Department and the Chair of the defence
13:10-13.30 Presentation of PhD project by respondent Josephine Rydberg
13:30-13.50 Summary by the opponent
13:50-14.45 Discussion between opponent and respondent
14:45-15.15 Break 
15:15– Questions from committee followed by questions from audience
Break
Deliberation of the committee
The result is announced  

 

Information

Upcoming dates
2026
Thursday 21 May, 13:00-18:00

Price: Free entrance, but please reserve your place (booking link coming soon).

Location: SKH, Valhallavägen 189, Bion.

Other: The end time of the Public defence is preliminary as the Examination Committee must have the opportunity to ask the questions they deem necessary.

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