Research Week 2026

Research Week provides an open platform for SKH students and staff to share, experience and exchange the many perspectives on artistic research within SKH. The four days will focus on sharing the research interests and methods within the  subject areas of SKH through a variety of formats and conversations. Each day offers a cross-section of subject areas, with some projects completed, some mid-way, and others just beginning to take shape.
 
Research Week will take place in person at SKH, Valhallavägen 189 and is open to all interested.

Programme

Read abstracts from each research project here.

Schedule

DAY 1 – TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY

09:00
Mingle, activity

09:40–10:20
Introduction
Ellen Roed, Vice-Chancellor
Camilla Damkjaer, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts
Petra Bauer, Professor of Film and Media for the profile area Art, Technology and Materiality
Chrysa Parkinson, Head of subject area Dance, Professor of Dance
Hanna Husberg, Assistant Professor of Performative and Media-based Practices
John-Paul Zaccarini, Professor of Performing Arts for the profile area Bodily and Vocal Practices

10:30–11:15
Learning through Dancing
Eleanor Bauer, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Dance and Choreography, Postdoctor, PhD alumni 
Language: English

11:30–12:00
The Mind’s mirror and The Mirror’s mind
Marie Fahlin, Assistant Lecturer of Choreography, Researcher, PhD alumni
Language: English

12:00–13:00
Lunch

13:00–13:10
Introduction/Activity

13:10–13:50
Apparatus* as a Dramaturgical Tool in Devised Performance
Christina Koch, Professor of Circus, Head of master’s programme in Contemporary Circus Arts 
Language: English

14:00–15:00
Sonorous dances and reverberant matters 
Tender Motor:
Tove Salmgren, Assistant Professor of Choreography in Performative Practices
Moa Franzén, Researcher
Kajsa Wadhia, Researcher
Language: English

15:10–15:40
Smellograms from the Decolonial Tree (or) A Genealogy of Extractions
Carl-Axel Holmes, Assistant Professor of Circus, Acting Head of BA programme
Language: English

15:50–16:20 
Documentation in Kaleidoscopic forms
Andreas Berchtold, PhD student in Dance, Assistant Professor of Folk Dance
Language: English

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DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, 21 JANUARY

09:00
Mingle, activity

09:20–10:20
Belonging With Dances – from the middle of Authorship Ownership and Control: Dancers’ Roles and Materials (AOC)
Chrysa Parkinson, Head of subject area Dance, Professor of Dance
Alice Mackenzie, PhD student 
Andrew Hardwidge, Researcher
Frank Bock, Assistant Professor of Choreography
Gabriel Schenker, Researcher
Scott deLahunta, Researcher, Professor Emeritus at Coventry University
Language: English

10:30–11:20 
When does the singer become an artist?
Stina Ancker, Professor of Music Dramatic Performance
Martin Hellström, Assistant Professor of Musical interpretation
Language: Swedish

11:30–12:00 
Music as Storyteller, an exploration of the musical gesture in opera
Catharina Backman Kaarle, PhD student in Opera  
Language: Swedish

12:00–13:00
Lunch

13:00–13:30
“Dialogues, repetitions”
Jörgen Bergmark, Assistant Professor of Script Writing
L, participator 
Language: Swedish and English

13:40–14:10
Extending the stage – exploring a hybrid form between theatre and film through documentary processes for creating fiction.
Sofia Norlin, Assistant Professor of Directing and Cinematic Interpretation & Director
America Vera-Zavala, Playwright & Director
Language: Swedish 

14:20–14:50
Docks and Dramas: Artificial Intelligence as a Storytelling Tool in an Archipelago Setting
Alexander Skantze, Assistant Professor
Language: English and Swedish

15:00–15:30
Dance Education and Pedagogies in Contemporary Contexts – book launch
Tone Pernille Østern, Guest Professor of Contemporary Dance Education
Alfdaniels Mabingo, Lecturer and Chair of the Department of Performing Arts and Film, Makerere University
Ami Skånberg, Assistant Professor of Dance
Language: English

15:35–16:00
Practice-based research circle in dance at the culture school
Katarina Lundmarik, Assistant Professor of Jazz Dance
Ninnie Andersson, Head of subject area Dance Pedagogy, Assistant Professor of Dance Pedagogy
Language: English

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DAY 3 – THURSDAY, 22 JANUARY

09:00
Mingle, activity

09:20–09:50
Entrepreneurship as an Artistic Practice
Christer Windeløv Lidzélius, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
Tinna Joné, Head of subject area Film and Media, Assistant Professor of Documentary Storytelling
Language: English

10:00–10:30
Measuring a Nation 
Costanza Julia Bani, Assistant Professor of Film Production
Language: English 

10:40–11:20
bodies as institutions as bodies
Hanna Husberg, Assistant Professor of Performative and Media-based Practices
Carolina Jinde, Assistant Professor of Film and Media, PhD alumni
Language: English

11:30–12:00
The Double Diamond workshop model as a method of Collaborative Filmmaking
Ylva Gustavsson, Professor of Film and Media
Anders Bohman, Assistant Professor of Cinematography
Jörgen Bergmark, Assistant Professor of Script Writing
Carolina Jinde, Assistant Professor of Film and Media, PhD alumni
Camilla Larsson, Actor
Ahmed Abdullahi, Film director and Guest Lecturer 
Language: English

12:00–13:00
Lunch

13:00–14:00
The dramaturgy of things in performance 
Christina Lindgren, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts with specialisation Costume Design
Language: English

14:10–14:25
The double and it’s theatre
Anders Duus, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts with specialisation Dramatic Writing
Language: English and Swedish

14:35–15:20
“Puppet Hospital”
Thomas Brennan, Assistant Lecturer of Post Production
Madeleine Karlsson, Choreographer
Language: English

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DAY 4 – FRIDAY, 23 JANUARY

09:00
Mingle, activity

09:20–10:20
Thinking through Theatre and Performance (Current Practices and Dramaturgies)
Synne Behrndt, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts
Anja Suša, Professor of Performing Arts with specialisation Directing
Jon Refsdal Moe, Professor of Performing Arts with specialisation Dramaturgy
Language: English
Roundtable conversation: Critical Dramaturgies 

10:30–10:45
Teaching Leadership and Collaboration
Anna Ljungqvist, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts with specialisation Production Management
Language: Swedish

11:00–11:20
The dresses
Åsa Johannisson, Assistant Professor of Mime Figuration 
Language: English

11:20–12:00
Aesthetic forms of knowledge: Challenges and subject-specific didactic choices in teaching. An Interdisciplinary Research Environment between KMH, Konstfack and SKH: ULF-EK
Ninnie Andersson, Head of subject area Dance Pedagogy, Assistant Professor of Dance Pedagogy
Stina O’Connell, Assistant Lecturer of Dance Pedagogy
Sophia Färlin Månsson, Assistant Professor in Dance for Children and Youth
Katarina Lion, Assistant Professor of Dance Theory
Camilla Reppen, Assistant Lecturer with project leader responsibilities
Camilla Gåfvels, Assistant Professor, Konstfack
Anna Backman Bister, Assistant Professor, KMH
Language: English 

12:00–13:00
Lunch

13:00–16:00
Feedback Sessions 
Camilla Damkjaer, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts
Petra Bauer, Professor of Film and Media for the profile area Art, Technology and Materiality
Chrysa Parkinson, Head of subject area Dance, Professor of Dance
Hanna Husberg, Assistant Professor of Performative and Media-based Practices
John-Paul Zaccarini, Professor of Performing Arts for the profile area Bodily and Vocal Practices

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ONGOING EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS X 2

20–23 January, at 09:00 and 16:00

Listening to Immateriality – A poetic investigation
Carolina Jinde, Assistant Professor of Film and Media, PhD alumni
Nina Westman, Glass Artist and Assistant professor 
Where: TV-Studion

MAKOR ENCORE EXHIBITION 2026
2nd year students in Master in Choreography: 
Dakota Comín Cerezo, Ģirts Dubults, Sophie Germanier, Luusi Kateme, Julia Müllner, Pierre Piton, Dina Saeed Hamida, Jade Stenhuijs, Petra Söör
Where: D-Studio