About K-pub
K-pub is a knowledge and research center on public service media at Södertörn university, Sweden.
K-pub takes as its starting point the rapid technological and industrial shifts as well as the (geo)political challenges for public service media in Sweden and Europe.
K-pub seeks to stimulate research and disseminate knowledge in order to enhance evidence based policy and development.
K-pub is funded by the research environment Digital Vulnerabilities in Automated Welfare: Infrastructures, Citizens’ Experiences and Public Values (Swedish Research Council, 2024-01837_VR) and the research platform on Digital Transformations at Södertörn university.
K-pub offers:
- An infrastructure for knowledge about public service media: making existing knowledge available to relevant users.
- A platform for knowledge exchange: through publications, seminars, workshops, etc. in cooperation between industry, decision-makers and the research community.
- A forum for learning: by organizing and coordinating education about public service media and about its role in a contemporary media landscape.
- A hub for research: gathering and coordinating researchers and research projects on the future of public service media, in Sweden and internationally.
K-pub steering group
Fredrik Stiernstedt
Director
Professor of Media and Communication Studies,
Södertörn University
Göran Bolin
Professor of Media and Communication Studies
Södertörn University
Anne Kaun
Professor of Media and Communication Studies
Södertörn University
Maria Kyriakidou
Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies
Södertörn University
Kristina Riegert
Professor of Journalism Studies, Södertörn University