Bridging research and practice
- Date
- 13 March 2026, 08:00–09:00
- Location
- Segerstedt Building, restaurant area
- Type
- Seminar
- Lecturer
- Karin Johansson, PhD student at the Department of Informatics and Media
- Web page
- https://www.uu.se/en/staff/gateway/research/innovation-support
- Organiser
- UU Innovation
- Contact person
- Nhils Forslund
Curious about how research and practice can strengthen one another? Join us for a networking breakfast and hear Karin Johansson share her story and insights.
Karin Johansson’s research explores how societal values can be woven into the design of playful cultural experiences for museums, municipalities, and NGOs. Her academic work is deeply informed by her many years running a design company, where she collaborated in research projects as an industry partner long before becoming a researcher herself.
Today, her dual roles continue to shape each other: her research influences how she engages in design processes outside academia, while her practical experience enriches her scholarly perspective. During the networking breakfast, she will talk about what it means to balance different hats – and the challenges and benefits of combining research and practice.
Registration
Breakfast and short talk
Breakfast is served from 08:00, and Karin takes the stage around 08:15. Her talk, including time for questions, lasts up to 30 minutes. After that, feel free to stay and keep the conversation going until 09:00.