Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts

Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts (STA) consists of around 200 employees engaged in research and education within both technical and social science areas.

The department conducts research in industrial economics, humanities and technology, social sciences, music and theater. The department has a stimulating research environment where we have, among other things, developed a behavioral science laboratory (DEPICT). The artistic branch of the department's activities also offers a creative environment. The Theater Academy is located directly adjacent to the Norrbotten Theater. The School of Music, which is located in Piteå, contains, among other things, Studio Acusticum, one of northern Europe's most modern concert halls.

We have about 260 employees and conduct research in 12 research topics, divided into 4 departments. A significant proportion of the research is externally funded and takes place in close collaboration with society, public actors and the business community. We have about 5,000 students studying our programs and independent courses.

We conduct technical, economic, social science and artistic educations and are responsible for a large number of educational programs.

Commissioned training

In line with the Government's investment in lifelong learning, Luleå University of Technology has an ambitious plan to expand its range of commissioned education. In a few years' time, sales will increase fivefold to SEK 50 million. ETKS is at the forefront of the field. One third of the turnover consists of educations organized by ETKS.

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His career took off in Luleå

Rune Andersson became the first employee at the then University Unit in Luleå in 1971. At just 26 years old, he was recruited as head of the university administration.

News

Large investment in a sustainable financial market

Vinnova will invest SEK 47 million during the coming five-year period in the Sustainable Finance Lab, which will conduct research for modernisation of the financial market from a sustainability perspective. One of the directors of the Sustainable Finance Lab is Malin Malmström, professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Luleå University of Technology.

Bachelor in acting more popular than ever

The Theater Academy has 626 applicants for the acting program in the autumn of 2021. So many have never applied for the education before.

Innovative education

Innovative educations are a university-wide investment in developing new undergraduate educations that can meet the societal challenges of the future, utilize the university's interdisciplinary competence and develop new pedagogical tools. – The idea is that these pilot projects will function as locomotives that can contribute to renewing the existing education programs as well, says Lena Abrahamsson, professor of Human Work Science and dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology.

The work environment in e-commerce will be explored

E-commerce is an increasing part of the total retail trade. But knowledge about the work environment in e-commerce is limited. In a new project in work science, the significance of gender and country of birth for working conditions in e-commerce with groceries will be investigated.

DEPICT LAB – Technology based on human conditions

Design and AI will increase diversity at work

Corporate recruitment campaigns often contain unknowingly exclusionary terms that can lead some people to refrain from applying for the job in question. In an ongoing research project, design and AI technology will be integrated to develop an attractive digital service that analyzes and corrects exclusive expressions while educating the user in a norm-critical perspective.

Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts
Luleå University of Technology
Postal address: SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
Visiting address: A-Building, University Campus, Porsön, Luleå
Phone: +46 (0)920 49 10 00 Fax: +46 (0)920 49 28 18

Published:22 November 2013

Updated: 18 February 2021

By:Åsa Stubbfält

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