Sound Environment Centre at Lund University

18/09/2026

Welcome to the performance
* After Luca: Lover, Inventor, Vampire *
19 September at 16.00 during Kulturnatten in Lund
Cosmina Moroșan & Anticorp Solar performs on themes of migration, psychology and desire, blending sound, movement and poetry. Read more 👉 https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/after-luca

Co-arranged with Centre for Oresund Region Studies (CORS)

17/09/2026

Not sure what to do for Kulturnatten? Want to make music using only the materials around you in nature? Then this interactive workshop entitled 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 is for you! Benjamin Mjönes and Elias Stenmark will help you with the whole creative process. It's free to drop by, just be sure to bring your own smartphone. Fika break included. Target age group: 13–18 (but all welcome!). Language: Swedish.

16/09/2026

We’re halfway through our Sound of Democracy Dying series of September seminars, surveys, workshops, lectures, listening sessions and festivals! What a rich and rewarding time it has been already.

We want to remind our network about the remaining events:

TODAY 16 September 14.00-18.00. We’re trying again with our “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲?” participatory GIS survey in Lundagård. (It was too rainy last time 🙃) So if you’re passing through central Lund this afternoon, look out for Ina Hildeman (University of Copenhagen) and others who will be recruiting participants to help answer the question: who gets to feel at peace in the city?

Thursday 24 September 15.15-17.00, Gamla Polikliniken, Portvaktsstugan M167. Seminar: 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 with Kate Lacey (University of Sussex), Marie Cronqvist (Linköping University) and Emil Stjernholm (Lund University). This collaborative seminar brings together perspectives from media history, sound studies and media and communication studies to explore the role of listening under conditions of uncertainty, and to ask: how do sound and listening shape public life in times of crisis? See: https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/activities/2026/what-sound-democracy-dying/sound-and-listening-troubled-times

Friday 24 September and Saturday 25 September, Kulturljudzon, Malmö. 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: a two-day festival in Malmö’s Cultural Sound Zone, organised in collaboration with the NGBG Cultural Association and the LISTEN project at Malmö University. Featuring Kate Lacey, Shortwave Collective, Stefana Hoti, Andreas Schönström, Lilian Campesato, Laura Balboa, Arab Women’s Union, Duncan Geere, Teranga Music Collective and many more. See the full programme and register here: https://kulturljudzon.se/index-en.html

01/09/2026

This week we kick off our September event series exploring the question: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴?

We’ve asked our network of Lund University researchers and some specially invited guests to consider what happens to our soundscapes when democracy is under threat, and what the death of democracy might sound like.

Across lectures, workshops, listening sessions, public surveys, research seminars and a two-day festival, we’ll be exploring the changing sounds of political life: new cultures of listening, protest, applause, public debate, podcasting, audio deepfakes, “sonic slopaganda”, sonic warfare, municipal noise policies, and much much more!

The programme is below. Please come along, listen and make your voice heard...

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟯 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟮.𝟭𝟱–𝟭𝟯.𝟬𝟬, 𝗟𝗨𝗫:𝗕𝟮𝟰𝟬
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮: 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Lunch lecture by Ellie Armon Azoulay (Durham University), organised in collaboration with Lund Academics for Palestine.
https://fb.me/e/6ENUi50Ch

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟯 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟳.𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟵.𝟬𝟬, Inter Arts Center
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Listening sessions and discussion with contributions from Ellie Armon Azoulay, Carla J. Maier, Eleni-Ira Panourgia, Robert Willim, Sima Wolgast and Lucy Cathcart-Frödén.
https://fb.me/e/4J6kJvIbO

𝗙𝗿𝗶 𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟬.𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟭.𝟯𝟬, 𝗠𝗮̊𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 (𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝘁)
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁?
Workshop at Youth Takeover Democracy Festival in Lund, led by Ellie Armon Azoulay and Naoko Takayanagi.
https://fb.me/e/488dzZBOI

𝗙𝗿𝗶 𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟰.𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟴.𝟬𝟬, 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗮̊𝗿𝗱
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗮̊𝗿𝗱
Ina Hildeman and Sebastian Waechter will be in Lundagård conducting a Public Participatory GIS survey exploring how sound and tranquillity shape our experience of public space, and asking: who gets to feel at peace in the city?
https://fb.me/e/9JEElC6wY

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟱–𝟭𝟳.𝟬𝟬, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀
Seminar at Lund University with Kate Lacey (University of Sussex), Marie Cronqvist (Linköping University) and Emil Stjernholm (Lund University).
https://fb.me/e/4WRnnm509

𝗙𝗿𝗶 𝟮𝟱 & 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗺ö'𝘀 𝗞𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗷𝘂𝗱𝘇𝗼𝗻
𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
A two-day festival in Malmö’s Cultural Sound Zone, organised in collaboration with the NGBG Cultural Association and the LISTEN project at Malmö University. Featuring Kate Lacey, Shortwave Collective, Stefana Hoti, Andreas Schönström, Lilian Campesato, Laura Balboa, Arab Women’s Union, Duncan Geere, Teranga Music Collective and many more.
https://kulturljudzon.se/index-en.html

For more information on the whole programme, see: https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/activities/2026/what-sound-democracy-dying

20/08/2026

What is a peaceful place, and who gets to experience peace in the city?

On Friday, September 4, from 2–6 pm, researchers from Lund University and the University of Copenhagen will be in Lundagård to explore how people experience tranquillity and the sound environment in urban green spaces.

We are looking for people who would like to take part in a short survey about their experience of Lundagård. What do you see, hear and feel in different places? Where do you experience tranquillity, and where do you not? And how can our shared urban spaces be made accessible and welcoming to different people?

The survey takes about 15 minutes. Your own experiences and perspectives are what matter. Everyone is welcome to participate, no registration is required. Just drop by!

When: Friday, September 4, 2–6 pm
Where: Lundagård, near the entrance to Lund Cathedral

This activity is a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University.

02/07/2026

Thanks to all who came to The Sound Of seminar in Copenhagen, which we at the Sound Environment Centre were proud to support. Lots of interesting discussions around listening and sound in public space, and some inspiring public sound art too!

Photos by Liv Latricia Habel / Museet for Samtidskunst

06/02/2026

We’re excited to launch a series of video portraits featuring researchers affiliated with the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University.

The first portrait highlights Enrico Ronchi, Associate Professor in evacuation modelling at Lund University, whose interdisciplinary research explores human behaviour and safety in complex environments. Enrico does research on inclusive evacuation design and studies how people respond to sound and other sensory cues.

Using innovative methods like virtual reality and data-driven modelling, Ronchi’s work helps us understand how humans perceive and react to sound in different settings, to develop design of safer and more comfortable acoustic environments.

In 2022, Ronchi was awarded incentive funding from the Sound Environment Centre to write a research application for research on tactile alarms for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Within the ERC project Egressibility, he is building an interdisciplinary team to collect large-scale behavioural data and develop an inclusive machine learning model to transform evacuation design. Multi-sensory VR experiments at Helsingborg Safety Hub will allow the team to study human behaviour under various emergency evacuation scenarios.

This is the first in a series of video portraits. Stay tuned for more stories from researchers shaping our understanding of sound and sound environments!

Links:
Egressibility project: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101170110
Helsingborg Safety Hub: https://portal.research.lu.se/.../helsingborg-safety-hub/
Research Profile: https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/enrico-ronchi/

Production and editing by Bloody Honey

Meet researchers affiliated with the Sound Environment Centre at Lund University through a series of video portraits. In these films, they share insights int...

18/12/2025

Mini documentary about the SOUND+PURPOSE conference organised by the Sound Environment Centre at the end of November 2025. Filmed by Bloody Honey

22/11/2025

Wow, what an inspiring two days we’ve just had in Lund with the SOUND+ network and all 60 amazing participants of the SOUND+PURPOSE conference! Our warmest thanks to our guests for joining us from both near and far and making this event possible.

Special shout-outs to:

🔌John, Oliver & Jonas for sound support through and through
🎛️ Steve (drusnoise) & Robert for brilliant post-dinner sounds
💘 Our students Melisa & Jazmin for constant backup and support
🎶 All the creators who contributed to our Listening Room
🎫 Florence & Sylvain for sharing their works live
🎧 Anna for her performance lecture at the closing plenary
🔈 Inter Arts Center for generously lending us equipment

Here are just a few snaps from two action-packed and unforgettable days!

// Phil, Sanne & Valeria

17/11/2025

On Thursday, it is finally time for the Sound Environment Centre to host SOUND+PURPOSE: Inaugural Conference of the SOUND+ Network! The conference brings together 60 leading researchers from around the world, including from Leiden, Łódź, London, Brooklyn, Brazil, India and Indonesia, as well as 11 researchers from Lund University, to explore the fundamental questions: Why does sound exist, and what can it do? The conference is for invited contributors only, but anyone interested is warmly welcome to attend a live performance session with Sylvain Souklaye and Florence To, which is part of the conference, on Thursday evening at LUX in Lund.

More info here: https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/

The live performance session is organised in collaboration with Inter Arts Center in Malmö.