What does the earth look like from above? What impression does the modern human being make on our planet? Welcome to the season premiere of Culture on Campus! On stage we have invited the author and lecturer Benjamin Grant who is also the creator of the instagram phenomenon @dailyoverview.

Manhattan living Benjamin Grant will invite the audience to an imaginative trip around our planet with breathtaking pictures taken 600 kilometers from above. The images from space reveals the vulnerability of the earth and leaves no one untouched.

Benjamin is an experienced TED TALK lecturer and he definitely belongs to the new era of cosmopolitans and describes himself as a world citizen, someone who sees the earth as a whole.

Welcome to Culture on Campus an event that occurs every Wednesday starting October 3 from 12:00 – 12:30 in the library. This presentation will be in English, read more here.

Welcome to JIBS Entrepreneurship Day 2018!

10:00-13:00 the yearly New Venture Show takes place in Campus Arena.
13:45-14:45 a lecture by JIBS alumni Roni Zacharion who is now a successfull entrepreneur running the company Kreditz, will be held in B1024. 

Pieter Johnston grew up in South Africa, but now lives in Nepal as Tibetan monk and meditation instructor. Pieter visited Culture at Campus 2015, and since then, he has continued travelling the world teaching meditation.

Today, we devote much energy to fulfill goals and happiness in the material world and often forgetting the importance of our inner world. What happens if we change the focus a little? Welcome to a meditative half-hour where Venerable Pieter will talk about our inner world and share exercises that are applicable in the daily life. 

Welcome to Culture on Campus, an event that occurs every Wednesday from 12:00 – 12:30 in the library. This presentation will be in English.

Todays Culture on Campus cancelled. We will be back next Wednesday, October 24! Keep updated here.

Matthias Waldkirchn will defend his doctoral thesis in Business Administration at a public dissertation defense on Friday, 19 October 2018 at 1.15 pm in B1014 at JIBS.

The thesis title is: From Professional Interactions to Relational Work: Investigating Relationships around Non-Family CEOs in Family Firms

Faculty examiner/opponent is Professor Andreas König, University Passau, Germany.

Ben Arnold has been touring the United States and Europe in various constellations and has shared stage with artists like Ryan Adams, Jackson Browne and David Gray to name a few.

Now it's time for Ben Arnold to enter the stage at Culture on Campus. His lyrics are reminiscent of John Hiatt and his voice reminds of Tom Waits, the music can be placed in the rock / folk genre. After releasing his first independent album in the early 90's, Ben signed with Ruffhouse / Columbia Records, which led to a wider international audience.

Welcome to a half hour in the sign of culture, this time with international luster! Every Wednesday from 12:00 – 12:30 in the library. This presentation will be in English.

Starting in October, Science Park is offering three seminars/workshops on the themes intellectual assets, idea generation and starting a business/creating impact. The seminars are open for all PhD students at Jönköping University.

This is the first occasion and has the theme Intellectual assets.

For more information and registration, click here.

Note: The deadline for registration is a week before each seminar. 

Rob Day went straight from school to the British Navy where he enlisted as an officer cadet. The career within the navy was the start of his interest in submarines and post university studies he spent 6 years working with submarine tactics.

After leaving the Navy he begun working for a software company, initially with a defence contractor. In the year of 2012 he moved to Sweden to follow his heart and today he works at the School of Engineering here at Jönköping University.

During the half hour Rob Day will tell us more about his exciting life within the British Navy and how life sometimes takes unexpected turns: From the depth of the Atlantic to Örserum is the title of this weeks Culture on Campus.

Welcome to a half hour in the name of culture, this week with an international and very local touch. Every Wednesday in the library from 12:00 to 12:30.