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ISSUE TWO 2019 WITH AN EYE FOR INNOVATION LENA MIRANDA IS CEO OF SCIENCE PARK MJÄRDEVI PAGES 33–35 STUDENT PLAYS LEAD IN NETFLIX SERIES ACTING WHILE STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY PAGES 4–7 CONVERTING SAFARI JEEPS TO ELECTRICITY LIU STUDENTS STARTED COMPANY IN KENYA PAGES 14–17 ACROSS THE SURFACE OF MARS • UNITED BY MUSIC • PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION • 30 YEARS OF COLLABORATION CONTACTS Understanding and Contents helping each other As I write this, I have just returned Hanna plays lead in Netflix series from an amazing week in Kenya. 4 Acting while studying psychology. Linköping University and Moi University have celebrated 30 years of collaboration, with not only a A trip across the surface of Mars summary of what the collaboration has LiU in project for young sportspeople in Africa. come to mean to us, but also a vision of what we can do 8 together in the future. It is gratifying that our model of problem-based learning has been received with such success in Kenya and that we have been able to help to News start a modern programme of medical education there, 10 Sweden’s largest student-organized festival. among many other successes. But probably what affected me most during the visit was the stories of some of the nearly 400 students and 250 teachers who have “We gain a lot from each other” travelled on exchange visits between LiU and Moi. 12 Kenya collaboration gives mutual benefits. “I USE WHAT I LEARNT AT MOI EVERY DAY”, and “This exchange visit has enabled me to grow as a person, and I’ve had Converting safari jeeps to electricity wonderful, enlightening cultural experiences I never 14 LiU students started a company in Nairobi. thought I’d have” are two quotations from LiU students. I’M CONVINCED THAT the ability to learn to see things from United by music a different perspective and to experience other condi- tions than we are used to is extremely important. To be 18 Can lead to a new life in Sweden. able, at least for a brief period, to see the world and all the challenges we are facing through another pair of eyes. This allows new ideas to arise that we might never Research have had otherwise – such as starting a company in 22 Most cited in the world. Kenya with electrically powered safari vehicles! A NEW PERSPECTIVE can also reveal that tuberculosis, Helping elderly hear better which in Sweden has nearly been forgotten, remains a 24 Multidisciplinary research gives results. huge problem in the world with two million deaths per year, making it important to continue research aimed at improving vaccination methods. And it’s possible Working the world that the series “Quicksand”, produced in Sweden and An environmental scientist who loves field studies. launched internationally on Netflix, will give new 26 perspectives on young people and how they deal with a society that has in many ways become more polarised He prevents the spread of infection and unforgiving. We can learn from each other in LiU researcher examines animal transportation. many ways: through exchange programmes, business 28 ideas, films, and – indeed – by reading this magazine. I encourage everybody to do so! New ways to stop tuberculosis 30 Infectious disease claims millions of victims. HELEN DANNETUN, VICE-CHANCELLOR [email protected] CEO with an eye for innovation 33 Meet Lena Miranda, CEO of Science Park Mjärdevi. 2 LIU MAGAZINE #2 2019 8 12 26 28 Friendship across borders At the end of the 1970s, Kenya is also the destination for some I worked for a year at LiU students who have set up a company a centre for issues of to convert safari vehicles from diesel en- ETT INTERNATIONELLT MAGASIN peace and justice in gines to electrical power. Make sure you Välkommen till det årliga internationella numret California. It was an read the article! av LiU magasin, med texter på engelska. important experience for Vi berättar om forskning i världsklass och om studenter från olika delar av världen som me, in many ways. Among THE MAGAZINE PRESENTS some of the research läser eller har läst på Linköpings universitet. other things, I met people who did not at Linköping University. One project, for fit into my preconceived ideas of how example, is aiming to get to grips with one Americans are. Of course, I was expecting of the world’s most widespread infectious them to be friendly and open, but also diseases, tuberculosis, which claims 1.5 rather superficial. What I found, however, million victims every year. Other research- was generosity, warmth and humour ers are working to make everyday life easier combined with a willingness to discuss for people with hearing loss, to reduce in depth even life’s toughest questions. infection during animal transport, and to I learnt how important it is to put pre- combat global environmental challenges. LIU MAGAZINE judice and labels to one side, in order to We also describe the thriving musical ADDRESS discover positive and unexpected sides of activities at Linköping University. If Communications Office each other. In this way, long-term friend- you’re a choral singer as I am, you will Linköping University ships across borders can be forged. easily understand what music can mean SE-581 83 Linköping Sweden for a guest student or international RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION involve researcher as an entry ticket into Swedish EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lennart Falklöf continuous meetings with people from society. Read about Englishman Benjamin [email protected] different parts of the world. People work Everett and Italian Alice Framba, who together in the research lab, and meet play the violin and bassoon, respectively, TRANSLATION George Farrants & Martin Mirko in exchange visits and collaborations. in the Linköping University Symphony The 30-year collaboration between Orchestra. Both have ended up staying in GRAPHIC FORM Linkin AB – www.linkin.se Linköping University and Moi University Linköping longer than they planned – in Kenya is one of many examples of how and music is one of the reasons for this! PRINTED BY strong personal ties can play a decisive role. We hope you enjoy the magazine! V-TAB, Vimmerby Circulation 30,000 copies LiU Magazine was present at the recent celebration of the jubilee. The collaboration COVER PHOTO Lena Miranda has, for example, enabled more than 600 Photo: Magnus Johansson teachers and students to participate in ex change visits that have led to growth, LENNART FALKLÖF, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF both professionally and personally. [email protected] LIU MAGAZINE #2 2019 3 STORY CECILIA GÖTHE NORLIN PHOTO JOHAN PAULIN/NETFLIX & PER WISTBO NIBELL LiU-student plays lead in Netflix series Hanna Ardéhn is a fourth-year student of psychology at Linköping University. At the same time, she is in the news as lead actor in Sweden’s first Netflix production, “Quicksand”. Maja (Hanna Ardéhn) with her defense lawyer (David Dencik) in the courtroom. NETFLIX • PSYCHOLOGIST STUDENT Hanna Ardéhn combines acting PER WISTBO NIBELL PER WISTBO with psychology studies. t’s almost too big to grasp. In fact, have been dominated by the launch, and I’m trying not to think about it getting ready for the online première. “ – it just makes me too nervous”, “It’s been fulltime studies and working says Hanna Ardéhn when asked full time on top of that. So, it was tough. about the fact that Quicksand But it worked because it was only for a will be shown wherever Netflix limited period. Those who are respon- is available, including the US sible for my programme and courses at Iand Latin America. the university have been very helpful, She has spent the day studying at making sure that everything works. Linköping University. But yesterday she I’m very grateful that they’ve been there, was working in Stockholm on the launch and have helped me so much.” of the series, giving interviews all day. How do you find time for everything? In the evening, she walked the red carpet “I don’t know”, says Hanna, laughing. at the official première of the series. “Somehow you make it work. It’s like “So many people! We were on the at the start of term when students are carpet and they took loads of photos of us. involved with parties and looking after It’s about as far away from student life as new students – even so we manage to you can get.” cope with everyday life somehow. Hanna Ardéhn’s life has involved a lot Some things do get a bit neglected, of travel between Linköping and Stock- such as visiting the family or spending holm recently. The series was recorded time with friends. But, well, as I say – during the autumn, and recent weeks it works somehow.” LIU MAGAZINE #2 2019 5 PSYCHOLOGIST STUDENT • NETFLIX “QUICKSAND” IS BASED ON A NOVEL by Malin and Hanna Ardéhn has been praised for “His character Persson Giolito with the same title. It her interpretation of the lead role, Maja. was awarded best Swedish crime novel She herself found it challenging to become in the series is for 2016 by the Swedish Crime Writers’ absorbed in Maja’s person. Academy, and the Glass Key Award for “There were days when Felix Sandman, extremely dark. best Nordic crime novel in 2017. the other lead actor, and I went through The series opens with a high-school really difficult scenes together; we went So it’s comforting shooting in Djursholm, outside Stockholm. round crying all day long. There was a lot Maja, played by Hanna Ardéhn, is charged of such days that were emotionally drai- that he person- with the crime.