Presenter x 2 at CCTC2025, King’s College, London

24-17 June 2025: Presented two papers at the CCT conference 2025 held at King’s Business School at King’s College, London. Brilliantly organized by @gillian brooks and @katharina husemann. What a city, such nice venues, great sessions, international colleagues and such great weather even!

In images with @jonbertilsson nd @caryseganwyer. I presented about the “Politics of Publics” (Conflict Market case Sportswashing) together with @andrealucarelli (@hossainshahriar could unfortunately not be with us this time) and about “Toxic Care” in gangster rap and gangster culture with @niklasvallström, the special session organized by @jonatansödergren and with @simonblythe and @mikaelandehn

Presenter about Žižek’s Ideology Critique at the Canon of Classics

19’th of June 2025: Invited by Professor Søren Askegaard at the University of Southern Denmark, I presented my take on the Slovenian philosopher Slavoy Žižeks’ importance in critical marketing studies and CCT (consumer culture theory). The weeklong course is a bi-annual PhD course which takes place in Odense, Denmark, and was exactly the same course as I took 2004 and has been a CCT’er since then. Thank you Søren, and everyone else who presented (@dannikjeldgaard, @jeffmurray, @ianwoodward, @olgakravets). And not least, thank you to all the students! So many and so bright!

Consumption & Violence: Guest talk at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University

10’th of June 2025: Invited by @susannamolander and the business administration group at Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University I held a talk about how consumption can mediate future violence. I got really great and helpful comments and suggestions to take this project further into various publications. Very stimulating audience. This is part of the @Riksbankens Jubileumsfond funded project “Conflict Market”.