Our work

IN/LAB runs various projects aiming to understand pain points among current news outsiders, and explore possible solutions to meet them. Our work premiers co-creation and seeks to bring forward voices currently underrepresented in the media. If you have any projects or events you're interested in or believe we should explore, feel free to submit your recommendations here.

News Creators & Young Audiences

The News Creators project explores how young people engage with news creators on social media, and what happens when journalists, creators and young people co-create news together. The project examines how news media can remain relevant and trusted in a changing information landscape, and what editorial media can learn from what resonates with young audiences while maintaining journalistic values. BACKGROUND The idea of what counts as news is becoming more fluid among younger

AI, youth & news

BACKGROUND AI is becoming an increasingly important part of how we search for, access, and interpret information. But how do young people...

Speculative Futures for Journalism

In a collaboration between IN/LAB and the global network News Alchemists, media professionals came together to co-create six speculative...

News Perspectives

IN/LAB has conducted a study exploring how different generations perceive and interact with diverse perspectives in the news. Below, we...

Trust Sprint

This fall, we invited a group of ambitious young individuals to participate in a co-creation process exploring the future of trust in...

Summer Sprint

This summer, we invited young student talents from F1RST for a co-creation process to tackle challenges with a focus on trust in media....

Futures Forum

This spring, the IN/LAB Futures Forum brought together young adults and journalists from Aftonbladet, Svenska Dagbladet and Omni to...

The Beyond Project

Beyond is a three-part project stemming from our research on media trust and consumption in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in...

News Changemaker Program

In the News Changemaker Program, IN/LAB collaborated with a group of young people from outer city Stockholm to turn lived pain points...

News as Music

Together with Aftonbladet, we turned one of the ideas from our News Changemaker Program into a testable prototype where news was shared...

Järvaveckan Resarch x IN/LAB: Media Trust and Consumption in Multicultural Areas

In collaboration with Järvaveckan Research and Novus Group International we conducted two comprehensive studies exploring media trust and...

News 2030: Summer Design Sprint

This summer, we invited young tech enthusiast for a co-creation process to prototype news futures that meet current challenges. What if...

Futures of Climate News

In this project, we have explored a wide range of perspectives on climate news reporting to better understand how the media may...

Behind the News: Media Literacy for Gen Z

In April 2023 we launched a TikTok initiative called @bakomnyheterna ("Behind the News") – content designed for young people by young...