11:51 a.m.
This is a shock, and a tough e-mail to write. My heartfelt condolences go
out to the IMS and LNU community as well as Ola’s family.
Makai Péter Kristóf
– Assistant Professor in Game Studies, Kazimierz Wielki University,
Bydgoszcz, Poland
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6719-0230
My pet publications:
“Do You Want to Set the World on Fire?: Amplifying Player Agency to
Demonstrate Alternatives to the Climate Crisis.” *Ecogames: Playful
Perspectives on the Climate Crisis*, edited by Laura op de Beke et al.,
Amsterdam University Press, 2024, pp. 89–108. *JSTOR*,
https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.10819591.5.
"Simulated Climate in Ecological Games: Mediating Climate Change to Endow
Players with Transformative Agency." *The Palgrave Handbook of
Intermediality*. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. 1061-1088.
A toolkit for the intermedial analysis of computer games | Book chapter |
DOI: 10.4324/9781003174288-17 <https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003174288-17>
Media and modalities – Computer games | Book chapter | DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003174288-5
Transmedial storyworlds | Book chapter | DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003174288-15
<https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003174288-15>
On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 at 07:39, Jørgen Bruhn <jorgen.bruhn(a)lnu.se> wrote:
Dear all, Swedish, Intermedial, international friends
and colleagues to
Ola.
This is a terrible message to write. I must inform you that our friend
and colleague Ola Ståhl from Design passed away Tuesday February 3rd. I
have not been informed about the cause of death.
I met Ola about a decade ago at a weird research speeddating event and we
quickly found out that we clicked: we had common interests in art, theory,
experimental literature and, slightly later, the ecological crisis and the
idea of the “anthropocene". Among other things. We liked to hang out in
Malmö, to have a beer or to check out an exhibition.
Our collaboration grew tighter over the years: with other colleagues we
developed and co-taught the Climate Emergency Studies MA-course and
BA-course, we taught classes at Design, we were part of exciting
EUniwell-collaborations and shared long train rides to Kassel, Köln,
Venice, Florence. For me it was an intellectual adventure. We had a great
time and I learned a lot from Ola.
Charming, lively, engaged Ola was loved by students, and I think teaching
was what he enjoyed most in academia - apart from sketching future projects
and events perhaps.
A few years ago he became part of the IMS where he was involved in the
Artist in Residence program and he lead the IMS: Green group, first with
Niklas, then with me.
I know many of you have had conversations with Ola, met him at seminars
and events, perhaps taken part of his knowledge on art, Documenta, Deleuze
or Guattari, Krautrock or something else. Ola was a great addition to IMS,
and we will miss him. I have lost an inspiration and a friend and a creator
of new exciting milieus and educations; engaged in things that matter.
If some of you need to talk I am of course available - just send a mail or
call me. On February 24 11.00 there will be a memorial event at Lnu in
Växjö - more information via Medarbetare soon.
Let us take a moment to remember the wonderful smile and the charm and
intelligence of kind Ola. I hope he will rest in peace.
Jørgen
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