Doctors 2025
At this year's Academic Celebration, 25 new doctors will be confered at Karlstad University.
Faculty of arts and social sciences
Andreas Nelson
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Psychology on 29 April 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Self-reported cognition in Exhaustion Disorder: From brain to experience”
Andrey Abadzhiev
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Business Administration on 12 December 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Managing business model innovation for sustainability transitions: Towards a theory-based typology”
Anna Nissen
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Educational Work on 27 September 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Nordic Literature Instruction”
Anna Norlén
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Psychology on 23 May 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Trauma Treatment for Young Children: Outcome and Experiences of Child–Parent Psychotherapy in Sweden”
David Regin Öborn
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Working Life Science on 18 October 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”The indeterminate position in-between: Work relations amongst university administrators”
Germaine Pointis da Conceicao Hillerström
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Law - civil law on 13 June 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Barn som ingår avtal om digitala tjänster utan föräldrars uttryckliga samtycke: En civilrättslig studie”
Jakob Olsson
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Comparative Literature on 11 October 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Sladdbarn, vuxennätverk och digitala spänningar: Digitalisering och mediestrid i barn- och ungdomslitteraturen i Sverige 2000–2019”
John-Erik Hassel
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Business Administration on 24 April 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Venture Builders: Organizing Strategic Entrepreneurship Support”
John-Eriks avhandling har titeln ”Venture Builders: Organizing Strategic Entrepreneurship Support”
Kristofer Nilsson
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Social Work on 21 March 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”I allmänhetens ögon: Om förtroende och uppfattningar gentemot socialtjänsten, samt hur dessa uppfattas och hanteras av socialsekreterare”
Lazarus Elad Fotoh
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Business Administration on 09 April 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Technologies in External Audits: Current Impacts and Future Implications”ns”
Maria Lennartsdotter
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Educational Work on 13 September 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Professionell komplexitet i svensk förskola: Pedagogers berättelser om förändrade villkor och uppdrag”
Marie Wejrum
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Educational Work on 20 September 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Läsa bredvid raderna: Högstadieelevers kritiska läsning av digitala multimodala argumenterande texter”
Martina Svensson Jordan
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Educational Work on 11 April 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Motiverande samtal som relationellt verktyg för lärare i grundskolan”
Mathilde de Goër de Herve
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Risk and Environmental Studies on 06 September 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable Development: The Role of Justice and Temporality”
Michaela Padden
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Political Science on 31 October 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Governing Surveillance: Digitalisation, data protection and democracy”
Pasko Kisić-Merino
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Political Science on 28 March 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Enjoying the Fall: The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security”
Per Göransson
defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Human Geography on 27 September 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Sveriges körgeografier: En studie av Svenska kyrkans och Sveriges körförbunds körverksamheter”
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Sofi Vedin
defended her doctoral thesis in the subject History on 01 November 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled: ”Avlönat hushållsarbete i Sverige 1890–1939: Kvinnor, klass och hierarkier i en brytningstid”
Faculty of health, science and technology
Muhammad Tahir Abbas
Defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Computer Science on 7 May 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled “Improving the Energy Efficiency of Cellular IoT Devices”
Elin Blomqvist
Defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Biology on 28 May 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled “Paving the way for evidence-based control of Garden lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) - Mowing, heat treatment, and monitoring for road verge management”
Annika Forsler
Defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Biology on 29 November 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled ”The Role of Pedagogical Content Knowledge when Teaching Sustainable Development in Science Education”
Jacqueline Hoppenreijs
Defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Biology 13 September 2024
The doctoral thesis is entitled ”Rooting for riparian vegetation: processes underlying community composition in boreal ecosystems”
Sebastian Rock
Defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Biology 23 May 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled ”Glochidiosis and behaviour”
Divya Anna Stephen
Defended her doctoral thesis in the subject Nursing Science on 11 April 2025
The doctoral thesis is entitled “Digital health technology for supporting diabetes self-care: Perspectives among adults with Type 1 diabetes”
Samuel Wairimu
Defended his doctoral thesis in the subject Computer Science on 27 November 2024
The doctoral theisis is entitled ”Privacy and Security for Digital Health: Assessing Risks and Harms to Users”