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2025-02-10
New Research Project Focusing on Innovation for Sustainable Societal Transitions
A new research project at the Centre for Service Research (CTF) at Karlstad University explores how innovation policy can be improved to address societal challenges and the transition to more sustainable societies.
"We will explore how innovation commons can be integrated into the design of transformative innovation policy as a governance mechanism to address complex societal challenges and support societal transitions in line with Agenda 2030," says project leader Jakob Trischler, Associate Professor of Business Administration at CTF.
The interdisciplinary research project is conducted in collaboration with the Compare Foundation.
Knowledge for Designing Transformative Innovation Policy
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2025-02-07
International collaboration project to promote digital health solutions in the North Sea region
Karlstad University is one of the participants in DigiH4A (Digital Health for All), an EU-funded project that will address systemic healthcare challenges on an international scale. The objective is to accelerate the digital transformation of healthcare systems and provide citizens with better access to cutting-edge digital health solutions.
Launched in October 2024 and funded by the European Union through the Interreg North Sea programme, the project gathers academic institutions, health authorities and innovation actors to drive the adoption of digital health solutions across the North Sea region.
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2025-02-03
Hello there Olle Bäcklund, PhD student in Business Administration
Olle, could you tell us about your background before joining Karlstad Business School and the Service Research Center (CTF)?
– I have a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlstad Business School, where I studied the master's program in Innovation and Service Development. During my time at Karlstad Business School, I also taught mathematics to first-year students, which was both fun and educational. I have also been an exchange student in Austria, which gave me perspectives on education and research in an international context.
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2025-02-03
Hello there Henryk Stawicki, PhD student in Business Administration
Henryk, could you briefly tell us about your background before joining Karlstad Business School and the Service Research Center (CTF)?
– I have over 20 years of work experience from Lodz in Poland, New York, Stockholm, and London, with over ten years dedicated to service design. For eight years, I led Change Pilots, a Polish consulting firm described as a "Provider of Positive Change in Business" in the report Positive Impact Startups (Kozminski, 2021).
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2025-01-27
System hosting – a way to manage complex challenges with many stakeholders
Many important issues, such as climate change, social welfare issues and social and spatial planning, often fall through the cracks between different sectors and stakeholders. This can lead to a lack shared responsibility and important issues being left unresolved. What if there was a way to drive important issues forward and find solutions?
Martin Fransson at Karlstads universitet Samhällsnytta AB and researcher at the Service Research Center is the author behind the report “Värdskap för ledning av ägarlösa tjänstesystem” (Hosting for the management of ownerless service systems), which addresses how to manage major issues that often fall between the responsibilities of different actors. The report is based on insights from the project “Systemdesign i samverkan” (System design in collaboration), financed by the Swedish Transport Administration.
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2025-01-21
Research project to encourage companies and customers to work together to create a more sustainable value chain
Traditionally, the concept of “customer” refers to someone who buys something – but in a modern context, it includes all actors who create value together for each other. In the Interreg project Interregional Circularity in Central Scandinavia, researchers at Karlstad University want to broaden the perspective by also exploring circularity as collaborative value creation.
In service research, services are perceived as relationships rather than just a matter of transactions. By understanding and meeting customer needs, companies can create value in a more resource-efficient way. However, this requires more interactive relationships with customers who are looking for more than just products.