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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences is the university's largest faculty with more than 600 employees and doctoral students, who educate and meet more than 13,000 students. The faculty's activities are organized into seven departments for education and research, which include the School of Business and the Ingesund Academy of Music. In addition, there are several research centers, forums, institutes and research groups.

Karlstad Business School

Department of Artistic Studies

Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies

Department of Social and Psychological Studies

Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies

Department of Geography, Media and Communication

Department of Educational Studies

Karlstad Business School

Karlstad Business School has degrees in business administration, economics, law, informatics, work science, project management and statistics. The School of Business, Economics and Law runs nine programs at the undergraduate level and ten programs at the advanced level. There is a close collaboration with working life and an international exchange. Research is also conducted within the subjects and within the Center for Service Research, CTF.

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Ingesund School of Music

Ingesund School of Music is located on Karlstad University's second campus in Arvika. At Ingesund School of Music music teachers, musicians and music producers are trained in the beautiful environment of Kyrkviken. Ingesund School of Music is also Värmland's largest concert organizer.

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Research

The faculty's largest research groups are CTF, Service Research Center, Geomedia, Kufo, the Research Group for Cultural Studies and Rose, Research on Subject-specific Education. Research is also conducted in several research groups and multidisciplinary networks as well as in each subject.

The Center for Social Science Didactics (CSD)

The Centre for Research on the Mental Health and Life Circumstances of Children and Youth, CBU

Centre for Research on Sustainable Societal Transformation

Societal risk research, CSR

Centre for gender studies

Centrum för språk- och litteraturdidaktik, CSL

Service Research Center, CTF

Fora for accounting and control 

FOU Välfärd Värmland

Strong research environment

The Research Group for Culture Studies

Node, The Ander Centre for Research on News and Opinion in the Digital Era

ROSE, Research on Subject-specific education

Utbildningsvetenskapliga studier av barn och barndom (UBB)

Contact

Dean of Faculty Martin Grimberg Löfgren
Phone: + 46 54 - 700 19 75
E--mail: martin.lofgren@kau.se

Deputy Dean of Faculty Liselotte Englund
Phone: + 46 54 - 700 13 42
E--mail: liselotte.englund@kau.se

Head of Administration Sara Hidén
Phone: + 46 54 - 700 20 90
E--mail: sara.hiden@kau.se

Communication officer Linda Fridberg
Phone: + 46 54 - 700 15 55
E-mail: linda.fridberg@kau.se

 

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Ingesund School of Music

In a beautiful environment, near Arvika center, you find Ingesund Academy of Music (MHI), one of two campuses of Karlstad University.

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Karlstad Business School

Karlstad Business School comprises seven subjects with an interest in economics and business from different perspectives.

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Humtank

Humtank is a think tank for the humanities resulting from an unparalleled collaboration between a dozen Swedish universities.

Author: Linda Fridberg
Last update: 2025-01-07
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