News archive

2025-04-29
Mia Larson, professor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, and Cecilia Cassinger, senior lecturer at Lund University, recently published the article “Platform Stories: The Role of Ideological Narratives in the Development of a Tourism Sharing Business Model”. Mia Larson, tell us what your article is about – It is about how an entrepreneur in adventure tourism creates a new digital sharing platform.
2025-04-29
Mia Larson, professor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, and Cecilia Cassinger, senior lecturer at Lund University, recently published the article “Platform Stories: The Role of Ideological Narratives in the Development of a Tourism Sharing Business Model”. Mia Larson, tell us what your article is about – It is about how an entrepreneur in adventure tourism creates a new digital sharing platform.
2025-04-29
Together with 32 business schools from across the Nordic region, Karlstad Business School has submitted a joint statement to the accreditation body AACSB in response to its recent update to the guiding principles and interpretive guidance for AACSB’s Business Accreditation Standards. Education and research should always remain independent of political pressures and uphold the principle of academic freedom for all.
2025-04-29
Together with 32 business schools from across the Nordic region, Karlstad Business School has submitted a joint statement to the accreditation body AACSB in response to its recent update to the guiding principles and interpretive guidance for AACSB’s Business Accreditation Standards. Education and research should always remain independent of political pressures and uphold the principle of academic freedom for all.
2025-04-25
(Updated 16 May) Karlstad Municipality is rebuilding bus stops at Kronoparken, starting in May. During the work, there will be limited access to the streets. At the university, Sommargatan is closed to car traffic.
2025-04-24
Researchers from Karlstad University explored how generative AI search engines, such as Microsoft Copilot, are transforming political news retrieval - and with it, the global flow of information. The study "Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages" was published in the journal Telecommunications Policy and is co-authored by Professor Cornelia Bra
2025-04-24
Researchers from Karlstad University explored how generative AI search engines, such as Microsoft Copilot, are transforming political news retrieval - and with it, the global flow of information. The study "Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages" was published in the journal Telecommunications Policy and is co-authored by Professor Cornelia Bra
2025-04-23
Lazarus Fotoh, newly graduated doctor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, tell us what you have done in your research. – Considering that the impact of technology on auditing is still unclear, my research explores and helps improve our understanding of how both advanced and less advanced technologies are changing audits and the way they are carried out.
2025-04-23
Lazarus Fotoh, newly graduated doctor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, tell us what you have done in your research. – Considering that the impact of technology on auditing is still unclear, my research explores and helps improve our understanding of how both advanced and less advanced technologies are changing audits and the way they are carried out.
2025-04-17
Peter Wikström, docent in English at Karlstad University, is working together with Geomedia to develop project applications in collaboration with Embracer Games Archive in Karlstad. – The project focuses on material objects related to historical video games, such as covers, packaging, manuals and the design of discs and cartridges. – The approach we are using in the research project is multimodal discourse analysis, says Peter Wikström.
2025-04-17
Peter Wikström, docent in English at Karlstad University, is working together with Geomedia to develop project applications in collaboration with Embracer Games Archive in Karlstad. – The project focuses on material objects related to historical video games, such as covers, packaging, manuals and the design of discs and cartridges. – The approach we are using in the research project is multimodal discourse analysis, says Peter Wikström.
2025-04-14
Over two days, the industrial graduate school Exact held its spring meeting, focusing on collaboration and development opportunities as well as career planning for doctoral students. – It has been two days filled with fascinating presentations from our doctoral students and many fruitful discussions about the graduate school’s collaboration and development opportunities, says Jörgen Samuelsson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School.
2025-04-14
Over two days, the industrial graduate school Exact held its spring meeting, focusing on collaboration and development opportunities as well as career planning for doctoral students. – It has been two days filled with fascinating presentations from our doctoral students and many fruitful discussions about the graduate school’s collaboration and development opportunities, says Jörgen Samuelsson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School.
2025-04-14
Following last year’s success, the race Kausläppet has now become something of a tradition as part of the Walpurgis Night (Valborg) celebrations at Karlstad University. Last year, close to 100 people took part in the race. – We are hoping for at least 200 this year, says Felix Edrud. He and Ebba Pettersson are in their second year of the Sports and Health Coaching Programme.
2025-04-14
Language teacher Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad was appointed honorary doctor at the Teacher Education, Karlstad University in 2017. She has also served as a guest professor in the research groups ROSE, Research on Subject-specific Education and CSL, Center for Language and Literature Education.
2025-04-14
Language teacher Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad was appointed honorary doctor at the Teacher Education, Karlstad University in 2017. She has also served as a guest professor in the research groups ROSE, Research on Subject-specific Education and CSL, Center for Language and Literature Education.