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2015-03-03
On March 9 we will start our open networked learning course Making Sense of Service Logic. The aim of the course is to introduce central concepts of service research, by applying them to different business and organizational contexts.
2015-03-02
Researchers at CTF are currently testing Oculus Rift in CTF Consumer Lab. Oculus Rift is a technique used in the gaming world to maximize the game experience. Through special glasses the user can see different scenarios and the experience becomes more real, like being in the middle of a 3D movie. - Within our consumer research we are conducting studies both in our lab and on-site in stores.
2015-03-02
Researchers at CTF are currently testing Oculus Rift in CTF Consumer Lab. Oculus Rift is a technique used in the gaming world to maximize the game experience. Through special glasses the user can see different scenarios and the experience becomes more real, like being in the middle of a 3D movie. - Within our consumer research we are conducting studies both in our lab and on-site in stores.
2015-02-24

One moment Jenny Karlsson...

News » 2015-02-24
Ph. D student in Business Administration, how are your doctoral studies coming along? - It is going well, thank you! My main focus is primarily on employee involvement in service innovation, but  from April last year I have also participated in the project “User-Oriented Innovation in primary care through innovation teams”. The aim of the project is to improve patients’ well-being as well as raise the level of innovation and reduce costs in primary care.
2015-02-24

One moment Jenny Karlsson...

News » 2015-02-24
Ph. D student in Business Administration, how are your doctoral studies coming along? - It is going well, thank you! My main focus is primarily on employee involvement in service innovation, but  from April last year I have also participated in the project “User-Oriented Innovation in primary care through innovation teams”. The aim of the project is to improve patients’ well-being as well as raise the level of innovation and reduce costs in primary care.
2015-02-20
After giving a speech on “Human Aspects of Security” at the Computer Science department in the morning of February 20th, 2015, Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer visited the usability lab to exchange experiences of usability experiments. Malin Wik demonstrated the Ozlab system.    
2015-02-20
After giving a speech on “Human Aspects of Security” at the Computer Science department in the morning of February 20th, 2015, Prof. Dr. Melanie Volkamer visited the usability lab to exchange experiences of usability experiments. Malin Wik demonstrated the Ozlab system.    
2015-02-20

SnITs spring activity 10 Mars

News » 2015-02-20
For those of you who are not familiar with what spring activity means it's broadly that companies invite you students to a study visit. where they can talk about who they are, what they do, etc. Then we gather all at the Tables to eat, mingle and play billiards. The evening will look like this: 17:00 to 18:30 Info at the companies 18:45 to 19:00 Collection at the Tables 19:00 to 20:00 Food and table socializing 21:00 to 22:00 Billiards 22:00 onwards.
2015-02-20
Roughly 50 students and professionals in the IT industry met at this year's kick-off meeting for the mentoring program on 19 February. Expectations in the air among both novices as mentors.   Katarina Groth, a teacher of informatics, holding this year's mentoring program. She informed about the framework and gave tips for a successful mentor-mentee relationship. - Being a mentor is to be an interested and good listener and be open to sharing their experiences.
2015-02-18
Researchers from örebro university held seminar and visited the lab. Achim Lilienthal and Martin Magnusson from Mobile Robotics and Olfaction Lab, örebro University, presented the research group and ongoing projects, including a just granted KK project: http://www.oru.se/Nyheter/Forskningsnyheter/Forskningsnyhet/Manniskans-interaktion-med-autonoma-robotar/ (in Swedish)       Afterwards John Sören Pettersson and Malin Wik showed them the user laboratory and the webbased O
2015-02-18
Researchers from örebro university held seminar and visited the lab. Achim Lilienthal and Martin Magnusson from Mobile Robotics and Olfaction Lab, örebro University, presented the research group and ongoing projects, including a just granted KK project: http://www.oru.se/Nyheter/Forskningsnyheter/Forskningsnyhet/Manniskans-interaktion-med-autonoma-robotar/ (in Swedish)       Afterwards John Sören Pettersson and Malin Wik showed them the user laboratory and the webbased O
2015-02-18
Researchers from örebro university held seminar and visited the lab. Achim Lilienthal and Martin Magnusson from Mobile Robotics and Olfaction Lab, örebro University, presented the research group and ongoing projects, including a just granted KK project: http://www.oru.se/Nyheter/Forskningsnyheter/Forskningsnyhet/Manniskans-interaktion-med-autonoma-robotar/ (in Swedish) The whole news.
2015-02-16

Håkan Frisinger Award 2014

News » 2015-02-16
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awarded its 2014 scholarship to Professor Margareta Friman at Karlstad University. Margareta Friman will receive the scholarship of SEK 250,000 for combining behavioral science with transportation research, and thus has increased understanding of the factors that influence the decisions and choices of transport people make. The scholarship will be awarded by the Håkan Frisinger Foundation at a seminar held on Apri
2015-02-16

Håkan Frisinger Award 2014

News » 2015-02-16
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awarded its 2014 scholarship to Professor Margareta Friman at Karlstad University. Margareta Friman will receive the scholarship of SEK 250,000 for combining behavioral science with transportation research, and thus has increased understanding of the factors that influence the decisions and choices of transport people make. The scholarship will be awarded by the Håkan Frisinger Foundation at a seminar held on Apri
2015-02-12
Communication Source replaces Communication & Mass media complete Communication Source was developed from a merger of "Communication & Mass Media Complete" and "Communication Abstracts". Communication Source offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies and other fields relevant to the discipline. Search in Co
2015-02-12
Communication Source replaces Communication & Mass media complete Communication Source was developed from a merger of "Communication & Mass Media Complete" and "Communication Abstracts". Communication Source offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies and other fields relevant to the discipline. Search in Co
2015-02-03

Welcome Kaisa!

News » 2015-02-03
We welcome Kaisa Koskela-Huotari, new Ph D Student in Business Administration at CTF. Kaisa will conduct her studies in the field of Transformative Service Research. Her main supervisor is Professor Per Skålén.
2015-02-03

Welcome Kaisa!

News » 2015-02-03
We welcome Kaisa Koskela-Huotari, new Ph D Student in Business Administration at CTF. Kaisa will conduct her studies in the field of Transformative Service Research. Her main supervisor is Professor Per Skålén.