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2020-09-28
For the second year in a row, Ikea is ranked as Sweden's most innovative company. This, according to the Swedish Innovation Index, where researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, have asked customers to evaluate the degree of innovation in companies and organizations in the Swedish market.
2020-09-28
With the inaugural lecture “Community journalism in the coronavirus pandemic: The importance of places and platforms in covering local news”, Karin Wahl-Jörgensen begins her one-year tenure as Ander Visiting Professor of Geomedia studies at Karlstad University. Karin Wahl-Jörgensen is Professor of Media Studies at Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and her lecture is based on a project where she has conducted in-depth interviews with British local
2020-09-28
With the inaugural lecture “Community journalism in the coronavirus pandemic: The importance of places and platforms in covering local news”, Karin Wahl-Jörgensen begins her one-year tenure as Ander Visiting Professor of Geomedia studies at Karlstad University. Karin Wahl-Jörgensen is Professor of Media Studies at Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, and her lecture is based on a project where she has conducted in-depth interviews with British local
2020-09-25
We are happy to welcome Mia Larson - Associate Professor of Business Administration at Karlstad Business School. She will be placed at CTF, Service Research Center, where she will, among other things, be involved in the research project Trust and Empowerment in Digital Services. Mia Larson most recently worked at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies at Lund University.
2020-09-25
We are happy to welcome Mia Larson - Associate Professor of Business Administration at Karlstad Business School. She will be placed at CTF, Service Research Center, where she will, among other things, be involved in the research project Trust and Empowerment in Digital Services. Mia Larson most recently worked at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies at Lund University.
2020-09-25
We are happy to welcome Mia Larson - Associate Professor of Business Administration at Karlstad Business School. She will be placed at CTF, Service Research Center, where she will, among other things, be involved in the research project Trust and Empowerment in Digital Services. Mia Larson most recently worked at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies at Lund University.
2020-09-18
Read our latest CTF blog, by Kaisa Koskela-Huotari and Josina Vink. The understanding of service design has been gradually extended over the past 35 years. Over these decades, there has been a shift from thinking about service design as an expert-driven process focused on developing new service concepts to service design as a process of co-design that creates the conditions for value-in-use.
2020-09-18
Read our latest CTF blog, by Kaisa Koskela-Huotari and Josina Vink. The understanding of service design has been gradually extended over the past 35 years. Over these decades, there has been a shift from thinking about service design as an expert-driven process focused on developing new service concepts to service design as a process of co-design that creates the conditions for value-in-use.
2020-09-18
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is considered one of the most observed university rankings in the world. Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University received an impressive ranking position in the span 76–100. This type of list serves as a source for prospective students and people applying for jobs at universities.
2020-09-18
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is considered one of the most observed university rankings in the world. Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University received an impressive ranking position in the span 76–100. This type of list serves as a source for prospective students and people applying for jobs at universities.
2020-09-07
School has started and maybe this year more parents may let their children walk or ride a bike to and from school due to the corona pandemic. Despite the reason, it is a positive development, says Jessica Westman Trischler at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
2020-09-07
School has started and maybe this year more parents may let their children walk or ride a bike to and from school due to the corona pandemic. Despite the reason, it is a positive development, says Jessica Westman Trischler at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
2020-09-04
Times Higher Education World University Rankings is considered one of the most observed university rankings in the world. Karlstad University ranks in the span 801-1000, which is the same as last year. This year, the ranking includes just over 1,500 universities in 93 countries and it is the largest and most varied university ranking ever conducted.
2020-09-01
…..You are one of the researchers in DISCERN, what is the project about and what are you working on right now? "The goal of the sub project that I am head of, is to create an increased understanding of customer behavior in stores and to investigate how digitalization (Internet of things) can have a positive impact on the customer experience.
2020-09-01
…..You are one of the researchers in DISCERN, what is the project about and what are you working on right now? "The goal of the sub project that I am head of, is to create an increased understanding of customer behavior in stores and to investigate how digitalization (Internet of things) can have a positive impact on the customer experience.
2020-08-27
Collaboration with the business community is important for many of the research projects in Computer Science involved in the creation of future high-tech solutions.
2020-08-27
Collaboration with the business community is important for many of the research projects in Computer Science involved in the creation of future high-tech solutions.
2020-08-26
Helén Williams and Fredrik Wikström at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, conduct research about the role of packaging in reducing food waste. Research that has led to a nomination at “Dagligvarugalan 2020, for their contributions to the grocery retail industry, as one of three finalists in the category "Sustainability Initiative of the Year".