Research

New EU project on circular economy

By developing advanced purification and fractionation processes, the goal is to maximize resource efficiency by reusing 100 percent of the wood

Rocket science for real with solar cell studies

The sounding rocket SubOrbital Express-4 which was launched from the Esrange Space Center outside Kiruna contained an experiment module from Karlstad University.

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New book: Service Innovation and Management

15 years of research is gathered in the book titled Service Innovation and Management.

Honoured for research in separation science

Professor of Analytical Chemistry Torgny Fornstedt received the J. F. K. Huber Lecture Award at the International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC 2024) in Liverpool in October. The award was given for ‘highly recognised contributions to the fundamental understanding of adsorption chromatography’.

Materials research for the future

Materials research group has a long tradition with strong external funding and close collaboration with the industrial and regional actors.

Awarded conference paper on collaborative robotics

At an conference in Tunisia, our visiting PhD student José Pablo De la Rosa Gutiérrez won an award for his presentation on robotics programming.

Björn Sjöstrand docent in Chemical Engineering

Research for increased recycling

Researchers at Karlstad University have started a 3-year project focusing on greener manufacturing and increased recycling of forest-based materials.

Research team tests new circular fertilizer for plants and woodland

The research project is about testing a new type of forest fertilizer, based on nutrient-rich industrial residues from pulp and paper mills. This closes the circle by making use of residual products and returning nutrients to growing plants and woodland.