Nowadays, actors in the hospitality industry can be found online, which changes the conditions for how the industry communicates with visitors, the way marketing, travel planning and bookings take place, as well as the visitors’ experience on site. What new opportunities can new digital solutions offer the hospitality industry?
Mathematicians are able to work with many different things in a variety of industries. Professionally they are seldom called mathematicians, their job titles include analyst, actuary, programmer, researcher, manager, project manager, teacher, or IT specialist
Mathematicians use mathematics to solve problems, and their skills are prized in everything ranging from from industrial optimisation to risk calculation for insurance companies.
Hanna Enefalk is a senior lecturer at Karlstad University, specialising in 19th-century cultural history in Scandinavia. She has studied e.g. nationalism, drinking habits and gender relations. Enefalk has also published works about church history and 19th-century chapbooks.
Within the Drive project in computer science, the new satellite-based internet service Starlink is currently being tested.
Starlink, developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX, offers reliable internet connectivity in areas with limited infrastructure.
2021-06-08
Knowing how long stored carbon dioxide stays in the ground or how the groundwater flows below the ground surface are difficult questions to answer. Mathematical calculations often become so complicated that computers cannot handle them.
This kind of research began in the 1970s when oil and gas were to be extracted in the North Atlantic.
2023-03-30
Cows grazing on a green field under a blue sky. Healthy pigs rooting around in the mud. Chickens in the springtime sunshine. We are surrounded by romanticised images and stories of animals raised for food. But it is both difficult and complicated to ensure ethical animal husbandry within the financial and practical confines of reality. In her doctoral thesis, “How do animals become food?
2024-04-15
In the dynamic landscape of service ecosystems, smart technologies play a pivotal role in redefining service practices. By integrating advanced capabilities, these technologies streamline service provision and enrich service experiences through value co-creation.
2017-05-29
On December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire as a protest against the autocratic regimes in his Arab country. Bouazizi’s act was captured on film and quickly spread throughout the world. The images and film clips of Bouazizi triggered protests and demonstrations against regimes in other Arab countries. Bouazizi set in motion an uprising against Arab regimes that is known as the Arab Spring.
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Until further notice, seminars and workshops will be in Zoom unless otherwise advertised.
This conference provides a forum for enthusiasts in Mobile Communication Technologies for Development (M4D) to share experiences of innovation and working with mobile technologies in development contexts.
The inaugural conference was held in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008.
2018-06-18
With the emergence of firms such as Spotify, Uber and Airbnb, the markets related to music, travel and accommodation have lately been under dramatic changes.
2018-05-20
… you have defended your doctoral thesis: “Self-tracking, datafication and the biopolitical prosumption of life”. What is your thesis about?
- The thesis focuses on and examines the popular consumption phenomenon of self-tracking, which allows and enables consumers to track, quantify and datafy diverse facets of their lives.
CTF
» Forskning
» Forskning vid CTF
» Våra forskningsprojekt
Funded by Vinnova and Knowledge FoundationRe Value (Vinnova)Innopath (Vinnova)Bruksort 2.0 (Vinnova)ISE, Improving value creation through service education (Knowledge Foundation)Climate Neutral Rural Logistics (Vinnova)Smart & Safe (Vinnova)Digitalwell Arena (Vinnova)Vinnväxt Paper Province 2.0 (Vinnova)EU-project and other fundersInterregional Circularity in Central Scandinavia (Interreg Sverige-Norge and Glava Energy Center)Process orientation in a changing environ
Creative Commons licenses are a possibility for you, as a creator of an original work, to define the copyright of your work, making it more shareable. In this workshop librarians Sandra Nelson och Mas Karin Gustafsson explain the licensing elements and how it is possible to combine them. They will also guide you through how you might be able to use Creative Commons licenses for your work.Where? The Learning lab, Karlstad University Library (floor 3) and ZoomWhen? Tuesday March 4 kl.
2023-03-23
I have just returned from Madrid, where I attended a large international gathering with a focus on customer-driven innovation. The event was organised by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and researchers from all over the world attended.
HHK
» Samverkan
» Samverkan vid HHK
» Alumn och partners
» Interviews with alumni
Thea Sterner, what programme are you studying at Karlstad Business School?
- Human Resource Management and Working Life, semester five. I start semester six in the spring.
You have chosen to study a semester abroad - where?
- In the city of Wollongong (UOW) located south of Sydney in Australia.
Bibliotek
» Forskarstöd
» Kurser och stöd
» Kurser för forskare
The course Information retrieval and publishing strategies 3ECTS is catered for PhD students who are in the beginning of their research career, and want to learn more about information seeking for research purposes, reference management, copyright issues, open access and publishing strategies.
Prerequisites: Admitted to PhD studies at Karlstad UniversityMaximum number of participants: 24.
My research area is about social and gender aspects of community planning. I want to understand how (national) political policies leads to practical activities, and how this is accepted and experienced by the ones affected by the arrangements. This also includes trying to understand how to work locally for a social sustainable development.
Read more about Lena here!
Publications:
Grip, L.
The subject Sports Science collaborates with several universities around the world where we have well established contacts in both teaching and research.
Sports Science operates a researcher exchange programme with Michigan State University, University of Utah, Plymouth University, and Victoria University, among others, and has research connections with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
CS
» Research
» Forskningsområden
» DATAKOMMUNIKATION (DISCO)
» Projekt
The project DRIVE (Data-driven latency-sensitive mobile services for a digitalised society) looks at how mobile services can be applied in the most optimised and energy-efficient way possible.
The overall goal of DRIVE is to conduct world-leading research and education within the field of data-driven latency-sensitive mobile services for future mobile networks, as well as contributing to sustainable digitalisation of society.
