Per-Ola Wiklander, Senior Lecturer in Public Law and Programme Director at Karlstad Business School, is pleased with the development of the law programme. And the students find jobs right away.
- I have been involved from the start as a teacher and I took on the role of programme director 2.5 years ago. It has been quite a bit of development work, as a degree in law is very comprehensive. Our students have been both ambitious and capable, however.
2019-06-20
Karlstad University and its partners in the private sector have received funding from the Knowledge Foundation for two research projects, TRUEdig and AMHiPP. TRUEdig investigates how businesses that develop privacy-enhancing services also can increase users’ security and sense of empowerment. AMHiPP will develop the microstructure of different materials to ensure maximal strength and sustainability.
Musikhögskolan Ingesund
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Applicants to composition are required to partake in an entrance test meeting the jury online, as well as submitting 2-4 work samples (compositions) according to the instructions below.
Test componentsYou will be asked to submit 2-4 work samples of your compositions. The work samples can be from any genre but should show skills in notation and instrumentation.
You work mostly within the research profile HITS (High Quality Networked Services in a Mobile World). What is your part within the research profile?
“The overall goal for the HITS, High Quality Networked Services in a Mobile World, research profile is to contribute to the development of high quality networked services for a mobile world through world-class research and industrial collaboration.
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.
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Fredrik CarlssonInternational CoordinatorResponsible for staff exchange, Minor Field Studies and international studentsTel: +46 (0)54 700 2376Sara LemieuxInternational CoordinatorResponsible for incoming student exchange and international studentsTel: +46 (0)70 775 89 70Candida MacKenzieInternational CoordinatorResponsible for agreements outside the EU, double degrees and Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility programmeTel: +46 (0)54 700 1863Maria NilssonInternational Strategic CoordinatorCoordi
Samhällsnytta turns service research into practical activity. The idea is to help the government and Swedish authorities tackle major societal challenges.
Samhällsnytta AB was founded in 2021 and has developed into a national meeting place for actors at various levels in community building.
- What was once just an idea has become a reality, says Johan Quist, CEO of Samhällsnytta, researcher and deputy director of the Center for Service Research (CTF).
2017-05-17
Professor Remigijus Gustas and Assistant Professor Prima Gustiene from the Information Systems department at Karlstad Business School were awarded “Best Paper” at the 6th BMSD International Symposium of Business Modeling and Software Design, held in Rhodes, Greece, June 20-22, 2016.
Now, an extended version of their paper “Principles of Semantically Integrated Conceptual Modelling Method” appears as the first chapter of eleven “selected papers” in a Springer LNBIP volume
Martina Jordan
This is a PhD project which focus on the implementation and application of Motivational interviewing in schools. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative communication style used to promote individuals’ own motivation and self-efficacy. In seeking to develop and strengthen teachers’ relational approaches and knowledge, and to support pupils’ motivation, interest in applying MI in schools has increased.
CSR
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» Kvantitativa beslutsmodeller för riskreduktion - genomförbarhet, objektivitet och transparens
The last two weeks the Centre for Climate and Safety at Karlstad University has been visited by two experts on natural disaster modeling from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA.
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Samverkan
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» Innovationssamverkan
Society faces great challenges and meeting those challenges requires research, innovation and collaboration. This is where we come in. Four universities – one innovation office. This creates a breadth of ideas and skills that makes Innovation Office Fyrklövern unique.
YOU DO NOT SOLVE SOCIAL CHALLENGES ALONE - WE DO IT TOGETHERFyrklövern has established itself as one of Sweden’s leading innovation offices.
Since 2016, a partnership, called MIRAI, has been in operation between Swedish and Japanese universities. Next year marks the start of a new period for the MIRAI partnership with more Swedish and Japanese universities involved in research, education and innovation collaboration.
2018-10-02
Starting in January 2019, the online course "Idea Management" will give you a review of idea management practices, and teach you how to manage the generation, refinement, and assessment of ideas for both product and service innovations.
Idea Management (6 ECTS credits) is a web-based course at master’s level developed for professionals working with or having an interest in service, customer experiences and business development.
2025-10-30
Crispin Thurlow, Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Bern, Switzerland, is the new Ander Visiting Professor at Centre for Geomedia Studies.
Crispin, tell us about your background
– In addition to my main professorship at Bern, I’m affiliate professor in our Centre for the Study of Language and Society (CSLS) and in the Centre for Diversity Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
2017-06-29
The QUIS symposium is held every other year and attracts around 250 leading researchers and executives from all over the world. In 2019, QUIS will return to where it all started back in 1988 when the first QUIS symposium took place. Welcome to the city of sun, Karlstad, Sweden!
Since 1988, the QUIS symposium brings together the best interdisciplinary academic research and management practice in a forum to advance the study of service as a field.
Socialt arbete
» Forskning
» Kritiska välfärdsstudier
The "forgotten" asylum seekers from Afghanistan
– A study on inclusion and exclusion processes affecting young Hazara refugees in Sweden.
This project is a collaboration between Martin Joormann (Associate Professor in Social Work at KAU) and Anna Lundberg (Professor in Sociology of Law at LU). The project aims to conduct a joint analysis of previously collected data, supplement it with additional data in the form of public documentation, and publish a scientific article.
The conference Cellulose Workshop, an international workshop focused on cellulose research, has been organised for the eleventh time. The 11th Workshop on Cellulose, Regenerated Cellulose, and Cellulose Derivatives gathered participants from 10 countries to learn about the latest research findings in the field.
– I had the pleasure of organising the 11th Cellulose Workshop at Karlstad University.
Writing tutors answer short questions about your text and in-text citations. They can also tell you about how the library’s writing centre can help you with your academic English during term.
By playing the role of national cyber security experts, doctoral students from Karlstad University won Cyber Challenge 2017, organised by the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish Defence University and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB).
2019-11-04
Did you know that it is possible to use mathematical models to calculate how best to repair a broken blood vessel? And that it is possible to find out what tire groove gives the best grip on wintry roads?
Applicants to main instrument or vocals in the folk music genre are required to partake in the local entrance test (L-test) by submitting videos of themselves playing/singing according to the instructions below.
The specialisation in folk music at Ingsund focuses on Swedish and Nordic folk music, but also invites international perspectives and music from other countries and cultures, as well as diving deep into the local folk music traditions of Värmland.TEST COMPONENTST
Contextual Behavioural Science (CBS) is a systematic and pragmatic approach to understanding behaviour, solving human problems, and promoting human growth and development. It uses functional principles and theories to analyse and influence actions through their context.
Musikhögskolan Ingesund
» Utbildning
» Kurser
» Musik 60 hp
» Om kursen
Applicants to ensemble leading/conducting are required to partake in an entrance test meeting the jury online, as well as submitting work samples (videos) according to the instructions below.
Test componentsChoose between the following ensemble types and pieces of music:Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Instrumental ensemble). Mozart, W.A.
