Teachers from the subject of Swedish contribute to other courses and programmes at Karlstad University, primarily teaching written and oral presentation skills.
We can also offer commissioned courses through Uppdrags AB, for instance in reading and writing development, rhetoric, and presentation techniques.
A new project on needs-driven research and development of methods and tools for IT-supported crisis management training was recently granted 4.8 million Swedish krona from the EU’s regional development fund Interreg.
2021-02-23
Karlstad University is working actively to develop its wood research and the research group, together with its partners, has in the last year received considerable funding from various funders to develop timber construction.
Karlstad University and researcher Johan Vessby has received a grant from the Swedish bioeconomy cluster Paper Province.
Choosing serving size packages and smaller packages is smarter for the climate. This according to a new study from CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, where the researchers have mapped food waste in Swedish households.
2019-09-25
September 27, is the last day of Global Week for Future, a global climate week organised by the school strike movement Fridays For Future. The week ends with a global climate strike where adults are invited to participate to pressure politicians to act in the ongoing climate crisis. Researcher Helén Williams will give a talk at Stora torget in Karlstad to show her support.
"It is important to me to be on site and show my commitment.
All current exchange places can be found via Karlstad University's search page. There you will find information on the exchange agreements (subject areas, degree levels, language of instruction, etc.) and important information regarding each university, as well as travel reports from previous exchange students.
A battery made from zinc and lignin that can be used over 8000 times. This has been developed by researchers at Karlstad University, Linköping University and Chalmers with a vision to provide a cheap and sustainable battery solution for countries where access to electricity is limited.
2023-12-18
I want to start by thanking all of you for doing such a fantastic job throughout the year. I hope you will have the opportunity to relax, recharge your batteries and enjoy some well-earned time off.
Last time I wrote about my first impressions of Karlstad University and how I view our development going forward.
2019-11-13
Cristian Hernandez Benet, doctoral student in Computer Science at Karlstad University, has been awarded the prize Best Paper Award at the IEEE CloudNet conference, a large international conference focused on cloud networks in Coimbra, Portugal, that took place 4-6 November.
“The most prominent cloud network researchers in the world gather for this conference, so Cristian has received this prize in keen competition.
Karlstad University houses a Clinical Training Centre (KTC), where students have the opportunity to prepare for practical placements and their future professions. As research field, Nursing rests on an academic and clinical foundation.
Sociologi
» Konferenser
» Konferens om Åldrande och migration i Sverige och Japan 11-12 maj 2022
Professional Women and Elder Care in Japan: Anxiety and the Move Toward Technocare. Professional Women and Elder Care in Japan: Anxiety and the Move Toward Technocare.
The elder population in Japan is increasing drastically, causing a number of issues that have not yet surfaced in most Western countries. Demographic data from Japan reveal that the Japanese have the longest lifespan globally, resulting in the world’s highest population of older adults.
Henrik Svensson andSerge Thill, Skövde University, presents a manuscript entitled Beyond bodily anticipation: internal simulation in social interaction (to appear in Cognitive Systems Research).
"In this presentation we present a review of internal simulation mechanisms. We contrast the roles they play in human cognition, in particular in the context of social interaction, with robotic implementations.
CS
» Research
» Seminarier
» Genomförda konferenser
Computer Science at Karlstad University is co-organizing E-Vote-ID 2017 in Bregenz, Austria. This conference is one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world. In 2016 the two previously bi-annually held conferences, EVOTE and VoteID, were merged into the annual E-VOTE-ID conference.
Forskning
» Vår forskning
» IT, ekonomi och juridik
We offer several educational programs including a four-year Programme in Business and Economics. Our research is at a high international level and a large part of the research is conducted at CTF, Service Research Center, one of the University’s Excellence Centers. We actively collaborate with the surrounding community, both in the public and private sectors.
Business administration is the science of companies’ and organizations’ conditions, terms and operations.
Geomedia
» Konferenser och evenemang
» Geomedia Speaker Series
Digital Kinematics: analysing movement and sensation in digital systems and interfaces.
This talk develops the concept of kinematics in order to analyse digital interfaces and systems. Digital kinematics focuses on how digital systems are formed of paired elements that work to enable and constrain movement, which in turn alters the kind of sensations user’s experience.
Professor, Saïd Assar, The Institute Mines – Telecom Business School
How did you come in contact with Karlstad Business School?
- I got in contact with Karlstad Business School via a former colleague and research partner, Dr Sana Skandrani, Senior Lecturer at the Information Systems department in KBS.
A selection of the most recent publications from CSR-affiliated researchers.
Political understanding of maladaptation
2020-04-21: Political theories and concepts are to an increasing degree applied as analytical tools for the negative aspects of climate adaptation (maladaptation).
John Sören Pettersson visited Günter Alce and the VR studio in Lund.
Günter Alce, PhD student at Lund University, who gave a presentation in Karlstad in the beginning of the summer about his extraordinary combination of Wizard-of-Oz technique, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality, received Professor John Sören Pettersson when he was visitng Lund on Spetember 22.
The project objective is to establish damage functions for cloudburst risk assessments based on expert knowledge. A more long-term objective is to support risk reduction and climate adaptation, with a focus on risk assessment methods for cloudburst damage.
C loudbursts and intensive rainfall causing pluvial and urban flooding have a significant (economic) damage potential and there is a demand for tools to support decisions on effective risk reduction measures.
Steam engines, electrification, and CNC – three seminal events in industrial history. These days, digitisation is putting pressure on the industry. With the new research centre called DAMI4.0, Karlstad University will be ready to meet the industry’s demands for new technology.
Noisy steam engines and welding robots have made a huge difference to industrial development.
The Politics of Automated Systems of Governing: Implications for Public Administration and Gender Equality is a research project funded by the Wallenberg Foundation's WASP-HS program.
The Politics of Automated Systems of Governing: Implications for Public Administration and Gender Equality examines the intersections between technology-driven governance, public administration dynamics, and gender equality outcomes.
The alumnus of the month is a teacher, who decided to build his career on two legs: music and history. He thinks that the principle of mastering one instrument is a universal tool applicable to just about anything.
Name: Johan Blückert
Age: 32
Family: Co-habitant and a father-to-be
Education: Teacher of music and history
Profession: Teacher at Bollnäs Folkhögskola.
Johan grew up in the small mill town Vretstorp, some Sw. miles south of Örebro.
In the Research Podcast "Forskningspodden" you will meet researchers from Karlstad University who recently presented their dissertation. Most episodes are in Swedish but on this page you can listen to the episodes that are recorded in English.
Avsnitt 131: Auditing in transitionIn this episode of Forskningspodden, we sit down with Lazarus Fotoh, researcher at Karlstad University, to talk about how technology is starting to change the way audits are done.
