Researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, have been granted funding from the research council Formas, to plan and further develop the project "Social dimensions in urban and regional planning: the importance of perceived accessibility".
The researchers will, in close collaboration with urban and regional planners and practitioners, develop a joint project about everyday travel and perceived accessibility.
2024-08-09
Karlstad University offers assistance to students with documented special needs in order for you to complete your studies successfully.
If you have special needs, such as mentoring, note taking, sign-language interpretation, please highlight this in your application. If you have any questions at any time during the application process, contact us.
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Karlstad University offers assistance to students with documented special needs in order for you to complete your studies successfully.
If you have special needs, such as mentoring, note taking, sign-language interpretation, please highlight this in your application. If you have any questions at any time during the application process, contact us.
Read more about special needs support
At the IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization 2020, Michel Gokan Khan, doctoral student at the Department to Computer Science, together with Prof. Javid Taheri, Dr. Mohammad Ali Khoshkholghi and Prof.
2025-02-10
A new research project at the Centre for Service Research (CTF) at Karlstad University explores how innovation policy can be improved to address societal challenges and the transition to more sustainable societies.
"We will explore how innovation commons can be integrated into the design of transformative innovation policy as a governance mechanism to address complex societal challenges and support societal transitions in line with Agenda 2030," says project leader Jakob
CSR
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» Kvantitativa beslutsmodeller för riskreduktion - genomförbarhet, objektivitet och transparens
The Centre for Climate and Safety, CCS, at Karlstad University invited to a seminar day on the 4th of September on the theme Modelling of societal exposure and vulnerability connected to natural hazards.
Computer Science at Karlstad University has successfully recruited a new professor to its excellence research on data security and privacy. Melanie Volkamer works on human factors in security and privacy.
- Often it looks like security contradicts usability. That is, the more secure it is, the less usable it is.
2020-04-23
There is a great lack of knowledge among professionals within most government authorities in charge of issues relating honour violence in Sweden.
2013-01-21
Karlstad University Library has acquired access to the IBFD Tax Research Platform.
International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) is a pre-eminent, independent, non-profit foundation that promotes and disseminates the understanding of cross-border taxation at the highest level.
The IBFD Tax Research Platform is the front-end access to all IBFD products which allows you to view all information related to your subscriptions at once.
HISTORY OF CGF
Transformative Terrains - 2015 ongoing. In the last 30-40 years, the Swedish, Nordic and international gender research, has developed into a new field of knowledge. From its fledgling beginnings in the 1960 - and the 70's gender research currently sets challenging questions that demand urgent responses.
In your role as an external expert, your commitment and expertise are crucial for our efforts to create strong research environments. Your assessments affect our direction, our decisions, and who we welcome as new members of our teams. Hence, the role of the external expert is central to our continued success and development.
Below, you will find the information needed to carry out your assignment. Please do not hesitate to contact the HR specialist if you have any questions.
Akademisk högtid
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» Akademisk högtid 2023
» Professorer 2023
Bestoun S. Ahmed Al-Beywanee is originally from Iraq and was born in 1982. He has a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Science from 2004 and got a scholarship to finish his master's study at University Putra Malaysia 2007-2009.
After his master degree Bestoun S. Ahmed Al-Beywanee moved on to a Ph.D. fellowship position at the University of Science Malaysia (2009-2012) in the field of Software engineering.
Vinnova, Formas and the Swedish Energy Agency say yes to funding for SustainGov, where Samhällsnytta at Karlstad University is one of the partners.
The decision means that SustainGov is granted around SEK 11 million in government funding per year for running the programme, which is intended to help the public sector do the right things.
– It is important for Karlstad University that we get to be a part of this long-term and strategic initiative, says Johan Quist, Managin
Doctoral programme in Comparative Literature at Karlstad University.
Comparative literature in Karlstad centres on different forms of transgression in terms of theme, content, and interdisciplinarity. At the moment four doctoral students are working in the discipline, and together they cover a wide range of topics: from poetry and narratology to subject-specific teaching and learning.
Exchange ambassadors are students from Karlstad University who have been on an exchange semester and who want to share their experiences and help students who are interested in studying abroad. If you have any questions for them regarding what it is like to go on exchange, you are welcome to contact them.
During the systematic monitoring of the degree of process maturity in parts of the authority, research from Karlstad Business School has caught the interest of Lantmäteriet (The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority).
During the systematic monitoring of the degree of process maturity in parts of the authority, research from Karlstad Business School has caught the interest of Lantmäteriet (The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority
2025-06-18
CSD is a prominent meeting place for research in social science didactics nationally but also in a Nordic and international context.
CSD's overall goal is two-fold. On the one hand, CSD intends to develop research and development projects that are perceived as relevant by teachers, principals and school executives in primary and secondary school as well as in teacher education.
On 10 December, the third Mathematics Meets Industry Day (MIMM®) was arranged at Karlstad University. Representatives from Kongsberg, Region Värmland, and Uddeholm participated, and together with upper secondary school students, university students, and researchers they tried to find mathematical solutions for previously unsolved problems.
“The purpose of this day is to demonstrate to the industry the benefits of working with mathematicians.
AT-LAB - Regional additive manufacturing laboratory at Karlstad University
Additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D-printing technology is a new and nowadays hot topic in Sweden.
Today, Monday 29 April, is the launch of the Not Cool campaign to put a stop to sexual harassment in the student community by getting more students to act if situations get out of control. The campaign is the initiative of the Karlstad Student Union, Karlstad University and the Värmland County Council.
“Students can help prevent sexual harassment by daring to see and act.
CTF
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CTF organizes the biennial QUIS symposium on Service Excellence in Management, which attracts leading researchers, business executives, and public sector managers from all over the world. The first QUIS symposium took place in Sweden 1988.
The research project Music Ecosystems Inner Scandinavia (MECO) aims to strengthen the music industry in inner Scandinavia through increased knowledge and innovation. The project has received SEK 21 million from various actors and will now be carried out by Karlstad University, the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN University), and Studiefrämjandet.
