Ellen Moons, professor of physics at Karlstad University was elected a Swedish member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the discipline of physics.
- I am honoured to be elected to the Royal Academy of Sciences, says Ellen Moons. It is a great recognition and a bit hard to take in.
Ellen Moons is professor of physics at the Department of Engineering and Physics, Karlstad University.
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Welcome to the subject of History at Karlstad University! We are part of the Department of Political, Historical, Religious, and Cultural Studies.
Are you curious about history? Would you like to understand how today’s society was formed or how your ancestors lived? If you are, you can take one of the History courses at Karlstad University. History has been offered as an academic subject in Karlstad since 1967.
Surveys from several parts of the country indicate that the pandemic has accelerated digitisation for Swedish companies. The vision for the CriseIT 2 project is well matched with this rapid digitisation.
2019-06-24
Doctor Natalie Holmes, organic electronics researcher at the University of Newcastle in Australia, is currently spending two months at Karlstad University as a visiting researcher.
2017-07-03
June 22-25 researchers from CTF participated in the 2017 Frontiers in Service Conference. The conference was hosted by Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business, New York, USA, and attracted more than 350 service researchers and business leaders from around the world.
Every manager and every researcher need to understand the rapidly changing needs of customers.
2024-11-08
– We want to show that learning is fun and that there are many ways to acquire new knowledge, says John Johansson at Karlstad Business School.
John Johansson, lecturer in business administration, why is lifelong learning important?
– The new technological innovations and increased complexity that we’re seeing today will require us to learn and relearn. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one example of this, which will require learning over time.
2020-02-05
In December 2019, CTF in collaboration with Karlstad Business School arranged a multidisciplinary seminar series to advance knowledge within the research area Service system transformation, and as part of a PhD course in Business administration.
The seminar series Service system transformation focused on global societal challenges, and how transformation of societal systems works.
Programmes and courses in Economics, Business Administration and Law are part of Karlstad Business School at the university. The Business School's motto is "Knowledge is worth nothing without the ability to use it".
Around 2 800 students are enrolled at Karlstad Business School.
Peter Bellström demonstrates the functionality of NVivio and gives example from its use in an on-going research on Facebook posts.
NVivio is a tool to help researcher structure qualitative data such as text, picture, video, and sound.
2014-07-03
Professor Bo Edvardsson has been awarded the title of Visiting Professor of Service Management in the Centre for Service Management (CSM) in the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University, UK.
Professor Thorsten Gruber, Co-Director of CSM, commented on the appointment, saying: "It is great news that Professor Bo Edvardsson is joining CSM as a Visiting Professor. Bo has a fantastic research track record and is one of the leading authorities in the field.
2023-04-14
Björn Sjöstrand, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the Early Career Investigator Award for his research on energy-efficient tissue paper manufacturing. It is awarded by the scientific journal BioResources at North Carolina State University, USA.
- The article, for which I received the award, is about a new method for measuring a specific part of the dewatering of tissue paper in a lab environment, says Björn Sjöstrand.
2022-05-12
Jakob Trischler has been promoted to associate professor in Business Administration at Karlstad University. His research revolves around user involvement in innovation activities – how citizens can be an innovation source in sustainability transitions.
Congratulations to the promotion, Jakob! Can you tell us about your research?
– Thank you! My research looks at issues around user involvement in innovation activities.
Stakeholder participation for climate adaptation – data crowdsourcing for improved urban flood risk management (SPARC) is a 4-year research project funded by FORMAS on cloudburst flood risk and its management.
It is becoming increasingly common for employees to share the workplace with their colleagues in large open-plan office areas. In this way, companies and organizations want to save money, but also facilitate the interaction between the employees. However, a new study from Karlstad University shows the opposite.
2017-11-20
In the spring of 2019, Europe’s first underwater restaurant will open in Lindesnes, Norway. In connection to this initiative, research on customer experiences will be conducted.
2025-05-26
Children in lower primary school gain more knowledge about bodily integrity, boundaries and safety after working with the school programme “Respect! My body!” (Stopp! Min kropp!). These are the findings of a recent study that was conducted by researchers at Karlstad University, commissioned by Save the Children.
The school programme “Respect!
2022-06-22
...Professor of Energy and Environmental Technology. Your research on packaging and food waste is currently gaining much international attention. What is this research about?
– Yes, that’s correct! My colleague Helén Williams and I have written an article based on our research on packaging and food waste. We wrote it on behalf of an Australian organisation, 360info.
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My Kau is a personal digital service for you as a student at Karlstad University. In My Kau, you perform administrative tasks related to your studies.
When you are admitted to Karlstad University, you must register and receive the Program and Course introductory information.
In addition to well-established career paths (e.g. as an English language teacher), studying English can increase your job prospects and employability. English skills open up possibilities for working abroad and in international environments, and provide you with broad linguistic and cultural competences.
The study of language and literature helps to improve your analytical skills and develops your creative imagination.
On 13–14 June, Karlstad University hosts Framtidens Lärande Väst (Future Learning West). The event is fully booked, which means that more than 2,000 people will be attending. Note: We recommend that you bring your own lunch box and that you bear in mind that the parking area might be busy. Two rows of the parking area north of the library are reserved for the 2-day event.
How can municipalities, schools and teachers create successful school development in a digital age?
Rose (Research on Subject-specific Education) is a multidisciplinary research environment with a special interest in subject-specific – learning and teaching in subjects. It includes how the content of teaching is selected and how different teaching methods affect and shape the subject content, from primary school to higher education. The focus is on what happens in the classroom, and on the interaction between teachers and students in the learning process.
A new research and innovation project is focusing on manufacturing companies to strengthen their competitiveness and increase their profitability by moving from goods to service production.
Although this is a workplace where most people speak English fairly well and where important information is available in English, it is always valuable and useful to have some understanding of Swedish, not least since the university is a public authority regulated by administrative law.
Swedish Language Course for International Employees at Karlstad University
The aim of the course is to give non-Swedish speaking employees at Karlstad University the opportunity to
Javid Taheri, a professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University, has received the “Award for Excellence” by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). He was presented with this award for his contributions on cloud computing and use of artificial intelligence to optimise highly distributed cloud-based scalable systems.
“I’m very happy to receive this award.
