Karlstad Business School provides education and research in among other areas responsible leadership and sustainable working life and organisation. As part of an international context of knowledge, Karlstad Business School has signed The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
A systematic approach to improvement, development, learning, collaboration and feedback to society are important tasks at a modern, ambitious business school.
2023-04-05
In this blog article, CERS director and CTF’s advisory board member Kristina Heinonen shares some reflections of what is “hot” in service research and how research centers like CTF and CERS are making a difference in today’s society.
The fast pace of political, economic, and social change is reshaping the global landscape. Are researchers and business professionals keeping up and exploring solutions to society’s most pressing issues?
2025-09-18
What are the similarities and differences between Sweden and India when it comes to musical traditions and working as a music teacher in India? Gunnel Holmgren, a teacher in the music education program at Ingesund School of Music, has visited India twice, including Karlstad University's Indian Study Center in Varanasi and Study Point in Dharamsala.
2025-11-17
Vulnerable children who may never have had a real chance—especially in school—are a heartfelt concern for Christel Sundqvist, newly appointed Professor of Special Education at Karlstad University.
Degrees and Courses:
2013 - Teaching Registration, Swedish primary and secondary school
2007 - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 15 ECTS, Karlstad University
2006 - Course for Supervisors in Postgraduate Education, Karlstad University
2001 - PhD, Educational Sciences.
The proposal development step, also commonly referred to as the pre-award phase represents the beginning of the research project lifecycle, which includes drafting proposals, setting up collaborations, budgeting, compliance check, reviewing and submission. The Pre-award checklist and sections below provide support during the proposal development step.
Briefly tell us about your background
- Academically socialized in media studies, last year I became a professor of design theory at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in the city of Halle, Germany. Before that, I worked as a scientific coordinator of the interdisciplinary research school "Locating Media" at University of Siegen that had a strong focus on researching location- and situation-specific media processes by means of location- and situation-specific methods.
Management teamChristina Olin-Schellerchristina.olin-scheller@kau.seProfessor of Comparative literature in Education and professor in Pedagogical Work. In her research, she has a specific focus on reading and reading education in the new media landscape.Yvonne Liljekvistyvonne.liljekvist@kau.seProfessor of Mathematics education. In her research, she studies issues related to the conditions for mathematics teaching and learning.Martin StolareMartin.Stolare@kau.seProfessor of History.
Forskning
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Biology is the science about all lifeforms on earth, their structures, functions, interactions and relatedness.
Education
Biology at Karlstad University offer elementary courses in cell biology, genetics, botany, zoology and ecology and advanced studies in mainly ecology, evolution and nature conservation.
Important goals of our courses and programmes are to wake your interest, provide you with knowledge and understanding of biological problems and to cultivate y
The Supreme Commander’s and the government’s statements regarding the war situation have provoked many reactions. How could alarmist messaging affect the public, how can we manage our fears and anxieties, and could this kind of rhetoric actually be beneficial?
Researchers at Karlstad University can provide some answers.
The recent call for Swedish citizens to prepare for a potential war has caused anxiety and fear in many people.
by John Sören Pettersson (2010, updated 2013, 2019)
The purpose of Ozlab is to provide ways of experimenting with graphical user interfaces to obtain acceptable design solutions. Our way of experimenting allows inexperienced designers – for instance, future users of a system – to be designers on a conceptual stage.
Geomedia
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Call for papersTransforming Passions 6th International Geomedia Conference, Karlstad, Sweden, 17–19 September 2025Passion is a multifaceted concept that encompasses not only joy and intense emotional investment but also pain and suffering.
Artist 1990: Record an album, book interviews, go on tour.
Artist 2023: Build a brand, get to know your target audience, release a song on digital platforms and make sure to keep the momentum going 24/7.
It doesn’t matter if the artist, the production, or the songs have a classic, vintage feel. Behind most of the active artists today, there is a whole digital ecosystem.
2025ArticlesHaglund, J., Gustafsson, K., & Christenson, N. (2025). Lowersecondary pupils’ expression of competence in an out-of-school activity on climate change-related risk of flooding – the case of Riskville. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2 025.2554889Karagiorgos, K., & Grahn, T. (2025). Challenges and best practices during the development of FEMA’s National Risk Index. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 127.
In the Geomedia podcast you will hear discussions and interviews with current researchers, visiting speakers, and invited guests on issues relating to this emerging discipline.
In press or Accepted for publ. 2025Morel, V., Karegar, F., Santos, C. (2026). “I Will Never Pay for This”. In: Arastouei, N., Jensen, M., Rannenberg, K. (eds) Privacy Technologies and Policy. APF 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16183, chapter 10. Springer, Cham.Alaqra, A. & Karegar, F. (2025). Exploring Barriers in Cybersecurity Training: A Socio-Technical Perspective on Cross-Organizational Portability and Inclusion.
Here we list publications in English by CRS researchers.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS 2024Grip, L. & Jansson, U. (2024) Genus, arbete och plats. Tidskrift för genusvetenskap, 44(1-2): 4-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.55870/tgv.v44i1-2.24763 Introduktion till temanummer “Genus, plats och arbete”.Braunerhielm, L., Grip, L., Ljungberg, E. and Ryan Bengtsson, L.
Our research explores the social dynamics of political and economic inclusion and exclusion. Racism, as an ideology and everyday practice, constitutes an integral part of this focus, as do discourses on cultural values in contemporary processes of both conflict and convivial coexistence.
Besides publication of scientific results in various journals we also publish our research in other formats, to situate it in a wider context or to reach a wider target group.
Session 1A: Business Schools are aiming at accreditations such as AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS: Why?
Panel (English)
Anette Hallin (Mälardalen University), Sofia Isberg (Umeå University), Björn Kjellander (Jönköping University), Jodie Conduit, (University of Adelaide), Bo Edvardsson (Karlstad University).
A panel discussion on what different accreditations (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS) can mean for the development of business schools in order to meet future challenges in business and society.
Artists and events
WED 17 Sep 2025, 13.15–14.45Arenan – Karlstad City Library/StadsbiblioteketKeynote with Jyoti MistryFilm Screening Loving in Between and DiscussionChair: Doris PoschPassionate Solidarities: From Queer Futurity to Transformative Recognition Inspired by the possibilities of the “not-yet-here” conceived in queer futurity (José Esteban Muñoz, 2009) this presentation coupled with a screening of Loving In Between (Jyoti Mistry, 2023) seeks to return to
Informatik
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Current publications by members of the Information Systems group
- Accepted / In press -Tuna, N., Alaqra, A.S. (2025, in press). Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap: Co-Creating Privacy-Aware Procurement Requirements. In: Privacy and Identity Management. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIP AICT). Springer, Cham. - 2025 -Toet, A., van Kuijk, J., Boersma, K., & Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, S. (2025).
