The American presidential election will be held on 5 November. A lot is at stake, not least in terms of the American economy. Mats Ekman, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Karlstad Business School, explains the difference between the American and the Swedish economy and possible consequences depending who wins the election.
2020-12-07
The list ranks two percent of the world’s most prominent researchers. Among almost 160,000 researchers, whose publications have accelerated progress in their respective fields, there are ten representatives from Karlstad University.
2023-03-14
Professor Bo Edvardsson summarizes and reflects on a new book chapter and provides guidance on how to become more successful when developing new services.
Businesses and other organizations need to renew themselves to survive in fast changing markets. This is today even more important than ever before.
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Academic Celebration 2023 will be celebrated on October 20 in Aula Magna at Karlstad University. We present and inauguarate our new Vice-Chancellor Jerker Moodysson during this year's celebration.
We are happy to welcome Amie Gustafsson, new PhD student in Business Administration. She is placed at CTF, Service Research Center, where she will be studying customer behavior in the retail industry.
"I will join a research project on service innovation and organization that focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization in the retail industry.
2018-09-20
... researcher and lecturer at University of Wollongong. You are also an associate professor of Information Systems here at Karlstad Business School. Commuting between the two work places takes an unusually long time – about 32 hours of travel from door to door.
How come you work here in Karlstad?
- I came in contact with Information Systems at the beginning of the 2000’s and have had cooperation with Samot and CTF.
2019-04-17
Congratulations to Lars E. Olsson, Associate Professor of Psychology, for the CIM Best Reviewer Award 2018!
The award is presented by the journal Creativity and Innovation Management, with the motivation:
"Lars receives this year's CIM Review Award because his numerous reviews in 2018 have shown true commitment and excellent quality for the CIM journal.
Maria Holmgren Troy is professor of English and Director of the Research Group for Culture Studies (KuFo).
Her research has first and foremost dealt with different aspects and phenomena within American literature and culture as well as speculative fiction, and has often touched on gender issues in fiction of different kinds. She teaches a recurrent M.A.
Today, the Swedish Innovation Index 2020 is released, and Ikea is - for the third year in a row – ranked as Sweden's most innovative company. Systembolaget has advanced the most in innovation capacity.
2025-04-30
John-Erik Hassel recently completed his PhD in business administration at Karlstad Business School and The Service Research Center (CTF) and has done research on venture builders.
John-Erik Hassel, tell us about your research
– My research is about understanding a relatively new actor in entrepreneurial ecosystems called venture builders and how they can be understood in a larger context.
2018-01-12
In the first study of its kind, researchers from Karlstad University, Sweden and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA, found an elevated rate of language delay in girls at 30 months old born to mothers who used acetaminophen during pregnancy, but not in boys. The study was published online January 10 in European Psychiatry.
The Swedish Environmental Longitudinal, Mother and Child, Asthma and Allergy study (SELMA) provided data for the research.
Academic Celebration 2023 is celebrated on October 20 in Aula Magna at Karlstad University. All professors and honorary doctors are presented at Karlstad CCC in the morning and inaugurated and promoted at the ceremony in the afternoon. During the ceremony, an inauguration of our new Vice-Chancellor at Karlstad University will also take place.
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Karlstad University cooperates with universities in many other countries through visiting researchers and the exchange of teaching staff and students. We have agreements with about 200 universities and are involved in a number of international networks.
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Robots, drones and intelligent systems interacting with humans were some of the topics raised during the WASP-HS graduate school's winter conference. One of the participants was Petter Falk, PhD student at CTF.
WASP-HS funds a large number of PhD students to give them the best possible start towards becoming the AI researchers of tomorrow.
2025-05-16
Jasper, you are a senior lecturer in Information Systems at Karlstad Business School and the Service Research Center, CTF. What did you do before you came to Karlstad University?
- I was a senior lecturer in user-centred design at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Did you receive an email from an open access publisher who wonders if you want to publish with them? It may seem flattering, but you should be on your guard. Trustworthy publishers do not usually approach you like that, there are some rogue publishers that exploit the open access business model.
Most commonly the so called predatory publishers will charge for the publication while trying to maximize profits by keeping costs down and to publish large volumes.
Associate professor Lothar Fritsch (Karlstad University) will hold a tutorial on privacy compliance at the ImperialCollege in London.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May 2018 and will introduce a regulatory framework of new data protection rights for EU citizens. This one-day conference is tailored towards higher education professionals.
2020-06-29
Margareta Dahlström, professor in human geography and director of CRS, is a board member of Reglab as of 1 January 2020.
Reglab is a meeting place for regions, authorities, researchers and others to deepen the knowledge of regional development issues. Reglab includes 21 regions, Vinnova, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth.
2018-11-19
Lamps that are switched on and off via an app, garbage cans that signal when it is time to be emptied and children who are tracked via watches. These are all examples of smart units gaining more ground in our everyday lives. Participants in the SNITS lunch on 6 November learned more about the Internet of Things and the technology behind it.
The Internet of Things refers to devices that are not traditionally networked, such as watches, toys and machines.
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In connection with the Academic Celebration 2023, Karlstad University appoint two Honorary Doctors who has contributed to the development of knowledge and is of special importance to the university.
Faculty of Arts and social sciences
Anders Lind
Facculty of health, science and technology
Anders Olsson
In connection with the Academic Celebration 2022, Karlstad University appointed two Honorary Doctors who has contributed to the development of knowledge and is of special importance to the university.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Leif Stinnerbom
Faculty of health, science and technology
Birgitta Haglund
DigitalWell Arena and Karlstad University have, together with Telia, built a test environment for businesses, entrepreneurs and others who are developing innovative new services.
5G is the fifth generation of mobile communication systems, which enables higher capacity and bandwith, as well as shorter response time and latency. The improvements facilitate the development of services within healthcare, industry and gaming.
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In connection with the 2019 academic holiday, Karlstad University appoints two honorary doctors who have contributed to the development of knowledge and are of special importance to the university.
Honorary doctor of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Sture Nordh
Honorary doctor of Teacher Education
Karin Sjöberg Wallby
By focusing on prevention and methods for intervention, researchers Anna Fyrberg Yngfalk and Markus Felleson at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, hope to contribute with new knowledge.
The two researchers have received funds from the Nordic Council of Ministers through NIKK, Nordic Information on Gender, in order to analyse how Nordic ideals related to management and organisation affect the work environment for people working in the service sector and
2016-09-05
On 25–27 August, twelve doctoral students embarked on an international research programme as part of the European network Privacy&Us at Karlstad University.
