CTRIVE® 3.0 is a suite of nine workshops designed to enhance the competitiveness of participating researchers, and can be tailored to the needs of individual research groups or departments. The workshops cover a range of topics, including funding policy, innovation and utilisation, research pitching and marketing, and project management.
Karlstad University offers courses in English for Specific Purposes (ESP), with an emphasis on business and technical English. The ESP courses are available both to currently enrolled students and to those who are professionally active in the fields of business and science.
The room was crowded when Elvenite hosted the latest SNITS lunch at Karlstad University. IT students had the opportunity to listen to Pär Andersson, who was talking about the effects of digitalisation on the food industry, while providing examples from his company’s day-to-day experience.
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» Jobb
» ANSÖK NU: Doktorand
» Intervjuer med våra medarbetare
When focus is on innovation it is easy to overlook other things. In the desire to think new, the utility aspect can sometimes get lost. The actual customer-value of a product might be neglected.
CRS
» Konferenser
» People and Networks Matter - Enabling Sustainable Bioeconomy Transition 27-28 mars 2019
Keynote speakers from practice and science fields include: Prof. Pekka Leskinen, Head of Bioeconomy Programme, European Forest Institute, Runa Skyrud, project leader, Tretorget AS, Thea Lyng Thomsen, Development consultant at GreenLab, Denmark, and Prof. Olav Wicken, Professor at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at University of Oslo, Norway.
Read more about the keynote speakers here:
Prof. Pekka Leskinen
Thea Lyng Thomsen
Prof.
Marie Karlsson Tuula, a Professor of Civil Law at Karlstad University, has been appointed one of the 2020 ambassadors against honour-based violence by the national organisation GAPF (Glöm aldrig Pela och Fadime). The reason is that she has taken an important stand against honour-based violence and is committed to working against it.
“It feels amazing and surprising,” says Marie Karlsson Tuula.
Warm welcome to a presentation and discussions on 'Virtual Practicum' and 'Digital exchange' with visiting Professor Mary-Rose McLaren from Victoria University in Melbourne. Please feel welcome to come to either one or both of the following sessions:Tuesday 21 March13-14 Presentation on the Australian and Ireland innovation 'Virtual Practicum' - join us for inspiration and discussion!
Coming events
2025
Monday 31st March 14:00-15:30 Swedish time.
Presentation on Danish and Norwegian talent centres: Dorte Salomonsen, Anne Harrits & Kai Håkon Sunde
Date tba 2025: Swedish GiftED doctoral programme
20 May 2025, Focus on Finland Kirsi Tirri, Sonja Laine & Taina Makkonen, 14:00-15:30 Swedish time
Date tba 2025: Where to next for NNGE?
Cathrine Andersson-Busch will send out a zoom link the week prior to all who
On Wednesday, March 27, Karlstad University flies its flag at half-mast in honor of former colleague Kjell Härenstam, former professor of religious studies with a focus on didactics. In 2014, he received, together with colleague Marc Katz, Karlstad University's medal of honor for his commitment to the university's development of collaborations in Varanasi and Dharamsala, India.
2023-01-20
Hello Simone Fischer-Hübner, Professor in Computer Science! There's a lot going on right now in your field, cybersecurity. The Knowledge Foundation recently granted funding to a Swedish Industrial Graduate School on Cybersecurity (SIGS-CyberSec) where you will hold the wheel. Congratulations!
In recent years, there has been plenty of reports in media about single men who have migrated. In this reporting, there are often implicit assumptions about how lonely men without strong connections to their families of origin create particular problems for the countries that receive them, not least because of risks of sexual assaults.
Do you want to discover a new academic world of studies, explore a new culture and increase your global expertise? As a student in nursing, you have the opportunity to apply for international exchange studies in various countries. You can also participate in international, digital activities from home.
Which countries are available to visit may vary depending on programme and which semester you want to go out on exchange studies.
The EU-funded project Service Design for Innovation, SDIN, aims to build a research platform in service design and innovation through a Europeean training network for early stage reseachers. The project started in January 2015 and is now at the half-way point.
During the first two years the project has achieved the expected results, and the network is well integrated and communicates regularly.
CTF
» Samverkan
» Så här samverkar vi
» Samverkan i projekt
CTF has a long tradition of conducting research in collaboration with partners from industry, the public sector, civil society, and academia. Our partners are very important to us and contribute to the development of knowledge and the dissemination of research results.
The Treklöver quality assessment report has been finalised on programmes leading to degrees in business administration, economics, statistics and the Master of Science in Business and Economics.
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.
Starting 1 January, restaurants, cafes, and organisers serving over 150 people per day in Sweden must offer customers the option of takeaway in reusable cups and containers instead of disposable ones.
Forskning
» Vår forskning
» IT, ekonomi och juridik
2025-08-01 New programming teacher in Information SystemsSophia Oosterhof will contribute to the teaching from autumna 2025. Earlier, she worked as computer support at Elgiganten in Sweden and has an exam from the Web Developer study programme here at KAU.
Dispate the darkness of November, two students from the newly completed User Testing course brought Innovation Park to the university's usability lab.
Picture from the visit: it is Erik Högberg and Joakim Norrman who demonstrates Ozlab for Patrick Standfast from Innovation Park. Erik Högberg works as student expert at Drivhuset which is located at Innovation Park.
Photo: Erik Framner.
Geomedia
» Konferenser och evenemang
» Geomedia Speaker Series
April 3 2025, 13-15Karlstad UniversityToday’s influencers wield pervasive social, cultural, political, and economic power through sustained visibility on their ‘native’ social media platforms and across a wide range of other contexts. This seminar explores how they navigate platform logics, assume popular forms of expertise, and communicate through strategies of authenticity and self-branding.
Donald Trump is now elected the new US President and a question he raised during his campaign was the confidence of the voting system and election result. So, should Hilary Clinton now question the result? Melanie Volkamer, professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University, researches on e-voting and says that the systems used today could be questioned but there are ways of avoiding this.
Currently, different voting systems are used in the USA.
CBU organizes various types of seminars and events for other researchers as well as for professionals and the interested public. Keep an eye out here to stay updated on upcoming seminars.
Open Lectures, Autumn 2025:Tuesday, September 16, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Location to be announced. Participation via Zoom will be possible.)Tuesday, October 21, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Room 5A308C at Kau and via Zoom)CBU’s open lectures focus on our own research.
It is unusual for a Bachelor’s essay to be of such high quality that it qualifies for presentation in an international conference. But Jonatan Langlet, a Master’s student in Computer Engineering, has proven that it is possible.
