Jan Ch Karlsson, Professor of Working Life Science at Karlstad Business School, and his German colleague and collaboration partner have been given an award for their article “Towards a Sociology of Meaningful Work”.
– Work that includes a lot of negative stress or rigid hierarchies is actually lethal, says Jan Ch Karlsson.
Why is research about meaningful work so important?
– Most people spend a large portion of their lives and their waking hours working.
2024-12-13
Pianist Nikita Khnykin from Oslo is studying the Master programme in music at Ingesund School of Music with Professor Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist as his main teacher.
2021-06-18
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.
Karlstad University conducts research and development of intelligent control systems for greenhouse lighting, using a high percentage of locally produced renewable energy.
2012-10-05
Every year Emerald invites each journal’s Editorial Team to nominate what they believe has been that title’s Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended Papers from the previous 12 months.
Musikhögskolan Ingesund
» Om MHI
» Konsert och evenemang
Ingesund School of Music is one of the largest concert organisers in Värmland. Each semester there is a wide variety of concerts showcasing the talent of our fantastic students and teachers.
Ingesund School of Music offers a wide variety of concerts each semester. Most of the concerts involve our students and teachers in different ways and form part of the musical training in our different programmes and courses.
The conference Cellulose Workshop, an international workshop focused on cellulose research, has been organised for the eleventh time. The 11th Workshop on Cellulose, Regenerated Cellulose, and Cellulose Derivatives gathered participants from 10 countries to learn about the latest research findings in the field.
– I had the pleasure of organising the 11th Cellulose Workshop at Karlstad University.
Valerie Margrain
Karlstad University
Email: valerie.margrain@kau.se
Profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/valerie-margrain
Gisela Priebe
Karlstad University
Email: gisela.priebe@kau.se
Profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/gisela-priebe
Elisabet Mellroth
Karlstad University and Karlstads kommun
Email: elisabet.mellroth@kau.se
Profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/elisabet-mellroth
Michael Tengberg
Karlstad University
E-mail: Michael.tengberg@kau.se
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Do you want to take your organisation to the next level and create more value for your customers while deepening your knowledge of servitisation, service ecosystems, and circular transformation? Then this course is for you!
Jobba hos oss
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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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
2024-03-27
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.
2017-02-09
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.
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.
