Centrum för genusforskning
» Evenemang och seminarier
» Evenemang vid CGF
» ÄLDRE EVENEMANG
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» Nationell konferens för genusforskning - G22
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Under de senaste tjugo åren har ett växande antal globala och regionala etnonationalistiska, religiösa fundamentalistiska och neo-konservativa sociala rörelser, nätverk och organisationer kommit att förenats kring försvar av binära förståelser av kön och sexualitet och ett försvar för den heterosexuella kärnfamiljen.
Here are the answers to the most common questions about exchange studies.
How do I get in contact with the International Office?You are welcome to come and meet us at our visiting times at the International Office (Building 1B) on Thursdays between 13:00 and 14:30.
The activities of the Center for Gender Research are conducted by researchers at Karlstad University and coordinated by a director. The work is assisted by an advisory board. The Board works in different ways with gender-relevant issues in business and development both in academia, business and government.
CTF
» Forskning
» Forskning vid CTF
» Våra forskningsprojekt
» Pågående projekt
The project ISE, Improving value creation through service education, will develop and offer tailor-made courses for the business sector.
The project ISE is funded by the Knowledge Foundation between 2020-2025 phase 2. Phase 1 was conducted between 2018-2020).
Bibliotek
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» För dig som är ny student
» 15 fakta om biblioteket
The Library study environment is characterized by openness, choice and flexibility.
We are continuously working towards a safe study environment.
You may use the library to study, use one of the Library’s computers or your own, work in a quiet, secluded environment or visit one of the open working areas.
Study seats - there are 1 200 seats spread out on the four floors.
Group work spaces - there are desks distributed among the shelves on the 2nd, 3rd
Bibliotek
» Om biblioteket
» Fakta om biblioteket
» Studiemiljö
The Library study environment is characterized by openness, choice and flexibility.
We are continuously working towards a safe study environment.
You may use the library to study, use one of the Library’s computers or your own, work in a quiet, secluded environment or visit one of the open working areas.
Study seats - there are 1 200 seats spread out on the four floors.
Group work spaces - there are desks distributed among the shelves on the 2nd, 3rd
You may already have noticed how important the personal identity number is in Sweden. You virtually need it for everything ranging from getting an apartment to buying insurance.
Geomedia
» Konferenser och evenemang
» Geomedia Speaker Series
COVID-19 and the Enforced Digitalization of Academic Life
November 5
14.00-17.00 local time (Sweden)
(1pm-4pm GMT)
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people around the world and brought with it many challenges, beyond the obvious tragedy of lives lost and health issues. Closure has been an evident consequence; borders, societies, schools, universities.
Is an app the right way to guide visitors to the central Hospital in Karlstad? A new research study will try to provide an answer to that question. The study is a breakthrough for research in real location within DigitalWell.
The methodology is developed at Karlstad University and for the trials a prototyping system called Ozlab is used.
“It looks like an app but is controlled by a real person.
CTF
» Forskning
» Forskning vid CTF
» Publikationer
2025Abubakar, A. M., Turunç, Ö., Soliman, M., & Sukhov, A. (2025). Exploring the role of information systemsinduced depletion, boreout syndrome, social media use on quiet quitting among digital cohorts. International Journal of Information Management, 84,102911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102911Brodén, K., ., Andersson, J., Kitkowska, A., Ahmad, A. & Mozelius, P. (2025).
As a young university, we wish to preserve a long-standing academic tradition of ceremonies dating back to the Middle Ages, while commemorating our own history and identity.
Digital Well Arena is a collaborative initiative on digital solutions for a healthier life, between the public sector, academia, civil society, entrepreneurs and business in Värmland. Recently, a workshop was held to make an inventory of the needs for digitalisation in the healthcare sector, what problems society and individuals would benefit from having solved.
2025-02-10
There will be a national minute of silence on Tuesday 11 February in honour of the victims of the tragedy in Örebro. Karlstad University will participate.
The initiative of a national minute of silence was declared by the Swedish government, who also urge that flags be flown at half-mast from 09.00 until the moment of silence has ended.
– 4 February will forever mark a dark day in Swedish history.
Det här är en kurs för dig som vill utveckla din förmåga att driva och genomföra organisationsförändringar.
I den här kursen får du träna och utveckla din förmåga att arbeta med både beprövade och nya verktyg för organisationsutveckling som skapar engagemang.
CS
» Research
» Forskningsområden
» Software Quality and Digital Modernisation (SQUAD)
PROFESSOR
Bestoun S Ahmed Al-Beywanee
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Sebastian Herold
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad
SENIOR LECTURER
Martin Blom
RESEARCHENGINEERS
Jonas Karlsson
Tobias Vehkajärvi
Yurong Li
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Zipani Tom Sinkala
Bilal Maqbool
Firas Bayram
Manal Rahal
Pavithra Preethimali Herath
Critical studies on age and ageing focus on social dimensions of age and ageing in everyday life and in society. The research group is multidisciplinary with a mutual interest in critical and social science perspectives on age and ageing.
Instead of taking age for granted, the research group’s critical perspective focuses on age as an important basis for the distribution of opportunities, rights, and obligations in society.
After three years of preparation, the international conference combining ECHA and IGMCG will finally take place during Midsummer week. The conference is held at Sundsta-Älvkullegymnasiet in Karlstad and brings together participants from around the world to explore inclusive education for gifted children.
ECHA and IGMCG usually organise their own separate conferences on a rotating basis.
2016-09-28
There was strong demand for places at the 11th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity held in Karlstad, Sweden last month thanks to recent changes in EU data protection regulations and the emergence of smart Big Data.
Around 90 people attended the interdisciplinary program, which ran from 21-26 August, focusing on data protection and information privacy from technical, legal, ethical, HCI and industrial perspectives.
Thirty-five PhD students prese
2020-01-15
Working together with other researchers in a cross-country collaboration makes you more open to develop new ideas and look at things from another angle, says Swedish researcher Annika Fredén, currently working at the University of Montreal.
Annika Fredén is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Karlstad University, and also Principal Investigator in the program WASP-HS.
2022-12-20
During 2022, our new Geomedia research centre got off to a flying start. One way of summarizing our achievements, is to revisit what was written about Geomedia during the year. The below examples represent the interdisciplinary scope and quality of our research.
Data-driven systems require a massive amount of data to be processed in order to make intelligent decisions. The focus area “Infrastructure” addresses research the is required in order to make intelligent decisions at scale where needed.
This requires research and developments in the area of Cloud Computing for scalability and elasticity in order to process large volumes of data.
Zoom is Karlstad University's software for online meetings and teaching. All students at Karlstad University have access to a personal account in Zoom.
