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2021-06-23
Rarely has our research on behavior change, service development, ecosystems and public services been as current, relevant and applicable as during this past year. The pandemic has significantly affected our lives and changed many behaviors with consequences for companies and the public sector, and for society and individuals as well. As one of Sweden's largest research centers, it is important to reflect on this.
2021-08-17
Karin Ahlin is a senior lecturer in information systems and a new postdoctoral researcher at CTF and Karlstad Business School. Over the next two years, she will investigate how health data can be used to create better health for individuals and more efficient processes in health care.
Hello Karin!
Welcome to CTF seminar!Nanouk Verhulst, Senior Researcher, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel will hold a seminar.Title: The use of implicit measures in service research: Why, how, when, and the way forward.Please note that this seminar is internalFor more information please contact charlotta.andersson@kau.se
2014-08-22
Sony Mobile in Lund has developed a Wizard-of-Oz tool to support WOz testing of augmented-reality applications from mobile units. Research assistant Malin Wik visited Gunter Alce and Klas Hermodsson just before the autumn semester commenced to see WozARd and other remarkable systems. Via Skype also professor John Soren Pettersson participated in the discussions on collaborations (incl.
2013-12-16
…Professor in Consumer Psychology and Innovation at CTF. You are going to Arizona State University, USA at the end of this month. What are you going to do there?
- I am going to spend four months as a guest researcher at the Center for Service Leadership.
2018-12-20
The Holidays are approaching, and another research year is coming to an end. When I look back at 2018 I feel very proud.
During the year, we had five PhD defenses, which is eight in total if we also count 2017. It is a clear indication that CTF is an academic environment to count on. We have hosted several events, for example the Service-Dominant Logic Day, and the conferences: Nordic Relationship Dynamics and Service Convention Sweden 2018.
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Helén Williams, associate professor of environmental and energy systems, is particularly interested in sustainability in the packaging industry - especially packaging's role in minimising food loss and waste across the supply chain
CTF Professors Anders Gustafsson, Per Kristensson and Lars Witell, are together with Professor Gary Schirr at Radford University, the authors behind the new book "Service Innovation”.
CTF Professors Anders Gustafsson, Per Kristensson and Lars Witell have teamed up with Professor Gary Schirr at Radford University, in the new book "Service Innovation".
"We are delighted that our book on service innovation finally is available in English.
2020-09-18
Read our latest CTF blog, by Kaisa Koskela-Huotari and Josina Vink.
The understanding of service design has been gradually extended over the past 35 years. Over these decades, there has been a shift from thinking about service design as an expert-driven process focused on developing new service concepts to service design as a process of co-design that creates the conditions for value-in-use.
2019-06-26
Recently, one of the world's prime conferences in service research, QUIS16, was arranged at Karlstad University. Several of the founders of the research field shared their stories on how it all started and valuable insights, and provided good advice for continued research and development.
2013-10-04
... Professor and Director for Center for Service Innovation, nice to see you here again, what brings you to CTF today?
- I´m visiting CTF today to develop two new research ideas. One with Bo Edvardsson and Lars Witell on Service Innovation: Are managers and academics on the same page. This is an initial study to explore if the demand and supply side of service innovation knowledge is working on the same issues.
2017-06-14
At the Naples Forum on Service June 6-9 in Sorrento Italy, Professor Bo Edvardsson received the 2017 Evert Gummesson Outstanding Research Award.
Professor Bo Edvardsson received the 2017 Evert Gummesson Outstanding Research Award "for his long term contributions to and support of service research and education.
2016-04-25
When I came to Karlstad University in august 2019, I had no idea how dynamic my sabbatical year as a guest researcher at CTF, Service Research Center, would become.
A sabbatical
I am assistant professor of user-centered innovation at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of TU Delft, which started out as a traditional product design department, but by now conducts research and educates in design and innovation of products, services and systems.
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Having grown up near Karlstad University, Yvonne Liljekvist can practically see all the way “home” from her 5th-floor office in house 21. So it was only natural to get her bachelor’s degree in education with a specialisation in mathematics, science and technology in her hometown.
It is becoming increasingly common for employees to share the workplace with their colleagues in large open-plan office areas. In this way, companies and organizations want to save money, but also facilitate the interaction between the employees. However, a new study from Karlstad University shows the opposite.
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CTF has together with Friskvården i Värmland conducted a study that have tested the feasibility and effectiveness of personalized digital coaching - an SMS-coach to help support individuals’ behavior and lifestyle changes.
As a direct result of the collaboration, Friskvården i Värmland now offers SMS- coaching to its clients.
– The study has proven that SMS-coachning helps the clients increase their capabilities and opportunities to reach their goal behavior, says
Recently, one of the world's prime conferences in service research, QUIS16, was arranged at Karlstad University. In the program, several of the founders of the research field told us how it all started, shared valuable insights and provided good advice for continued research and development.
2012-01-20
Visiting us during Thursday and Friday this week is Dr Thorsten Gruber from Manchester Business School, UK. Read more about Dr Gruber and Manchester Business School here.
As part of Erasmus+, Kerstin Siakas, professor at the Alexander Institute of Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece, visited the department of information systems in 20-24 April.
During her visit, Prof. Siakas participated in a number of course-related activities such as Bachelor thesis supervision and gave a lecture to students in the courses Business Systems II: Development models and Business by Web and Web Analytics.
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Erik Wästlund was born and raised in Karlstad. He began his academic studies with social anthropology at the University of Gothenburg and then continued with psychology at Karlstad University.
The book "Stoppa matsvinnet! – en förpackad lösning" (unofficial translation: Stop Wasting Food — a Package Solution), written by Fredrik Wikström and Helén Williams, was named the winner in the Food, Climate and Environment category in the contest “Årets Svenska Måltidslitteratur 2022”.
Fredrik Wikström and Helén Williams are active at Service Research Center (CTF), as well as at the discipline of Energy and Environmental Technology at Karlstad University.
