Martin Blom, researcher within Computer Science at Karlstad University visited a class of high school students at Thoréns Business School 30 October to answer the question – what is Science?
- Science is the chase for truth, says Martin Blom. To find the truth and the answers to specific questions which we search the truth about we use sceintific methods.
2019-06-05
Doctor Natalie Holmes, organic electronics researcher at the University of Newcastle in Australia, is currently spending two months at Karlstad University as a visiting researcher.
2023-11-08
... who will start researching renewable energy and gender equality in Yemen.
Can you tell us more?
"Last year we received funding from Formas for a study that will start now in December. We are three researchers who’ll be working together – Maria-Louise Clausen from the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) in Copenhagen, Vasna Ramasar from Lund University and me from Karlstad University.
2020-09-28
For the second year in a row, Ikea is ranked as Sweden's most innovative company. This, according to the Swedish Innovation Index, where researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, have asked customers to evaluate the degree of innovation in companies and organizations in the Swedish market.
2020-06-08
Changing the region where you live means that life is reorganised in terms of housing, work, leisure and other aspects that affect everyday life. “Beyond the city life. Post-migration experiences of the everyday life for families with young children moving out from a metropolitan area” is a project focusing on the experiences of families who have moved from a metropolitan area to a smaller city or town.
The cooperation group associated with the IT programmes at Karlstad University arranges study visits, guest lectures, lunch meetings, mentorship programmes, practical placement and degree projects for IT students at Karlstad University.
Snits offers a variety of activities to promote meetings between students and industry. It is a unique opportunity for you as a student to build relations with the industry during your studies.
Karlstad Business School has qualified for a final review by AACSB, a non-profit organisation that works with quality enhancement and accreditation of business schools around the world. The review will be performed in connection with a site visit late 2020 or early 2021.
“I am incredibly proud of the quality development towards accreditation that we have achieved together over the last few years,” says Martin Löfgren, Head of Department at Karlstad Business School.
2021-08-20
Mia Larson, professor of business administration at CTF and Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University, is one of the authors behind a newly published article where she, together with other researchers, have studied the use of the cultural concepts of “fika” and “hygge” in destination marketing.
"The concept of fika has existed in Sweden for about 100 years. It is used by Swedes as a common expression for drinking coffee accompanied by something sweet.
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In November, three new distance courses with focus on business models, servitization and value creation through service will start. They are developed for professionals and are given by CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
The five credit courses are developed to suit professionals where work and studies can be combined. They will run part-time and are free of charge.
The course participants will take part of theoretical and practical knowledge.
2021-04-23
Agnieszka Kitkowska is a new postdoctoral researcher at CTF where she is studying online privacy and decision-making, and barriers that consumers face during digital transactions.
What is your background and what brought you to CTF?"I have a multidisciplinary background with one master's degree in art and one in computing. Last year, I successfully defended my Ph.D. in Computer Science.
2024-04-10
The Swedish Minister for Social Services, Camilla Waltersson Grönvall, is on a 2-day visit to Karlstad University this week.
– This is the first stop on my tour around Swedish universities that offer programmes in social work.
2017-09-13
We are happy to welcome Dr. Jakob Trischler to CTF.
Jakob recently joined CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, as a postdoctoral researcher. Originally from Austria, he completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Management Center Innsbruck. After moving to Australia, Jakob completed his PhD at Southern Cross University in 2015.
2016-09-13
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2018-12-17
On December 3, Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University organised the annual Sustainability Day, available for students and the general public.
2019-11-22
Eight researchers from Karlstad University are included in the list of the 100 most cited researchers according to the Swedish news magazine Fokus.
2018-12-19
On December 3, Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, and the Tore Browaldh's Foundation announced 20 new recipients of the Wallander Scholarship for outstanding doctoral dissertations. One of the recipients is PhD Kaisa Koskela-Huotari at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
Congratulations to the Wallander Scholarship!
"Thank you! I am extremely happy and honored to be awarded the prestigious Wallander Scholarship.
2022-10-26
What are the long-term effects of the current economic situation, for both consumers and producers? And how can we guide young adults towards more sustainable consumption. Researchers at Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University answer questions on this subject.
Producers want to sell their products, of course, but many will experience lower sales figures.
2024-10-03
In the project “AI-robotar i besöksnäringen: En framtid med nya kollegor” (AI robots in the tourism industry: a future with new colleagues), researchers from Karlstad Business School and the Service Research Center (CTF) are looking at how employees in the tourism industry are affected by having AI robots as colleagues.
Kristina Palm, Poja Shams, Nina Löfgren and Maria Åkesson from CTF, along with Calle Rosengren from Kristianstad University and Carin Håkansta from Karol
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The goal in Agenda 2030 is for global food waste in the entire food chain to be reduced by half. Researchers at CTF are working to develop, communicate and disseminate new knowledge that can support producers, service providers and consumers in this effort.
Fredrik Wikström and Helén Williams have done research for many years on issues related to the environment and sustainability, and the role of packaging in reducing food waste.
The project Smart and Safe brings together the public sector, businesses, academia and civil society in a helix model to create safer public environments for children and young people with the help of the Internet of Things (IoT). Research is conducted by the Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University.
Complex societal challenges require complex solutions, such as technical systems based on IoT.
2015-02-18
Researchers from örebro university held seminar and visited the lab.
Achim Lilienthal and Martin Magnusson from Mobile Robotics and Olfaction Lab, örebro University, presented the research group and ongoing projects, including a just granted KK project:
http://www.oru.se/Nyheter/Forskningsnyheter/Forskningsnyhet/Manniskans-interaktion-med-autonoma-robotar/ (in Swedish)
Afterwards John Sören Pettersson and Malin Wik showed them the user laborato
2015-02-18
Researchers from örebro university held seminar and visited the lab.
Achim Lilienthal and Martin Magnusson from Mobile Robotics and Olfaction Lab, örebro University, presented the research group and ongoing projects, including a just granted KK project:
http://www.oru.se/Nyheter/Forskningsnyheter/Forskningsnyhet/Manniskans-interaktion-med-autonoma-robotar/ (in Swedish)
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