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2020-03-16

New visiting PhD student from Belgium

News » 2020-03-16
We welcome Qusay Hamdan, visiting Phd student from the University of Gent, who will be visiting us until the end of September. His research focuses on the influence of materialistic consumption on the well-being of the working class. Qusay Hamdan is a PhD student in sustainable marketing at the University of Gent in Belgium, and a research associate at Vlerick Business School in Belgium.
2017-09-11

One moment Per Kristensson, Professor and Director of CTF...

News » 2017-09-11
On September 5-6 CTF gathered for the annual research meeting, this year held at Tanumstrand at the swedish west coast. What was on the agenda for the meeting? – We had two things on the agenda for our meeting, impact and applications. The theme for this year was impact, but not academic impact!
2019-04-02

Open position: Professor in Business Administration

News » 2019-04-02
CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, seeks a Professor in Business Administration with marketing specialization to further develop and strengthen CTF's research in the field. The appointed professor will be linked to ongoing research at CTF, and at least 50% of duties involve research financed by one of the presently externally funded projects at CTF – to be decided on the basis of the successful candidate’s research profile.
2023-06-13

Visiting researcher from University of Hohenheim

News » 2023-06-13
Julia Dicenta, PhD student at the University of Hohenheim in Germany, has been visiting CTF for five weeks to meet with the researchers and to work on a joint project. Hello Julia, can you tell us about your research? – My research is in service design and focuses on integrating customers in developing services.
2012-11-15

Visit by Maria Colurcio

News » 2012-11-15
Maria Colurcio, assistant professor of Management and Marketing at University of Magna Graecia di Catanzaro-Italy, is visiting us this week to meet with her collegua Angela Caridá and professor Bo Edvardsson.   Maria Colurcio obtained her PhD in Business and Administration in 2001. Her main areas of interest are service innovation, quality, and web marketing.
2015-12-08

Visit from Tampere University of Technology

News » 2015-12-08
PhD candidate Sanna Ketonen-Oksi from Tampere University of Technology will be visiting CTF between December 2-9. She is interested on how CTF researches have approached the service based thinking and B2B value creation related research. Sanna Ketonen-Oksi is s a 3rd year PhD candidate in Business and Technology Management at Tampere University of Technology.
2015-04-24

Professor Pettersson visits SMART lab at Wollongong University

News » 2015-04-24
During visits to student fairs in Australia, John Sören Pettersson also keeps contact with Karlstad University "docent" Dr. Rodney Clarke at SMART lab at Wolongong University. SMART lab seminar April 28, 2015, on the problems of creating generic Wizard-of-Oz prototyping systems.   John Sören Pettersson and Rodney Clarke at the SMART lab entrence (2015-04-17). See also post on SMART's blog.
2014-07-04

CTF hosted the FMM2014

News » 2014-07-04
June 16-19 CTF hosted the FMM2014 in Karlstad, Sweden. This 4th Fourm FMM14 built on the foundations of the previous forums, and was co-chaired by professors Bo Edvardsson and Anders Gustafsson, CTF, together with the fathers of service-dominant logic; professors Robert F. Lusch, University of Arizona, and Stephen L.
2019-03-15

Archaeology of those who are invisible in history

News » 2019-03-15
Landless crofters, the subaltern, and those who lost their land in inheritance cases. In the poor houses, in the city slums. What did it mean not to own land and the vital rights that were connected to it? How could crofters influence their lives or their financial situations? How do we find these “invisible” workers who rented rooms in the cities?
2021-11-02

Blog: My CTF story - Inger Roos

News » 2021-11-02
Inger Roos is a senior associate professor in Marketing and was a researcher at CTF during 2002 - 2016. Here, she shares some memories of her first meeting with CTF and what made her become a researcher. For many years, CTF has meant a lot to me and for my research on customer relationships stability.
2022-12-05

A delayed visit

News » 2022-12-05
Stefanija Klaric from Darwin, Australia was supposed to visit us three years ago, but then the pandemic happened. Finally, she has arrived at Karlstad University and is currently exchanging experiences with fellow engineering scholars. – I have been here a while now and it’s very rewarding to meet both teachers and students here at Karlstad University, says Stefanija Klaric, associate professor at Charles Darwin University.
2017-05-15

Visit from Florida State University

News » 2017-05-15
Corrinne Kelley, Ph. D Student at Florida State University, USA, is currently visiting CTF for three weeks to work on a joint project with our researchers Anders Gustafsson and Poja Shams. – I am visiting CTF to help run an experiment for a project I have been working on with Anders Gustafsson, Poja Shams and my two advisors Maura L. Scott and Martin Mende. We will be using a scent machine as well as eye tracking technology.
2012-09-13

Visit by Dr Jim Spohrer

News » 2012-09-13
Dr. Jim Spohrer, Director of IBM University Programs (IBM UP), is visiting CTF and Karlstad University September 13-14.
2021-06-04

Professor with a multifaceted research perspective is retiring

News » 2021-06-04
Per Pettersson, professor of sociology of religion at CTF, is retiring after 26 years as researcher and research leader focusing religious and social change with a service perspective. As senior professor he looks forward to meeting research colleagues around the world as soon as the corona pandemic slows down. Per has an academic background in theology at Uppsala University, and was ordained as priest in the Church of Sweden 1979.
2015-11-04

One moment Thorsten Gruber...

News » 2015-11-04
We caught up with Professor Thorsten Gruber, Loughborough University, UK, who is visiting us this week. Hello Thorsten Gruber! What brings you to CTF this time and what kind of research are you working on right now? - It is always great to visit CTF, which I call my second home. This time I am here to give a presentation on the role of academic impact, and citations in particular.
2019-08-27

Lars E. Olsson Professor of Psychology

News » 2019-08-27
Happiness, experiences and sustainable development are the focus of Lars E. Olsson's research. He is a researcher at CTF, Service Research Center, and since June 1st Professor of Psychology and Head of Discipline. Lars E. Olsson defended his doctoral thesis on psychology of decision making in the spring of 2007 at University of Gothenburg.
2016-09-09

Per Kristensson new director at CTF

News » 2016-09-09
Starting January 1st 2017 Per Kristensson will be the director of CTF. He succeeds Henrietta Huzell who will start her new assignment as vice dean at Karlstad University. - It is very exciting. It is really motivating to work with so many talented researchers here at CTF and in our extensive international network. Our research benefits the community, businesses and people, says Per Kristensson. Per Kristensson is a professor of consumer psychology and innovation at CTF.
2021-09-21

Blog: My CTF story - Margareta Friman

News » 2021-09-21
Margareta Friman is a professor of psychology and pro-vice chancellor at Karlstad University and has been part of CTF since the mid-90s. Here, she reflects and share some memories from her time at CTF. It all started when Professor Patrik Larsson, former CTF director and current dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, gave me the opportunity to try out the life as a researcher.
2023-07-03

CTF blog: Reflections from QUIS 18

News » 2023-07-03
Per Kristensson, professor and director of CTF, shares some reflections from the international research conference QUIS18 which was held at VinUniversity in Hanoi Vietnam, June 20-23. The 18th International Research symposium on service excellence in management (QUIS18) was organized by VinUniversity in Hanoi Vietnam, June 20-23. The main theme of the conference was “Re-imagining service to enhance human life and society”.
2013-08-21

Visiting Ph D Student from Finland

News » 2013-08-21
We welcome Katriina Järvi, Ph D Student from Aalto University BIT Research Centre, who will be visiting us for 6 months. Katrina JärviKatriina Järvi works as a project manager in IRIS research group at Aalto University BIT Research Centre. Her special interests are productisation of services, service innovation and involving customers in service development.