Sture Nöjd is a new PhD student in Psyhology at CTF. His research will focus on the development of digital tools and services based on the needs and possibilities that customers, patients, and citizens are experiencing, or could expect to experience in the future.
Sture is a certified psychologist and graduated from Umeå Unviersity in 2000.
2021-03-16
At his inaugural lecture as associate professor on 5 April, Sebastian Herold described his software development research and the challenges faced in this area.
“When you build a house you have a plan and the builders follow acknowledged building practices. This is less standardized in software engineering,” says Sebastian Herold, the latest associate professor in Computer Science.
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The workshop will take place on 28 - 30 of September is open to MIRAI2.0 member university researchers who participated in the Research & Innovation Week 2021.
Introduction
The workshop is primarily directed at Young researchers, and in collaboration, more senior researchers are welcome. The application to participate in the workshop was done through submitting a collaboration research idea by 29th of June.
A discussion seminar with Professor Jan ”Gulan” Gulliksen, a new member of the university board, and member of the Digitalisation Council, which the Swedish government formed in March this year.
Gulan will speak and discuss the topics of politics, national IT policies and digitalisation, that is the impact of digitisation on our
2014-04-04
We welcome David Joelsson new Ph D Student Industry at CTF. His doctoral studies will be conducted within VIPP the industrial graduate school.
- "Strengthening the transformative capacity of the pulp and paper industry by seeking new ways of producing, transferring and assessing knowledge" is the working title for my project. The focus is on service innovation and business models for the forest industry. My research environment will be at CTF.
2014-04-04
We welcome David Joelsson new Ph D Student Industry at CTF. His doctoral studies will be conducted within VIPP the industrial graduate school.
- "Strengthening the transformative capacity of the pulp and paper industry by seeking new ways of producing, transferring and assessing knowledge" is the working title for my project. The focus is on service innovation and business models for the forest industry. My research environment will be at CTF.
2023-04-21
On December 9-13, CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University will host a multi-disciplinary seminar series consisting of five talks on Service System Transformation, in which researchers from different perspectives and approaches within service research will illuminate the research area.
The seminars will focus on global societal challenges and how transformation within social systems works.
2024-11-08
Professor of Analytical Chemistry Torgny Fornstedt received the J. F. K. Huber Lecture Award at the International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC 2024) in Liverpool in October. The award was given for ‘highly recognised contributions to the fundamental understanding of adsorption chromatography’.
‘This distinction means a great deal to me, as J. F. K.
2020-06-25
CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, is one of the initiators of a new arena for learning and experimentation to support the transition of the health care initiative towards a more person centered and integrated care.
2018-10-30
Can digital methods facilitate employees and patients to co-create new healthcare services? This is what researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, will investigate in a new research project. Together with the County Council of Värmland and CGI, they will develop and test a digital method for patient involvement in healthcare.
2016-09-20
Henrietta Huzell, director at CTF and lecturer of working life science at Karlstad University, will be the new vice dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Karlstad University.
- It is a fun assignment with big responsibility which I am looking forward to. Four fantastic years at CTF has given me the courage and desire to take on more responsibility. I am also glad that CTF’s former director, Patrik Larsson, is the dean.
2015-03-18
A new research and innovation project is focusing on manufacturing companies to strengthen their competitiveness and increase their profitability by moving from goods to service production.
Karlstad University arrange an academic celebration in the autumn of every year. The celebration includes doctoral and honorary doctorate conferment ceremonies, the installation of new professors, and presentation of medals and scholarships.
Karlstad University was inaugurated on 22 January 1999. 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.
We have three available PhD positions at CTF, Service Research Center. Read more, and apply before August 31.
We are looking for two new PhD students in Business Administration, and one new PhD student in Psychology.
The entrance exams for the Master Programme in Music are conducted online by sending in videos. The application is open to those who hold a Bachelor's degree.
Time plan for applications
2 December 2024 – 15 January 2025
Application period.
...Professor of Energy and Environmental Technology. Your research on packaging and food waste is currently gaining much international attention. What is this research about?
– Yes, that’s correct! My colleague Helén Williams and I have written an article based on our research on packaging and food waste. We wrote it on behalf of an Australian organisation, 360info.
2017-09-26
We welcome Jana Huck, new PhD student in Business Administration at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
Jana Huck will conduct her doctoral studies in the field of innovation management, focusing on service innovation and its implementation.
– I want to explore, among other things, what organizational factors contribute to the successful implementation of service innovations and how digital solutions can support the implementation process.
2024-02-06
Öyvind Alster has been working as a special educational needs co-ordinator at the Student Health Services since this autumn.
– The students have found their way to me and book appointments.
2021-01-20
Over the next two years, researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, will investigate how the Internet of Things, IoT, can be used in creating a better school environment and improving student health. The project will be carried out together with a number of actors and is based on a secondary school in Arvika Municipality, Sweden.
The focus of the project is to find out how IoT can measure children’s and young people’s health at school.
2014-09-04
We welcome Linda Bergkvist, Ph. D in Information Systems, to our research team. She defended her thesis on outsourcing in the IT industry in June, and will now pursue her research at CTF.
- Towards new challenges. That was the opening words in the preface of my dissertation. I remember my time
as a graduate student as joyful and rewarding, and it is with a smile that I now continue my academic journey.
2020-12-15
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Olle, could you tell us about your background before joining Karlstad Business School and the Service Research Center (CTF)?
– I have a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlstad Business School, where I studied the master's program in Innovation and Service Development. During my time at Karlstad Business School, I also taught mathematics to first-year students, which was both fun and educational.
