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.
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.
2014-09-30
Hello, Mikko Laamanen, Ph D Student at the Department of Marketing and the CERS Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management at Hanken School of Economics, Finland!
2016-12-20
Kotaiba Aal, PhD student at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, has been awarded the Hedelius scholarhip of SEK 100,000 to visit Texas State University, San Marcos, USA, where he will be working on his doctoral thesis.
Kotaiba Aal will spend six months as a visiting graduate student at Texas State University in San Marcos.
CSR
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During week 33 CSR were visited by a delegation of researchers from Bangladesh. The visit was part of an ongoing project, consequences to human health in Bangladesh by Climate Change, which aims at developing a strong research network in the field of Climate change and health.
Photo: Researchers from Khulna University, Centre for injury prevention and Research Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and the Centre for Societal Risk Research.
Hello Teea Palo, Lecturer at the Department of Marketing, Lancaster University Management School, UK. You will be visiting us during the end of this week. What brings you to CTF, and what kind of research are you working on right now?
- I am extremely interested in the work CTF is doing in service research, and the possibility to visit the center was just too good to pass!
2022-02-07
Welcome back Federico Artusi! In 2019, you were a visiting PhD student at CTF and Karlstad Business School. Now you are back to teach and conduct research. How does if feel and what have you been doing since last time?
- Thank you, it is wonderful to be back! I feel very excited, and thanks to my previous visit I am a bit familar with the place and the people here. During my previous stay I was finalizing my PhD studies.
2012-09-27
Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson, both professors in media and communication studies, have won the 2023 Tankard Book Award.
Tell us about “Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept”, your co-authored and award-winning book.
- Independence, or autonomy as we refer to it in the book, is a key ideal in journalism, says Michael Karlsson. That is true in Sweden as well as abroad.
2011-12-16
CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University initiated the 25 year anniversary accompanied by lovely songs from the University choir SötLikör.
2020-09-25
We are happy to welcome Mia Larson - Associate Professor of Business Administration at Karlstad Business School. She will be placed at CTF, Service Research Center, where she will, among other things, be involved in the research project Trust and Empowerment in Digital Services.
Mia Larson most recently worked at the Department of Service Management and Service Studies at Lund University.
2021-11-23
Patrik Larsson, professor of Working Life Science and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Karlstad University, was a researcher at CTF for many years. He was also the director of CTF during 2006 – 2012. Here, he shares some memories and reflections.
Looking back at how I first became a part of CTF, I would say it was a bit of a coincidence, at least the timing and circumstances. My goal was to become a HR director in a private company.
2023-01-24
On Monday, representatives from Rifo — an association for researchers and members of parliament — visited Karlstad University.
– We have seen both the wider picture as well as the cutting edge expertise, and we have learned more about the challenges in acquiring research funding, says Gunilla Svantorp.
She is a member of parliament from Värmland, representing Socialdemokraterna.
2016-10-20
Thirty years ago CTF, Service Research Center, was established at Karlstad University. How it happened, success factors and the latest from today’s research were included in the program when CTF held its anniversary celebration on October 6th at Karlstad University.
Martin Löfgren, Deputy Head at Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University, opened the event and welcomed everyone.
2014-03-19
Ph D Student in Business Administration at CTF and MIT. You are one of our researchers who met with Stefan Löfven, Leader for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, who visited CTF and Karlstad University on March 7, what did you talk about??
- First of all I want to say that it was a great opportunity for me to meet Stefan Löfven. I presented my current research from my first year of PhD studies at CTF.
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Karlstad University has one of the country’s most comprehensive research centres in educational studies. Michael Tengberg is professor of educational work, which is one of three subjects at the Department of Educational Studies.
- We have a large number of staff and a broad research profile, says Michael. This means that we have a solid knowledge of our disciplines and cover a wide range of areas, which is an advantage.
Annette Hill, professor in media and communication at Jönköping University, joins the Centre for Geomedia Studies at Karlstad University.
Annette, tell us about your background
– My background is in media audiences, with a focus on engagement and cultures of viewing. I started out in the late 1990s at the University of Westminster in media and communications, learning about theories and methods and doctoral supervision.
2012-05-04
Hello Per Kristensson, researcher at CTF! You have been promoted to Professor at Karlstad University. Can you tell us about your research?
- My area of research is in psychology and I look at how people, as customers or users think, feel and act when they buy goods and services from businesses.
CTF
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The CTF Consumer Lab was implemented 2010 as a part of consumer research at CTF in order to carry out eye-tracking studies, and to identify the communicative and selling characteristics of packages at the time of purchase.
Briefly tell us about your background
- Academically socialized in media studies, last year I became a professor of design theory at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in the city of Halle, Germany. Before that, I worked as a scientific coordinator of the interdisciplinary research school "Locating Media" at University of Siegen that had a strong focus on researching location- and situation-specific media processes by means of location- and situation-specific methods.
2017-06-02
Malin Thorsén, CEO and founder of Bright Planet AB, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Advisory board at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
In addition to the chairman, the board has the following external members: Hans Karlsson, SKL, Peter Rovér, Effect Management, Christina Öberg, Örebro Univesity, Jonas Matthing, RISE, Anders Tufvesson, Ninetech, Sofi W.
2013-04-29
This week Steve Vargo is visiting CTF. He will meet with the researchers at CTF and give a seminar on Service Innovation – a service dominant logic point of view.
Later this week he will give a seminar at CSI, Center for Service Innovation in Norway. Read more here.
Stephen L. Vargo is a Shidler Distinguished Professor and Professor of Marketing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Akademisk högtid
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On 20 October 5 new Professors will be inauguarated in Aula Magna at 4 p.m.
Bestoun S. Ahmed Al-Beywanee
Erica Sandlund
Ida Flink
Johan Samuelsson
Yvonne Liljekvist
On Tuesday 14 May, the Minister for Public Administration, Erik Slottner, visited Karlstad University.
– A fruitful visit with a warm welcome in all respects, he says.
In addition to general information about the university’s strengths and challenges, he received more detailed information about how the university works with generative AI and what concrete efforts are being made to support responsible use of AI among employees and students.
The minister also received a pr
