Valerie Margrain
Karlstad University
Email: valerie.margrain@kau.se
Profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/valerie-margrain
Gisela Priebe
Karlstad University
Email: gisela.priebe@kau.se
Profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/gisela-priebe
Elisabet Mellroth
Karlstad University and Karlstads kommun
Email: elisabet.mellroth@kau.se
Profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/elisabet-mellroth
Michael Tengberg
Karlstad University
E-mail: Michael.tengberg@kau.se
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On March 9 we will start our open networked learning course Making Sense of Service Logic. The aim of the course is to introduce central concepts of service research, by applying them to different business and organizational contexts.
Do you want to discover a new academic world of studies, explore a new culture and increase your global expertise? As a student in nursing, you have the opportunity to apply for international exchange studies in various countries. You can also participate in international, digital activities from home.
Which countries are available to visit may vary depending on programme and which semester you want to go out on exchange studies.
The Treklöver quality assessment report has been finalised on programmes leading to degrees in business administration, economics, statistics and the Master of Science in Business and Economics.
In recent years, there has been plenty of reports in media about single men who have migrated. In this reporting, there are often implicit assumptions about how lonely men without strong connections to their families of origin create particular problems for the countries that receive them, not least because of risks of sexual assaults.
Alexandre Sukhov is awarded the IMIT scholarship 2020, for his doctoral thesis "The human side of idea screening" and receives SEK 25,000.
"I am deeply honoured for the recognition and the acknowledgement of my research by the IMIT foundation. To me, this signals that my doctoral work is relevant and holds good quality, which is really nice to know after doing several years of research.
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We offer several educational programs including a four-year Programme in Business and Economics. Our research is at a high international level and a large part of the research is conducted at CTF, Service Research Center, one of the University’s Excellence Centers. We actively collaborate with the surrounding community, both in the public and private sectors.
Business administration is the science of companies’ and organizations’ conditions, terms and operations.
Dispate the darkness of November, two students from the newly completed User Testing course brought Innovation Park to the university's usability lab.
Picture from the visit: it is Erik Högberg and Joakim Norrman who demonstrates Ozlab for Patrick Standfast from Innovation Park. Erik Högberg works as student expert at Drivhuset which is located at Innovation Park.
Photo: Erik Framner.
3rd PRME Nordic Chapter Responsible Management Education Symposium | Karlstads universitet (kau.se)The key note for the event will focus on The role of innovation for responsible leadership and transformation and will be given by Bo Edvardsson, Professor Karlstad Business School/CTF-Service Research Center, Karlstad University and Marie Carlsson, VP Electromobility Business Development, Volvo Buses.The event also features a “Meet the editors” session as well as abstract presentations f
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April 3 2025, 13-15Karlstad UniversityToday’s influencers wield pervasive social, cultural, political, and economic power through sustained visibility on their ‘native’ social media platforms and across a wide range of other contexts. This seminar explores how they navigate platform logics, assume popular forms of expertise, and communicate through strategies of authenticity and self-branding.
Donald Trump is now elected the new US President and a question he raised during his campaign was the confidence of the voting system and election result. So, should Hilary Clinton now question the result? Melanie Volkamer, professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University, researches on e-voting and says that the systems used today could be questioned but there are ways of avoiding this.
Currently, different voting systems are used in the USA.
2024-10-22
Petter Falk, new doctor in Political Science at Karlstad University and the Service Research Centre (CTF), sheds light on conditions and grounds for datafication in his doctoral thesis “Assemble Care // Align Data”.
– What surprised me the most was that datafication is intuitively accepted, despite a kind of intellectual resistance, says Petter Falk.
The term “big data” is frequently used nowadays, but your research emphasises the importance of the small details.
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Seeing and Seafaring: How the Scopic Regime of Computation Was Mobilised
Taking a cue from Carl Schmitt’s suggestion in Land and Sea that each of the four elements lends its own distinct perspective on the world, this talk examines the role of water—and more specifically, the sea, the ocean, maritime navigation—in the emergence of modern computational graphics.
Researchers Johan Quist and Martin Fransson have for several years together with different authorities conducted research on how the public sector can be better, more relevant and appropriate for citizens.
2024-09-17
With only six years left until 2030, the world is marked by war and conflict and many sustainability indicators are pointing in the wrong direction. This year’s A Sustainable Tomorrow gathered 30,000 interested individuals via 200 hubs around Scandinavia.
2019-10-01
It is unusual for a Bachelor’s essay to be of such high quality that it qualifies for presentation in an international conference. But Jonatan Langlet, a Master’s student in Computer Engineering, has proven that it is possible.
2021-12-13
2021 is soon coming to and end. In this Christmas greeting, the director sums up some highlights of the past year.
Christmas and New Year approaches, and soon we can put another eventful and challenging year behind us. When I look back and sum up the past year, there are, despite the pandemic, several important achievements and positive happenings.
Karlstad Business School Advisory Board plays an important role. The board members give valuable insights as to the expectations on Karlstads Business School, not least when it comes to society's needs for research and education. Members of the Advisory Board are appointed by the Dean of the Faculty for Arts and Social Sciences at Karlstad University.
In this seminar series Värdeskapande samtal (Value creating conversations) academia and practice meet to discuss socially relevant issues and research results, to spread knowledge, share insights and contribute to more sustainable societal development.
The seminar series is arranged by Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University in collaboration with The Hamrin Foundation and is a platform where researchers and practitioners meet in a conversation around a curre
All Master's programmes are presented here, grouped in areas of interest. At this level, we offer one-year and two-year Master’s programmes as well as professional degree program.
Students who have earned a Bachelor’s or a professional degree of at least 180 ECTS cr. are eligible for admission to master’s-level study.
Representatives from world-leading companies, researchers, teachers, consultants and politicians were invited to Karlstad CCC on December 2-3 to discuss how we can develop future welfare service. The requirements on both services and suppliers are becoming higher and regardless if the user is called customer, citizen, local resident, or patient, it is the experience that makes the difference. To offer services based on the user’s requirements is becoming increasingly important.
2022-12-13
After a year of many and rapid changes, we would like to wish all of our students and staff a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with a summary of an eventful 2022.
- It has been fantastic fun to follow our Business School in 2022 - it is clear who we are, what we want and what we have achieved, says Marie-Therese Christiansson acting Head of Karlstad Business School.
This is us who work at Student Health Services at Karlstad University and Ingesund School of Music. We are happy to help you with questions about your well-being and studies. We will help you further if we do not have the answer ourselves. You can book us on site or on zoom regardless of which campus or learning center you belong to.
Traditionally, laboratory test requests in hospitals were ordered on multi-part forms that required patient demographic information, clinical findings and reason for request to be handwritten. It was not unusual for transcription and transposition errors to be detected.
2023-11-23
Christmas is just around the corner, there are lots of presents to buy and endless opportunities to get swept up in a shopping spree. This can make it hard to resist the avalanche of advertisements, such as the campaigns leading up to Black Friday.
