There are two degree pathways at master level: Master of Arts Degree 60 ECTS credits (one year) or 120 ECTS credits (two years). Both provide ample introduction to the basics of research through courses and academic writing opportunities. The 60-credit Master gives eligibility to doctoral studies at Karlstad University and at other universities in Sweden, while the 120-credit Master is a concluding professional education in comparative literature.
A large proportion of our research is funded by taxes. More and more research financers therefore demand to make results publicy accessible.
Several funding agencies require from researchers who receive funding that they publish open access.
HHK
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If you are interested in doctoral studies at Karlstad Business School, you apply for a position as doctoral student (PhD student). Vacancies are announced at Vacancies.
Doctoral studies, or PhD studies, are suitable for those wanting to acquire cutting-edge competence within a particular area and wanting to make a professional career within industry or the public sector or in research.
PhD´s are the most advanced academic qualifications awarded in Sweden.
Centrum för genusforskning
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Here you will find CGF events for 2020!
Higher seminars
23 and 28 October on Zoom
The Politics and Intersections of Covid-19: Online Talk Series
Critical Perspectives from Gender Studies
The current global pandemic has brought with it many challenges. Most obviously, the costs are seen in the lives lost and the health, emotional, social, and economic challenges that many people face around the globe due to the pandemic.
Self-service and customisation make your customers want to take part in producing goods and services. They are more appreciative of services they have personally participated in producing.
Cost-conscious managers consider engaging customers to do part of a job in order to save costs. Market-oriented managers consider engaging customers to create increased customer-supplied assets.
Why do we consider our own ideas and proposals as being better than others’?
Urban Haaga considered studying medicine but eventually chose nursing school - and he has never regretted it.
Why did you choose to study at Karlstad University?
This was before Karlstad University became a university.
We welcome Katrin Lättman who is our new Ph D Student in Psychology. She will conduct her Ph D Studies within Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group, where she will study experienced accessibility within public transport.
The university board
A chairperson and members representing the private sector, public organisations, and academia are appointed by the government. The board also includes members appointed by Karlstad Student Union as well as representatives of the university’s teaching staff.
In Brazil, 63% of the population receives primary health care at home, and the introduction of digital aids has revolutionized healthcare. Forms that were usually completed by hand can now be easily filled out using a mobile application. At the same time, there are requirements that patient data must be processed securely.
Upcoming courses2024-01-23 - 2024-03-19 (English). Register here.Course descriptionTarget groupTeachers who participate in assessment, examination and who give feedback to students.Extent40 hours.
Upcoming courses2024-01-23 - 2024-03-19 (English). Register here.Course descriptionTarget groupTeachers who participate in assessment, examination and who give feedback to students.Extent40 hours.
Development is a strong driving force for the university and our staff. Below we describe some professional development support we provide to staff.
Teaching and learning in higher education
The Centre for teaching and leadning (UPE), which forms part of the University Library, provides active professional support to Karlstad University’s teaching staff.
Valmet’s Tissue Technology Award 2018 goes to Björn Sjöstrand, Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at Karlstad University, for his research and development of computer models for energy efficient tissue production.
Centrum för genusforskning
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» CGF-evenemang 2022
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This panel focuses on sexual and gendered resistances and claims for rights, self-definition and subject formation, both in the form of organised activism and lived experience in opposition to dominant norms.
CRS
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The project aims to contribute to the strengthening of regional innovation systems in Värmland, in relation to the transition to a forest-based sustainable bioeconomy.
The project explores what it means for a region to transit towards a bio-economy, and the processes through which regional actors build and implement such transition.
Ulf Mellström, professor. Gender Studies at Department of social and psychological studies, Karlstad university.
ulf.Mellstrom@kau.se
+46 70 582 03 42
Andreas Henriksson, lecturer. Sociology at Department of social and psychological studies, Karlstad university.
andreas.henriksson@kau.se
054-700 23 88
Katarzyna Wojnicka, lecturer. Sociology at Centre for European Studies, Gothenburg university.
katarzyna.wojnicka@gu.se
Andrea Priori, lecturer.
Veronica Stigsson, alumna of the year for 2018, has contributed much to the food industry through her knowledge of and interest in chemistry and chemical reactions. The joy she takes in her work as well as her skills make her an excellent ambassador for Karlstad University.
“I am honoured and glad, but was surprised when I heard that I’ve been named alumna of the year.
Are you interested in learning more about the world you live in? Would you like to understand why life looks a certain way in various places and how the increasing mobility of people across the world can be explained?
… within the Research School on Sustainable Societal Transformation since 1 February this year. Why did you decide to do a PhD?
“Well, because I’m curious, I want to learn more, develop, and also contribute to developing the knowledge in social work as a field...
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Sociologi
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» Konferens om Åldrande och migration i Sverige och Japan 11-12 maj 2022
Digital inequalities in the framework of health and social welfare services. The case of older Russian-speakers in Finland
Digital information and communication technologies are becoming increasingly important for public administration of welfare states. Due to enthusiastic digitalisation projects, many welfare state services have rapidly become ‘digital by default’.
Henrik, you recently began your doctoral studies in Geomedia at Karlstad University. Tell us about your background.
- I have a Master’s in cultural studies from the University of Gothenburg and an interdisciplinary background in humanities with a great interest in culture and social policy issues. I’m interested in the way geomedia affects society and culture, and the spatial aspects of media.
Tell us about your research project
- The idea is to focus on digital exclusion in public transport.
2025-05-28
Social media has helped normalise the far right. The algorithms amplify and advance strong feelings and opinions and turn us all into consumers of extreme views. This has been identified in Enjoying the Fall, a new doctoral thesis at Karlstad University by Pasko Kisić-Merino.
– One example is how the idea of “the immigrant”, in particular the male immigrant, is constantly being connected to violence, criminality, and genderphobia at the hands of the far-right.
2017-03-10
Lotta Braunerhielm, project manager for ”Digitisation and the Tourism Industry” and assistant professor in Human Geography, informed about a new project aiming to increase the knowledge about and promoting place-related experiences through digital solutions.
