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On this page, we have gathered all information related to employment and internship at Karlstad University, if you are from Ukraine.
Are you a researcher?
If you have worked as a researcher in any of the research subjects present at Karlstad University, employment is a possibility.
The past year, the AI hype has been significant, and the development has been received in different ways. Many see fantastic opportunities, others feel overwhelmed, and some are skeptical.
2025-06-12
Thomas J. Scheff, one of Karlstad University’s first honorary doctors, has passed away. The university is saddened by the news of his passing and honors his memory.
Bengt Starrin, professor emeritus at Karlstad University, became acquainted with Thomas Scheff in the 1970s and remembers him fondly.
AT-LAB - Regional additive manufacturing laboratory at Karlstad University
Left to right:
Staffan Sunesson - laboratory engineer
Göran Karlsson
Pavel Krakhmalev – professor of materials science, project leader (profile)
pavel.krakhmalev@kau.se
054 700 2036
rum 21F 216
Urban Ringsby – project economist
Gunnel Fredriksson – project researcher – contact person for research activities (profile)
gunnel.fredriksson@kau.se
054 700 1258
rum 21F 223
Mikael Åsberg - forskare
Today, the Internet underpins almost every aspect of our daily lives and it needs to provide efficient support for an increasing number of diverse applications.
In recent years, Karlstad University has invested in developing several flexible and international cutting-edge courses. During the spring semester of 2019, three new courses specifically aimed at professionals in the areas of service innovation and computer networking are offered.
“Karlstad University establishes itself as one of the leading Swedish institutions by offering these type of courses.
2023-09-26
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Syftet med denna panel är att presentera och diskutera forskning om #metoo, främst i Sverige, ur ett tvärdisciplinärt perspektiv. Panelen samlar forskare från olika discipliner som data- och systemvetenskap, genusvetenskap, juridik, medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, pedagogik, och statsvetenskap för att belysa hur #metoo-aktivismen i Sverige beskrivits och organiserats, samt vilka konsekvenser aktivismen haft för olika områden.
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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.
Understanding Wider Research Impact
The precise definition of ‘wider research impact’ varies between funders, but, at its most basic level, it is the beneficial change which research creates in society beyond academia. This could be through the enhanced effectiveness of public services and policy, improving quality of life and health, or economic benefits.
2024-08-30 - 2024-10-11. (English). Register here (Registration closes August 16)Course descriptionTarget GroupTeachers who have started or will start employment as university teachers.The course is also suitable for doctoral students who will teach.Extent30 hoursFor doctoral students, it is suggested that the course includes 1 credit.Learning outcomesAfter the course, the participants should be able to:1. Explain the pros and cons of teaching techniques presented in the course.2.
2024-08-30 - 2024-10-11. (English). Register here (Registration closes August 16)Course descriptionTarget GroupTeachers who have started or will start employment as university teachers.The course is also suitable for doctoral students who will teach.Extent30 hoursFor doctoral students, it is suggested that the course includes 1 credit.Learning outcomesAfter the course, the participants should be able to:1. Explain the pros and cons of teaching techniques presented in the course.2.
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.
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.
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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» Stängda paneler
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.
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.
Mental illness among young people in relation to socio-economic factors and physical activity was the topic at the "Meet a Researcher" lunch seminar at Karlstad University on September 24, 2019. Yunhwan Kim and Li Ma at the Centre for research on child and adolescent mental health (CFBUPH) talked about their research.
Mental health problems are due to various factors in society.
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.
