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2021-05-10

Silver medal for Law students

News » 2021-05-10
Johanna Frykberger and Sofie Bäck from the Law Programme won second place at the national final, held at the Supreme Court. On 5 May, the national final of the Swedish Legal Championship was held at the Supreme Court.
2020-04-29
During her years as a researcher and data protection commissioner, the German computer scientist Marit Hansen has been a pioneer for the concept of privacy enhancing technologies (PET).
2024-04-05
The Swedish spring celebration Valborg is often associated with student culture and alcohol, but this year the celebration will be accompanied by a sober alternative with a focus on health and wellbeing - Kausläppet 2024. – We’re hoping that a lot of students, teachers and other members of staff want to join this sober activity, says student Henrik Karlsson Skog. He and Emil Turborn are doing their practical placement as part of the event team behind Kausläppet, which is

Meet yourself in virtual reality

Psykologi » Vår forskning » Klinisk psykologi
Researchers at Karlstad University are investigating whether the experience of meeting oneself in Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to improve psychological treatments in the future. We are looking for people (over 20 years of age) with depressive symptoms who do not meet the criteria for any serious psychiatric diagnosis. During the project, you will see a pre-recorded version of yourself in Virtual Reality (VR) and answer questions about how you experienced seeing your
2016-01-18
Bridget Kane, PhD, has pursued research within Health Informatics and CSCW at Trinity College and St. James Hospital in Dublin. During the spring 2016 she will help students who write HCI theses in English. She will also contribute to the master course Models and Methods for Multimedia Development. She has a post-graduate diploma in Statistics and will assist in the research education during this spring.

Open Access deal - Taylor & Francis

Bibliotek » Forskarstöd » Publicera » Open Access » Open Access deals with publishers
The library and the Bibsam consortia has signed an read and publish agreement with Taylor & Francis for 2025-2027, which gives researchers at Karlstad University the possibility to publish open access in approximately 2,200 of Taylor & Francis hybrid journals without charges.

The Uses of Aesthetics

KUFO » Aktiviteter » Tidigare aktiviteter
12–14 September, 2019 Karlstad University, Sweden An international interdisciplinary conference organized by the research group for culture studies KuFo (Kulturvetenskapliga forskargruppen) in celebration of KuFo’s ten-year anniversary.
2017-09-18
Computer Science researchers at Karlstad University received Best Paper award at the top ranked research conference ISD, Information Systems Development 2017. The paper concerns users’ perspectives on a cloud-based personal identity management and it is connected to the CREDENTIAL project which Karlstad University is involved. “I was surprised when they announced our paper as the winner of the award but I was also very happy, of course.

Keynote Speaker: Jens Rydström

Centrum för genusforskning » Evenemang och seminarier » Evenemang vid CGF » ÄLDRE EVENEMANG » CGF-evenemang 2022 » Nationell konferens för genusforskning - G22
Jens Rydström, professor in Gender Studies and Associate Professor in History with a focus on the History of Sexuality and Gender History, Lunds universitet My research revolves around sexuality and history at the intersection of lived experience, activism and government regulation.
2019-03-29
How do we increase the pace of the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy? What are the driving forces and what do the challenges look like? Some are about innovation and new technological solutions, but equally important is to change rules and frameworks at the global, national and regional level. That people need to meet and exchange knowledge, experiences and build networks is a necessity.

Geomedia Speaker Series - Crispin Thurlow

Geomedia » Konferenser och evenemang » Geomedia Speaker Series
“Elite for the day”: The precarious, violent rhetorics of privilege The once trademarked slogan “elite for the day” was a marketing strategy promising economy passengers a chance to sample life in the premium lane: upgrades, priority baggage tags, no-middle-seat and “a separate line for boarding the flight, complete with a blue carpet and gold stanchions”.[1] Such is the stuff of privilege, and such is the illusion of distinction.

IT security

Student » Meny » IT-stöd » Hjälp och support
In our information society, where larger amounts of information than ever before are processed, stored, communicated and multiplied, more is required of you as a user of computers, mobile phones and IT systems. On an individual level, this often means that studies and personal life easily flow together. Report an incident If you discover or become aware of an incident that you believe affects the use of computers, mobile phones or IT systems, you must report this.
Teacher education in English has much in common with our degree courses, but with the addition of language and literature pedagogy. The pedagogical focus is on applying subject knowledge in a classroom setting. The preschool and lower primary education degree programme requires 15 ECTS credits in English, and 30 ECTS cr are required for teaching English in upper primary education.
2015-12-16
The research group Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, has been commissioned to form an innovation cluster to coordinate and stimulate innovation, technology transfer, commercialization and dissemination of information on energy-efficient public transport.
2023-09-12
- Propaganda is what media and communication research has focused on in Russia – the discourse that I’m looking at was fairly unexplored before the start of the war, says Svetlana Chuikina. In her doctoral thesis, “(Re)constructing Russian anti-war movements.

Karlstad week

Forskning » Forskningsstöd » Forskarstöd » Grants and Innovation Office » Samarbeten med andra partners » CRE8® Europe » CRE8®Europe workshops veckor
Months of preparation went in to the first week of CRE8 Europe hosted in Karlstad. A sunny but chilly September morning greeted the students. It turned out to be a week full of meetings, new friendships, challenging tasks and new cultural experiences. The students (except for the Karlstad students) where all booked at Karlstad City Hostel. A small hotel/hostel with lounge/dining room for the students to meet and hang out during off hours of the program.
Months of preparation went in to the first week of CRE8 Europe hosted in Karlstad. A sunny but chilly September morning greeted the students. It turned out to be a week full of meetings, new friendships, challenging tasks and new cultural experiences. The students (except for the Karlstad students) where all booked at Karlstad City Hostel. A small hotel/hostel with lounge/dining room for the students to meet and hang out during off hours of the program.
2018-05-31
Just over a year ago, the Next unit was established at the IT company CGI, where work is being done on emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. During a lunch lecture for IT students at Karlstad University one of the co-workers at CGI Next, Christer Enfors, tried to sort out the differences between these two concepts – which is what? Where are the boundaries between the two? What should they be used for?

Geomedia 2017 International Conference

Geomedia » Konferenser och evenemang » Geomedia International Conferences
  Spaces of the In-Between International conference in Karlstad, 9-12 May 2017: Geomedia is a relatively new term that has been given only a few definitions so far (see, e.g., Thielmann, 2007, 2010; Lapenta, 2011, 2012; McQuire, 2016). What these definitions have in common is that they refer to geomedia as a particular technological condition.
2019-10-25

Agreement signed with Github

News » 2019-10-25
Karlstad Business School has signed a partnership agreement with Github – an online Community and subsidiary of Microsoft – to offer students and teaching staff the opportunity to cooperate and contribute to different IT projects without cost. Revision control of source code is very important in all development and management of systems. GIT is a system for revision control developed by the Linux creator Linus Torvalds.

Consumer privacy - fundamentals, 5 ects

ISE » Om ISE » Samtliga utvecklade kurser
This course will give you an introduction and broadened you knowledge on consumer privacy on digital markets. It will give you the fundamentals of consumer and online privacy. The course outlines principles of user-centric privacy applicable to the design of online systems and choice architecture, focusing on user interface design and its psychological foundations. It addresses both theoretical and practical implications of online privacy.
Find the hidden jobs be brave and make a spontaneous applicationApproximately 60 % of the open positions are hidden. These jobs are not advertised through Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service) or digital recruitment channels.