On 1 January 2024, it had been 95 years since Mickey Mouse first showed up in the short film “Steamboat Willy”. Now, the early versions of the famous mouse are free to use by anyone. Or are they?
2019-10-08
What expectations do employers have on newly graduated students? What abilities are important to take with you from the studies into the working life?
2018-05-20
Uganda does not belong to one of the famous coffee countries, but the fact is that coffee is one of the biggest export products of the country. How does growing, roasting, export and sale work? How does it the economical ecosystem look in reality?
2020-06-16
... project manager for MECO, Music Ecosystems Inner Scandinavia. You are now half way in the project, can you tell us more about it?
"The overall aim of Meco is, based on digitalized user experiences and place experiences, to study, innovate and optimize the music service ecosystems in the Region of Inner Scandinavia.
Forskning
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GIO offers targeted competence and career development for individual researchers, doctoral students and research environments. The starting point is to provide support adapted to the different phases of a research career, from early career researchers to senior researchers. In addition, researchers are given the opportunity to develop the competencies required to be a dynamic research leader and research environments are offered support in their strategic work and development.
Online applications for degree certificates are done via Ladok.You should apply for your degree at the university where you completed the most recent course that you want included in your degree. Make sure that all courses and grades that are to be included in your degree have been registered correctly in Ladok.
Sociologi
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» Konferens om Åldrande och migration i Sverige och Japan 11-12 maj 2022
Plain Japanese to promote health among people from overseas
There are 2.9 million registered foreign nationals in Japan as of June 2021, among which 200 thousand people (7 %) are aged 65 or older.
In this Science skills to go seminar, we will have a closer look at the concept of open peer review, a transformative approach to scholarly publishing that emphasizes transparency and accountability. We will explore perceived key benefits of open peer review, such as increased trust in the review process, enhanced collaboration among researchers, and the potential for higher-quality feedback.
In this Science skills to go seminar, we will have a closer look at the concept of open peer review, a transformative approach to scholarly publishing that emphasizes transparency and accountability. We will explore perceived key benefits of open peer review, such as increased trust in the review process, enhanced collaboration among researchers, and the potential for higher-quality feedback.
The reasons for embarking on a research career are probably as many as there are researchers. A wish to know more is probably a common incentive.
Research programmes at Karlstad University are designed for those who want to achieve expertise in an area of specialisation.
Patricia Saenz Mendez came to Karlstad University in 2020, in the midst on the pandemic. A rather strange start, but as a newly appointed docent in chemistry, she feels that she is in exactly the right place.
- I completed my PhD in Uruguay and after that I ended up in Sweden. Before Karlstad University, I was a postdoc at KTH and Örebro University, as well as at University of Gothenburg for a short period, says Patricia Saenz Mendez.
Karlstad is a beautiful city, located at the delta where Klarälven flows into Lake Vänern, the third largest lake in Europe. Karlstad is the county seat of Värmland. The region boasts global leaders in the pulp, paper, steel, engineering and IT sectors.
The sun always shines in Karlstad – if not literally, then figuratively. Karlstad is a pleasant city because of its residents and the surrounding water.
Kombinerad ECHA och igMCG konferens 16-18 juni 2025
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The Swedish DOME research consortium held a meeting in Karlstad June 4-5, 2019, where Information System’s Bridget Kane, Karlstad Business School, acted as host.
The purpose of the DOME consortium is to build knowledge about the implementation and use of eHealth services. Its research is based on studies of e-health projects, in particular in cooperation with the parties involved in the establishment of Online Patient Records in Sweden (“Journalen”).
2019-12-18
A new study evaluated the association between early pregnancy exposure to eight PFAS compounds respectively and birth weight in 1,533 mother child pairs in the Swedish Environmental Longitudinal, Mother and child, Asthma and allergy (SELMA) study, specifically focusing on differences according to sex of the child.
Researchers found significant associations between higher prenatal exposures for five different PFAS (PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, PFDA och PFUnDA) and lower birth weight
2014-02-18
The journal article “Relationship Characteristics and Cash Flow Variability: Implications for Satisfaction, Loyalty and Customer Portfolio Management” by Crina Tarasi, Ruth Bolton, Anders Gustafsson, and Beth Walker, Journal of Service Research, May, is one of MSI's "Must Reads" from 2013.
"Just as in finance, reducing the volatility of customer cash flows can improve overall marketing performance. Why?
2020-06-16
Digitalisation processes in traditional industries are the focus of the EU project DigiTeRRi. In collaboration with two regions in France and Austria, Värmland will contribute to increased digitalisation through RRI, Responsible Research and Innovation.
Digitalisation processes in traditional industries are the focus of the EU project DigiTeRRi.
2020-12-17
We are often exposed to privacy information that is designed in a way that urges us to quickly give our consent and disclose more data than necessary.
2025-02-18
Over two days, the industrial graduate school Exact held its spring meeting, focusing on collaboration and development opportunities as well as career planning for doctoral students.
– It has been two days filled with fascinating presentations from our doctoral students and many fruitful discussions about the graduate school’s collaboration and development opportunities, says Jörgen Samuelsson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School.
Digital technologies and digitalisation-related change can affect society at large as well as individuals. This area studies how digitalisation and digital transformation can create synergies between industry, individuals, employees and society at large. Particular focus is on the expansion towards Industry 5.0, where sustainable digital transformation and an interaction between people, the environment and society is central.
Karlstad University continues to solidify its position as a key player in the European research on Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G mobile technologies. The Distributed Intelligent Systems and Communications (DISCO) group, part of the Computer Science Department, has secured funding for three exciting new projects.
2023-03-31
Karlstad University has research equipment in several places in its premises. Now it could also be found outdoors. Since February, a Starlink antenna has been installed on the roof of the building where the Computer Science researchers are located.
