I want to start by thanking all of you for doing such a fantastic job throughout the year. I hope you will have the opportunity to relax, recharge your batteries and enjoy some well-earned time off.
Last time I wrote about my first impressions of Karlstad University and how I view our development going forward.
2013-11-26
You’ve been appointed assistant director for Vipp Industrial graduate school as from January 1st 2014. Why is a professor in Psychology interested in industrial research in general and the forestry industry in particular?
– I do research in psychology with business implications - among other things user innovation, creative organizations, service innovation and management.
2017-06-29
On June 12-15 researchers from CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, Sweden, gathered in Porto for the QUIS15 symposium. The symposium is held every other year and attracts around 250 leading researchers and executives from all over the world.
CTF researchers Per Skålén, Carolina Camén and Bo Edvardsson participated in a workshop on Transformative service research.
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?
Akademisk högtid
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“It is important that research within Business Administration is quick to identify new, growing economies, types of companies and markets and examines them through the lens of sustainability.”
Mia Larson was born and raised in Kungälv, where she chose the economy programme for her upper secondary school studies. Her academic career began at the university in Sundsvall, where she studied for the first two years of the economics study programme.
Fredrik Wikström is a newly appointed professor of Energy and Environmental Technology. He conducts research on how packaging can contribute to a sustainable development where less food is wasted. In recent years, this research has been praised and received attention in the media.
Fredrik Wikström holds a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physics at Uppsala University and received his PhD in Systems Ecology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
If you are interested in the connection between computers and humans, the master's program in computer science is for you. Jonathan Magnusson, doctoral student in computer science at Karlstad University, talks about his experiences of an education that in principle guarantees jobs.
The step to higher education was not far for Jonathan Magnusson.
A working method for highlighting different values of the forest has been developed within the project Ingoskog. The method is based on a further development of the Norwegian concept of landscape resource analysis and has attracted interest, most recently at a seminar with Region Värmland.
2021-06-15
Innovation, transformation and sustainable development during changing times marked by the pandemic were in focus at CTF´s Service Innovation Day 2021 where the participants listened to presentations from Vinnova, Ikea, Systembolaget and Ica Maxi on how they work with these issues.
Research at Public health science consists of several strong research groups tightly tied to the community. Research topics include psychosocial health of vulnerable groups children. Environmental exposure and child development is studied in the SELMA-study.
Public Health Science at Karlstad University involve renowned and experienced researchers that produce quality research in their respective fields. Several large studies are currently being undertaken.
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IT, project management and ERP systems is a programme offered as distance education. How did you experience your studies?
“The first two years I studied part time and the last two full time. I thought that it worked very well and I was abroad most of the time, in Australia, the USA and Spain. It was fun and made distance education a better alternative, even if one sometimes misses meeting fellow students.
IT, project management and ERP systems is a programme offered as distance education. How did you experience your studies?
“The first two years I studied part time and the last two full time. I thought that it worked very well and I was abroad most of the time, in Australia, the USA and Spain. It was fun and made distance education a better alternative, even if one sometimes misses meeting fellow students.
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Khabat Amin, Risk- and environmental studies
Researches on safety for pedestrians in road traffic environment.
Sandra Andersson, Social Work
Sofia Billebo, Human Geography
Tove Bodland, Risk- and environmental studies
My research interest concerns the societal ability to prepare for, manage and recover from extreme weather events.
Behind administration, we find the administrators. A professional group that David Regin Öborn, new doctor in working life science at Karlstad Business School, has focused on in his research.
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Collaboration is a natural part of education and research at Karlstad University and there are well-established platforms for collaboration.
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Xin Liu, senior lecturer in gender studies at Karlstad University, receives funding for her research from Geomedia to write the book ”Making Air Smart: The Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Atmospheric Data”.
Xin Liu, in what way is this project connected to Geomedia?
- It examines the production, imaginaries, experiences, and implications of atmospheric data, which includes environmental data such as air quality index, remote sensing data of forest, and radar scan of atmosp
2024-03-11
On Friday 8 March, the Minister for Education, Mats Persson, visited Karlstad University.
– It was very interesting in general. I’m very pleased, he says.
– It was particularly interesting to listen to Birgitta Persdotter and her research on social services.
2019-12-09
This year's Sustainability Day at the Business School centred to a great extent on the art of moving from talking to acting, turning ideas and plans into speed and action, since knowledge means nothing without the ability to use it.
2016-09-23
We are proud to annouce Javier Reynoso, Professor of Service Management at EGADE Business School, Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Mexico, as one of the speakers at CTF 30th Anniversary.
What will you talk about on October 6th?
- I am going to talk about service research at the Base of the Pyramid – this means the need and relevance of service research in the huge segment of society who lives with less than 9 USD per day.
2024-04-04
Two new Honorary Doctors have been appointed at Karlstad University in 2024. They specialize in the fields of hydropower environmental issues and psychology. The award ceremony will take place during the Academic Celebration on October 18.
The Faculty of Health, Science, and Engineering has appointed Johan Tielman as Honorary Doctor in 2024.
2024-10-24
Research on justice in connection with disasters and sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in a world where climate change and social inequalities create new challenges.
Hello and welcome to the #WPRnetwork - an international network of scholars from a broad range of disciplines who are using Carol Bacchi's "What's the Problem Represented to be?" (WPR) approach to policy analysis.
Today, the Swedish Innovation Index 2020 is released, and Ikea is - for the third year in a row – ranked as Sweden's most innovative company. Systembolaget has advanced the most in innovation capacity.
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