“My current project is about exploring the possibilities of establishing a nature trail that is geographically in line with the forced relocation of Saami families through Sweden in the early 20th century.”
Rickard Ek was born and raised in Malmö, where he chose the social science programme for his upper secondary school studies.
Coaching via text messages can contribute to healthier habits and a better sense of well-being. This is shown in a study where researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, together with Friskvården i Värmland, have examined how digital services can complement physical meetings and facilitate behavioural change.
Changing your habits to a healthier way of life is not easy.
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.
Human Resource Management Day is an annual career fair for students in the Human Resource Management and Working Life program, held at the Business School at Karlstad University.
The event offers lectures, exhibitors, and booth mingling designed to inspire and create connections ahead of students’ future working lives.
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.
Karlstad University has received funding from the KK Foundation to build an industrial research school in forest-based bioeconomy and digitization. The project runs from June 2023 to May 2029.
EXACT is a collaboration between two strong research groups at Karlstad University - Pro2BE and DAMI4.0 - eight companies and several industry partners.
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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.
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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.
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Sandra Andersson, Social WorkTove Bodland, Risk- and environmental studiesMy research interest concerns the societal ability to prepare for, manage and recover from extreme weather events. My research is based on a resilience perspective on risk and crisis management in a Swedish context with a focus on the local level (region, municipality and civil society).
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.
CTF has initiated an initiative to formalize an international network of service researchers to strengthen and move the field of service research forward. Anders Gustafsson and David E.
Often when radical technological development happens, I gaze at it from a distance and try to understand it's impact on my life. This time I got to be a part of the revolution. I’m talking about the eye-tracking revolution, a journey that has been amazing to be a part of during the past 10 years. A journey that has just started.
Ten years ago I approached Tobii Technology with a radical suggestion, to lend me an eye-tracker.
The information below is designed to provide a summary of the post-award process. Detailed guidelines for each step of the process are provided in the Research Handbook.
Project manager responsibilities
It is essential that you as project manager read and understand the terms and conditions associated with the funding. The project manager is accountable to the head of department, dean and the vice-chancellor that the funder's requirements are met.
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Our project is featured in a chapter of the recently published book Svenskämnets didaktik. In the chapter, written by Stig-Börje and Birgitta, the focus is on boys' and men's reading. The chapter demonstrates the significance of geographical place and the ways it intersect with boys' and men's reader identities.
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Pay PerRullbot IV User Involvement Coaching Market space and Employeeship Switching and loyalty in public transport The New Service Economy +Strukturfondsprojekten: TPA II samt Tjänstefiering fas II.Är gudstjänsten kärna i Svenska kyrkans identitet. COLLFlexkraftMKT - Medarbetardriven och kundorienterad tjänsteinnovationLET-modell för ökad lojalitet baserad på förståelse för skillnaden mellan aktivitet/passivitet i dynamiska relationer. The impact of Religion.&
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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.
With support from the Ander Foundation, the Service Research Center (CTF) is happy to welcome Pascal Le Masson as a visiting professor. Pascal Le Masson is a professor at the Mines de Paris Research University, and has a distinguished background in design-oriented management and innovation.
Pascal Le Masson is an engineer and a professor at MINES ParisTech – PSL Research University.
Öyvind Alster has been working as a special educational needs co-ordinator at the Student Health Services since this autumn.
– The students have found their way to me and book appointments.
Swedish higher education offers bachelor’s and master’s programmes, designed to provide students with academic knowledge, critical thinking skills, and practical experience.
Bachelor’s ProgrammesA bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS, 3 years) provides foundational knowledge in a specific field. Some programmes lead to professional degrees, such as in engineering or teaching, which may have additional requirements.
Every year, around 1,500 people take their own lives in Sweden. Behind every statistic is a human being, a family, a community – and a tragedy that affects far more people than the individual who dies.
Suicide is not only a personal tragedy – it is also a socio-economic concern.
Despite the huge success of cellular networks and the Long Term Evolution (LTE), there are challenges ahead. The performance requirements of LTE yield massive signaling traffic, imposing further demands on already strained networks [36]. In an effort to manage the growing volume of data in cellular networks, there has been an increasing interest in deploying relays, distributed antennas, and smallcell access points (e.g., pico- and femtocells) in residential areas, subways and offices.
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Karlstad University – we challenge the established and explore the unknown. Our students and staff develop knowledge and skills for individual enrichment and to contribute to a sustainable society. Our creative academic environments are characterised by curiosity, courage and persistence. By taking a critical approach, we safeguard the scholarly and artistic foundations of our operations. Karlstad University is characterised by welcoming proximity and trust.
