In 2016, Karlstad University was given the right to issue a Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ingesund School of Music. The experiences gained from that application process were then utilised in a new application for a Degree of Master of Fine Arts, which was submitted to the Swedish Higher Education Authority, UKÄ. The application has now been approved and Ingesund School of Music can issue a master’s degree.
2022-06-22
In 2016, Karlstad University was given the right to issue a Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ingesund School of Music. The experiences gained from that application process were then utilised in a new application for a Degree of Master of Fine Arts, which was submitted to the Swedish Higher Education Authority, UKÄ. The application has now been approved and Ingesund School of Music can issue a master’s degree.
The research is based on the need to view issues of social, financial, and environmentally sustainable development of society in relation to teaching and learning. The complex global issues that the researchers in ROSE are examining, are interdisciplinary and bring different forms of specialised knowledge of various subjects to the fore. For example, this could be about digitisation, Anthropocene* or migration.
The Rise of Right Wing Hindutva Movement in India
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 15:15 - 16:45, 5A:415
Dr Swati Parashar, Senior Lecturer, Peace and Development Program at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg,
In this presentation, I argue that the BJP’s victory in the 2014 federal elections and their subsequent takeover of many state legislatures must be seen in continuity with the rise of the Hindutva Movement in India since the 1990s.
The award is given for 'long term and significant contributions to the service research field and to the development of CTF'.
International Fellows of CTF appointed at CTF 30th Anniversary 2016:
Javier Reynoso, Professor, EGADE Business School, Mexico
Ruth Bolton, Professor, Arizona State University, US
Tor W.
An open seminar was held by the Risk- and Envronmental studies discipline on Friday 15 November, where Avit Bhowmik talked about his work on the Exponential Climate Action Roadmap.
International football legend Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson passed away on Monday. Earlier this year he received the sports leadership scholarship Karlstad Grand Prix Award, established by Karlstad University and the Karlstad Municipality.
After 40 years as a professional coach with the entire world as his workplace, Svennis returned to Värmland in 2022.
As a student at Karlstad university you have access to the internet via the global network Eduroam.
EduroamEduroam is a network that is available on almost all Swedish universities and in other parts of the world.See where you find the eduroam in the WorldYou log in with the following information:Network: eduroamUsername: Your Student Account (NetID) followed by @student.kau.se,example aaaabbbb100@student.kau.se (no spaces)Password: The same as to your student accountApp
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.
The ongoing climate crisis is not only destabilizing the Earth System but is also now adversely impacting the societal functions. This is now manifesting in negative social tipping dynamics such as anomie, radicalization, polarization, displacement, conflict and financial destabilization, at a global level – new research by Avit Bhowmik finds.
The world is currently undergoing a turmoil.
2017-09-27
Anders Gustafsson, Professor of Business Administration at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, is the first European to be awarded the prestigious assignment as President of AMA Academic Council.
Anders Gustafsson has been appointed President-Elect Designate of the AMA Academic Council. In this role, he is a member of the council's Executive Committee and is in line to serve as the first council president from outside of North America.
2017-12-14
One time is no time and two times is a habit. If the phrase is right, that means that Sustainability Day at the Business School is from now one a tradition. For the second year in a row sustainability issues where put in focus under the headline “Solving Global Challenges in Practice”.
Lars Sandberg, innovation manager at BillerudKorsnäs, talked about the company's work for increased sustainability and consideration to the environment when it comes to food packaging.
2023-10-17
Week 43 coincides with both UNESCO’s Global MIL Week and SPARC’s Open Access Week. To highlight this, the University Library is organising three events. Two of them require registration, one by 17 October and one by 20 October at the latest.
First up is a film screening followed by a talk with the director, in the afternoon Tuesday 24 October. The film will be shown at Filmstaden in central Karlstad and is organised together with Region Värmland.
2024-08-09
The information in the checklists is designed to provide a summary of the pre-award and post-award processes. Detailed guidelines for each step are provided in the Research Handbook.
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Karlstad University cooperates with universities in many other countries through visiting researchers and the exchange of teaching staff and students. We have agreements with about 200 universities and are involved in a number of international networks.
Global Partners at Karlstad UniversityOur ambition is to increase understanding for other cultures and to strengthen the University’s role in the international knowledge community.
On December 3, Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University organised the annual Sustainability Day, available for students and the general public.
2022-11-16
With the article “Assessing travel satisfaction in public transport: A configurational approach”, researchers at Karlstad Business School and the subject of psychology have attracted global attention.
- This shows that our research has an impact, says Alexandre Sukhov.
Alexandre Sukhov, Margareta Friman and Lars E.
2020-12-09
Recently, Tomas Gustavsson was awarded “Best full paper” for his article “Team performance in large-scale agile software development” at the ISD conference.
Tomas Gustavsson received his Degree of Doctorate in 2020 and he has used some the data collected for his thesis in the paper ”Team performance in large-scale agile software development”, where he examines the benefits of psychological safety within a team.
- This aspect didn’t really fit into my thesis as a whole, s
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Research data is a valuable resource and research funders are increasingly requiring that researchers who are awarded grants should be able to report on how collected data is managed and documented as well as how it will be made accessible for future research.
Research funders
The policy of Horizon Europe is that all funded projects are required to adhere to open access publication and open data, following the principle “as open as possible and as closed as necessary”.
How can better treatment be offered to young people who arrive at emergency rooms with suicidal thoughts but are not at immediate risk for suicide?
2025-05-30
Earlier this week, the Polar Music Prize was awarded at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. In front of a diverse audience of national and international musicians, actors, other prominent guests, and members of the Swedish royal family, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Herbie Hancock, and Barbara Hannigan received the Polar Music Prize.
2016-12-20
Kotaiba Aal, PhD student at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, has been awarded the Hedelius scholarhip of SEK 100,000 to visit Texas State University, San Marcos, USA, where he will be working on his doctoral thesis.
Kotaiba Aal will spend six months as a visiting graduate student at Texas State University in San Marcos.
2025-04-24
Researchers from Karlstad University explored how generative AI search engines, such as Microsoft Copilot, are transforming political news retrieval - and with it, the global flow of information.
The study "Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages" was published in the journal Telecommunications Policy and is co-authored by Professor Cornelia Bra
