Psychological factors are equally and sometimes more important than monetary incentives for people when it comes to changing their behavior.
– Yet, decision makers, marketing people and people in general seem to believe that economic motives are the most important, says Per Kristensson, Professor of Psychology at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
By examining people’s willingness to buy environment friendly products, Per Kristensson and his co-authors
2024-01-26
Thirty years ago CTF, Service Research Center, was established at Karlstad University. How it happened, success factors and the latest from today’s research were included in the program when CTF held its anniversary celebration on October 6th at Karlstad University.
Martin Löfgren, Deputy Head at Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University, opened the event and welcomed everyone.
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JANUARY
Thu 20/1, 13.00–17.00, Zoom: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ applications.
CRS
» Konferenser
» People and Networks Matter - Enabling Sustainable Bioeconomy Transition 27-28 mars 2019
Keynote speakers from practice and science fields include: Prof. Pekka Leskinen, Head of Bioeconomy Programme, European Forest Institute, Runa Skyrud, project leader, Tretorget AS, Thea Lyng Thomsen, Development consultant at GreenLab, Denmark, and Prof. Olav Wicken, Professor at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at University of Oslo, Norway.
Read more about the keynote speakers here:
Prof. Pekka Leskinen
Thea Lyng Thomsen
Prof.
Marie Karlsson Tuula, a Professor of Civil Law at Karlstad University, has been appointed one of the 2020 ambassadors against honour-based violence by the national organisation GAPF (Glöm aldrig Pela och Fadime). The reason is that she has taken an important stand against honour-based violence and is committed to working against it.
“It feels amazing and surprising,” says Marie Karlsson Tuula.
2023-01-20
Hello Simone Fischer-Hübner, Professor in Computer Science! There's a lot going on right now in your field, cybersecurity. The Knowledge Foundation recently granted funding to a Swedish Industrial Graduate School on Cybersecurity (SIGS-CyberSec) where you will hold the wheel. Congratulations!
2024-05-21
In June, we have the EU elections and in November, the US presidential election awaits. At the same time, journalism is facing a bombardment of alleged declining credibility. How should this be resolved and who can you actually trust?
2024-03-27
On Wednesday, March 27, Karlstad University flies its flag at half-mast in honor of former colleague Kjell Härenstam, former professor of religious studies with a focus on didactics. In 2014, he received, together with colleague Marc Katz, Karlstad University's medal of honor for his commitment to the university's development of collaborations in Varanasi and Dharamsala, India.
2025-03-31
Gisela Priebe, professor of psychology and director of the The Centre for Research on the Mental Health and Life Circumstances of Children and Youth (CBU), is one of the speakers at "Barnrättsdagarna" (the Children's Rights Days) held from 31 March to 2 April in Karlstad. This year's theme, "The Child as a Rights Holder and the Best Interests of the Child," is a constantly relevant topic for Gisela and CBU's research.
Hello Gisela!
2016-11-09
Donald Trump is now elected the new US President and a question he raised during his campaign was the confidence of the voting system and election result. So, should Hilary Clinton now question the result? Melanie Volkamer, professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University, researches on e-voting and says that the systems used today could be questioned but there are ways of avoiding this.
Currently, different voting systems are used in the USA.
2016-03-30
ReQtest is a tool for Test Management, Error Reports and Requirement Management. After a presentation of the tool, we will discuss course-related use of this tool.
Jonas Dahlsjö from ReQtest presents, via Skype, the tool ReQtest (http://reqtest.se/).
ReQtest, which is a cloud service, is used in our course Acquisition of Information Systems (ISGA03), when this course is taught on distance.
Januari
8 januari 15.15-17, 12B 545 – KuFo. Arbetsseminarium: Hur går vi vidare med KuFo?
15 januari 15.15-17, Minerva – Doktorandsem. Text av Morten Feldtfos Thomsen. Läsare Marinette G. och Peter W.
22 januari 15.15-17, 3A 340 – Eng ling. Pia Sundqvist "Bridging the gap between in and out-of-school English: Learning from good practice." More information and seminar materials.
29 januari 15.15-17, 12A 522 – Doktorandsem. Text av Anna Lindholm.
The research paper “Geographical discrepancies in higher education in Sweden” picks up from an almost thirty year old doctoral thesis that focused on the importance of geographical distance in relation to higher education.
- What we’ve seen is that despite various reforms to facilitate higher education, there have been no direct effects, says Thomas Blom, Professor of Human Geography at Karlstad University.
Thomas Blom and Mats Nilsson, Docent in Human Geography at Karls
1–3 December, Karlstad University
Specfic 2021 is organized by the Swedish Network for Speculative Fiction. The Network for Speculative Fiction is an informal network of researchers, critics, and others who engage professionally with the speculative genres (science fiction, fantasy, horror, utopia/dystopia, post-apocalypse, etc.) in various media.
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JANUARY
Wed 9/1, 13.00–17.00, 12A522: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ applications. Upload application texts in designated folder in Box (or send texts to Maria) no later than 6/1.
Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and related sustainability initiatives will require halving of global greenhouse gas emissions each decade from now on through to 2050, when net zero emissions should be achieved. The recent article by the assistant Professor Avit K.
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SEPTEMBERThursday 18/9, 13.00–15.00, 3A340, final seminar: Jonas Hoeck presents his dissertation project.
CTF
» Forskning
» Forskning vid CTF
» Våra forskningsprojekt
Digital transformation in the music industry and in low-income countries. Muhammad Murtaza Ali Behavior change and digitalisation within health care. Jonas Hjalmar Blom Consumer and service design perspectives on the circular economy.
The project is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Main objectives:
To understand the role of the molecular interactions in polymer-polymer de-mixing during thin film formation, by monitoring it in-situ, imaging it at scales from nano- to micrometers, and modelling its dynamics.
To understand how molecular interactions can be manipulated by external stimuli with the goal to manipulate morphology.
To rationalize and optimize morphologies for optical a
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SEPTEMBER
Tuesday, 12/9, 13.15–16.00, 12A225 Humlan, 50% PhD seminar: Jonas Hoeck presents work from his dissertation project.
