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Finn Nilson is a professor in Risk Management at Karlstad University, Head of Subject in Risk and Environmental Studies, and director of the Centre for Societal Risk Research. In his own research, he often assumes the individual’s perspective and believes that it is important to view crises from a holistic perspective.
- It is easy to focus on one detail, says Finn. In the event of a fire, for example, the engineers focus mostly on the cause.
Have you ever felt frustrated with all the technology surrounding you? You are not alone. In his book Rethinking Communication Geographies, André Jansson, professor of Media and Communication Studies, has compiled his research on a subject that is relevant to our digital everyday lives.
The school must be notified about sick children. Travel plans must be made. The tax returns must be finished on time.
2025-04-08
An open letter and an opinion article were recently published by three researchers from Karlstad University and Chalmers, warning about the government's legislative proposal for increased transparency in encrypted apps.
Sociologi
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Annika Jonsson is an associate professor of sociology at the Department of Social and Psychological Studies, and active in REVA. With a background in interactionism, feminist theory, and the sociology of religion, she researches death and continuing bonds. She has published articles in journals such as Death Studies and Contemporary Social Science.
Andreas: You have a new book in Swedish, Continuing Bonds: How People Live with Their Dead.
Forskning
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» IT, ekonomi och juridik
Working Life Science is the study of work at the levels of the individual, organisation, and society, centring on areas such as the organisation of work and its consequences, the development of the labour market and the meaning of work in our lives.
Working Life Science offers education at all university levels including the doctoral level and contract courses.
Simone Fischer Hübner, Professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University, has received a prestigious research assignment on European level.
2019-10-29
On 9-11 October the yearly competition, European Cyber Security Challenge, was held and 20 teams of young cyber security talents from 20 European countries solved security-related problems. Simone Fischer-Hübner, professor of computer science at Karlstad University was a member of the jury.
“There is a great need of more people working with IT related security problems,” says Simone Fischer-Hübner.
2023-05-26
Edge computing is one of the drivers for future industries and a fundamental component in 5G networks, says Professor Javid Taheri. He has recently published a reference book on the subject, Edge Intelligence: From Theory to Practice.
2014-01-23
We welcome Gabriella Arcese Ph. D in Commodity Science, and Laura Di Pietro Ph. D student in Commodity Science and Quality Management, from Roma Tre University, who are visiting us for the coming three weeks to work with Professor Bo Edvardsson and Ph D Student Kotaiba Aal.
Laura Di Pietro is a Ph D student in Commodity Science and Quality Management at the Department of Business Studies.
2022-03-23
Kristina Palm at Karlstad Business School and Calle Rosengren at Lund University have received an award for their research on the boundary between work and personal life in a digitalised working environment.
2024-10-01
On 9-12 September, the conference BERA/WERA was held in Manchester. One of the participants was Christina Olin-Scheller, professor of literary studies education and educational work at Karlstad University.
Twentyfour persons have received a PhD degree in Physics or Materials Science at Karlstad University since the start.
Mattias Flygare
Dissertation 17 December 2021.
"The influence of crystallinity on the properties of carbon nanotubes”.
Opponent: Professor Thomas Wågberg, Umeå University.
Samuel Starfelt
Dissertation 11 September 2020.
"Scanning tunneling microscopy and photoemission studies of Ag films on metal/semiconductor surfaces”.
Opponent: Professor Anders Mikkel
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Until further notice, seminars and workshops will be in Zoom unless otherwise advertised.
Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.
Our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!
JANUARY
Thu 19/1, Minerva, KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ applications.
Mia Larson, Professor of Business Administration, has been awarded “Outstanding paper 2022” by Emerald Publishing for the article “The inevitability of essentializing culture in destination branding: the cases of fika and hygge”.
2024-08-08
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, associate professor in Computer Science, was presented with Best Paper Award at the 2024 International Conference on Technologies & Organization for his work, "Symbiotic Nexus between Social Sustainability and Large-Scale Agility in Nordic Technology Enterprises." The conference was held in Paris on 27 June 2024.
SQuaD Group at Department of Computer Science conducted the research as part of NODLA project, in collaboration with three Swedish ICT
2023-10-19
Andrea Schalley, Professor of English Linguistics at Karlstad University, has been granted funding from the Swedish Research Council for the 4-year research project “Swedish or English?
2022-12-06
Are you worrying about making money last until the next pay day during Christmas? Are you already regretting purchasing that electronic gadget you thought was so necessary during Black Friday?
2016-10-20
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.
2018-11-30
Adrian Muntean, Professor of Mathematics at Karlstad University, has been awarded funding by the Swedish Research Council to study the transport of matter through thin heterogeneous layers, that is, thin barriers preventing the free movement of particles.
2023-06-01
Jan Ch Karlsson, Professor of Working Life Science at Karlstad Business School, and his German colleague and collaboration partner have been given an award for their article “Towards a Sociology of Meaningful Work”.
– Work that includes a lot of negative stress or rigid hierarchies is actually lethal, says Jan Ch Karlsson.
Why is research about meaningful work so important?
– Most people spend a large portion of their lives and their waking hours working.
2024-06-17
The research project “Sámi ‘Trail of Tears’ Walking Trail” has now been completed. Richard Ek, professor of human geography and project leader, talks about the importance of the control being with the indigenous population and that the culture surrounding Sápmi is extremely important in keeping the stories surrounding the forced displacement of the Sámi alive.
– Our findings have confirmed what we’ve known all along, Richard Ek explains.
2024-06-03
The latest PISA study shows that young people’s reading skills are declining in Sweden, and their motivation to read is also decreasing. The newly formed Expert Council for Reading will work to promote interest in reading and literature, both in schools and in society at large.
