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Through the intersectional turn, issues of racism and antiracism become crucial in feminist research and activism. Understanding the centrality of different experiences of racism has added to a transformation of the field of gender studies, in a variety of aspects: epistemologically, theoretically, methodologically and politically.
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When focus is on innovation it is easy to overlook other things. In the desire to think new, the utility aspect can sometimes get lost. The actual customer-value of a product might be neglected.
3rd PRME Nordic Chapter Responsible Management Education Symposium | Karlstads universitet (kau.se)The key note for the event will focus on The role of innovation for responsible leadership and transformation and will be given by Bo Edvardsson, Professor Karlstad Business School/CTF-Service Research Center, Karlstad University and Marie Carlsson, VP Electromobility Business Development, Volvo Buses.The event also features a “Meet the editors” session as well as abstract presentations f
Fredrik Wikström
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Helén Williams
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Lisa Mattsson, (on parental leave)
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Dear Geomedians, here is a new selection of news and points of information related to the Centre for Geomedia Studies!
25-01-10
Dear Geomedians,
First, I hope you’ve had a good beginning of the new year – and thank you for productive work during 2024!
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YOUTUBE AND UNESCO’S SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE: INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL HERITAGE AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
YouTube distributes videos of intangible cultural heritage uploaded by UNESCO, other institutions, communities and individual users.
Researchers in analytical chemistry at Karlstad University have published an article on the analysis of how the coronavirus attaches to receptors in the human body.
2019-04-23
Digital services and platforms were in focus when CTF and Cambridge Service Alliance held a seminar at Cambridge University. Researchers and industrial partners presented current projects and future challenges. It was a successful event where academia and practitioners met to exchange experiences and insights.
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2019-04-24
Researchers from Europe and North America met at Karlstad University to discuss the broader perspective of Marketing ethics and CSR with a focus on the role of positive and normative marketing ethics, and the change in business ethics due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain Technology at “The 7th Pat Murphy International Symposium on Marketing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility”.
More than 25 researchers from several countries in Europe and North Ameri
2016-12-16
Three projects at Karlstad University are the recipients of EU funds to a sum of 21 million SEK. The decision was made by the North Mid-Sweden Structural Fund Partnership on 15 December 2016.
”We are very pleased with this decision of the North Mid-Sweden Structural Fund Partnership. The funds will contribute to strengthening research at the university and the continued development of Värmland,” says Åsa Bergenheim, vice chancellor.
2022-12-13
Christmas is around the corner and the year is drawing to a close, as I look back on an eventful year. I want to take this opportunity to give my warmest thanks to colleagues, partners, funders, and anyone who has contributed to or our research. I look forward to a new year of interesting research, courses and events.
In 2022 we have managed to make the workplace vibrant and lively again, following the pandemic.
2023-09-19
Anne-Maria and Gustaf Ander Foundation for Media Research continues to support CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University. The research center will receive 1,3 million SEK for the period 2014-2017.
The money will be used to fund two Visiting Professorships during the next three years at CTF. The Visiting Professors are: Thorsten Gruber, Loughborough University, UK, and Stephen L.
If you are interested in CTF, our research and cooperation, please contact us.
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Researchers at CTF have been granted 5.3 million SEK for research on energy-efficient commuting. The main financer of the project is the Swedish Energy Agency.
In the project, researchers Lars E. Olsson and Margareta Friman both active at CTF, Service Research Center and Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, will develop new knowledge and methods for energy-efficient travel.
2021-12-13
2021 is soon coming to and end. In this Christmas greeting, the director sums up some highlights of the past year.
Christmas and New Year approaches, and soon we can put another eventful and challenging year behind us. When I look back and sum up the past year, there are, despite the pandemic, several important achievements and positive happenings.
2022-12-05
The book "Stoppa matsvinnet! – en förpackad lösning" (unofficial translation: Stop Wasting Food — a Package Solution), written by Fredrik Wikström and Helén Williams, was named the winner in the Food, Climate and Environment category in the contest “Årets Svenska Måltidslitteratur 2022”.
Fredrik Wikström and Helén Williams are active at Service Research Center (CTF), as well as at the discipline of Energy and Environmental Technology at Karlstad University.
Research on men and masculinities at the Centre for Gender Studies (CGF) concerns conditions for Research on men and masculinities at the Centre for Gender Studies (CGF) concerns conditions for change and emancipatory opportunities. We deal with epistemological and methodological issues in work for gender equality and social justice. Our research has a global perspective and is comparative.
Over the course of several weeks, two researchers from Bangalore, India, have visited the university as part of an ongoing collaboration funded by STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education.
This is a long-term collaboration, says Sergej Moroz, Associate Professor of Physics. This time, it’s a PhD student, Ankush Chaubey, and his advisor, Subhro Bhattacharjee, who are here for a couple of weeks.
2021-11-16
A systematic approach to improvement, development, learning, collaboration and feedback to society are important tasks at a modern, ambitious business school.
2015-12-17
The Business Research Lab at the University of Wollongong has now got its own Ozlab installation.
In December 14-16 our lab assistant Malin Wik is supervising the installationen of the web-based Ozlab.
Associate Professor Rodney Clarke directs the Business Research Lab at the University of Wollongong.
2020-05-04
A new board for Karlstad University has been appointed. New representatives for teachers are, CTF's director Per Kristensson, together with Niklas Gericke and Jan van Stam. New external members, appointed by the Government, are Pam Fredman, Ann Fust, Mikael Liljestrand and Amir Sajadi.
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.
2024-11-11
During the autumn, several research funding foundations announce their decisions. So far, nine applications from researchers at Karlstad University have been granted a total of close to SEK 40.5 million.
The Swedish Research Council, which is Sweden’s largest governmental research funding body, has granted educational science research funds to the project “Skolgång, utvecklingsvägar och skolerfarenheter för elever med neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar”.
2017-04-21
Researchers at CTF have been granted 3.9 million SEK for research on future customer experiences. In the project the researchers will develop new knowledge on how to make retail and the hospitality industry more attractive through digitalization.
- The progress of digitalization leads to new ways to consume goods and services and physical stores are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with e-commerce.
