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Activists and researchers have voiced concerns about feminism turning too much to criminalisation. The term ‘carceral feminism’ was coined to describe how feminist calls for law reform have supported the law-and-order agenda in the U.S. At the same time, scholars have opposed this way of framing feminist engagement with law reform and instead argued for a more nuanced understanding.
A grant of nearly SEK 10 million from the Knowledge Foundation allows researchers at Karlstad University to launch a new research project dedicated to the contribution of modern digitisation technology to pharmaceutical quality assurance and development. The accelerated rate of development of Covid-19 vaccines has raised the demand to speed up the development process for other pharmaceuticals.
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A creative atmosphere with focus on new technology, where innovation is the cornerstone for new challenges that are mastered on a regular basis. The members of the electrical engineering group find breeding ground to develop both personally and professionally for their future career.
- Our goal in electrical engineering is develop a robust research and educational environment in this field of study.
We caught up with Ph D Student Miha Uratnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenien, who is currently visiting CTF. Hello Miha, what brings you to CTF, and what kind of research are you working on right now?
- I am visiting CTF for two weeks to meet with Professor Per Kristensson, and other researchers at CTF. My research area is in service innovation with focus on customer relations (e.g. co-creation, co-production) and the role of social media.
2019-05-24
SQuaD (Software Quality and Digital Modernisation) is the new name of what used to be called SERG (the Software Engineering Research Group), one of the three research areas in Computer Science at Karlstad University.
"We are, of course, still software engineers at heart.
2014-10-14
We welcome Frida Skarin, new Ph D Student in Psychology at Samot. She will conduct her Ph D studies within the research area Transformative Service Research, and her supervisor is Associate Professor Lars E Olsson.
Frida Skarin has a Master's Degree in Applied Positive Psychology from University of East London. She has previously worked as a teacher in mental coaching and conflict management at the Swedish National Police Academy.
Rose (Research on Subject-specific Education) is a multidisciplinary research environment with a special interest in subject-specific – learning and teaching in subjects. It includes how the content of teaching is selected and how different teaching methods affect and shape the subject content, from primary school to higher education. The focus is on what happens in the classroom, and on the interaction between teachers and students in the learning process.
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UPDATE (230508)
Below you can find the schedule for the TEPE-conference. Two updated files can be downloaded in which you can find more detailed information regarding specific presentations: Book of Abstracts and the Program Parallel Sessions.
The past year, the AI hype has been significant, and the development has been received in different ways. Many see fantastic opportunities, others feel overwhelmed, and some are skeptical.
2025-06-12
Thomas J. Scheff, one of Karlstad University’s first honorary doctors, has passed away. The university is saddened by the news of his passing and honors his memory.
Bengt Starrin, professor emeritus at Karlstad University, became acquainted with Thomas Scheff in the 1970s and remembers him fondly.
Call for abstracts: Deconstruction and Reconstruction Work.
Karlstad University September 16-17, 2025The workshop will take place in the morning of September 17 before the official start of the Geomedia 2025 conference in Karlstad, Sweden.
Sony Mobile in Lund has developed a Wizard-of-Oz tool to support WOz testing of augmented-reality applications from mobile units. Research assistant Malin Wik visited Gunter Alce and Klas Hermodsson just before the autumn semester commenced to see WozARd and other remarkable systems. Via Skype also professor John Soren Pettersson participated in the discussions on collaborations (incl.
2013-02-28
On March 1 Daniela Sangiorgi, researcher from Imagination Lancaster University in England, is visiting CTF. She conducts research on service innovation, service design, and service design as a changing tool in both public and private organizations.
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.
2013-12-13
In December 2013 CTF has been appointed Excellence research group at Karlstad University.
- With this appointment we are given the opportunity to develop and further strengthen our position as one of the leading research centers on service innovation in the world, says Director Henrietta Huzell.?
As an Excellence research group CTF will receive up to 15 million SEK a year, for up to five years.
AT-LAB - Regional additive manufacturing laboratory at Karlstad University
Left to right:
Staffan Sunesson - laboratory engineer
Göran Karlsson
Pavel Krakhmalev – professor of materials science, project leader (profile)
pavel.krakhmalev@kau.se
054 700 2036
rum 21F 216
Urban Ringsby – project economist
Gunnel Fredriksson – project researcher – contact person for research activities (profile)
gunnel.fredriksson@kau.se
054 700 1258
rum 21F 223
Mikael Åsberg - forskare
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Syftet med denna panel är att presentera och diskutera forskning om #metoo, främst i Sverige, ur ett tvärdisciplinärt perspektiv. Panelen samlar forskare från olika discipliner som data- och systemvetenskap, genusvetenskap, juridik, medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, pedagogik, och statsvetenskap för att belysa hur #metoo-aktivismen i Sverige beskrivits och organiserats, samt vilka konsekvenser aktivismen haft för olika områden.
Two new Honorary Doctors have been appointed at Karlstad University in 2024. They specialize in the fields of hydropower environmental issues and psychology. The award ceremony will take place during the Academic Celebration on October 18.
The Faculty of Health, Science, and Engineering has appointed Johan Tielman as Honorary Doctor in 2024.
2024-03-07
The possibility of moving between different sectors and universities, within Sweden and abroad, has proven to be a successful step for researchers at Karlstad University.
2024-12-10
Self-service and customisation make your customers want to take part in producing goods and services. They are more appreciative of services they have personally participated in producing.
Cost-conscious managers consider engaging customers to do part of a job in order to save costs. Market-oriented managers consider engaging customers to create increased customer-supplied assets.
Why do we consider our own ideas and proposals as being better than others’?
2018-05-18
Valmet’s Tissue Technology Award 2018 goes to Björn Sjöstrand, Ph.D. student in chemical engineering at Karlstad University, for his research and development of computer models for energy efficient tissue production.
