Cristian Hernandez Benet, doctoral student in Computer Science at Karlstad University, has been awarded the prize Best Paper Award at the IEEE CloudNet conference, a large international conference focused on cloud networks in Coimbra, Portugal, that took place 4-6 November.
“The most prominent cloud network researchers in the world gather for this conference, so Cristian has received this prize in keen competition.
2017-10-30
A new project on needs-driven research and development of methods and tools for IT-supported crisis management training was recently granted 4.8 million Swedish krona from the EU’s regional development fund Interreg.
In this follow-up study, we explore the practice architectures that enable and constrain the realisation of sustainable school development with a focus on the role and function of change agents in schools as organisations. In municipalities, the change agents go by names such as development leaders, teacher leaders, process leaders, middle leaders, etc. Their function can be broadly described as acting as pedagogical leaders with the task of promoting and driving school development.
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LIZZIE RICHARDSON, GOETHE UNIVERSITY, FRANKFURT, ALESSANDRO GANDINI, UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND ERIKA POLSON, UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
February 22, 2024
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Work is undergoing rapid changes, partly due to technological transformation.
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After a year of many and rapid changes, we would like to wish all of our students and staff a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with a summary of an eventful 2022.
- It has been fantastic fun to follow our Business School in 2022 - it is clear who we are, what we want and what we have achieved, says Marie-Therese Christiansson acting Head of Karlstad Business School.
2024-11-26
The Swedish Institute for Educational Research has granted funding to three projects at Karlstad University focusing on practice-oriented education research. The university also has a co-applicant involved in another project. The objective of the projects is improved teaching within the Swedish school system.
The researchers at Karlstad University who have been granted funding all have a particular interest in subject-specific education.
2013-08-15
The research profile The New Service Economy Plus started 2011 and was completed this spring. It is a continuation of a previous research profile within the same area and is financed by Knowledge Foundation, Karlstad University and partner companies.
- CTF has a long tradition of collaborating and co-producing with companies and organizations.
2021-05-10
Johanna Frykberger and Sofie Bäck from the Law Programme won second place at the national final, held at the Supreme Court.
On 5 May, the national final of the Swedish Legal Championship was held at the Supreme Court.
2018-09-17
In a collaborative effort to assure the quality of education at their universities, some universities are making their own evaluation of each other. Today the Treklöver Report about Karlstad Business School's- part of Karlstad University - educational programmes in Information Systems was published.
The report mentions several good examples at the Information Systems group at Karlstad Business School, all to be shared by the Information Systems community in Sweden .
2021-09-22
Christina Öberg's research on managers’ (in)ability to handle an uncertain future was recently awarded with "Best paper award" within organizational neuroscience at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
The award-winning paper "Managers, Minds and Machines in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" is based on a study of managers’ (in)ability to handle an uncertain future.
"The paper examines how managers tend to navigate companies based on a view of the future as
Researchers from Austria, Denmark, England, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland were visiting Karlstad on May 22-26 to attend the sixth annual meeting of the European Rasch Training Group (ERTG).
The schedule is continually updated and subject to change. Seminar materials are normally distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these lists should feel free to contact us.
JANUARY
Wed 9/1, 9.00–17.00, Minerva before lunch, 3A340 after: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ and VR postdoc applications.
12–14 September, 2019
Karlstad University, Sweden
An international interdisciplinary conference organized by the research group for culture studies KuFo (Kulturvetenskapliga forskargruppen) in celebration of KuFo’s ten-year anniversary.
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» People and Networks Matter - Enabling Sustainable Bioeconomy Transition 27-28 mars 2019
The conference is a co-production between Nordregio, CRS - Centre for Regional Studies at Karlstad University, UIO TIK – Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at University of Oslo, LUKE – Natural Resources Institute Finland, NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Region Värmland, Paper Province, Nordic Forest Research (SNS), Nordic Agri Research (NKJ) and Ingoskog – Innovation for green transition in the forest.
Japanese researchers and students have visited Karlstad University for a week. Sweden and Japan are cooperating on a multi-year research project in academia and industry with the aim to develop robots to help the elderly live independently longer and with better life quality.
- This week our partners from the two Japanese universities have been here, says Jorge Solis, associate professor of electronics at Karlstad University.
2020-02-05
Businesses need service innovations to survive and strengthen their competitive advantage. By explaining how firms and key actors (such as entrepreneurs) manage to remain innovative, our research explains why innovation platforms are central.
Empirical observations show that key actors or entrepreneurs often drive change in service ecosystems and the development of innovation platforms.
2020-09-28
For the second year in a row, Ikea is ranked as Sweden's most innovative company. This, according to the Swedish Innovation Index, where researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, have asked customers to evaluate the degree of innovation in companies and organizations in the Swedish market.
2017-09-18
Computer Science researchers at Karlstad University received Best Paper award at the top ranked research conference ISD, Information Systems Development 2017. The paper concerns users’ perspectives on a cloud-based personal identity management and it is connected to the CREDENTIAL project which Karlstad University is involved.
“I was surprised when they announced our paper as the winner of the award but I was also very happy, of course.
2019-03-29
How do we increase the pace of the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy? What are the driving forces and what do the challenges look like? Some are about innovation and new technological solutions, but equally important is to change rules and frameworks at the global, national and regional level. That people need to meet and exchange knowledge, experiences and build networks is a necessity.
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Jens Rydström, professor in Gender Studies and Associate Professor in History with a focus on the History of Sexuality and Gender History, Lunds universitet
My research revolves around sexuality and history at the intersection of lived experience, activism and government regulation.
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“Elite for the day”: The precarious, violent rhetorics of privilege
The once trademarked slogan “elite for the day” was a marketing strategy promising economy passengers a chance to sample life in the premium lane: upgrades, priority baggage tags, no-middle-seat and “a separate line for boarding the flight, complete with a blue carpet and gold stanchions”.[1] Such is the stuff of privilege, and such is the illusion of distinction.
