The research group Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, has been commissioned to form an innovation cluster to coordinate and stimulate innovation, technology transfer, commercialization and dissemination of information on energy-efficient public transport.
2020-04-27
Researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, have been granted funding from the research council Formas, to plan and further develop the project "Social dimensions in urban and regional planning: the importance of perceived accessibility".
The researchers will, in close collaboration with urban and regional planners and practitioners, develop a joint project about everyday travel and perceived accessibility.
2017-12-13
Marit Engen is our second new postdoctoral researcher that have joined CTF this year.
Marit Engen completed her PhD in 2016 at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer. Her research interest lies in the area of service innovation, and her doctoral thesis, "Frontline employees as participants in service innovation processes – Innovation by Weaving", focused on service innovation processes, and in particular the involvement of frontline employees.
2021-04-19
We have now published our annual report for 2020. In the report, we summarize the past year and share highlights of our research and collaboration with partners from academia, business and the public sector.
2020 was a different and challenging year marked by the corona pandemic. Despite the challenges with restrictions and new routines, we managed to perform at a continuously high level and drive research forward.
2025-02-10
A new research project at the Centre for Service Research (CTF) at Karlstad University explores how innovation policy can be improved to address societal challenges and the transition to more sustainable societies.
"We will explore how innovation commons can be integrated into the design of transformative innovation policy as a governance mechanism to address complex societal challenges and support societal transitions in line with Agenda 2030," says project leader Jakob
Coming events
2025
Monday 31st March 14:00-15:30 Swedish time.
Presentation on Danish and Norwegian talent centres: Dorte Salomonsen, Anne Harrits & Kai Håkon Sunde
Date tba 2025: Swedish GiftED doctoral programme
20 May 2025, Focus on Finland Kirsi Tirri, Sonja Laine & Taina Makkonen, 14:00-15:30 Swedish time
Date tba 2025: Where to next for NNGE?
Cathrine Andersson-Busch will send out a zoom link the week prior to all who
Internationalisation is one of Karlstad University’s six strategic goals. The university promotes internationalisation in various ways, with regard to both teachers and students. Erasmus + ICM provides the opportunity for students to travel to countries outside of Europe in order to conduct field studies and complete degree projects.
Two students at Karlstad University’s nursing programme have visited Believers Church Medical Hospital, BCMCH, in Kerala, India.
2025-02-05
Within the framework of the ongoing work on Karlstad Business Schools AACSB accreditation, colleagues gathered to share and learn from experiences from effective teaching, student learning and meaningful examinations.
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URBAN ECONOMIES OF DISPLAY - DIGITAL SEMINAR
3 December 2024
14:00-15:30 local time (Sweden)
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This digital seminar is part of the Geomedia Speaker Series, which explores global perspectives on media and urban transformations.
"Best Practices for E-Learning in On-Campus and Distance Education – a Case Study of Karlstad University" was selected as ’best paper’ within Smart E-Learning Technologies and Systems at a conference in Lithuania.
Assistant Professors Prima Gustiené and Monika Magnusson wrote the paper “Best Practices for E-Learning in On-Campus and Distance Education-a Case Study of Karlstad University” forThe 21st International Conference
2016-08-26
Prof. Kai Holzweissig presents his thoughts on this subject from a paper by Gregor and Hevner. He will also present some of his research on social software and management of formal new product development processes.
Kai is professor at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart in Germany and DHBW Stuttgart for short) and visited us during a couple of days in May to discuss future Erasmus exchanges.
2016-04-22
The researchers Lars E Olsson, Peter Magnusson and Alexandre Sukhov have been awarded the “Nokia Award for the Paper with the Best Technological Implications”.
The award “Nokia Award for the Paper with the Best Technological Implications” was presented at the conference “Charting the Future of Innovation”, organized by ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management in March in Boston, USA.
The researchers received the award for the conference pa
2017-06-21
The NEAT project won the Best Demo Award at the IFIP Networking conference, in Stockholm (June 12-15, 2017). The Demo was presented by Zdravko Bozakov (Dell EMC) on behalf of all the authors.
The demo, titled "A NEAT framework for application-awareness in SDN environments", is joint work from KaU and Dell EMC illustrating how NEAT can be integrated in an SDN scenario.
2024-03-12
One6G is a non-profit association with over 100 academic and industry members. Karlstad University can use one6Gs network for establishing strategic collaborations and partnerships with other one6G members.
– As one6G member, we can propose new or participate to existing joint research topics as part of one6G working groups.
What I mean by race when I talk about race.
Dr Sayaka Osanami Törngren, docent/forskare, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare.
Torsdag 5/12, 13.00–14.30, 12A225 Humlan
Zoom-link: https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/66349758744
Abstract: In this presentation, Sayaka Osanami Törngren establishes what she means by race and how race matters in Sweden despite the common claim that “race does not matter”.
In the project “AI-robotar i besöksnäringen: En framtid med nya kollegor” (AI robots in the tourism industry: a future with new colleagues), researchers from Karlstad Business School and the Service Research Center (CTF) are looking at how employees in the tourism industry are affected by having AI robots as colleagues.
Kristina Palm, Poja Shams, Nina Löfgren and Maria Åkesson from CTF, along with Calle Rosengren from Kristianstad University and Carin Håkansta from Karol
Warmly welcome to a seminar with associate professor Orhon Mayadar from University of Hawaii.Belong: Geographies of Place, Self, and HomeIn this talk, I will center my discussion on a simple but important question about belonging, especially when people are violently uprooted and displaced and are forced to forge pathways to rebuild their lives in new places. This is not just an intellectual exercise but a deeply personal struggle millions of people face worldwide.
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There is a lack of knowledge among professionals in most government agencies that handle and are responsible for honor-based violence in Sweden.
Read our latest CTF blog, by Kaisa Koskela-Huotari and Josina Vink.
The understanding of service design has been gradually extended over the past 35 years. Over these decades, there has been a shift from thinking about service design as an expert-driven process focused on developing new service concepts to service design as a process of co-design that creates the conditions for value-in-use.
2019-01-24
An important part of packaging is the printed packaging surface, communicating a message to the consumers. Poor printing quality can affect the perception of the packaging as well as the product.
2019-09-17
What are the reasons for managers to engage in servitization, and how do they justify their efforts within their organisations? To answer this question, we studied six different firms of various sizes, from 10 to 4000 employees. The firms were from different types of industries, although they were all manufacturing companies with a strong belief in services.
2022-10-04
Coming from a region where music plays a big role in our lives – think about ABBA, Roxette, and Avicii – it seems inevitable that we became intrigued by the swift pace of innovation within the music industry. In a couple of decades, music production and consumption have moved from LPs to cassettes and CDs, to music piracy and digital files, and most recently to streaming services.
2021-10-18
SweDigArch has been awarded funding from the Swedish Research Council to create a national infrastructure for digital archaeology. The new infrastructure is a collaborative venture between six Swedish universities, the National Heritage Board and National Historical Museums. SweDigArch is a unique initiative that will link data from research, archaeological excavations and digitized museum collections.
2023-01-10
It is not only beautiful and vast landscapes as seen in "The Lord of the Rings" and medieval castles in "Game of Thrones" that attract screen tourists.
Socialt arbete
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Organized uncertainty in elderly care: About quality, conditions for resistance, and staff's willingness to stayWe face a significant social policy challenge as the demand for elderly care is expected to increase sharply, while there is a shortage of trained workforce in elderly care. Studies have shown that working conditions in elderly care have deficiencies that worsen over time, associated with high sick leave and high staff turnover.
