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.
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 .
2021-05-10
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.
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.
CRS
» Konferenser
» 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Centrum för genusforskning
» Evenemang och seminarier
» Evenemang vid CGF
» ÄLDRE EVENEMANG
» CGF-evenemang 2022
» Nationell konferens för genusforskning - G22
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.
Geomedia
» Konferenser och evenemang
» Geomedia Speaker Series
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
