Starting 1 January, restaurants, cafes, and organisers serving over 150 people per day in Sweden must offer customers the option of takeaway in reusable cups and containers instead of disposable ones.
2023-06-26
“Borrow and return” is the motto for the research project Retake, which is testing its rotation-based system for recyclable cups and plates during “Almedalsveckan”.
2023-05-09
Richard Ek, professor in human geography at Karlstad University, tell us about the Indigeneity and Visual Sovereignty conference held in Cape Town 27–28 April 2023
- The conference theme was “visual sovereignty”, which includes ways for indigenous communities around the world to have ownership and control of for instance materials and photo archives that depict their history, culture, language, and identity.
2024-05-31
In the interdisciplinary research project DHINO, Digital Health Innovation, Karlstad University and Region Värmland are working together to develop new knowledge that will promote increased digitalisation of the healthcare services in Värmland.
Geomedia
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GEOMEDIA SPEAKER SERIES - TELL IT TO THE BEES: REFLECTIONS ON DIGITAL CONTINUUMS AND RURALITY.
NATASHA WEBSTER, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AT ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
6 May 2024, 13.15-15.00
11C269 (house 11)
ABSTRACT
This lecture explores the concept of ‘rural’ through the lens of digital geography. It will begin with a larger discussion of rural and digital issues before turning to the example of bees.
The number of first choice applicants to the law programme at Karlstad University has increased by 13 percent, compared to spring last year.
– This is the result of great work by our staff and the networking efforts of the Law Students’ Association.
2023-04-19
Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University conducts research on services and value creation based on a user perspective, often with an emphasis on customer experiences.
2024-03-08
6G-PATH (6G-pilots and Trials Through Europe) is a new Horizon Europe project where Computer Science and Nursing Science at Karlstad University are participating. The project is going to develop solutions that can be applied in health education.
6G is expected to introduce new technologies that will enable innovative applications.
Geomedia
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GEOMEDIA SPEAKER SERIES - THE CORPORATIZATION OF SOCIAL SPACE: HOW BIG TECH TRANSFORMED THE SPACE OF THE WORLD AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO ABOUT IT
NICK COULDRY, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Date: Thursday, September 19, 13:15-14:45
Room: 1B306 (Fryxellsalen)
The concept of MediaSpace was introduced in 2004 to highlight the complexities and contradictions in media’s relations with space, but on the cusp of a new era.
We are delighted to welcome Siri Jakobsson Störe. Her research interests primarily lie within clinical psychology, health psychology, and developmental psychology, closely linked to her background as a licensed psychologist.
Siri, tell us about your background!
– I earned my degree in psychology in Oslo before moving to Karlstad in 2013, where I began working in child and adolescent psychiatry. During my seven years there, I specialized in clinical psychology.
2024-11-22
The research project on society-centred industry 5.0 – headed by Jorge Solis – has been selected for the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ (IVA) 100 List of 2024. The theme of this year’s list is innovation through interdisciplinary research.
– I feel very honoured that our research is on this year’s 100 List, says Jorge Solis, associate professor in electrical engineering at Karlstad University.
Geomedia Speaker Series is a series of lectures and workshops focusing on the field of geomedia studies, i.e., the intersection of media and communication studies and human geography. Internationally leading researchers from different disciplines are invited to give an open lecture and participate in a thematic workshop with members of the Geomedia centre, and other interested parties.
Karlstad University is one of the participants in DigiH4A (Digital Health for All), an EU-funded project that will address systemic healthcare challenges on an international scale.
Ling HanCyber-Misogyny, Cyber-Nationalism, and Shades of Pink: The Promise and Peril of Feminism in the Chinese Digital ArenaIn recent years, we have witnessed a heightened discussion about gender and, more broadly defined, feminism on Chinese digital platforms where online conversations often revolve around nationalist, reactionary, and misogynistic discourses.
2024-12-13
As the festive season approaches, and with it the opportunity for some rest, we are preparing to close the book on CTF’s 38th year and look forward to new and exciting opportunities in research and education.
Reflecting on the past year, I feel pride in several significant achievements and moments of excitement. Most importantly, I am grateful for everyone’s contributions in doing research that is externally funded and oriented.
Workshopen som handlade om elbilsladdning samt lagring av solel, lockade ett 70-tal personer. Karlstads universitet, Interreg-projektet ecoInside och Arvika kommun arrangerade i samverkan workshopen där branschfolk delade med sig av sina erfarenheter.
- Vi blev positivt överraskade av det stora gensvaret från berörda företag och myndigheter i regionen, säger Are Kjeang, universitetsadjunkt i miljö- och energisystem.
Good things always happen when influential open-minded and intelligent people meet; this is the simple underlying idea of forming an international network of service researchers.
The inaugural meeting was hosted in September by CTF.
The target audience for the event was mainly leading researchers from the different research centers around the globe and in the end there were 35 attendees from 13 countries.
- We feel that there are strength in numbers; if we are able to st
2016-09-28
There was strong demand for places at the 11th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity held in Karlstad, Sweden last month thanks to recent changes in EU data protection regulations and the emergence of smart Big Data.
Around 90 people attended the interdisciplinary program, which ran from 21-26 August, focusing on data protection and information privacy from technical, legal, ethical, HCI and industrial perspectives.
Thirty-five PhD students prese
2018-03-27
Just like many other industries, the wind power industry needs to manage large amount of real-time data. The data is transferred over a wide range of networks and affected by different kind of network components.
2021-03-09
Surveys from several parts of the country indicate that the pandemic has accelerated digitisation for Swedish companies. The vision for the CriseIT 2 project is well matched with this rapid digitisation.
2020-01-15
Working together with other researchers in a cross-country collaboration makes you more open to develop new ideas and look at things from another angle, says Swedish researcher Annika Fredén, currently working at the University of Montreal.
Annika Fredén is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Karlstad University, and also Principal Investigator in the program WASP-HS.
2020-03-09
Internalizing climate education, political and societal incentives are instrumental to reduce flying – new research finds.
Air travel accounts for a major share of individual greenhouse gas emissions. A transatlantic round trip adds up to 1.6 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emission, which is the entire annual carbon budget of a person to maintain a sustainable life. However, the air travel sector is rapidly growing and has almost doubled during the last decade.
2020-04-16
How is travel with demand responsive transport experienced? What factors play a significant role, and what can be done to create better travel experiences?
2020-10-29
Two doctoral students from Karlstad University participated in the first meeting of the WASP-HS graduate school, when 35 doctoral students from a number of Swedish universities gathered to discuss and dive deeper in artificial intelligence and the humanities and social sciences.
The meeting was a two-day virtual event with the purpose to introduce the topics and visions of WASP-HS and to get to know each other.
The doctoral students hold positions at the Swedish universi
