Marie Karlsson Tuula was born in 1961 and grew up in Malmö. When she was twenty she moved to Stockholm to study. She was accepted to law school in 1983 and completed her Bachelor degree in 1987.
In addition to law, Marie Karlsson Tuula took a number of courses in European processes, business economics and criminology, and completed her apprenticeship at the then Mölndal District Court.
Britt-Inger Keisu recently left Umeå University and joined Karlstad University as professor of sociology. Her research centres on power, collaboration and conflict, with a particular focus on Indigenous and minority rights in the Arctic.
– Knowledge about Indigenous peoples and Arctic minorities is limited.
You just returned to Sweden after spending a couple of months in Australia, what did you do there?
- I was a guest professor at University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane, Australia. During my stay there I focused on our research related to customer experiences and service innovation that is conducted within one of CTF’s major research profiles “Service Innovation for Sustainable Business”.
“People’s experiences of different things and how it affects their behaviour have always interested me and are central within my research.”
Martin Grimberg Löfgren grew up in Säffle and has stayed true to his hometown. After completing his studies at Karlstad University, he remained with the university and began his doctoral studies in Business Administration in 2002. He has since worked as a senior lecturer and became docent in 2011 and professor in 2021.
Rabia Bayer, tell us about your assignment at Karlstad Business School
– As part of the Erasmus mobility program, I will be joining Karlstad Business School to contribute to the International Business class as a guest lecturer. My role involves delivering a lecture on International Marketing Ethics, emphasizing sustainability within challenging industries such as tourism and luxury.
“My current project is about exploring the possibilities of establishing a nature trail that is geographically in line with the forced relocation of Saami families through Sweden in the early 20th century.”
Rickard Ek was born and raised in Malmö, where he chose the social science programme for his upper secondary school studies.
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Anna-Britt Coe was born in Massachusetts, USA, to a Swedish mother and an American father. She has lived in Washington DC, Lima in Peru and Umeå/Nordmaling and studied sociology at undergraduate and postgraduate level at American University, Washington DC, and completed her PhD at Umeå University.
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Evelina Landstedt comes from a big family in Färila in Hälsingland, central Sweden. After completing the natural science programme in upper secondary school, she was the first in her family to go on to university studies.
She took courses in the history of science and ideas, sociology and gender studies at Lund University.
Leonardo Martucci is an electrical engineer. He holds a five-year degree in electrical engineering and a two-year master's in the same field from the University of São Paulo. He completed his PhD in Computer Science at Karlstad University, followed by postdoctoral appointments at TU Darmstadt, Germany, and Linköping University.
Marie Nilsberth has a background as a primary school teacher and special educational needs coordinator, with degrees from the University of Gothenburg and what was then Karlstad University College. She completed her PhD at Karlstad University in 2014 with the doctoral thesis Classroom Trajectories of Teaching, Learning and Literacy. Teacher-Student Desk Interaction in the Middle Years.
Sofia Wijkmark grew up in Skara, where she studied the humanities programme at upper secondary school. Following graduation, she studied Spanish at the University of Skövde, University of Gothenburg and Universidad de Alcalá, as well as comparative literature and Swedish language at Karlstad University. She completed her PhD in comparative literature at Karlstad University in 2009, and has remained faithful to Värmland ever since.
“My research has two main strands.
Anders Hultqvist was born and raised in Småland. He managed his own press photography business, completed his military service at the Artillery Cadet and Aspirant School in Jönköping, served as an adviser on international law and reserve officer for just over 20 years, and worked as a police officer in Stockholm for five years.
During his years in as a police officer Anders Hultqvist started studying law and obtained his degree in 1985.
“In our lives, both individually and as a group, we spend a lot of time focusing on how to minimise the risk of, for example, catastrophes, accidents and poverty. We constantly compare different risks and we assess what risks are acceptable to expose ourselves and others to.”
Finn Nilson was born in Skåne, but he grew up in Great Britain.
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Bestoun S. Ahmed Al-Beywanee is originally from Iraq and was born in 1982. He has a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Science from 2004 and got a scholarship to finish his master's study at University Putra Malaysia 2007-2009.
After his master degree Bestoun S. Ahmed Al-Beywanee moved on to a Ph.D. fellowship position at the University of Science Malaysia (2009-2012) in the field of Software engineering.
Briefly tell us about your background
- Academically socialized in media studies, last year I became a professor of design theory at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in the city of Halle, Germany. Before that, I worked as a scientific coordinator of the interdisciplinary research school "Locating Media" at University of Siegen that had a strong focus on researching location- and situation-specific media processes by means of location- and situation-specific methods.
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The list below shows which researchers are or may become active in each area of Mirai 3.0:
Challenge 1: Health and an aging population Satu HeikkinenTara MehrabiErik WästlundPoja ShamsCyril HolmLinda BergkvistAnn Jose EklundAnna PechurinaCecilia OlssonCarina BååthJohanna GustavssonSana Rouis SkandraniMagnus LesteliusShashank GhaiJorge SolisChallenge 2: Climate adaptation, disaster and risk management, and preventionAvit Kumar Bhowmik (GCT medlem)Mikael Granberg
... who is cutting back on assignments in anticipation of retirement and recently passed the baton of CRS directorship on to Moa Tunström. CRS was inaugurated 1 April 2015, with you as director. What sort of challenges did you face?
“The assignment was to set up a research centre with externally funded research, publication of scholarly articles, and research collaboration with different external partners.
“Our research is on how side streams from the paper industry in particular can be used as raw material in various processes. The aim is to create new materials and products from what used to be seen as waste.”
Karin Granström grew up in Trelleborg and studied at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in Lund from 1993 to 1998 to earn a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering.
“Over time, I have developed a strong drive. I want my research to change working life for the better, and thereby contribute to improved public health.”
Kristina Palm is from Grödinge, 30 kilometres south of Stockholm. She is an electrical engineer, specialised in quality technology. She graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH. She is has a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science and is a docent at KTH. Here doctoral thesis examined work engagement.
“The big challenges for our society are related to a number of different subjects. Thus, many more researchers must participate in interdisciplinary collaborations in order to contribute to a sustainable development.”
Fredrik Wikström was born and raised in Uppsala. He has a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physics from Uppsala University, where he also studied biology for a year.
... You have been on “RJ Sabbatical” the past year. What have you been working on?
– The aim of my sabbatical project has been to complete the research that I have conducted within the areas of marketing and service research based on practice theory. Practice theory focuses on understanding reality by studying what people do and the activities in which they engage. In my case, this refers to what marketers do and how this can be improved.
...you have recently spent a week in Croatia on an Erasmus exchange. What did you do there?
- I have been at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) at the University of Zagreb. This is the most prestigious university and engineering faculty in Croatia. I was there for one week on Erasmus teaching mission. I held lectures in two courses, gave student consultations for master and PhD students and I held a research colloquium.
You have recently, together with Jakob Trischler, published a study that introduces a framework focusing on public services. Could you briefly tell us about the study and its findings?
– The study builds on my previous research on services as value-creating practices. Simply put, it aims to create a reference framework to understand that services consist of concrete value-creating activities in which people actively participate.
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Anna-Lena Almqvist was born and raised in Umeå, where she also completed her PhD following a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Stockholm University.
Her doctoral thesis focused on how families combine work and childcare in five European countries. She recently started her employment at Karlstad University.
"My most current research focuses on people in vulnerable life situations. It is about bringing their experiences to the fore.
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Cornelia Brantner holds a PhD and a master’s degree from the Department of Journalism and Communication at the University of Vienna, Austria.
After her PhD, she had a postdoctoral position which concluded with a few months at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where she deepened her knowledge of digital methods, such as network analysis.
