Meet a researcher are open seminars where you can listen to interesting researchers at Karlstad University. The seminars are open to all - students, staff and the general public.
During the DEBUTING project, ten regions across Europe will collaborate on issues related to gender, diversity and inclusion in the design of policy tools. This is to support SMEs to increase their business capacity and sustainability by implementing an inclusive culture based on gender equality.
DEBUTING is an Interreg Europe-funded project that started on 1 March 2023 and runs for four years until 28 February 2027.
2023-08-14
Where do you start with innovation? Typically, with a goal in sight – a pre-defined outcome. From here you can forecast what you need to get there; search for, select and invest in the most suitable skills, technology, and other types of resources in a step-by-step manner. This is a conventional causal decision-making style for firms. Conversely you can start with what you already have – existing means – and then creatively work out potential outcomes with these. This is bricolage.
2023-04-05
In this blog article, CERS director and CTF’s advisory board member Kristina Heinonen shares some reflections of what is “hot” in service research and how research centers like CTF and CERS are making a difference in today’s society.
The fast pace of political, economic, and social change is reshaping the global landscape. Are researchers and business professionals keeping up and exploring solutions to society’s most pressing issues?
Ongoing dissertation projects in History and externally funded research projects are described very briefly below. In addition, lecturers conduct their own research within the framework of their own professional development. The research conducted within the subject is primarily focused on the theme of region building and subject education.
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It’s time for cities to address “privacy fatigue” — they’ll need design help (Medium)
Så farlig är apparnas datainsamling (P4 Värmland)
Appar samlar in onödig data – trots GDPR (Forskning och framsteg)
Apps have develop into safer soon after the EU’s Typical Knowledge Defense Regulation (The Media Hq)
Integritetsbrister i flera appar trots GDPR (TT-article which was published in Svenska Dagbladet + 31 regional and local newspapers like Göteborgsposten, Sydsvenskan and Uppsala nya t
How does the flow of news and information differ among citizens in different residential areas? In the article “The Media Day, Revisited: Rhythm, Place and Hyperlocal Information Environments”, Henrik Örnebring and Erika Hellekant-Rowe study six areas in Karlstad municipality.
If you thought that newspapers and news via radio and television – also called traditional media – were dead, you need to think again. They are very much alive.
Please note that the majority of debate- and media articles on this page are available in Swedish only.
Mediainlägg 2022Därför minskar Mangroveskogarna (Karlstads universitet, 2022-05-22)Klimatfrågan lågt rankad bland kommunpolitikerna: Skadligt för klimatet (Sveriges Radio, P4 Värmland, 2022-05-10)Träning hos äldre i fokus i ny studie på universitetet (NWT, 2022-04-28)Mediainlägg 2021Pengaregn över skyfallsforskning (Karlstads universitet, 2021-12-20)Fors
Firms are investing heavily in boosting the smartness of their service systems. Think of McDonalds who developed a smart application to send customers convenient location-specific deals; or Google who is devoting considerable funds into creating ever-smarter homes where customers gain control over a wide array of home devices.
2023-04-03
In order to succeed in accelerating the growth of scalable companies, an external perspective is required that looks at an organisation to find development opportunities and potential for improvement.
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Biology is the science about all lifeforms on earth, their structures, functions, interactions and relatedness.
Education
Biology at Karlstad University offer elementary courses in cell biology, genetics, botany, zoology and ecology and advanced studies in mainly ecology, evolution and nature conservation.
Important goals of our courses and programmes are to wake your interest, provide you with knowledge and understanding of biological problems and to cultivate y
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2023
January 18
15.15 – 16.45
Room: 4A301A (on Campus)
Josephine Baird
”Playing with Gender: Exploring, Expressing and Embodying (Trans) Gender in Games”
In the cutesy life-simulator game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you get to create your own character, who you can dress up and style any way you want, and can wander around an idyllic little island, which you can also invite your online friends to.
2025April 4Danny Thonig, Örebro University, SwedenAtomistic spin dynamics and beyondFebruary 27Andreas Lindblad, Uppsala University, Sweden(Hard) X-ray based electron spectroscopy and core-hole clock spectroscopyFebruary 24Ute Cappel, Uppsala University, SwedenFrom model system to devices – Gaining insight into solar cells with photoelectron spectroscopyJanuary 22, January 29Marcus Berg, Department of Engineering and Physics, Karlstad University"Not Even Wrong?
Christmas is just around the corner, there are lots of presents to buy and endless opportunities to get swept up in a shopping spree. This can make it hard to resist the avalanche of advertisements, such as the campaigns leading up to Black Friday.
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
Thu 11/1, 9.15-15, 12A 522: KuFo. Workshop, RJ project applications. Application drafts can be found in the KuFo Box folder.
Tue 16/1, 13.15-15, 12B 545: English linguistics.
Climate change communication spans several disciplines, which in many cases have an insufficient understanding of the each other’s research traditions. Sol Agin has compiled the literature review Mapping the Field of Climate Change Communication 1993–2018.
- The purpose of our systematic literature review is to shed light on the field of environment and climate change communication, says Sol Agin, doctoral student in Media and Communication Studies.
Here you can find information about previous projects in the research field English Literature.
Science fiction and intercultural encounters (Participants: Maria Holmgren Troy, Andreas Jacobsson, Johan Wijkmark)
Internal funding 2016-
The aim of this project is to study interpersonal and interspecies encounters in science-fiction literature, film and television as intercultural encounters.
CTF has initiated an initiative to formalize an international network of service researchers to strengthen and move the field of service research forward. Anders Gustafsson and David E.
This page provides brief information to new and old employees on the employment terms, rights and duties that apply to employees at Karlstad University. Some of the links in the text to further information on Inslaget, which is the university's intranet. You will have access to it as soon as you join us.
Karlstad University’s user lab are used by different disciplines and also in collaboration with external parties. Within the research group for usability studies, there is also the development of methodologies for interaction design, especially around Ozlab which is a GUI experimental web service developed to admit easy testing, even improvisation, of ideas for interactive products. It admits non-programmers to become concept developers and interactivity testers.
Kombinerad ECHA och igMCG konferens 16-18 juni 2025
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Published 6 May 2020, by Finn Nilson, Associate Professor in Risk- and Environmental Studies and Director of the Centre for Societal Risk Research, CSR
Sweden’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic stands out in many ways compared to other countries. One of the most obvious is the method of implementing interventions. Specifically, the Swedish strategy is based on recommending its citizens to act in a certain way and trusting them to follow these recommendations.
