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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 Heikkinen
Tara Mehrabi
Ann Jose Eklund
Anna Pechurina
Cecilia Olsson
Carina Bååth
Johanna Gustavsson
Sana Rouis Skandrani
Magnus Lestelius
Jorge Solis
Challenge 2: Climate adaptation, disaster and risk management, and prevention
Avit Kumar Bhowmik (GCT medlem)
Mikael Granberg
Adrian Muntean
Johan Watz
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”Doing research in a field related to digital technology means aiming at a mobile target because of the rapid development.”
Ann-Britt Enochsson grew up in Eda in western Värmland. While in senior high, she took a break from school and worked for some months in Helsingfors, so when she graduated she wanted to learn Finnish and was admitted to a course at Stockholm University, which was her first contact with the academic world.
...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.
2021-05-11
... 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.
2023-01-11
... 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.
“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 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.
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Guro Gravem Johansen is originally from Troms in northern Norway where she grew up on a farm close to the sea. She is a trained jazz singer with a bachelor’s and master’s degree as well as a PhD in music education from the Norwegian Academy of Music.
Tell us about your current research
- My research is developing knowledge about digitization practices and its consequences to users, organizations and society as well as the design and visualizations for the development of digital practices, resources and artifacts.
2023-09-06
The Mediatization of Space through navigational interfaces, or: the digital map as a symptom of (almost) everything that has happened with media.
After a phase of “spatial forgetfulness,” media and communication studies have revisited the intersection of media, space, and place, challenging earlier views of media inherently transcending geographical constrains leading to spatial annihilation and the disappearance of distance.
2022-09-14
Tourism, popular culture and media - Stijn Reijnders has an interdisciplinary approach to examining the role and meaning of locations in popular culture.
Stijn Reijnders is a full professor of Cultural Heritage, specialised in tourism and popular culture. He is active at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and his research is focused on the intersection of media, culture and tourism.
Karlstad University has received support from the Swedish Agency for Growth (Tillväxtverket) to build a research environment for circular forest-based bioeconomy, in close cooperation with the region's small and medium-sized enterprises. The research environment is Pro2BE - Processes and products for a circular bioeconomy.
During visits to student fairs in Australia, John Sören Pettersson also keeps contact with Karlstad University "docent" Dr. Rodney Clarke at SMART lab at Wolongong University.
SMART lab seminar April 28, 2015, on the problems of creating generic Wizard-of-Oz prototyping systems.
John Sören Pettersson and Rodney Clarke at the SMART lab entrence (2015-04-17).
See also post on SMART's blog.
2017-09-11
On September 5-6 CTF gathered for the annual research meeting, this year held at Tanumstrand at the swedish west coast. What was on the agenda for the meeting?
– We had two things on the agenda for our meeting, impact and applications. The theme for this year was impact, but not academic impact!
2021-11-26
… and head of Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University which recently received AACSB accreditation. Congratulations, how does it feel?
"Thank you, it feels fantastic!
Researchers
Jonas Berghel, Professor in Environment and Energy Systems
Lena Brunzell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental and Energy Systems
Gunilla Carlsson Kvarnlöf, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Farinaz Ebrahimian, Post doctor in Environment and Energy Systems
Miguel Xavier Fernandes, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Stefan Frodeson, Senior Lecturer in Environmental and Energy Systems
Venkatesh Govindarajan, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Environ
“I collaborate with researchers in the fields of human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, subject-specific music education and ethics.”
Carl Unander-Scharin was born in Stockholm in 1964 and graduated from Adolf Fredriks musikgymnasium in 1983. He continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where he studied church music, choir education and the supplementary teacher education.
We are happy to welcome Stephen L. Vargo, Shidler Distinguished Professor and Professor of Marketing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, who will be visiting us this week.
Stephen L. Vargo was appointed as Visiting Professor at CTF in December 2011.
2019-12-13
... you received visitors from Guangzhou in Kina on 9 December. Why?
”They were a delegation from Guangzhou Audit Bureau, which is part of the city of Guangzhous’ municipal administration.
