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Erik Wästlund was born and raised in Karlstad. He began his academic studies with social anthropology at the University of Gothenburg and then continued with psychology at Karlstad University.
Twentyfour persons have received a PhD degree in Physics or Materials Science at Karlstad University since the start.
Mattias Flygare
Dissertation 17 December 2021.
"The influence of crystallinity on the properties of carbon nanotubes”.
Opponent: Professor Thomas Wågberg, Umeå University.
Samuel Starfelt
Dissertation 11 September 2020.
"Scanning tunneling microscopy and photoemission studies of Ag films on metal/semiconductor surfaces”.
Opponent: Professor Anders Mikkel
... Ph D Student in Business Administration at CTF and the research school Management and IT. Can you tell us about your Ph D studies?
- I am about to start my second year of my PhD studies at CTF under the supervision of professor Per Skålén. I spent my first year taking PhD courses all over Sweden and building the theoretical foundation upon which the empirical part of my study will be based.
2025-04-30
John-Erik Hassel recently completed his PhD in business administration at Karlstad Business School and The Service Research Center (CTF) and has done research on venture builders.
John-Erik Hassel, tell us about your research
– My research is about understanding a relatively new actor in entrepreneurial ecosystems called venture builders and how they can be understood in a larger context.
Swedish higher education offers bachelor’s and master’s programmes, designed to provide students with academic knowledge, critical thinking skills, and practical experience.
Bachelor’s ProgrammesA bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS, 3 years) provides foundational knowledge in a specific field. Some programmes lead to professional degrees, such as in engineering or teaching, which may have additional requirements.
…you will spend the fall at Kulturhuset Spira in Jönköping for the production of Carmen. And with none other than Rickard Söderberg in the lead role. Exciting! What will you be doing?
“We have been offered an internship to sing the roles of Frasquita (soprano) and Mercédès (mezzo-soprano) - Carmen’s close friends. It will be a concert version with scenic elements.
Excessive latency affects the experienced quality of internet services: online games lag, streaming video buffers, and video conversations are choppy or even interrupted. Toke Høiland-Jørgensen, a phd student at Karlstad University, is working to improve network performance.
2020-02-05
In December 2019, CTF in collaboration with Karlstad Business School arranged a multidisciplinary seminar series to advance knowledge within the research area Service system transformation, and as part of a PhD course in Business administration.
The seminar series Service system transformation focused on global societal challenges, and how transformation of societal systems works.
2014-12-05
You are now back in Spain after spending four months at CTF. What were your expectations before you came here, and what have you achieved during your visit?
- My expectations before coming here were basically: learning new ways of working and presenting my research at an international level, deepening my dissertation research with the brilliant researchers of CTF, attending research courses, and trying to build partnerships for future research.
2018-10-19
Students, alumni and representatives of local IT companies participated in the Karlstad Programming Contest, held on 6 October. At the end of the contest, team Bug Repellent, with Dan Wolff from Altran, Marcus Söder from Sogeti, and Niclas Fredriksson, computer science student at Karlstad University, emerged as winners with four solved tasks.
"It was really fun to participate," says Marcus Söder from Sogeti.
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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.
The second Mathematics Meets Industry day (MIMM®) was held at Karlstad University on 12 December. Together with representatives from Rolls-Royce, Sogeti and Uddeholm, upper-secondary students, university students, researchers and teachers tried to find mathematical solutions to problems that are yet to be solved.
“We want to showcase Värmland as a basis for attractive employers that use mathematics in advanced modern technology.
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On 10 December, the third Mathematics Meets Industry Day (MIMM®) was arranged at Karlstad University. Representatives from Kongsberg, Region Värmland, and Uddeholm participated, and together with upper secondary school students, university students, and researchers they tried to find mathematical solutions for previously unsolved problems.
“The purpose of this day is to demonstrate to the industry the benefits of working with mathematicians.
2024-12-12
On December 4, high school students, university students, doctoral candidates, senior researchers, and company representatives gathered at Karlstad University to work together in teams on current mathematical challenges presented by businesses during the The Mathematics Meets Industry Day (MiMM Day).
Rottneros, Tesa, Blue Ocean Closures, and Region Värmland presented real-world problems, seeking sustainable solutions with the participants' help.
2017-11-09
As on a poster on a science conference. This is part of the examination task for the students on the course Advanced service management at the Karlstad Business school – and a way to use research methods in teaching.
It was the second year that the students got to work with content and modeling of posters, which were then exhibited in the Business school building, house 11.
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The project 'Language use - Swedish and English' is going to investigate how high-functioning students within autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use their first and second language.
The project investigates the use of Swedish and English of persons with ASD.
Experts who are open to change view ideas as opportunities and approach idea screening as a generative process, while conservative experts are more reserved in their idea screening activities. These are the findings of a new study where researchers at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, have examined how a person’s sense of identity influences the way in which they screen early ideas for innovation projects.
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The orientation programme for exchange students takes place during the week before the start of courses and is an introduction to Karlstad University’s student life.
Karlstad University arranges orientation days for exchange students with an introduction to Sweden, Karlstad and the university.
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As a student at Karlstad University, you have access to a range of IT services. Most can be accessed by activating your KauID student account.
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The student support team will help you with any questions concerning your KauID (student account), digital exam with Wiseflow, your student e-mail, the wireless network, the computer workstations in the library, and more.
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Karlstad University provides the following documents to ensure fair recognition and equal treatment of our incoming International students (free movers) and Exchange students.
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Upon completion of studies, an official transcript of records is sent by post to the home institution by the Welcome center at Karlstad University if requested by the student. Email valkomstcenter@kau.se with your request.
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Jaume University is one of four partners in the CRE8 Europe project striving to unite students and create value for students, alumni, universities and organisations.
The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) is the public university in the north of the Valencian Community, a region on the European Mediterranean coast located among the cities of Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid.
Linking instruction to student achievement
The purpose of this project is to investigate the impact of different instructional strategies on student learning in secondary school. Student achievement data in mathematics and reading is combined with data from classroom video observations and student questionnaires. The study replicates a study that is currently being conducted in Norway and Finland.
