RESEARCH DIRECTORSChristina Olin-Scheller, Professor in Literature Education and Professor in Applied PedagogicsE-mail: christina.olin-scheller@kau.sePhone: 054-700 1689Andrea Schalley, Professor in English LinguisticsE-mail: andrea.schalley@kau.sePhone: 054 700 2061THE BOARDKent Fredholm, ChairpersonPhD in Educational Work and Romance LanguagesE-mail: kent.fredholm@kau.sePhone: 054 700 1441Marie Wejrum, board secretaryPhD in Educational WorkE-mail: marie.wejrum@kau.sePhone: 054-700 14 78Er
On December 17th Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation announced the recipients of this autumn’s scholarships. The Foundation promotes Postgraduate studies at foreign universities, and one of the recipients is Henrik öhlin, Ph D student at CTF.
Congratulations Henrik, you are one of the recipients of the scholarship!
- Thank you! I am both happy and proud to receive this scholarship.
2019-05-14
Karlstad University is testing a new evacuation plan in Building 21 (Vänern). The first person to arrive at the place where the evacuation vest and instructions are placed may evacuate the premises. This applies to staff as well as students.
The plan entails that there are trained evacuation leaders, but if they are not present when the fire alarm sounds, others need to take the lead in evacuating the premises.
Special needs teacher programme at Karlstad University continues last year’s well attended network day for special needs teachers and special education teachers, professional practitioners and students on 24 November 2017.
The aim is to create opportunities for fruitful meetings within the professional field and between the field and the university. The organisation is similar to last year’s with lectures and seminars on different themes.
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Karlstad Business School Day usually takes place in November each year, with a theme linked to our vision. Guest speakers as well as researchers and students at the business school participates, sharing insights and knowledge.
The Business School's Day is an annual event where guests can take part in the Business School's activities and listen to interesting lecturers.
Complete program will be presented shortly.
CRE8® is a model for innovation-challenge events, developed by the Grants and Innovation Office at Karlstad University. A public or private organization provides a real-world operational challenge to which teams of students try to find solutions. Since it was first introduced in 2017, the CRE8® model has become a very successful concept. With funding from Erasmus+, Karlstad University is now training facilitators to run CRE8® events around Europe.
There are two degree pathways at master level: Master of Arts Degree 60 ECTS credits (one year) or 120 ECTS credits (two years). Both provide ample introduction to the basics of research through courses and academic writing opportunities. The 60-credit Master gives eligibility to doctoral studies at Karlstad University and at other universities in Sweden, while the 120-credit Master is a concluding professional education in comparative literature.
SPEAKER: Hamza Chahed, Ph.D. student in computer science at Karlstad University Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) encompasses Ethernet amendments that enhance determinism in packet delivery for converged networks. Its primary objective is to provide mechanisms ensuring low and predictable transmission latency, coupled with high availability, for demanding applications like real-time streaming, automotive systems, and industrial control.
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The Vice-Chancellor and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor operate directly under the Board. The Vice-Chancellor’s executive team also includes the University Director.
Hello, Mikko Laamanen, Ph D Student at the Department of Marketing and the CERS Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management at Hanken School of Economics, Finland!
2014-09-05
Ph D Student Pablo Moreno from the Spanish Science and Education Ministry will be a visiting us until end of December. We asked him what kind of research he is working on within his doctoral studies.
- My research area is within service innovation. I focus on different
relationships among customers and frontline employees, and their involvement in each of the developmental stages of new services.
DiVA stands for "Digitala vetenskapliga arkivet" (Academic Archive Online) and is an electronic publishing system for research publications and student theses.
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.
SEPTEMBER
Fri 6/9, 13.15–15.00, 1B 309 (Sjöströmsalen): Mock defense. Seminar on Fredrik Svensson’s PhD thesis-in-progress, provisionally entitled “Dust, sunlight, a singing bird”: Cormac McCarthy’s Symbolist Ideology. Opponent Bo G.
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
Wed 9/1, 9.00–17.00, Minerva before lunch, 3A340 after: KuFo workshop. Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, with a focus on RJ and VR postdoc applications.
Seminar materials are distributed via the KuFo and ISLI mailing lists. Anyone not reached by these e-mails should feel free to contact us.
Our seminars and other events are open to anyone who is interested!
JANUARYThursday, 23/1, 8:15-12:00, 12A225 Humlan, KuFo workshop: Work-in-progress workshop with KuFo researchers, short RJ applications only.
In terms of socioeconomic, cultural, and geopolitical perspectives, the Spanish-speaking countries are highly relevant. If you are a student in a programme focused on for instance economy, law, engineering, music, dance, culture, social science, or the humanities, our courses can be a valuable addition to your course of study and enhance your competence.
The Department of Human Geography offers doctoral studies in three different forms: as part of the subject itself with a general syllabus, or through the Graduate School of Region Building, which has a special syllabus in line with its profile, or, as a third alternative, through the licentiate graduate school for teachers, and in that case with a syllabus focused on Human Geography with a specialisation in Geography Education (CSD-FL) – see the webpages for doctoral education and graduate schoo
We caught up with Ph D Student Miha Uratnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenien, who is currently visiting CTF. Hello Miha, what brings you to CTF, and what kind of research are you working on right now?
- I am visiting CTF for two weeks to meet with Professor Per Kristensson, and other researchers at CTF. My research area is in service innovation with focus on customer relations (e.g. co-creation, co-production) and the role of social media.
2019-02-04
A large-scale study reveals that Swedish teenagers who spend a lot of time playing video games excel when it comes to knowing many words in English. Compared to their non-gaming peers, the gamers score significantly higher for particularly difficult words. The study also concludes that the time played is more important than the type of game played for predicting vocabulary scores.
2025-10-06
The autumn meeting of the EXACT industrial graduate school offered two days filled with discussions and workshops. This time, the theme was AI — its possibilities, but also its ethical aspects.
– It’s always a pleasure when the industrial graduate school can bring together PhD students, supervisors, and company mentors to discuss project progress, says Jörgen Samuelsson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the graduate school.
2025-09-23
What does your life actually sound like? Jenny Wilson, adjunct professor at Ingesund School of Music, believes that your personal life journey is the most exciting thing about you as a songwriter, producer, and artist. What is your story, and how do you share it?
Supported by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation, we foster collaboration between industry partners and academic researchers.
DOES YOUR BUSINESS HAVEA wish for more than 1.5 million SEK to conduct research?A desire to strengthen collaboration with the academia?A need to access the latest research?A new field you want to explore?Staff looking to further develop their skills?Recruitment needs?We are now looking for up to twelve more PhD students to join our program!EXACT is a
