Research is pursued by doctoral students and lecturers, individually and in various projects and areas. Disciplinary research has a focus on boundary-crossing in terms of theme, content and interdisciplinarity, for instance, and many of the individual projects are linked to this field. All the researchers are also members of the Culture Studies Research Group (KuFo).
Kufos research seminar series is open to anyone interested and takes place once a month.
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 12/1, 13.00-16.00, 12B545: KuFo workshop. Extra RJ application workshop. Participants should submit their texts to Maria no later than 12 noon on Mon 9/1.
Tue 24/1, 13.15-15, 3A340: PhD seminar. Theory seminar on a text chosen by Kari Løvaas.
Thirty years ago CTF, Service Research Center, was established at Karlstad University. How it happened, success factors and the latest from today’s research were included in the program when CTF held its anniversary celebration on October 6th at Karlstad University.
Martin Löfgren, Deputy Head at Karlstad Business School at Karlstad University, opened the event and welcomed everyone.
2022-05-12
Jakob Trischler has been promoted to associate professor in Business Administration at Karlstad University. His research revolves around user involvement in innovation activities – how citizens can be an innovation source in sustainability transitions.
Congratulations to the promotion, Jakob! Can you tell us about your research?
– Thank you! My research looks at issues around user involvement in innovation activities.
This course is an introduction to business models and how business models can be used to gain a competitive advantage.
Course content
In this course we describe and explain business models and related theories, concepts, models and methods.
We explain, analyze and critically reflect on the use of business models in different forms of business operations.
We apply acquired knowledge to current challenges experienced by companies, organizations and society, with a speci
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.
The Karlstad Programming Contest 2019 will be arranged October 5th, at Karlstad University. Teams of a maximum of three contestants is challenged to solve different kind of programming problems.
2018-09-21
The Karlstad Programming Contest 2018 will be arranged October 6th, at Karlstad University. Teams of a maximum of three contestants is challenged to solve different kind of programming problems.
2014-12-19
Autumn 2014 students Marcus Nygren (study programme IT-Design) and Jonatan Lidholm (Webb and Multimedia) had their internships at Karlstad University's usability lab. During their internship they have further developed a few functions in the web-based Ozlab system which will facilitate the work of future Ozlab wizards.
2023-08-16
Every year, AG Advokat awards a grant of SEK 50.000 to the law student who has produced the best degree project focusing on an issue that has commercial relevance for the real estate and construction industries.
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As a student with documented special needs you can have study support to carry out your studies. You are welcome to contact the coordinators by sending an e-mail to studentstod@kau.se.
You can also start by making your application for support.
Rose (Research on Subject-specific Education) is a multidisciplinary research environment with a special interest in subject-specific – learning and teaching in subjects. The focus is on what happens in the classroom and on the interaction between teachers and students in the learning process. An important part of the research is to contribute to theory and practice development in schools and teacher education.
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.
August
Wed 30 August 14.30-15.15, 12A floor 5: Book launch. Sigfrid Siwertz – en författares uppgång och fall, ed Per-Olof Mattsson (SU) and Anna Forssberg. Kulturvetenskapliga skriftserien, no 3.
September
Tue 5 September, 15.15-17, Minerva: KuFo.
John Sören Pettersson visited Günter Alce and the VR studio in Lund.
Günter Alce, PhD student at Lund University, who gave a presentation in Karlstad in the beginning of the summer about his extraordinary combination of Wizard-of-Oz technique, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality, received Professor John Sören Pettersson when he was visitng Lund on Spetember 22.
2016-01-18
Bridget Kane, PhD, has pursued research within Health Informatics and CSCW at Trinity College and St. James Hospital in Dublin. During the spring 2016 she will help students who write HCI theses in English. She will also contribute to the master course Models and Methods for Multimedia Development. She has a post-graduate diploma in Statistics and will assist in the research education during this spring.
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Congratulations Diana von Börtzell-Szuch, you have been awarded Mensa Fund Grants 2023. Tell us a bit more about what it is and what you will be doing.
Thank you! I am so happy that my Ph.D. project has been funded.The various Mensa associations in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden together distribute funds each year through the Nordic Mensa Foundation for research into various aspects on different aspects of intelligence.
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March 11 marked the day of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan that caused thousands of fatalities and the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. On the same day, two years ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic. These two crises are emblematic of how natural hazards and related disasters continue to pose a major threat to societies.
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Having grown up near Karlstad University, Yvonne Liljekvist can practically see all the way “home” from her 5th-floor office in house 21. So it was only natural to get her bachelor’s degree in education with a specialisation in mathematics, science and technology in her hometown.
Alexandre Sukhov is awarded the IMIT scholarship 2020, for his doctoral thesis "The human side of idea screening" and receives SEK 25,000.
"I am deeply honoured for the recognition and the acknowledgement of my research by the IMIT foundation. To me, this signals that my doctoral work is relevant and holds good quality, which is really nice to know after doing several years of research.
2017-12-08
Protecting business networks is getting more and more important. But how well do firewalls actually do in protecting sensitive and confidential information? Configuring firewalls can be complicated, even for system administrators, and that can lead to security risks and opportunities for intruders.
Today, almost every company and their systems are connected to the Internet, thereby they are exposed to a huge number of threats.
2025-04-07
Organic solar cells have great potential in renewable energy, however their long-term stability and operational lifespan are challenges.
Organic Solar Cells (OSCs) are at the forefront of next-generation renewable energy technologies, due to their lightweight, flexibility, transparency, and potential for low-cost production.
Computer Science researchers at Karlstad University received Best Paper award at the top ranked research conference ISD, Information Systems Development 2017. The paper concerns users’ perspectives on a cloud-based personal identity management and it is connected to the CREDENTIAL project which Karlstad University is involved.
“I was surprised when they announced our paper as the winner of the award but I was also very happy, of course.
Doctoral programme in Working Life Science at Karlstad University.
At Karlstad University, the subject Working Life Science is a social science discipline (traditionally it had been a natural science/engineering discipline focused on ergonomics). It is built on the study of working people and forms of work.
