"The deracialization of Sweden", is a recently published research anthology focusing on issues of race, racism, anti-racism and whiteness in a Swedish post-war and contemporary context. The anthology is edited by Tobias Hübinette and Peter Wikström, researchers at the Research Group for Culture Studies (Kufo) at Karlstad University.
2023-04-21
Farzaneh Karegar, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at Karlstad University – would you mind telling us about your background?
- During my bachelor's and master's studies in Iran, I studied Computer Engineering, specializing in Hardware Engineering. Upon moving to Sweden, I worked as a project assistant for the European project A4Cloud at the Computer Science Department at Karlstad University.
Geomedia
» Konferenser och evenemang
» Geomedia Speaker Series
Gentrification and the right to the Geomedia city
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 13:00-15:00 (1-3 pm CET)
The seminar explores the role of media in urban gentrification processes.
Socialt arbete
» Forskning
» Tillämpade välfärdsstudier
Patients with acquired brain injury and their relatives' experiences of psychosocial support in healthcare Ongoing licentiate thesis
The purpose of the project is to develop knowledge about meaningful aspects of psychosocial support in healthcare. Through interviews with individuals with acquired brain injuries and their relatives, experiences of psychosocial support within healthcare are examined.
Ph.D.
Doctoral programme in Business Administration at Karlstad University.
At the Karlstad Business School, research in Business Administration is pursued both in multidisciplinary and disciplinary groups. The groups may involve researchers from Karlstad University and from other universities, in Sweden and abroad. Business Administration is a problem-oriented subject with different theoretical frameworks for different sub-disciplines.
There is a preconceived notion that working-class boys and men in rural areas are less keen and less qualified readers than other groups. Through his research, Stig-Börje Asplund, newly appointed professor of educational work, paints a more nuanced picture.
Stig-Börje Asplund’s research is interdisciplinary and his research interests include boys and men in rural areas and their relationship to reading.
2020-04-07
Innovating the meaning of services means dealing with the vague and intangible nature of meanings: companies risk not being able to transfer them from the strategic to the operational level.
2017-06-29
On June 12-15 researchers from CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, Sweden, gathered in Porto for the QUIS15 symposium. The symposium is held every other year and attracts around 250 leading researchers and executives from all over the world.
CTF researchers Per Skålén, Carolina Camén and Bo Edvardsson participated in a workshop on Transformative service research.
CTF
» Samverkan
» Impact stories - exempel på samverkan
CTF is one of the participants in the project IndBygg, which is run by Paper Province. The project aims to promote a green transition within the construction industry and, through collaboration, bring industrial wood construction to new heights.
To achieve the goals for sustainable development and create a fossil-free society, we need to develop the forest-based bioeconomy and use more wood as a construction material.
HypheNation: A study of the Bildungsroman in six American minority novels from the 1990s (Zdravka Katinic) Internal funding 2020-
The project explores six American minority novels published in the "post-era" of the 1990s USA: Danzy Senna's Caucasia (1998), Gish Jen's Mona in the Promised Land (1996), Sapphire's Push (1996), Bapsi Sidhwa's An American Brat (1995), Linda Hogan's Solar Storms (1994), and Julia Alvarez's How The Gar
CRS
» Konferenser
» People and Networks Matter - Enabling Sustainable Bioeconomy Transition 27-28 mars 2019
The conference is a co-production between Nordregio, CRS - Centre for Regional Studies at Karlstad University, UIO TIK – Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at University of Oslo, LUKE – Natural Resources Institute Finland, NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Region Värmland, Paper Province, Nordic Forest Research (SNS), Nordic Agri Research (NKJ) and Ingoskog – Innovation for green transition in the forest.
Geomedia
» Konferenser och evenemang
» Geomedia Speaker Series
16 December 2022
10:00-12:00 local time (Sweden)
In today’s globalized, transnational, and digitalized media environment, popular culture plays a significant role in the establishment and (re)negotiation of place identities and the ways in which people relate to physical locations. Traveling to film locations, participating in fan re-enactments, or visiting theme parks are some of the varied and multifaceted ways in which the ties be
Bo Edvardsson, professor in Business Administration and founder of CTF, share some stories and reflects on CTF's 35 years of service research at Karlstad University.
It is almost inconceivable that it is 35 years since CTF started. Time goes really fast when you have a fun and a meaningful job.
2018-02-05
Last week CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, together with Experio Lab, hosted a consortium meeting in Karlstad within the European research training network SDIN.
In addition to supervision of the doctoral candidates associated with SDIN, and a board meeting, a public conference was arranged with the intention to disseminate some of the research conducted within the project.
Researchers at the Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm and Karlstad University are investigating whether a new psychological treatment based on learning psychology, language and cognition is effective in the comorbidity between anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.
Do you struggle with anxiety and depression? Researchers at the Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm, and Karlstad University are investigating whether a new psychological trea
Johan Netz is senior lecturer in Business Administration and an active researcher and teacher. On 1 July, he will take over as head of department at Karlstad Business School.
– It will be an exciting, fun and interesting challenge, says Johan Netz. Karlstad Business School is a good organisation full of expertise and opportunities.
Johan Netz is currently the programme director for the Industrial Engineering and Management programme at Karlstad Business School.
Jono Van Belle (Dep. for Media and Communication, Örebro University) and Maria Jansson (Gender Studies, Örebro University).Jono Van Belle is a postdoctoral researcher on the project Digiscreens and Senior Lecturer in the department of Media- and Communication Studies at the School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.
2015-10-26
We welcome Helena Alves, Assistant Professor from University of Beira Interior, Portugal, who will be visiting us until next year. What brings you to CTF and what kind of research are you working on?
- Knowing that CTF is a very well renowned research center, what brought me here was the possibility of exchanging research ideas with CTF researchers.
2019-10-15
We are happy to welcome Hugo Guyader to CTF. He will be working with professors Margareta Friman and Lars E Olsson in a research project on shared mobility, and will develop a survey for users of a Swedish ride sharing platform.
"My position at CTF involves research on shared mobility, particularly about ride sharing.
2016-10-27
E-Vote-ID is an international and annual meeting for electronic voting specialists from all over the world. This years conference was a great success with two keynotes and over 100 participants, included from as far as Fiji, Ecuador and Australia.
Melanie Volkamer, Professor in Computer Science at Karlstad university was part of arranging this years conference which was arranged 18–21 October 2016 in Bregenz, Austria.
2023-12-13
It's time to look back on 2023 – the second year for the Center for Geomedia Studies. First and foremost, I want to thank you for all the valuable contributions and efforts that collectively build our shared research environment!
The examples below, taken from our news feed, provide a glimpse of what we were up to during 2023. But much more also took place.
New externally funded projects started – others continued. A new Geomedia Phd, Henrik Bergius, joined us.
2016-04-20
IETF, the Internet Engineering Task Force, arranged its first meeting of the year on 4–9 April 2016 in Buenos Aires. Computer Science at Karlstad University participated in several activities contributing to the development and maintenance of the Internet.
IETF is an independent international organisation concerned with the development and maintenance of the Internet. The organisation creates and maintains Internet standardisation processes.
2024-10-24
Research on justice in connection with disasters and sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in a world where climate change and social inequalities create new challenges.
