Researchers at Karlstad University have to be aware of research data storage requirements.According to the Archives Act (1990:782), research material must be archived at the higher education institution. Please note that publication or storage in another national or international data archives cannot replace archiving at the university.
Our staff work on a range of exciting research topics. The following list provides an overview of the research expertise found in English at Karlstad University.
In a more complex and troubled world, future pre-school teachers need to be better equipped to teach about norms related to the contemporary world, religion and world views. What does their own world view look like compared to that of society based on knowledge and research? Do they feel included in the way pre-school education programmes approach these matters?
The past year, the AI hype has been significant, and the development has been received in different ways. Many see fantastic opportunities, others feel overwhelmed, and some are skeptical.
2011-12-16
One of the world's leading researchers in marketing, Stephen L. Vargo, has been appointed as visiting professor at CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
Stephen L. Vargo is a Shidler Distinguished Professor and Professor of Marketing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His primary areas of research are marketing theory and thought and consumers´ evaluative reference scales.
2019-11-27
”Everyone clapped because they were expected to”, is the title of the C-essay which won the 2019 Essay Award presented by the Region West HR Association. The authors are Emma Hammarberg and Fanny Olsson, who studied the Human Resource Management and Working Life programme at Karlstad Business School.
The winning essay in HR studies centres on organisation culture and loyalty. The jury’s citation was, among other things, that the essay is valuable for the HR profession.
2018-05-08
Karlstad Business School is working with quality assurance to reach the accreditation according to AACSB. During two days, mentor Ian Clark visited to coach the Business school ahead in the process. It was an opportunity to ask questions, try out lay-outs and make adjustments ahead of the continuous journey.
Three years ago, Karlstad Business School was granted application to start the process for accreditation at AACSB.
2014-08-31
Now available for downloading:
Perspectives on Ozlab in the cloud: A literature review of tools supporting Wizard-of-Oz experimentation, including an historical overview of 1971-2013 and notes on methodological issues and supporting generic tools
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-33617
Students who would like to have a printed copy can collect this in the lab.
2017-04-04
According to a study by computer science researchers at Karlstad University, few people know how their personal data are collected, used, shared and accessed. The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), coming into effect in 2018, will include higher demands on the possibility for users to access their own personal information.
Within a year the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will be applied.
2023-11-10
Karlstad University conducts research and development of intelligent control systems for greenhouse lighting system. In the greenhouse on campus, researchers have grown tomatoes using renewable energy from solar cells. There is also a battery energy storage in place in case there is a surplus of renewable solar energy generated.
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Georg Gulyas was born in Säffle. His Hungarian father worked at the city library while his Finnish mother worked at the church daycare centre. He acquired his basic qualification in classical guitar from Malmö Academy of Music.
After completing his degree, he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, École Normale de Musique de Paris and Juilliard School in New York.
The Centre for Research on Sustainable Societal Transformation (CRS) will have a new director as of 1 April. Moa Tunström, senior lecturer in Human Geography, will take over when Margareta Dahlström steps down ahead of her upcoming retirement.
Moa Tunström defended her doctoral thesis at Örebro University in 2009, “In search of the good city. Constructions of ideals and problems in Swedish urban planning discussion” in the discipline of Human Geography.
We did research on the effects of flotation-REST, that is, relaxation and pain treatment using flotation tanks. This is one of Karlstad University’s research projects that is best known to the general public and it has received considerable international attention.
Three doctoral theses have been completed in as part of this project, by Kristoffer Jonsson and by Sven-Åke Bood at Karlstad University and Anette Kjellgren at Gothenburg University.
The RSA Research Network on Regional Economic and Policy History (ReHi) invites you to the third workshop of the ReHi-network at Karlstad University. The theme is Historical Constructions of Regions and Regionalism.
The workshop follows the two previous workshops in building interdisciplinary connections over a two-day lunch-to-lunch programme.
The SI Scholarship for Global Professionals is an academic scholarship provided for full-time, one- or two-year, master’s studies at several universities in Sweden.
This prestigious scholarship, offered by the Swedish Institute, is designed to support ambitious and talented individuals who are committed to contributing to the sustainable development of their home countries and regions. The scholarship covers a wide range of study fields and over 700 of the around 10
Do you want to work as a teacher in physical education and health or as a coach, leader, or consultant in the sports and health-related field? Then we have the education for you!
Sports Science with a didactic focus can be applied for by those admitted to the subject teacher program and who meet the eligibility requirements. The education provides the qualification to teach physical education and health at the high school level or grades 7-9.
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We have valuable resources for the design and testing of e-services! Special resources: Ozlab, Eye-tracker, and Usability Lab
Usability labThree-room facility including reception room, test room, control room. The test room is big enough to host also group work sessions if researchers want to test human interaction or product use or assembly by consumers.
Januari
8 januari 15.15-17, 12B 545 – KuFo. Arbetsseminarium: Hur går vi vidare med KuFo?
15 januari 15.15-17, Minerva – Doktorandsem. Text av Morten Feldtfos Thomsen. Läsare Marinette G. och Peter W.
22 januari 15.15-17, 3A 340 – Eng ling. Pia Sundqvist "Bridging the gap between in and out-of-school English: Learning from good practice." More information and seminar materials.
29 januari 15.15-17, 12A 522 – Doktorandsem. Text av Anna Lindholm.
Today, the Internet underpins almost every aspect of our daily lives and it needs to provide efficient support for an increasing number of diverse applications.
The project group DRIVE, together with Ericsson AB, invited partner companies to a two-day joint workshop with the aim of showcasing and discussing how to work with mobile services.
2014-04-03
… Professor at CTF and Assistant Vice-Chancellor at Karlstad University. You just returned from a month-long visit on New Zealand. What did you do there?
- I was Visiting Professor at University of Canterbury. This was in the context of an international teacher and researcher exchange funded by the Erskine Programme.
2019-03-04
Carbon based nano materials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes were predicted a brilliant future when they were discovered. But quality problems curb the development of new products. The problem is that it is difficult to analyse the crystal structure and there are no established standard methods for classifying the materials.
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Denna panel syftar till att undersöka hur jämställdhetsintegrering fungerar som en strategi i akademin - en strategi där jämställdhet ses som en integrerad del av kärnområden såsom forskning och utbildning, men också bör utföras av befintliga medarbetare i linjeorganisationen. Sedan 2016 har många lärosäten blivit ålagda att arbeta med jämställdhetsintegrering via regleringsbrev.
Karlstad University receives grant of 2 million SEK from the Knowledge Foundation to develop a high in-demand Master’s programme in data-driven mechanical engineering.
- There is an increasing demand for this type of programme, says Anton Tkachuk, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and project manager in the development of the Master’s programme. The challenge is to create a degree programme that addresses areas such as data-driven approach and digitalisation tools.
