International online-courses with strong links to the most successful research environments and tailor-made for professionals at work will be offered at Karlstad University thanks to a development project in conjunction with a number of leading companies and the support of the KK Foundation.
The KK Foundation has granted Karlstad University 6 million SEK for the period 2017-2019 to develop and carry out net-based cutting edge Master–level courses, developed in close coop
2017-01-18
International online-courses with strong links to the most successful research environments and tailor-made for professionals at work will be offered at Karlstad University thanks to a development project in conjunction with a number of leading companies and the support of the KK Foundation.
The KK Foundation has granted Karlstad University 6 million SEK for the period 2017-2019 to develop and carry out net-based cutting edge Master–level courses, developed in close coop
2016-04-08
Researchers in different disciplines have for a long time used models to describe and analyze various ecological, human and societal systems and how those interact.
2025-09-30
Stefan Olsson, Professor of Financial Law at Karlstad Business School, has recently received two prestigious appointments in the field of tax law – a new three-year term as deputy member of the Tax Law Council and the role of Chair of the TOR/Skattenytt Foundation.
2025-10-20
The theme of the Academic Celebration 2025 was trust, which was evident in both the morning event at Karlstad CCC and the afternoon ceremony in Aula Magna. The ceremony was recorded and is available on the university’s Youtube channel.
The Academic Celebration on Friday 17 October started at Karlstad CCC, where nine newly appointed professors presented their research in the hall Lerinsalen, which was nearly full.
2024-12-03
Kauresearch is the university’s Instagram account dedicated to research information. For the second year in a row, the themed week Kau Science Week is held at the same time as the Nobel Week.
Kau Science Week is mainly featured on the Kauresearch account. A post will be published every day throughout the week, drawing attention to researchers and research at Karlstad University. The posts will be accompanied by stories and hashtags for further reading or listening.
2024-10-14
Karlstad University continues to solidify its position as a key player in the European research on Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G mobile technologies. The Distributed Intelligent Systems and Communications (DISCO) group, part of the Computer Science Department, has secured funding for three exciting new projects.
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Current research at Karlstad University is focused on aquatic ecosystems and terrestrial habitats. With the knowledge that the two environments impact and strongly depend on each other, it is important to study the connection between them.
Insects hatch in water, fly over both watercourses and land. They can either provide a food source for terrestrial animals or fall into the water they once came from and become food for fish.
We are often exposed to privacy information that is designed in a way that urges us to quickly give our consent and disclose more data than necessary.
2023-06-26
Samuel Petros Sebhatu, Karlstad Business School, attended the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Global forum in New York, 12-16 June 2023 hosted by Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business.
The PRME global forum 2023 focuses on impact across various session themes: pedagogy, climate, digital, and leadership.
Our risk and safety walks are great examples of how we work to develop different forms of participation and place-based learning. The aim is to spread knowledge and encourage discussions about societal risks and preventive measures.
The risk and safety walks are organised by the Centre for Societal Risk Research and consist of a walk-and-talk seminar, where participants get the chance to deepen their knowledge and exchange experiences.
CSR's director Mikael Granberg is co-editor of the book Local Action on Climate Change - Opportunities and constraints, the latest addition to Routledges series on Advances in Climate Change Research. CSR's researchers are co-authors for four of the books chapters.
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There is growing interest in analysing the role and effectiveness of the local scale in responding to the global challenge of climate change.
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Welcome to English studies at Karlstad University. We are proud of our internationally diverse academic staff. At Karlstad University you will study English with experienced teachers from four continents and will be exposed to a truly global perspective on English and its varieties worldwide.
Ongoing internationalisation means that language skills and cultural understanding are becoming increasingly valuable competencies in many fields.
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Jessica Comte, what did you study at Karlstad Business School?
- The Bachelor’s programme in IT, Project Management and ERP Systems from 2018 to 2020, and the Master’s programme in Information Systems from 2020 to 2022.
Why did a Master’s programme at Karlstad Business School appeal to you?
- I already had a career when I was looking for programmes, and I needed my studies to be 100% remote.
Lars Järnström, professor of coating technology, came to Karlstad University in 1999 and has been involved in building the current strong research environment for fibre-based processes and products. Now retirement is approaching but he will continue working at the university as senior professor.
Lars Järnström's research centres mainly on environment-friendly surface treatment of fibre-based packaging materials.
2024-11-21
...last fall you went to Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, on an ERASMUS exchange. During the visit, you were also invited to, and met with, a commission in the Australian government that had initiated a major effort to review the country's preschool system. How did it go?
”We met with the Australian government during our visit to Melbourne and talked about the Swedish preschool system and how we train preschool teachers, says Anna Sonesson.
2021-06-04
Per Pettersson, professor of sociology of religion at CTF, is retiring after 26 years as researcher and research leader focusing religious and social change with a service perspective. As senior professor he looks forward to meeting research colleagues around the world as soon as the corona pandemic slows down.
Per has an academic background in theology at Uppsala University, and was ordained as priest in the Church of Sweden 1979.
2023-09-06
I would like to start by saying thank you for the warm welcome I have received during my first weeks at Karlstad University. I have already met several of you and I look forward to more meetings in the day-to-day operations.
I enjoy meetings, both planned and spontaneous. It might come as a surprise that someone from management would utter such a thing, given the number of meetings I have attended over the years and the likelihood of a very busy schedule ahead.
Doctoral thesis
2021-05-19 Omar Richardson
Multiscale models and simulations for diffusion and interaction in heterogeneous domains
978-91-7867-205-9
2020-12-03 Thoa Thieu
Models for coupled active-passive population dynamics: Mathematical analysis and simulation
ISBN 978-91-7867-164-9
2019-10-25 Arthur Vromans
Homogenization of pseudoparabolic reaction-diffusion-mechanics systems: Multiscale modeling, well-posedness and convergence rates
ISBN 978-91-7867-038-3
2017-02-10
2025ArticlesHaglund, J., Gustafsson, K., & Christenson, N. (2025). Lowersecondary pupils’ expression of competence in an out-of-school activity on climate change-related risk of flooding – the case of Riskville. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2 025.2554889Karagiorgos, K., & Grahn, T. (2025). Challenges and best practices during the development of FEMA’s National Risk Index. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 127.
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.
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.
