In the Geomedia podcast you will hear discussions and interviews with current researchers, visiting speakers, and invited guests on issues relating to this emerging discipline.
We are proud to annouce Javier Reynoso, Professor of Service Management at EGADE Business School, Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Mexico, as one of the speakers at CTF 30th Anniversary.
What will you talk about on October 6th?
- I am going to talk about service research at the Base of the Pyramid – this means the need and relevance of service research in the huge segment of society who lives with less than 9 USD per day.
2021-08-26
Karlstad Business School welcomes Peter Bellström as a new docent in Information Systems.
Peter Bellström has been a part of Karlstad Business School for many years. Now, Peter takes the next step up to docent, while simultaneously continuing his two main areas of study.
- In the CriseIT project we, for example, create ICT tools that are complements to traditional crisis exercises.
2025-04-22
This year, the event offered inspiring lectures and spirited conversations about three topics at the forefront of the transformation we are all in.
Rundgång, a shopping venue in Karlstad for reused items, has challenged views on second-hand goods and circular thinking. Emma Sundh, circular entrepreneur and project manager, described the importance of making reuse an attractive concept.
- It’s a matter of skill, says Emma Sundh.
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An international traineeship is a great opportunity to apply the theory from your studies to real life situations. During a traineeship you will gain practical work experience, develop your language skills, make professional connections and increase your employability in your selected field. You may also be eligible for an Erasmus+ scholarship to support your stay abroad.
Below you will find adverts from international organizations looking for trainees.
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PAULA HOLST
ERASMUS+ INTERNSHIP SPRING 2017
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
REGION VÄRMLAND EUROPEAN OFFICE
"LITTLE DID I KNOW WHEN I ACCEPTED AN INTERNSHIP THIS TIME LAST YEAR THAT I WOULD LATER MOVE TO BRUSSELS FULL-TIME!”
In the spring of 2017, I carried out my practical placement at Region Värmland’s European Office. I studied the political science master programme at Karlstad University and chose to complete my programme with international placement.
Karlstad University has received support from the Swedish Agency for Growth (Tillväxtverket) to build a research environment for circular forest-based bioeconomy, in close cooperation with the region's small and medium-sized enterprises. The research environment is Pro2BE - Processes and products for a circular bioeconomy.
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What do you do today?
“I am a travel consultant and salesperson at Specialresor in Karlstad. I am responsible for Ireland, Paris and the Champagne region. I work on all of the tours we offer to these places, put together packages, organise guides and work with our agents on location. I also present lectures on these destinations and sell our tours to our clients. We mainly work with corporate clients, for example with customer care tours, staff tours and association tours.
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”My research is at present largely related to continuity of care – developing and testing near-patient nursing models for fundamental care intended for the elderly still living at home and receiving home municipal home care, as well as the elderly in assisted living facilities.”
Gunilla Borglin was born and raised in Malmö and has worked in health care since she was 17 years old.
During the systematic monitoring of the degree of process maturity in parts of the authority, research from Karlstad Business School has caught the interest of Lantmäteriet (The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority).
During the systematic monitoring of the degree of process maturity in parts of the authority, research from Karlstad Business School has caught the interest of Lantmäteriet (The Swedish mapping, cadastral and land registration authority
2022-05-16
Service design has become a widely utilized method for service innovation in the private and public sector. But what is it about, and does it add to the previously known methods of service development and innovation?
To understand service design and what makes it unique, we inspected what service design encompasses. This task proved to be an almost devastating task because there are virtually hundreds of design tools and methods.
Welcome to Karlstad University and Karlstad Business School.
FEKIS 2024 Renewal and Democracy in a Disruptive World
22–24 October 2024
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Complete programme FEKIS 2024
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Business Administration plays an important role in the development toward a more sustainable society due to its impact on the many crucial societal challenges we are facing at the moment, such as climate change
- Propaganda is what media and communication research has focused on in Russia – the discourse that I’m looking at was fairly unexplored before the start of the war, says Svetlana Chuikina.
In her doctoral thesis, “(Re)constructing Russian anti-war movements.
2023-05-22
The Swedish Research Council has conducted a review of physics research conducted at Karlstad University and 11 other higher education institutions.
2024-08-05
A fiercely passionate suicide prevention activist becomes Karlstad University’s alumnus of the year in 2021. Marie Niljung, an entrepreneur with a mission to change attitudes around mental health and save lives, will receive the award at a ceremony later this fall.
By protecting your research publication or innovative idea, you can increase the value of it. It will also be easier for others to understand and handle it.
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Working Life Science is the study of work at the levels of the individual, organisation, and society, centring on areas such as the organisation of work and its consequences, the development of the labour market and the meaning of work in our lives.
Working Life Science offers education at all university levels including the doctoral level and contract courses.
We continuously add publications within SOL (School Development, Organization and Leadership). Please visit the page regularly to receive news. Most recent publication first within each category. Publications older than 8 years may be searched elsewhere. On this English page, you will only find publications in English.
Here we list publications in English by CRS researchers.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS 2024Grip, L. & Jansson, U. (2024) Genus, arbete och plats. Tidskrift för genusvetenskap, 44(1-2): 4-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.55870/tgv.v44i1-2.24763 Introduktion till temanummer “Genus, plats och arbete”.Braunerhielm, L., Grip, L., Ljungberg, E. and Ryan Bengtsson, L.
Datavetenskap vid Karlstads universitet har tillsammans med internationella partners i projektet RITE, Reducing Internet Transport Latency, lanserat en film som på ett enkelt sätt förklarar de faktiska problemen bakom fördröjningar på Internet. Videon visar varför mer bandbredd inte är en ensam lösning till ett snabbare internet.
En generell missuppfattning är ofta att bandbredd är lösningen på alla problem vad gäller hastighet på internet.
Mikael Granberg, professor in political science and director of the Centre for Societal Risk Research has been appointed honorary professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
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In media and in communication from the government innovation is brought forward to save our Swedish businesses through increased revenues and lowered cost. In addition, it will help us to create more jobs and a brighter future. Innovation has in recent years become such a buzzword, it seems like everyone is an expert in innovation and that all firms are innovative. So, what does this then mean in practice - let us see both sides of the coin.
Higher education didactics for sustainability (HEDS)The course is aimed to all university teachers.2024-01-29 - 2024-04-25 (English). Register here (no later than December 8)Course descriptionOverviewThe course Higher Education Didactics for Sustainability (HEDS) aims to empower educators, pedagogical developers, and others involved in curriculum design in higher education to integrate sustainability into teaching practice.
