Career support for researchers
GRANTS AND INNOVATION OFFICE
GIO offers targeted competence and career development for individual researchers, doctoral students and research environments. The starting point is to provide support adapted to the different phases of a research career, from early career researchers to senior researchers.
PUBLISHING SUPPORT
The publication landscape is in constant motion and requirements from funders and other agents such as the government change frequently. At the library, researchers can get help to navigate in this environment. Support includes finding and choosing journals to publish in, reference management, and help with publishing strategies
DIVA – THE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REPOSITORY
The research repository of Karlstad University is called DiVA. DiVA gives easy access to research publications and student theses written at more than 45 universities and research institutions and allows full text publishing, which increases the visibility of research output.
BIBLIOMETRICS SUPPORT
The library can help answer various questions regarding bibliometrics, such as finding out how many articles an organisation has published and using citation analysis to look at how those articles have influenced later research by others. It is also possible to perform network analyses to see what research groups/researchers/countries work together.
THE KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH HANDBOOK
The Karlstad University Research Handbook provides an overview of the entire submission and administration process for research proposals. It helps researchers understand research policies and procedures and walks them through the challenges of finding funding and applying for and administering grants.
RESEARCH-ORIENTED NEWSLETTERS
The University Library and Grants and Innovations Office compile and disseminate research-related news and information in their newsletters.The Grants and Innovations Office newsletter is distributed twice and the University Library newsletter four times annually.
PUBLISH WITH OPEN ACCESS
Publishing your research findings can prove expensive. The University Library has agreements with a number of publishers, regarding low costs or free publishing for researchers employed by Karlstad University.
THIRD-CYCLE/DOCTORAL COURSES
These courses are specifically targeted at doctoral students and are open to all doctoral students at all stages.
- Third-cycle/Doctoral course in Information Retrieval and Publishing Strategies
- Third-cycle/Doctoral Course in Data Management (2 credits)
- Third-cycle/Doctoral course "Innovative Applications of Research and Science" (4.5 credits)
- Communicating Science (4.5 credits)
VITAE Researcher Development Framework (RDF).
RDF has been developed by the UK-based research careers advisory service Vitae, and underpins much of the support provided by the Grants and Innovation Office. It is a software platform which enables researchers to monitor and record their personal and professional development, and centres on the ‘Planner’ which is structured into four domains covering the knowledge, behaviours, and attributes of researchers. Karlstad Universityresearchers can create an account by contacting the Grants and Innovation Office.
POPULAR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION THROUGH PODCASTS
In a series of podcast interviews, doctoralstudents close to the completion of their course of study present their theses. Participation gives doctoralstudents an opportunity to talk about their research in terms of popular science and to practise media training. The podcast is in English or Swedish depending on the doctoral students’ language of choice and is available on iTunes, Soundcloud, and:
INFORMATION LITERACY
The library offers lectures, workshops, and tutorials on information retrieval and reference management. We also provide support for planning and carrying out systematic literature reviews.
KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY PRESS
The publishing press of Karlstad University, with a focus on thesis and report publishing, allocates ISBN numbers and gives support during the publishing process.
MEDIA SUPPLY
The library assists in purchasing both printed and electronic materials, interlibrary loans, and subscriptions for databases and other e-resources.
ALUMNI SERVICE
Karlstad University’sAlumni Servicesits within Student and Alumni Collaborationand can help connect staff – for academic and other career purposes – with former students employed in a wide range of sectors in countries around the world, for academic and other career-related purposes.