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• 2024-11-28

  Researcher releases a new Curriculum at COP29

  The devastating impacts of climate change are unfolding in both infrastructural loses and rising eco-anxiety among young people. KAU climate scientist Avit Bhowmik released a new curriculum with the Long Game team at COP29 in Ajerbaijan to trigger rapid action and also lessen eco-anxiety at schools.

  The devastating impacts of climate change are unfolding, not only in physical and infrastructural losses and damages, but also in increasing eco-anxiety and trauma, particularly in young people. A majority of young people in the world are suffering from eco-anxiety and think that their feelings about climate change are ignored and often dismissed. 

• 2024-11-26

  Study flexibly and securely with new M365 services

  We are now expanding the range of services within Microsoft 365, including OneDrive and the online versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint. This allows for easy creation, saving and sharing of content in the cloud, as well as real-time collaboration on documents with others – regardless of the device!

  With the services in Microsoft 365, you do not have to install anything – you can use Word, Excel and PowerPoint directly in the browser, and with OneDrive you also get access to secure cloud storage to access, manage and back up your files. It gives you the freedom to work from anywhere and edit your documents regardless of the device you are using. In addition, several people can work together in real time and edit the same document, making things like group assignments smoother and more efficient.

• 2024-11-26

  Practice-oriented education research receives funding

  The Swedish Institute for Educational Research has granted funding to three projects at Karlstad University focusing on practice-oriented education research. The university also has a co-applicant involved in another project. The objective of the projects is improved teaching within the Swedish school system.

  The researchers at Karlstad University who have been granted funding all have a particular interest in subject-specific education. The research focus is on what happens in the classroom and the interaction between teachers and pupils in the learning process. The researchers want to know more about how pupils can learn about different subjects in a more effective way, and to find answers, they work closely with both teachers and pupils.

• 2024-11-22

  Research project on collaborative robots makes IVA’s 100 List

  The research project on society-centred industry 5.0 – headed by Jorge Solis – has been selected for the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ (IVA) 100 List of 2024. The theme of this year’s list is innovation through interdisciplinary research.

  – I feel very honoured that our research is on this year’s 100 List, says Jorge Solis, associate professor in electrical engineering at Karlstad University. I’m also very pleased to represent Karlstad University’s research in this context, which can provide opportunities for new projects and contacts.

• 2024-11-22

  Black Friday: Researcher shares top tips to avoid sales hysteria and promote sustainable consumption

  Sale after sale, FOMO and bargains to be made – November has us trapped in a shopping spree. Psychology researcher Charlotte Bäccman at Karlstad University explains why we tend to shop more in November and offers her top tips on how to shop smarter and more sustainably, benefiting both your wallet and the planet.

  Singles Day, Black Week, Black Friday, Cyber Monday – November is full of sales campaigns that can give the impression of saving money, but in reality, we often end up buying things we do not really need.

• 2024-11-21

  Hello there, Anna Sonesson and Jessica Ekberg, teachers for the preschool teacher program at Karlstad University…

  ...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. They have looked at preschool systems in countries like Ireland, the Netherlands, British Columbia in Canada, New Zealand, and Sweden, as these are seen as exemplary. We hoped to contribute to a statement in the extensive report that came out this summer.”

  And what is their conclusion?