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• 2024-05-06

  Unlocking usable privacy - new Book offers a blueprint for navigating user-centric privacy

  Farzaneh Karegar, lecturer in informatics, together with Simone Fischer-Hübner, professor in computer science, you have written the book The curious case of usable privacy: Challenges, Solutions, and Prospects.

  Farzaneh Karegar, tell us what the book is about

• 2024-05-03

  Music Producer Becomes Guest Professor

  Jenny Wilson is an internationally known Swedish indie musician, artist, and not least, producer. Her music is electro-influenced and energetic, and her lyrics are confrontational, often critical of society. At the same time, she does not shy away from being very vulnerable and personal, which is a significant part of her expression. The Ingesund School of Music and the subject of music production are pleased to welcome her as Guest rofessor in music production, focusing on songwriting under the wings of the Wettergren Foundation.

  In the autumn of 2018, the college programme for music production on an artistic basis was established. In the autumn of 2022, the Music production programme expanded to a bachelor’s program. Ingesund School of Music has for many years received funds from the Wettergren Foundation that has significantly contributed to the development that has taken place over more than a decade.

• 2024-04-29

  Kau hosts national conference for study counsellors

  On 21-23 May, study and career counsellors from Sweden’s universities and university colleges gather at Karlstad University for the conference Vägledarkonferens 2024.
  – We have 227 registered so far. Our goal was 180, so we’re very happy about the turnout, says Emilia Westberg.

  She is part of the project group for the conference together with her colleagues, study and career counsellors Evelina Segerdahl and Anne-Marie Larsen.

• 2024-04-29

  Activism and everyday life in focus for new Sociology professor

  Anna-Britt Coe focuses her research on the relationship between activism and everyday life, and is a new professor in Sociology at Karlstad University since March 1st.
  “Common for sociological research here at the university is the focus on everyday life, which is unique in Sweden,” says Anna-Britt Coe.

  Anna-Britt Coe is a professor of Sociology and researches the relationship between activism and everyday life, demonstrating how these two are more integrated than we previously understood.

• 2024-04-26

  Several of the third-cycle subject areas at Karlstad University show high standard

  As part of the university’s systematic quality assurance efforts, eight third-cycle subject areas (doctoral-level disciplines) have been reviewed by an external assessment group. All of them are rated as meeting a high standard in the report by the assessment group.

  The discipline of nursing received a positive assessment of their doctoral education.

• 2024-04-22

  Medal for Excellencies in Research

  Salman Raza Naqvi, senior lecturer in chemical engineering, has been awarded a medal by the Government of Pakistan for his research.

  – I feel very honored and it was a nice ceremony where I got to receive the award that was presented by the president at a ceremony where many prominent scientists were honored, says Salman Raza Naqvi.