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• 2025-04-25

  Limited access when the bus stop is rebuilt

  The bus stop at the university is to be rebuilt and work will begin in May. During the work, the roads between the roundabouts north and south of the bus stop are closed to car traffic. The reconstruction is expected to last until the end of August.

  The reconstruction is part of Karlstad Municipality's work to extend the Karlstadsstråket express bus line between Ruds bytesplats and Välsvikens station, via Kronoparken and Karlstad University.

  During the reconstruction of the bus stop at the university, it will be closed to car traffic between the two roundabouts north and south of the bus platform when the stop is rebuilt. Only public transport, emergency services and goods transport can pass, other traffic will be redirected according to signs on site.

• 2025-04-24

  New Study Reveals How AI Search Engines Reshape Access to Political News Across Languages

  Researchers from Karlstad University explored how generative AI search engines, such as Microsoft Copilot, are transforming political news retrieval - and with it, the global flow of information.

  The study "Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages" was published in the journal Telecommunications Policy and is co-authored by Professor Cornelia Brantner, Professor Michael Karlsson, and Joanne Kuai.

• 2025-04-23

  Research at Karlstad Business School unveil the role of technology in modern auditing

  Lazarus Fotoh, newly graduated doctor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, tell us what you have done in your research.
  – Considering that the impact of technology on auditing is still unclear, my research explores and helps improve our understanding of how both advanced and less advanced technologies are changing audits and the way they are carried out. I also looked into why, despite the growing attention given to advanced technologies, their adoption in auditing remains slow.

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• 2025-04-22

  Increase in number of applicants for Karlstad University – again

  The number of programme applicants has increased by 13 per cent for the autumn semester of 2025. There is also a 12 per cent increase in first choice applicants.

  The increase is largely explained by three of the new study programmes: the Biomedical Scientist Programme, the Master Programme in Political Science – Psychological Defense and Disinformation, and Artificial Intelligence – Bachelor Programme in Computer Science.

  – The application numbers show that people understand the importance of AI and machine learning and want to be part of shaping our future, says Matthias Beckerle, programme coordinator for the AI programme.

• 2025-04-17

  New Geomedia project focuses on historical video games

  Peter Wikström, docent in English at Karlstad University, is working together with Geomedia to develop project applications in collaboration with Embracer Games Archive in Karlstad.
  – The project focuses on material objects related to historical video games, such as covers, packaging, manuals and the design of discs and cartridges.

  – The approach we are using in the research project is multimodal discourse analysis, says Peter Wikström. We will select objects from Embracer’s massive archive, which will then be analysed in case studies with different approaches and research questions.

  The project covers various time periods and types of games to contribute to knowledge about the significance of material objects, which play a particularly important role when it comes to historical games.

• 2025-04-14

  Collaboration and Opportunities at the Graduate School’s Spring Meeting

  Over two days, the industrial graduate school Exact held its spring meeting, focusing on collaboration and development opportunities as well as career planning for doctoral students.

  – It has been two days filled with fascinating presentations from our doctoral students and many fruitful discussions about the graduate school’s collaboration and development opportunities, says Jörgen Samuelsson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School. We invited representatives from the research groups DAMI, Pro2Be, and Mirai as well as the new industrial graduate school M3C, and we see many opportunities for even broader cooperation. Career planning for the doctoral students was also an important theme during these days.