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• 2024-12-05

  This year's Chrismas song has a serious message

  Ho, ho, ho Carl Utbult, songwriter and producer, as well as a teacher at Ingesund. It's that time of the year again; you have been the supervisor for the first-year students in the music production program as they wrote and produced this year's Christmas song together in the regular songwriting course. This year, the students drew inspiration from Musikhjälpen and the theme that everyone should have the right to survive their pregnancy, which gives the production a serious message.

  What is the recipe for a really good Christmas song harmonically? Is it enough to just add some sleigh bells?

• 2024-12-05

  Providing Safe Sports Environments for Children and Youth Has Never Been More Important

  In the Swedish Sports Confederation's Guidelines for Children's and Youth Sports, it is stated that everyone in sports should work to create safe and inclusive sports environments for children and youth. In our contemporary society, these guidelines may have become even more important. Therefore, the theme for SVEBI's annual Sports Science Conference 2024, recently held at Karlstad University, was "Children and Youth in Safe Sports Environments."

  The guidelines are based on five main tracks: safety, participation, joy, versatility, and health. This is particularly relevant in the school subject of physical education and health, as it involves inspiring and motivating young people on their way into adulthood.

• 2024-12-03

  Karlstad University conducts pilot study on gaming in academia

  – Academia needs to contribute with both research and specialised education in this area, says John Sören Pettersson, professor of information systems at Karlstad Business School.

  Through regional development agreements with Region Värmland, Karlstad University has identified a number of so-called “smart specialisations”, among them video games. 

  – The challenge for the smart specialisation of video games and gamification in Värmland, which is the basis of the pilot study, is limited cooperation between industry and academia, says John Sören Pettersson. As a university, we need to contribute with artistic and scientific expertise in both research and specialised education.

• 2024-12-03

  Cellulose conference gathers researchers from all over the world

  The conference Cellulose Workshop, an international workshop focused on cellulose research, has been organised for the eleventh time. The 11th Workshop on Cellulose, Regenerated Cellulose, and Cellulose Derivatives gathered participants from 10 countries to learn about the latest research findings in the field.

  – I had the pleasure of organising the 11th Cellulose Workshop at Karlstad University. It was a success thanks to our excellent keynote speakers, presenters, participants, sponsors and organisers, says Björn Sjöstrand, Docent in Chemical engineering. I would especially like to mention Professor Ulf Germgård, who initiated the workshop over 20 years ago. Since then, it has been held more or less every other year with Karlstad University and Umeå University as organisers.

• 2024-12-03

  Kau Science Week on Instagram

  Kauresearch is the university’s Instagram account dedicated to research information. For the second year in a row, the themed week Kau Science Week is held at the same time as the Nobel Week.

  Kau Science Week is mainly featured on the Kauresearch account. A post will be published every day throughout the week, drawing attention to researchers and research at Karlstad University. The posts will be accompanied by stories and hashtags for further reading or listening. In addition, the university’s main accounts on Facebook, Instagram och LinkedIn will highlight parts of the content. This year’s themes include classical vocal studies, digitalisation in school, allergy, housework, cyber security, service innovation and digital infrastructure. 

• 2024-12-02

  Quality enhancing efforts continue in the budget for 2025

  The university board approved the budget for 2025 at the board meeting 27 November. The forward-looking investments in Eunice, doctoral students and associate senior lecturers, which are financed through the university’s agency capital, will continue. The rest of the budget is planned to be balanced.

  The university’s finances are affected by various factors in society, the external environment and sometimes also by challenges within the organisation. In terms of electricity prices, inflation and the consumer price index, the situation is somewhat less concerning than a year ago. At the same time, the government’s budget proposal earlier this autumn did not include any new, major investments in the higher education sector.