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2020-04-14
Klaas Staal, researcer in Public Economics and Political Economy, has had his article ”State-level Federal Stimulus Funds and Economic Growth: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” published in IAER. What is the main result in your article? - Previous research mainly focused on the beneficial effect of the economic stimulus implemented by the first Obama administration.
2020-04-08
This spring yet another PhD student has been affiliated with CTF. We are happy to welcome JanErik Odhe, PhD student in Machine Design at KTH, Stockholm, and university lecturer at Karlstad University. JanErik Odhe is investigating how to measure servitization in manufacturing companies, which involve development processes and business models. He is involved in two current projects at CTF.
2020-04-08
This spring yet another PhD student has been affiliated with CTF. We are happy to welcome JanErik Odhe, PhD student in Machine Design at KTH, Stockholm, and university lecturer at Karlstad University. JanErik Odhe is investigating how to measure servitization in manufacturing companies, which involve development processes and business models. He is involved in two current projects at CTF.
2020-04-01

Hello there Johan Quist...

News » 2020-04-01
….. you are since January 1st the new vice director at CTF. How does it feel, and can you tell us more about the new assignment? "Thanks, it feels great! There are few working places where so many exciting things are going on at the same time, and it is fun to be in the middle of this." "My most important function is to brainstorm with our director Per Kristensson.
2020-04-01

Hello there Johan Quist...

News » 2020-04-01
….. you are since January 1st the new vice director at CTF. How does it feel, and can you tell us more about the new assignment? "Thanks, it feels great! There are few working places where so many exciting things are going on at the same time, and it is fun to be in the middle of this." "My most important function is to brainstorm with our director Per Kristensson.
2020-03-26

Annual Report 2019

News » 2020-03-26
What’s going on at CTF? How can research conducted at CTF make a difference and contribute to sustainable societal development? Read about this, and much more in our annual report. The year 2019 was an eventful year marked by new research initiatives, collaboration and dissemination of knowledge.
2020-03-26

Annual Report 2019

News » 2020-03-26
What’s going on at CTF? How can research conducted at CTF make a difference and contribute to sustainable societal development? Read about this, and much more in our annual report. The year 2019 was an eventful year marked by new research initiatives, collaboration and dissemination of knowledge.
2020-03-25
You have probably noticed that an online video clip playing on your mobile phone is interrupted when you leave your house and the Wifi network. The mobile phone connects to 4G, and the video clip resumes. One advantage of multipath networks, which will be common in the future, is that your mobile phone will switch between different networks without you noticing it.
2020-03-25
You have probably noticed that an online video clip playing on your mobile phone is interrupted when you leave your house and the Wifi network. The mobile phone connects to 4G, and the video clip resumes. One advantage of multipath networks, which will be common in the future, is that your mobile phone will switch between different networks without you noticing it.
2020-03-25
In the latest CTF blog, Charlotte Bäccman looks at the reactions to the Corona virus from a social psychological perspective. Corona or COVID-19, is the virus that singlehandedly has isolated countries, crashed the world economy, and reduced pollution; and you have been forced to (re-)act in some way to its rampage. Today’s reality is contradictory, on one hand we are urged to extreme precautions before an imminent threat.
2020-03-25
In the latest CTF blog, Charlotte Bäccman looks at the reactions to the Corona virus from a social psychological perspective. Corona or COVID-19, is the virus that singlehandedly has isolated countries, crashed the world economy, and reduced pollution; and you have been forced to (re-)act in some way to its rampage. Today’s reality is contradictory, on one hand we are urged to extreme precautions before an imminent threat.
2020-03-24
The spread of coronavirus has had consequences that nobody could have imagined when the first reports from China appeared in January. The ongoing effort to limit the spread of infection and protect old people and persons with previous medical conditions concerns society as a whole, including Karlstad University. Many people are worried, of course, about health aspects and about the societal consequences that the measures taken will have.