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Computational Forensics for Large-Scale Fraud Detection, Crime Investigation and Prevention. The overall objective of the project is to provide new knowledge that can significantly enhance prevention, preparedness, investigation and prosecution of incidents in IT environments without compromising on (personal) integrity and the rule of law.

The biennial symposium of the Swedish Association of Applied Linguistics (ASLA) will take place on April 12–13, 2018, at Karlstad University. The symposium is co-organized by the Center for Language and Literature in Education (CSL) and the Department of Language, Literature, and Intercultural Studies (ISLI). 

The 2018 symposium theme is “Classroom research and language/languaging”. As usual, the symposium also welcomes submissions in other areas of applied linguistics. The official conference languages are Swedish and English, and we welcome submissions in these languages. As ASLA also strives to foster collaborations between the Nordic countries, we welcome submissions in Danish and Norwegian.

We have the great pleasure of presenting an impressive trio of keynote speakers: Professor Hansun Zhang Waring, Teachers’ College, Columbia University, New York, Professor Elizabeth Lanza from Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan, University of Oslo, and Professor Christina Olin-Scheller, Department of Education, Karlstad University.

The titles of the keynote lectures are presented below.

• Hansun Zhang Waring: Competence, Complexity, and Contingency: Navigating the Challenges of Classroom Interaction. Abstract
• Elizabeth Lanza: The Family as a Space for Language/Languaging. Abstract
• Christina Olin-Scheller: Snapchat, messenger och google docs. Maktordningar och textrepertoarer i ett uppkopplat klassrum. Abstract

Conference dinner April 12th
On April 12, the conference dinner will be held at Värmland Museum. The museum is beautifully located in central Karlstad within 3 minutes walk of the main hotel Scandic Hotell Winn and within 5 minutes walk from other hotels in central Karlstad. The dinner starts with mingel at. 19.00 and then the opportunity is also given a visit to the photo exhibition "We have a dream". Initially, the museum's nice shop is open until kl. 20.00 for our guests.
More information about Värmland's museum can be found at: http://wehaveadream.se/en/welcome/

Important dates

May 1, 2017                  Web-based system for abstracts opens

November 1, 2017        Deadline for abstract submission

December 15, 2017       Notification of acceptance

December 15, 2017       Registration opens -

February 1, 2018           Early Bird registration closes

March 14, 2018              Registration closes

A warm welcome to the 2018 ASLA symposium in Karlstad!

The Organizing Committee
Pia Sundqvist (conference convenor), Birgitta Ljung-Egeland (conference secretary), Erica Sandlund, Andrea Schalley, Sebastian Malinowski, Tim Roberts, Liliann Byman-Frisén, Linda Eriksson

Administrator and webmaster
Cathrine Andersson-Busch

The conference unit
Maria Kull

Contact: asla2018@kau.se

Karlstad University will install and launch additive manufacturing laboratory (AT-LAB) at the university. The laboratory will be an interface between academia and regional companies, creating opportunities for organization and realization of efficient knowledge transfer. In collaboration with the laboratory, large and small industries could collaborate with academia in the creative environment supporting to development of new knowledge, product and process development. Within the project, in collaboration with industrial partners, a number of workshops, seminars, pilot manufacturing, prototyping and research projects will be organized.

The project is related to Europe 2020 prioritized area - Strengthening research, technological development and innovation, with a goal to create smart growth in Värmland. The project is run within the area of strategic specialization “Advanced manufacturing and complex systems” formulated in VRIS3: Värmland Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization.

Project co-funded by EU via Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Region Värmland and Karlstad University.

Karlstad University have launched additive manufacturing laboratory (AT-LAB) at the university. The laboratory will be an interface between academia and regional companies, creating opportunities for organization and realization of efficient knowledge transfer. In collaboration with the laboratory, large and small industries could collaborate with academia in the creative environment supporting to development of new knowledge, product and process development. Within the project, in collaboration with industrial partners, a number of workshops, seminars, pilot manufacturing, prototyping and research projects will be organized.

The project is related to Europe 2020 prioritized area - Strengthening research, technological development and innovation, with a goal to create smart growth in Värmland. The project is run within the area of strategic specialization “Advanced manufacturing and complex systems” formulated in VRIS3: Värmland Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization.

Project co-funded by EU via Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Region Värmland and Karlstad University.

The workshop with employers and the student council with representatives from the programme unions was part of the work with formulating the abilities and knowledge that Karlstad Business School believes to be a clear feature for the graduating students. This is also a part of the quality assurance work that is currently underway within the entire Business School.

The concept of Professional Skills has since long been traditionally a course made up of modules, where the students have practiced abilities parallel to their programme or within the frame of certain programmes. Now, the idea is that general abilities such as to be able to apply knowledge, critical thinking, communicating, acting responsibly, being able to work in a team and practice leadership is to be integrated in all programmes and worked with in a pace with systematic development work.

-The purpose is to strengthen the students on the job market and to live as we learn according to the motto “Knowledge is worth nothing without the ability to use it”. What we are doing now is to see if these particular abilities that we are gathering during Professional Skills are relevant – should we have more, less or other abilities that we train our students in? says Marie-Therese Christiansson, the deputy head at the Business School and responsible for the quality assurance.

The students that participated at the workshop said that different abilities can be trained and used in different parts of the course, rather than for the entire courses.

-It is better to, ahead of a group work, to go through group dynamic and how to work with handling conflicts for instance and analyze the work after. The abilities should be prevalent throughout the whole programme, or else there Is a risk with only doing it once or at few occasions – at which time you will forget, meant Lovisa Österberg, president of Mexika.

Theory and practice – both are needed
More exercises were something the students wanted to see and meant that practice is an important element.

Andreas Prochazka, previously teacher in jurisprudence, is these days hired at the Consumer Agency. For their part, the understanding for the legal context and methods is important.

-The actual expertise is clear, that you take the theories with you. When we as employers recruit it is an investment for several years. The ones we hire need to therefore understand the legal context. It is natural that the students want to seek the practical experience, but that is also something you learn once you start working. The practical knowledge is shaped according to the application and environment you come to.

During the discussion, it also appeared that different skills are emphasized for different programmes. To be a feature for the Business School it could be useful that these abilities, “skills”, are also lifted from the daily business. Perhaps a combination of securing the student learning and abilities during a programme and the modules/courses that the students can take extra? There are several possibilities.

Other angles of approach that was lifted from the employers was knowledge and training in leadership. And that leadership is not only about management, but also to be able to lead yourself in your own development. Digital ability was something that was obvious for the employers, who also brought up the importance of being customer oriented in your action and more personal abilities that you can develop and train, such as a healthy dose of humbleness.

Apart from the Consumer Agency, the Labour Office, Karlstad University, the Project engagement PE, SBAB and Grant Thorton as well as the student unions Karlekon, Mexika, Lina and Pelikan also participated in the workshop.

The work with defining, developing and implementing the abilities that are to characterize the students of the Business School is going on during the spring together with other programme leaders, the student unions of the student council as well as employers who are in different ways cooperating with Karlstad Business School.

Members of the Alumni Network are invited to present nominees. In order to be available for election, the following criteria must be followed:

Criteria for the election of the Alumni of the year

• a minimum of 60 Credits at Karlstad University

• to have given evidence of integrity in her/his chosen profession; to have dared to challenge the established society and to have explored the unknown within her/his working field

• to elect one woman and one man

The nomination takes place during winter / spring . The appointments will be announced before the summer.

CEREMONY IN AUTUMN

This year's slumni will be celebrated in the autumn. In addition to a solemn ceremony where they proclaimed receive the award. Portrait of the Year alumnus, current and former, is set in one house, near the Transformum.

Who would you like to see as the Alumni of the Year 2019?

Do you know any Karlstad University graduates that meet the criteria? If so please complete the form

Staff

The Board

The History

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The CRE8® model
CRE8® is a model for creative problem solving in competition form, which develops skills valued by employers and expands the professional networks of the participating students. In a CRE8® workshop, four teams of five students are given a scenario with which to demonstrate their problem-solving skills, before pitching their solution to a jury. These are real life scenarios, sourced from companies or the public sector. Representatives from those organizations are included in the jury.

To prepare the students, the workshop is preceded by an hour-long ‘pitching session’. The session is adapted to the broad area of the workshop scenario (without revealing the specifics of that scenario). For the workshop, the students are divided into their teams, and each team has two hours to develop a solution and prepare the pitch to the jury. The pitch should last no more than five minutes. The jury then has 10 minutes to question the team about their pitch. 

Each team individually pitches to the jury. Those waiting to pitch are kept apart, to ensure that there is no inadvertent sharing of solutions between teams. After the pitches, the jury chooses a winning team. If the employer representatives wish to proceed with one or more ideas from the workshop, further contacts will take place directly between them and the students.

CRE8® Europe
CRE8® Europe is now closed. Four national CRE8® Europe events were held (one in each partner country). The entire student cohort attended each event. Each team comprised equal numbers of students from each partner, with a good mix of institutions and disciplines represented each team.  The teams had a set time to develop and pitch their solution to a jury. The tasks were real world scenarios, sourced from partner alumni in companies or the public sector, who also joined on the jury. The jury provided feedback on the pitches and chose a winning team. 

Project Partners

• Karlstad University, Sweden
• James I University of Castellon, Spain,
  contacts María Ripollés Meliá and Laura Martinez Peris
• Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania, contact Ramona Todericiu 
• Inland University, Norway, contacts Eliana Ethel Bontti and Kristin Stevik 

Activities involve research, doctoral studies and research dissemination, that is, activities that communicate research results to the international research community and utilise research in society.

Board
CRS is led by a board consisting of nine members, including a chairperson and a doctoral student representative.

External members

• Gunnel Forsberg, Professor emerita in Human Geography with a speciality in Urban and Regional Planning, Stockholm University
• Maths Isacson, Professor emeritus in Economic History, Uppsala University
• Susanne Søholt, Regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, OsloMet-Oslo, Metropolitan University
• Lukas Smas, Senior Research Fellow in Human Geography, Nordregio
• Sigrid Hedin, Doctor in Human Geography, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
• Anders Olsson, Research and Innovation Strategist, Region Värmland

Internal members

• Clary Krekula, Professor, Sociology, Karlstad University
• Henrik Örnebring, Media and Communication Studies, Karlstad University
• Linda Persson, Doctoral student representative, Risk and Environmental Studies, Karlstad University

Chairperson

• Gunnel Forsberg, Professor in Human Geography with a speciality in Urban and Regional Planning, Stockholm University

Director
The responsibility for implementing the decisions of the board lies with the director, Margareta Dahlström. Marie Nordfeldt and Majken Jul Sørensen are in charge of the graduate school. There is also a management group, consisting of a centre coordinator, a doctoral student representative, administrative support and members with long-term appointment and duties at CRS.