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• 2025-04-02

  New research will spread valuable insights from Patientforum to social psychiatry

  Congratulations Katarina Grim, docent in social work! You have been granted funding from Forte for a study on Patientforum. Can you tell us more about the research project?

  – Thank you! It feels like a big achievement, and it was in tough competition that we managed to secure SEK 6.5 million in funding for our study where we will investigate the effect of Patientforum and how it can contribute to organisational development. The aim is to learn from successful examples of Patientforum within regional operations and then adapt the method to a municipal context. The study is a collaboration between the Swedish Partnership for Mental Health (NSPH), NSPH Skåne and Lund Municipality.

• 2025-04-02

  Jerker Moodysson member of UHR’s new board

  Karlstad University’s vice-chancellor, Jerker Moodysson, has been appointed as a board member of the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) for the next three years.
  – I’m looking forward to working on development issues related to higher education in a new context for me, says Jerker Moodysson.

  – Among other things, UHR is responsible for coordinating admissions, internationalisation and digital services. They also work with information and analyses. I will be contributing to this work from the perspective of a higher education institution.

  The government approved the new board on 20 March. A total of eight people were appointed for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028. In addition to Jerker Moodysson, the board includes the following members:

• 2025-03-31

  The Rights of Young Children and the Best Interests of the Child in Focus When Academia and Practice Meet

  Gisela Priebe, professor of psychology and director of the The Centre for Research on the Mental Health and Life Circumstances of Children and Youth (CBU), is one of the speakers at "Barnrättsdagarna" (the Children's Rights Days) held from 31 March to 2 April in Karlstad. This year's theme, "The Child as a Rights Holder and the Best Interests of the Child," is a constantly relevant topic for Gisela and CBU's research.

  Hello Gisela! What is your presentation about?

• 2025-03-31

  Ingesund Teacher Wins Grammy

  Singer and composer Lisa Östergren has been an active musician and vocal coach for many years. She is a vocal coach and jazz ensemble teacher at the Ingesund School of Music. As a composer, she is passionate about children's music, and this past weekend, she was awarded a Grammy for Best Children's Music.

  Lisa Östergren has extensive experience as a teacher, having worked at folk high schools, cultural schools, and privately. When she is not teaching at the Ingesund School of Music, she is either on tour with one of her children's music projects or composing music in her hometown of Upplands Väsby.

• 2025-03-20

  The university collaborates for sustainable manufacturing processes

  Mission 0 House, a collaboration between industry and academia with the goal of eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing processes, has secured its first long-term research funding. Several leading companies, together with the Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen), have jointly guaranteed nearly 100 million SEK for the next five years.

  Mission 0 House, led by Polestar and Lindholmen Science Park, started as a pilot project in 2024. The initiative has allowed five Swedish universities to join Mission 0 House in Gothenburg: Karlstad University, University of Borås, University West, Jönköping University and Mid Sweden University. The institutions will contribute scientific expertise and hire a total of 10 new postdoctoral researchers. These researchers, along with senior scientists, will work together to develop future emission-free manufacturing methods.

• 2025-03-17

  Words from our senior management: Thoughts about academic freedom

  The university is involved in research, education and collaboration in a wide range of areas. In some, we are recognised as world leaders. In others, we receive less attention. Some areas are clearly aligned with the express needs of society. Others are more difficult to identify the immediate benefit of.

  The fact that the benefit is not obvious does not mean that there is none. Some things may take a hundred years to prove beneficial, and in other cases, nothing much ever comes of it. 

  Certain insights confirm what we already know, others call our understanding into question or upends it entirely. Out of context, much of what we do may come across as meaningless. In context, however, some of it could eventually turn out to be indispensable.