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2024-08-09
Continued collaboration with Japan through MIRAI 3.0
The collaboration project MIRAI is now entering a third phase for continued joint development in education, research and innovation. Focus is on global challenges such as health and an ageing population, climate change, sustainable communities and renewable energy.
– Through our collaboration within MIRAI 3.0, we have the opportunity to enhance the internationalisation of education and advance research in key areas, says Jorge Solis, Docent in Electrical Engineering and project leader of MIRAI at Karlstad University. The project is now entering a new phase and we are focusing on creating the best possible conditions for long-term and fruitful research collaboration to contribute to the global challenges defined within MIRAI 3.0.
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2024-07-30
Exchange Students Reunite After 25 Years
A group of exchange students who were here 1999-2000, have continued to stay in touch and meet regularly. This summer, they returned and revisited Karlstad University.
– On the weekend of July 27-28, we met again at Karlstad University, a group of international students who studied here in 1999 and 2000, says Lukasz Ingielewicz, who organized the reunion. This year marks 25 years since we first met.
The group includes speakers of Italian, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, American, Canadian, Finnish, British, French, Polish, and a bit of Swedish as well.
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2024-07-09
Protect athletes from burnout
During the upcoming Olympic Games, athletes from all over the world gather after years of preparation to perform their lifetime results. However, burnout among athletes is a growing problem, not least at the elite level. A new article by three researchers clarifies the causes of this, consequences, and how to prevent burnout.
Several studies have shown that burnout appears when an athlete feels physically tired and emotionally drained by their training and competing. This leads to a decreased interest in their sport and a feeling of not being able to perform, no matter how hard they push themselves. To pinpoint how burnout arises, researchers have used several models based on stress research, sports identity, and motivation.
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2024-06-25
Two prizes for research team in journalism at Karlstad University
The ICA Journalism Studies Division Book Award has been awarded to Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson, both professors of media and communication science at Karlstad University, for their book “Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept.”
Additionally, their article titled “Recoding Journalism: Establishing Normative Dimensions for a Twenty-First Century News Media” has achieved success and received The Bob Franklin Journal Article Award. The article was co-authored with Raul Ferrer-Conill, an associate professor in media and communication science at Karlstad University.
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2024-06-19
"Hello there, Indra Nielsen and Elin Emanuelsson, students in the Bachelor Programme in Music…
…you will spend the fall at Kulturhuset Spira in Jönköping for the production of Carmen. And with none other than Rickard Söderberg in the lead role. Exciting! What will you be doing?
“We have been offered an internship to sing the roles of Frasquita (soprano) and Mercédès (mezzo-soprano) - Carmen’s close friends. It will be a concert version with scenic elements. We will spend three intensive weeks rehearsing in Jönköping leading up to the three performances on 12/9, 14/9, and 15/9. An alumnus from Ingesund, Arvid Emilsson, will participate as Remendado (tenor).”
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2024-06-19
Understanding IT systems goes beyond technology - their creation matters equally
Democratising the IT system design process has long been a focal point in the field of participatory design. Malin Wik recently defended her thesis in Information Systems at Karlstad Business School. The thesis is titled “Prototyping with purpose: Increasing participatory design with malleable interactive prototypes” and explores user participation in system design.
Malin Wik, please explain what it means to democratise IT systems design processes
