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2023-06-21
A workshop was held at Karlstad University together with students studying Information Systems – what was the purpose of this workshop? - We looked at the EU directives, laws and standards that regulate web accessibility, says Gunnar Olsson, Lecturer in Information Systems at Karlstad University.
2023-06-21
A workshop was held at Karlstad University together with students studying Information Systems – what was the purpose of this workshop? - We looked at the EU directives, laws and standards that regulate web accessibility, says Gunnar Olsson, Lecturer in Information Systems at Karlstad University.
2023-06-20
The Magna Charta Universitatum is an international charter on the academic freedom and institutional autonomy of universities. Karlstad University has now signed the new, updated version. – Signing the charter shows that Karlstad University supports the key principles of, among other things, academic freedom, autonomy and equality. We value the importance of freedom in research and education, and international mobility.
2023-06-14
Cross Border Cyber Capacity, a three-year development project that aims to strengthen business development in the field of cyber security while increasing access to expertise and knowledge sharing, is now starting.
2023-06-14
Cross Border Cyber Capacity, a three-year development project that aims to strengthen business development in the field of cyber security while increasing access to expertise and knowledge sharing, is now starting.
2023-06-14
Cross Border Cyber Capacity, a three-year development project that aims to strengthen business development in the field of cyber security while increasing access to expertise and knowledge sharing, is now starting.
2023-06-13
Julia Dicenta, PhD student at the University of Hohenheim in Germany, has been visiting CTF for five weeks to meet with the researchers and to work on a joint project. Hello Julia, can you tell us about your research? – My research is in service design and focuses on integrating customers in developing services.
2023-06-13
Julia Dicenta, PhD student at the University of Hohenheim in Germany, has been visiting CTF for five weeks to meet with the researchers and to work on a joint project. Hello Julia, can you tell us about your research? – My research is in service design and focuses on integrating customers in developing services.
2023-06-08
The International Project, the IPC project, enables student teachers to meet online to exchange experiences in an international perspective without having to study abroad during parts of their education. At the end of June, teacher education researchers from all over the world gather within the IPC project at Karlstad University for their annual conference. Student mobility and studying abroad plays a marginal role in the individual experience of teacher students.
2023-06-08
The International Project, the IPC project, enables student teachers to meet online to exchange experiences in an international perspective without having to study abroad during parts of their education. At the end of June, teacher education researchers from all over the world gather within the IPC project at Karlstad University for their annual conference. Student mobility and studying abroad plays a marginal role in the individual experience of teacher students.
2023-06-08
The International Project, the IPC project, enables student teachers to meet online to exchange experiences in an international perspective without having to study abroad during parts of their education. At the end of June, teacher education researchers from all over the world gather within the IPC project at Karlstad University for their annual conference. Student mobility and studying abroad plays a marginal role in the individual experience of teacher students.
2023-06-07

Full house 13–14 June

News » 2023-06-07
On 13–14 June, Karlstad University hosts Framtidens Lärande Väst (Future Learning West). The event is fully booked, which means that more than 2,000 people will be attending. Note: We recommend that you bring your own lunch box and that you bear in mind that the parking area might be busy. Two rows of the parking area north of the library are reserved for the 2-day event. How can municipalities, schools and teachers create successful school development in a digital age?
2023-06-07

Full house 13–14 June

News » 2023-06-07
On 13–14 June, Karlstad University hosts Framtidens Lärande Väst (Future Learning West). The event is fully booked, which means that more than 2,000 people will be attending. Note: We recommend that you bring your own lunch box and that you bear in mind that the parking area might be busy. Two rows of the parking area north of the library are reserved for the 2-day event. How can municipalities, schools and teachers create successful school development in a digital age?
2023-06-02
Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson, both professors in media and communication studies, have won the 2023 Tankard Book Award. Tell us about “Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept”, your co-authored and award-winning book. - Independence, or autonomy as we refer to it in the book, is a key ideal in journalism, says Michael Karlsson. That is true in Sweden as well as abroad.
2023-06-01
Jan Ch Karlsson, Professor of Working Life Science at Karlstad Business School, and his German colleague and collaboration partner have been given an award for their article “Towards a Sociology of Meaningful Work”. – Work that includes a lot of negative stress or rigid hierarchies is actually lethal, says Jan Ch Karlsson. Why is research about meaningful work so important? – Most people spend a large portion of their lives and their waking hours working.
2023-06-01
Jan Ch Karlsson, Professor of Working Life Science at Karlstad Business School, and his German colleague and collaboration partner have been given an award for their article “Towards a Sociology of Meaningful Work”. – Work that includes a lot of negative stress or rigid hierarchies is actually lethal, says Jan Ch Karlsson. Why is research about meaningful work so important? – Most people spend a large portion of their lives and their waking hours working.
2023-05-31
In a joint initiative between Karlstad University, Mälardalen University, Mid Sweden University and Linnaeus University, future research leaders are trained in the leadership programme REAL, Research Leader Initiative Programme.