The university's external relations officers are here to facilitate collaborations between students and the working life. Our aim is to shorten the time between studies and employment.
If you are interested in working with us and/or with our students, there are plenty of opportunities for it – for instance internships, degree theses, mentorships and job fairs.
- An important criterion for selecting development projects for the project is that they must be collaboration projects involving several different stakeholders, says Mikael Johnson,Senior Lecturer in Business Administration at Karlstad Business School.
What is the aim of the project?
– The aim of the research project Innovation and Service Design is to create, advance and test new and established methods, tools and working methods based on service logic and which a
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Karlstad Business School arranges meetings between students and future employers. Breakfast meetings, internship, field trips, degree thesis and writing projects are some examples of such opportunities.
The Breakfast meetings are mostly in Swedish, but international students are welcome to join.
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The library indexes many open journals and books in its OneSearch discovery system, but open scientific material can be found in several different ways.
This year researchers at CTF and Swerea IVF will be working on a model and approach for the development and delivery of customized industrial services. The collaboration will be carried out along with three local companies from the region who have been selected in cooperation with ALMI företagspartner i Värmland.
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In elderly care, especially home care, the forms of employment have changed radically in recent years. The uncertainty about when, where, and how the staff should work has increased through systems such as “informal” short-term substitutes, and split schedules with minute planning of working time in the mobile phone. In the project “The organized uncertainty in elderly care.
The EU programme titled Industry 5.0 aims to employ research and innovation to achieve a more sustainable and human-centric European industry. Some of the work within this initiative is carried out at Karlstad University.
In spring 2025 the entrance exams for the Bachelor Programme in Music is conducted in two sessions. A first selection is made based on submitted filmed music performances. On 17-19 March 2025, additional tests are performed on-site at Ingesund School of Music.
Time plan for applications:
1 December 2024 – 15 January 2025
Application period.
At Karlstad University there is a project called: To develop teaching on social issues: content selection and transformation in social studies education in upper elementary school, year 4-6.
We now have institutional early access to JSTOR’s interactive research tool. This tool is described by JSTOR as "employs AI and other technologies to empower people to deepen and expand their research with JSTOR’s trusted corpus".
To use the tool you will need to login/create a personal account. The tool helps you to assess content relevance, deepen your research and uses natural, conversational language.
Rose (Research on Subject-specific Education) is a multidisciplinary research environment with a special interest in subject-specific – learning and teaching in subjects. It includes how the content of teaching is selected and how different teaching methods affect and shape the subject content, from primary school to higher education. The focus is on what happens in the classroom, and on the interaction between teachers and students in the learning process.
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An international traineeship is a great opportunity to apply the theory from your studies to real life situations. During a traineeship you will gain practical work experience, develop your language skills, make professional connections and increase your employability in your selected field. You may also be eligible for an Erasmus+ scholarship to support your stay abroad.
Below you will find adverts from international organizations looking for trainees.
The courses are part of ISE Graduate Professional Development Programme and the idea behind the courses is to help companies and employees gain more knowledge about how to develop more sustainable services that create value for customers. The initiative is led by the Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University.
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Karlstad University is a public institution. Staff members are therefore civil servants working on behalf of citizens – this responsibility is demanding, but also holds extra benefits. All government employees, irrespective of their professions, share the following core values:
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All public power in Sweden proceeds from the people. The people elect representatives to the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag.
Isn’t it obvious that women spend more money than men in the presence of a physically fit male employee? Isn’t it obvious that viewing an opposite-sex individual with an attractive face makes people more motivated to choose healthy rather than unhealthy foods? And, isn’t it obvious that restricting product touch in a store decreases rather than increases consumer spending? After all, these are all beliefs held by consumers and even marketing professors.
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Karlstad University is an AACSB-accredited institution known for its strong research and high-quality education. Our Business School is recognised for its excellence, and we are also home to the renowned Ingesund School of Music in Arvika, where many famous Swedish musicians have studied.
Service innovation is an area that many firms, organizations and society are struggling with. Service as a phenomenon is what most of us is occupied with; both as employees and how we spend our money. I have spent a lot of time trying to make sense of what it really is.
The first thing that is striking with service innovations is that some are easy to copy while others are difficult to copy and latter types work well as differentiators for firms.
2018-11-21
As of July 2018, Swedish universities have limited access to journals from Elsevier, one of the world’s largest scientific publishers. However, employees at Karlstad University can still access new articles through the interlibrary lending service, ”Get it now”.
Magazines published by Elsevier between January 1, 1995 and June 30, 2018 are still available through the usual channels.
2024-02-14
In the last ten years, relatively large groups have entered the labour market. At the same time, most societal sectors have expressed a clear skills shortage. The next ten years are expected to be even tougher and competition for skilled employees will intensify.
This development will also likely be reflected in a growing demand for higher education, where we can expect increasing competition to attract students.
2018-11-01
Old sewer pipes that break down may cause a lot of damage. In the worst case, leaking water erodes the soil and this may result in sinkholes. Now researchers at Karlstad University have created a mathematical model to calculate the corrosion of sewers. This is important in selecting materials for future sewer lines.
Before creating a new type of sewer pipe that needs to function for decades, the user has to be able to obtain an estimate of the rate of corrosion.
Researchers and doctoral students at Karlstad University can receive support, advice and funding opportunities for the development of innovative ideas. Just Contact The Grants and Innovation Office. There is also a similar support for other employees and students.
STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, has granted SEK 10 million to the university collaboration MIRAI 3.0.
