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• 2025-04-17

  New Geomedia project focuses on historical video games

  Peter Wikström, docent in English at Karlstad University, is working together with Geomedia to develop project applications in collaboration with Embracer Games Archive in Karlstad.
  – The project focuses on material objects related to historical video games, such as covers, packaging, manuals and the design of discs and cartridges.

  – The approach we are using in the research project is multimodal discourse analysis, says Peter Wikström. We will select objects from Embracer’s massive archive, which will then be analysed in case studies with different approaches and research questions.

  The project covers various time periods and types of games to contribute to knowledge about the significance of material objects, which play a particularly important role when it comes to historical games.

• 2025-04-14

  Collaboration and Opportunities at the Graduate School’s Spring Meeting

  Over two days, the industrial graduate school Exact held its spring meeting, focusing on collaboration and development opportunities as well as career planning for doctoral students.

  – It has been two days filled with fascinating presentations from our doctoral students and many fruitful discussions about the graduate school’s collaboration and development opportunities, says Jörgen Samuelsson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Graduate School. We invited representatives from the research groups DAMI, Pro2Be, and Mirai as well as the new industrial graduate school M3C, and we see many opportunities for even broader cooperation. Career planning for the doctoral students was also an important theme during these days.

• 2025-04-14

  Kau-släppet: a new spring tradition

  Following last year’s success, the race Kausläppet has now become something of a tradition as part of the Walpurgis Night (Valborg) celebrations at Karlstad University. Last year, close to 100 people took part in the race.
  – We are hoping for at least 200 this year, says Felix Edrud.

  He and Ebba Pettersson are in their second year of the Sports and Health Coaching Programme. As part of the programme, they are now doing five weeks of practical training by planning and organising Kausläppet, together with the Student Health Services.

  – It’s a great way to spend our practical placement period, as it is an activity that creates community and offers a sober alternative around Walpurgis Night, says Ebba Pettersson.

• 2025-04-14

  Honorary Doctor Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad has passed away

  Language teacher Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad was appointed honorary doctor at the Teacher Education, Karlstad University in 2017. She has also served as a guest professor in the research groups ROSE, Research on Subject-specific Education and CSL, Center for Language and Literature Education. As a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Innlandet, she has collaborated at many levels with Karlstad University and has been very significant both for the collaboration between the institutions and for supporting research environments and individual researchers.

  Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad was a trained teacher in Nordic languages, German, special education, and migration pedagogy. As a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Innlandet, she was involved in several government assignments to develop Norwegian teacher education and the teaching profession. Karlstad University became the University of Innlandet's most important partner.

• 2025-04-11

  Transforming Passions – The International Geomedia Conference returns to Karlstad University

  The Transforming Passions conference marks the 10-year anniversary of the conference series, celebrating a decade of engagement with Geomedia Studies. This year, the conference returns home to Karlstad University after several years.

  The Transforming Passions conference is both a moment of reflection and an opportunity for expansion, looking back at the origins of Geomedia.

  As a transdisciplinary gathering, Transforming Passions fosters dialogue between scholars and artists and provides a platform for exchanging ideas, exploring methodologies and sharing creative expressions that shape our understanding of media, space, culture and the arts. By bringing formats, disciplines, and perspectives, the conference continues to push the boundaries of Geomedia.

• 2025-04-10

  Research on Extended Lifespan of Trucks

  How can business models extend the lifespan of trucks and make them circular? What requirements do different stakeholders have, and how are business models, service design, and product design affected? These questions are the focus of the research project Re:Value – a collaboration between industry and academia.

  For future circular offerings to be accepted in the transport industry, they must meet the industry's challenges and expectations. Within the framework of Re:Value, researchers at the Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University will develop new knowledge about future customers' and users' needs and requirements in the field.