Knut Warmland
Knut Warmland, author,dialect scholar and an authority on the author Gustaf Fröding, has written about culture in his region, Värmland, for decades. He has, among other things, published around 30 books and articles on Fröding and a highly commended dictionary of the regional dialect in 1997. Knut Warmland will receive his award for his contributions to the fields of literature and language.
Harriet Bradley
Harriet Bradley is Professor of Sociology at Bristol University. She is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of social science, particularly in the area of women’s work and situation in the workplace.
Martin McKee
Professor Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, was closely associated with public health studies at Karlstad University in the years before and subsequent to the inauguration of the university. Martin McKee’s commitments greatly contributed to the establishing of the discipline in Karlstad.
Jiri Basta
Jiri Basta was adjunct professor in paper and pulp engineering at Karlstad University in the period 1999-2009. Although retired, he presently works part-time for Eka Chemicals and the Asian Institute of Technology in Nabgkok, Thailand. In his capacity as adjunct professor, Jiri Basta greatly contributed to developing research in the forest industry field.
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27 May, 2021 - Karlstads universitet
Novels, films, and games that describe wastelands and worlds in ruin tend to feature places of rest – peaceful oases and havens in stark contrast to the surrounding wasteland. What is the function of these places in post-apocalyptic fiction? Karlstad University’s Andreas Nyström investigates further in his doctoral thesis, Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruins: Havens in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction.
29 October, 2014 - Karlstads universitet
The first study to examine prenatal exposure to the phthalate DiNP finds it is associated with a shorter anogenital distance (AGD) in Swedish boys at the age of 21 months. These findings raise concern since animal research has linked DiNP exposure to a shorter AGD, and studies on humans have related shorter AGD to male genital birth defects as well as impaired reproductive function in adult males, and the levels of DiNP metabolites in humans are increasing globally.
23 October, 2013 - Karlstads universitet
Children who had PVC floorings in the bedroom at baseline were more likely to develop asthma during the following 10 years period when compared with children living without such flooring material. Furthermore, there were indications that PVC flooring in the parents’ bedrooms were stronger associated with the new cases of asthma when compared with child’s bedroom. This could be an indication that prenatal exposure is of importance.
5 July, 2013 - Karlstads universitet
Half of all the produced food in the world is thrown away. According to a new study from Karlstad researcher Helen Williams and her Australian colleagues, smart packaging can be one important part of the solution to reduce food waste.
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