During the conference Transport Forum in Link枚ping, Ph. D student Jessica Westman was interviewed by Swedish Radio about her latest study on children鈥檚 travel habits.
Stefano Pace, Associate Professor in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing at Kedge Business School in France, is currently spending two weeks at CTF to continue and reinforce a research collaboration initiated during a previous visiting period at CTF with Professor Per Sk氓​l茅n.
- The visit is possible thanks to funding from Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, and Tore Browaldhs Foundation and involved in the collaboration is also Professor Per Sk氓鈥媗茅n, CTF,
International online-courses with strong links to the most successful research environments and tailor-made for professionals at work will be offered at 果冻传媒 thanks to a development project in conjunction with a number of leading companies and the support of the KK Foundation.
The KK Foundation has granted 果冻传媒 6 million SEK for the period 2017-2019 to develop and carry out net-based cutting edge Master鈥搇evel courses, developed in close coop
Kotaiba Aal, PhD student at CTF, Service Research Center at 果冻传媒, has been awarded the Hedelius scholarhip of SEK 100,000 to visit Texas State University, San Marcos, USA, where he will be working on his doctoral thesis.
Kotaiba Aal will spend six months as a visiting graduate student at Texas State University in San Marcos.
Around Christmas time we become more and more stressed and affected by crowds and high volume in the stores. How can we make Christmas shopping less stressful? This is what a current research study at 果冻传媒 is investigating.
In the study, researchers Anders Gustafsson and Poja Shams at CTF, Service Research Center at 果冻传媒 are investigating how to reduce stress while shopping, this by the means of an activity bracelet.
Researchers at CTF have been granted 5.3 million SEK for research on energy-efficient commuting. The main financer of the project is the Swedish Energy Agency.
In the project, researchers Lars E. Olsson and Margareta Friman both active at CTF, Service Research Center and Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at 果冻传媒, will develop new knowledge and methods for energy-efficient travel.
You just returned to Sweden after spending a couple of months in Australia, what did you do there?
- I was a guest professor at University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane, Australia. During my stay there I focused on our research related to customer experiences and service innovation that is conducted within one of CTF鈥檚 major research profiles 鈥淪ervice Innovation for Sustainable Business鈥.
Margareta Friman, Professor in Psychology at CTF, Service Research Center, is a member of the expert group for the a project that investigates how suitable planning could support multimodal connectivity in Norwegian urban regions.
Margareta Friman is a member of the expert group for the new project "Transfer: access, egress and transfer practices for designing multimodal connectivity" financed by the Norwegian Research Council.
In a new doctoral thesis from CTF, Pernille K Andersson is investigating how the servicescape is changed by the influence of music, self-disclosure, and eye gaze on service encounter experience and approach avoidance behavior.
- Our feelings and behavior are continuously affected by our surroundings. Stores have servicescapes which have a big influence on customer鈥檚 experiences and purchase decisions, says Pernille K Andersson.
Markus Fellesson, Associate Professor at CTF, 果冻传媒, and Nicklas Salomonson, Associate Professor at University of Bor氓s have received great attention and praise for their research on difficult customers.
During the last year, the researchers have been analyzing survey responses from commercial employees.
In October CTF organized a workshop in 果冻传媒 with focus on remote services in the manufacturing industry. IT-based services within manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly common which open up for new ways to interact, but introducing new technology is also a challenge and many questions arise.
This was the starting point for the workshop where a number of companies from the manufacturing industry participated.
Thirty years ago CTF, Service Research Center, was established at 果冻传媒. How it happened, success factors and the latest from today鈥檚 research were included in the program when CTF held its anniversary celebration on October 6th at 果冻传媒.
Martin L枚fgren, Deputy Head at 果冻传媒 Business School at 果冻传媒, opened the event and welcomed everyone.
We are proud to annouce Javier Reynoso, Professor of Service Management at EGADE Business School, Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), Mexico, as one of the speakers at CTF 30th Anniversary.
What will you talk about on October 6th?
- I am going to talk about service research at the Base of the Pyramid 鈥 this means the need and relevance of service research in the huge segment of society who lives with less than 9 USD per day.
...Ph D Student i psychology. On September 8th you presented your licentiate thesis at a seminar at 果冻传媒. What is the thesis about?
- It麓s about perceived accessibility and every day travel in public transport.
Henrietta Huzell, director at CTF and lecturer of working life science at 果冻传媒, will be the new vice dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at 果冻传媒.
- It is a fun assignment with big responsibility which I am looking forward to. Four fantastic years at CTF has given me the courage and desire to take on more responsibility. I am also glad that CTF鈥檚 former director, Patrik Larsson, is the dean.
Starting January 1st 2017 Per Kristensson will be the director of CTF. He succeeds Henrietta Huzell who will start her new assignment as vice dean at 果冻传媒.
- It is very exciting. It is really motivating to work with so many talented researchers here at CTF and in our extensive international network. Our research benefits the community, businesses and people, says Per Kristensson.
Per Kristensson is a professor of consumer psychology and innovation at CTF.
Professor of Business Administration at CTF, Service Research Center, 果冻传媒. April 27-29 was the second meeting of the international research network, INSR, International Network of Service Researchers, here in 果冻传媒. How did it go?
- It went fantastic!
On April 13-14 Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at 果冻传媒, arranged their annual partner conference. The program included availability, special transport and energy efficiency in public transport.
- Since the beginning ten years ago we have gathered our researchers and partners for an annual conference, where we work on common issues and themes related to public transport.
