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POSTPONED: Positive Psychology at Work
1st – 3rd of September 2020

The critical questions at workplaces, realizing the importance of human resources for successful business, are related to enhancing utilization of human potential. How to develop workplaces, work tasks and social relationships at work to provide people with the best opportunities for self-fulfillment, growth and good performance?

Transformation of Work in the Digital Era
26th – 28th of October 2020

This course will provide an overview of digitalization of work as a profound sociotechnical transformation and the possibilities and threats digitalization brings to the workplace. The course will also..

Nordic Perspectives on Work Sciences
24th – 26th of November 2020

This course aims to broaden and deepen the knowledge of different perspectives and applications of work science in the Nordic countries from social, technical, medical, educational and humanistic sciences.

POSTPONED: Positive Psychology at Work
1st – 3rd of September 2020

The critical questions at workplaces, realizing the importance of human resources for successful business, are related to enhancing utilization of human potential. How to develop workplaces, work tasks and social relationships at work to provide people with the best opportunities for self-fulfillment, growth and good performance?

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Exercises at the workplace

A woman getting ready to perform a physical exercise.

Workout – take a 2,27 min break!

October 13th 2016

NIVA promotes physical exercise at the workplace. For this one you do not need any equipment. Just follow the instructions in the video – start by getting up from your…

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A sporty woman is doing physical exercise with an elastic band.

Exercises with elastic band

June 14th 2016

NIVA promotes physical exercise at the workplace. This video features exercises which train the computer muscles and help relieve pain in neck, shoulders and arms. Flyer for…

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NIVA news

Nordic news

New podcast: Nordic region puts sound to the biggest global challenges

July 2nd 2020

Why should we learn to love bent cucumbers? And can the Nordic region really help improve the conditions for parental leave in the United States? The Nordic Council of Ministers has devised a new concept for focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inspiring people to make a difference in their everyday lives. The concept is called NORDIC TALKS, and the first tangible outcome is a podcast series in which some of the brightest Nordic minds discuss global challenges with people from around the world.

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Nordic Bridges cultural initiative postponed to 2022

June 25th 2020

The global impact of COVID-19 has prompted the ministers for culture to postpone Nordic Bridges in Canada by one year. It is now scheduled to start in January 2022. This decision will enable the partners to fully leverage the potential of this ambitious programme, which aims to strengthen exchanges and collaborations between Nordic cultural practitioners and Canadian partners, while giving a broad Canadian audience the chance to engage in art and culture from across the Nordic Region.

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Our story

NIVA was founded in 1982 in Helsinki, Finland in conjunction with the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health (FIOH). Already at the time there was a strong belief in the importance of discussing common Nordic occupational health and safety matters and in the power of gathering Nordic experts within the field.

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Our philosophy

NIVA’s core values lie in promoting a good working life through research-based knowledge dissemination and knowledge formation. We strive to build the gap between theory and practice and make sure that our activities are of a high quality, both in terms of academic content, pedagogy and practical arrangements.

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Nordic cooperation

Nordic cooperation is one of the world’s most extensive forms of regional collaboration, involving Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. These countries together form the Nordic region – Norden – which comprises approximately 26 million people.

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