Disability, Remote Work and Flexible Working Life

About this webinar

Flexible working life, including remote and hybrid work, is increasingly highlighted as a key factor in improving employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

This webinar presents three recent Nordic studies examining flexible working arrangements and remote work from different perspectives. The contributions combine quantitative evidence on the employment effects of remote work with qualitative and policy-oriented analyses of how flexibility is used and experienced in practice by persons with disabilities.

The webinar will explore how flexible and remote work can enable labour market participation, but also how such arrangements risk becoming individual solutions rather than organisational or rights-based approaches. The discussion will address implications for employers, labour market authorities, and policymakers working towards a more inclusive working life.

This webinar is organised in cooperation with the Nordic Welfare Centre.

Lecturers

Vibeke Jakobsen, PhD, Senior Researcher at VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research. Jakobsen mainly works with analyses of education and employment conditions for vulnerable groups.

Dan-Olof Rooth, Professor of Economics at SOFI, Stockholm University. His research interests include labour economics, with a particular focus on disability.

Suzanne Millmark, Licentiate and Doctoral Candidate in Work Science, Karlstad University.

Contact person

Nora Tobiasson
Project Manager at NIVA
email: nora.tobiasson@niva.org