“Extensive research shows that leadership is important for employee health”

Course leader presentation: Andrea Eriksson Health Promoting and Sustainable Leadership, 9th – 11th of October 2018, Näringslivets Hus, Stockholm, Sweden Andrea Eriksson, Assistant Professor, Docent, Department of Ergonomics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden I have a PhD in Public Health Sciences. My doctoral thesis focused on the concept of Health Promoting Leadership. I am currently … Continued

“Leadership is one of the key conditions for more health promoting work”

Course leader presentation: Lotta Dellve Health Promoting and Sustainable Leadership, 9th – 11th of October 2018, Näringslivets Hus, Stockholm, Sweden Lotta Dellve, Professor in Work Science, Dpt Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg I have been concerned about health promoting aspects for a long time and from different perspectives: in my earlier profession as a nurse; … Continued

Angelique de Rijk: “There is increasing knowledge on how paid work can improve health, and how the labor participation of those with health problems can be supported”

Course leader presentation: Angelique de Rijk Work Disability Prevention – Sociopolitical challenges for practice and research, 11th – 15th of June, 2018, Kurhotel Skodsborg, Skodsborg, Denmark 1. What is your background? A short presentation of yourself. After studying medicine for two years, a master in Work and Organizational Psychology and a PhD in Health Psychology, … Continued

Nordic co-operation on health preparedness is being strengthened

Dagfinn Høybråten A new agreement on health preparedness will ensure better co-operation between the Nordic countries in the event of major incidents or disasters affecting the region’s population. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean a mere 1,200 kilometres from the North Pole. Longyearbyen is the administrative capital of Svalbard on the island … Continued

Nordic Information on Gender opens the call for applications to Nordic cooperation for gender equality

Nordic Information on Gender opens the call for applications to Nordic cooperation for gender equality This March, Nordic Information on Gender will once again open the call for applications to Nordic cooperation for gender equality. In total, The Nordic Council of Ministers will distribute 2.7 million Danish Krone to cooperation for gender equality in the … Continued

Looking to the Future: The Use of Digital Media Marketing to Reach and Engage Our Audiences

Looking to the Future: The Use of Digital Media Marketing to Reach and Engage Our Audiences An introduction to the NIVA course “What Works: Moving Your OSH Information to Action Utilizing Best Practices of Digital Media”, 22nd – 24th of May 2018, Schaeffergarden, Copenhagen area, Denmark Max Lum, EdD, MPA, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, … Continued

“The use of social media has re-defined how we provide information”

Course leader presentation: Max Lum What Works: Moving Your OSH Information to Action Utilizing Best Practices of Digital Media, Schaeffergarden, Copenhagen area, Denmark, 22nd – 24th of May 2018 Max Lum, EdD, MPA, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, USA  I am currently the e-communication and research translation senior advisor to the National Institute … Continued

Explication of knowledge – Revolutionise and Re-evaluate Robot Interaction for eHealth services

Explication of knowledge – Revolutionise and Re-evaluate Robot Interaction for eHealth services Abstract for a workshop session during the NIVA course on eHealth Revolution and Changing Work, 18th – 20th of September 2018, Hanaholmen – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland Kristiina Jokinen, Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland In the dawn of the intelligent agents … Continued