Course leader presentation: Lotta Dellve Nordic Perspectives on Work Science, 10th – 12th of April 2018, Dockyard Hotel, Gothenburg, Sweden Course leader Lotta Dellve is a professor of work science which is a multidisciplinary field of studies. She holds a MSc in public health, a PhD and associate professorship in occupational medicine, a professorship in … Continued
2nd International Conference on Sustainable Employability – Building Bridges between Science and Practice 12-13 September 2018 – Provinciehuis Vlaams Brabant, Leuven, Belgium Due to the economic and political tendency to raise retirement age, people will have to work longer. A policy of keeping people longer at work can only be successful if their employability is … Continued
Dagfinn Høybråten Being able to move easily across the Nordic Region’s borders to study, to work, or for business is important for the region’s inhabitants. The Valuable Co-operation report identified that 53 percent of those aged 16 to 30 consider freedom of movement to be the most important benefit of Nordic co-operation. Consequently, Nordic solutions that facilitate … Continued
WORK AND TECHNOLOGY ON HUMAN TERMS – FREE ONLINE COURSE ABOUT WORK ENVIRONMENT Prevent, a Scandinavian provider of knowledge and training in the field of health and safety, is launching an online course about work environment. The purpose of this online course is to contribute to safer and healthier workplaces as well as to maintain … Continued
Dagfinn Høybråten The fact that we’re talking about parental leave at the UN high-level week is a good measure of international demand for true Nordic stories. Right now, leaders from around the world are gathered at the UN headquarters for the opening debate of the General Assembly. The debate addresses the main issues that the … Continued
NIVA signs partnership agreement with the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Administration of Occupational Safety and Health On Friday, September 29, NIVA signed a partnership agreement with the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Administration of Occupational Safety and Health. This is the fifth partnership agreement between NIVA and its most important national partners … Continued
Dagfinn Høybråten The Nordic Region may well be the world leader in green transition in the energy sector at the moment, but resting on our laurels is not an option. Not only do the biggest challenges still lie ahead – but they very much transcend sectors as well. The Paris Agreement and the planned EU … Continued
Dagfinn Høybråten As Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, I have the pleasure of telling people from across the globe about the Nordic Region and Nordic co-operation. The responses that I get have shown me that there is one topic in particular that is always the subject of their fascination – the trust … Continued