“Risk-based OHS Enforcement is one of the best means to reach compliance and to protect employee health”

Course leader presentation: Håkon A. Johannessen Risk-based OHS Enforcement, 30th – 31st of October 2019, National Institute of Occupational Health STAMI, Oslo, Norway Håkon A. Johannessen is a research scientist at the National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI) in Norway. Johannessen has an MSc in sociology and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Oslo. … Continued

“Physical exercise and staying in good physical shape is becoming even more important nowadays”

Course leader presentation: Lars L. Andersen Physical Exercise at the Workplace – from research to practice, 10th – 12th of September 2019, Hanaholmen, Helsinki area, Finland Presentation of Lars L. Andersen, Professor, National Research Centre for the Working Environment; Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark My background is in human physiology (University of Copenhagen) and I … Continued

“It is significant that managers incorporate OHS as a natural part of modern business management”

Course leader presentation: Christina Lunner Kolstrup Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture and Horticulture, 24th – 26th of September 2019, Quality Hotel View, Malmö, Sweden Presentation of Christina Lunner Kolstrup, Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden I have my base as an agronomist with specialization within animal husbandry. Though 19 years ago, … Continued

“In practical interventions for changing activity at work or improve mechanical exposure, you need precise assessments”

Course leader presentation: Kaj Bo Veiersted Techniques for Assessment of Activities and Postures at the Workplace, 8th – 10th of October 2019, STAMI – The National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway What is your background? I am a Norwegian, grown up in Sweden (Gothenburg) and graduated at the Medical School in Copenhagen in 1983. … Continued

“Small enterprises and entrepreneurs have been focal in my research and development activities”

Course leader presentation: Helena Palmgren Good Occupational Health Cooperation (OHC) in Small Enterprises, 21st – 22nd of May 2019, Hotel Clarion, Helsinki, Finland What is your background? I am currently the Head of Development in the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) in a unit focusing on work well-being and growth of small and medium-sized … Continued

“Life-course management will be a key element in supporting more sustainable career solutions both at the employee and employer level”

Course leader presentation: Mervi Ruokolainen From Age Management to Life Course Management, 27th – 29th of August 2019, Kurhotel Skodsborg, Skodsborg, Denmark Presentation of Mervi Ruokolainen, PhD, Specialized researcher, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland I have been working as a specialized researcher at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health since 2017. My current research … Continued

“We need to build a completely new way of thinking and supporting careers in a sustainable way”

Course leader presentation: Salla Toppinen-Tanner From Age Management to Life Course Management, 27th – 29th of August 2019, Kurhotel Skodsborg, Skodsborg, Denmark Presentation of Salla Toppinen-Tanner, PhD, Head of program, FIOH, Finland I’m currently the head of Program ‘Working Career’, a unit which focuses on life course management research and services. My own background is … Continued

“A positive approach to diversity will serve to improve effectiveness and performance”

Course leader Presentation: Annette Risberg Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, 11th – 13th of June 2019, Quality Hotel View, Malmö, Sweden Presentation of Annette Risberg, PhD, Professor at Copenhagen Business School, DK and Norway Inland University of Applied Sciences, NO I have taught and studied diversity in organizations for the last ten years and more. I … Continued