Articles

A genderconscious working environment – combatting conflict with knowledge

Article What do employees in elementary school, social services and aged care have in common? That’s right – the majority are women. And we all know how women are. …

• 18th January 2018 12:44pm
• Equality , Health , Working life

Better working conditions in the disability sector

Article There are currently few studies on working conditions for employees in disability services. Now Marta Szebehely and her research team will fill the knowledge gaps. Should I stay …

• 8th January 2018 4:34pm
• Working life

Studies on gender and IT in health care

Article Almost all nurses in the Swedish healthcare sector are women. And almost everyone who builds the digital tools they use are men. This is one of the starting …

• 28th November 2017 2:46pm
• Equality , Health , Working life

When nurses and social workers leave

Article Every year, over 4,000 newly graduated nurses and 2,000 social workers enter the Swedish labour market. But they do not last long. Under the surface lies a dissatisfaction …

• 30th October 2017 9:36am
• Working life

Increasing mental illness on its way to being explained

Article Although stress-related sick leave continues to increase, we know little about why more and more people are getting sick from stress. However, a group of researchers at the …

• 10th October 2017 12:22pm
• Equality , Health , Working life

Strained social services challenged when 35,000 refugee children arrived

Article The major wave of refugee arrivals in 2015 was an extreme strain on social services, including services that received unaccompanied minors. Researchers in Umeå are now investigating how …

• 18th August 2017 4:14pm
• Equality , Migration and integration , Working life

Researchers want to reduce hearing damage

Article The occupational noise level in many female-dominated sectors can lead to hearing damage. At the University of Gothenburg, researchers are now looking at ways to minimise the risk …

• 23rd May 2017 4:04pm
• Equality , Health , Working life

Female shift workers the focus of a new study

Article The fact that night-time work is strenuous for health has been observed in many different studies. It has also been observed that shift work is worse for women …

• 18th April 2017 3:56pm
• Equality , Health , Working life