Health Promoting Work
Society is continuously challenged in its strive for sustainable health for all, regardless of age, gender and origins. Our research takes up this challenge by developing and spreading knowledge of how physical and mental health can be promoted for the individual, and how organisations and companies can be structured so that the work provides good health at the same time that the operations are financially sustainable.
Our complex society affects health in a way that requires that we address this in a broader way than before. We strive for health and well-being for all people as we are all dependent on one another. We develop knowledge about how physical and mental health can be promoted for the private individual, the organisation and society in general and we focus on research that addresses concrete problems and provides direct benefit to society.
Research Programmes
Within the strategic research area, we work to shape four interdisciplinary research programmes. They are Flexible work, Digital Shapeshifting, Inclusive working life and Crime and social harms:
Research leaders
Contact David Hallman if you have any questions about the research programme or read more about his research and see his publications in the researcher presentation.
Flexible work
Digitalisation and flexible working life bring many opportunities, but also challenges. Temporary employment and temporary staff provide flexibility for the organisation. Flexible working hours and remote working provide flexibility for the individual. How can flexibility be used to promote organisational sustainability, good working conditions and health?
Digital Shapeshifting
The digital transformation of the public sector aims to simplify, improve and make contact more accessible. At group level, we have achieved increased digital accessibility, but far from everyone feels included. Digital exclusion can be understood in relation to digital habits, but also to generational affiliation and economic circumstances.
Inclusive Working Life
Can we design workplaces where individuals, regardless of limitations in their working capacity, can work according to their abilities and needs? How can inclusive working life both increase individual well-being and improve the quality of the business?
Crime and social harms
The programme conducts interdisciplinary research in collaboration with practitioners in the field to study the development and consequences of different types of violence and crime, and ways in which these can be prevented and counteracted.
In our research, we strive to make a difference
The basis of our research is that it will be implemented and used, and we therefore work across disciplines and in close cooperation with the rest of society. We want to promote health and well-being and make our society more gender equal and inclusive. We need to create decent working conditions, but also reduce the inequality that exists in society to create conditions for good health for all.
Health promotion work is an important part of creating long-term sustainability for all. It is directed at working life, but it is broader than that and concerns everything from the living situation of our elderly to people who are excluded.
We focus on research that addresses concrete problems and provides direct benefit to society. We develop knowledge of health promotion measures for the private individual, the organisation and society in general. It is our collaboration with organisations and society that means that the research will be put to direct use.
A number of research projects are under way that in various ways concern health promotion work and the challenges we are facing. For example, this involves:
- Inclusive working life, gender and other equality
- Health and participation among children and young people
- Good ageing
- Living with long-term ill-health
- Exposure to violence
- Sustainable organisation and management
- Healthcare staff’s working environment, learning and leadership
- Mental illness and stress symptoms in working life
- Work and recovery for improved health and performance
- Effective tools for assessing working environment and health
- Good occupational health in a digitalised working life
The strategic research area Health-Promoting Work addresses social challenges linked to goals 3, 5, 8 and 10 in Agenda 2030.
This page was last updated 2025-12-11