The challenges of global competition, digitalisation and demographic change demonstrate the need for new research and innovation on sustainable work systems and innovative workplaces. The recent launching of the consultation of European Pillar of Social Rights also highlights...
A sustainable working life is one of the biggest challenges of the Swedish labor market. AFA Insurance, the leading funder of R & D on work environment has therefore, commissioned by the social partners, decided to launch a 3-year...
Calls will start to open in the near future so it is time to start looking for partners! We have identified six calls that will come over the coming two years, that might be very interesting for you! Factories...
During the fall of 2015, many new calls in Horizon 2020 will open. To help prepare your participation, VINNOVA together with several other research financing agencies will be hosting information meetings in Stockholm, Sweden National Contact Points, Programme Committee...
Sweden has by tradition had a strong research capacity in several domains of Working Life Research, but changes in the research funding structure, the academic environments, research priorities as well as other major changes in society, inevitably affects...
VINNOVA invites you to a seminar on the evaluation of research and innovation/innovation action proposals. The seminar will be held by Monica Schofield, who has many years of experience in the EU research funding landscape, both as trainer...
19-20 November at the Museum of Work in Norrköping with the theme “Sustainable work for young and old.” The conference is aimed at all those interested in research on careers, work and everyday life. In today’s work, many...
Experts, as peer reviewers, assist in the evaluation of proposals and monitoring of actions. But in addition, and more importantly experts assist in the preparation, implementation or evaluation of programmes and design of policies. This includes the Horizon 2020 Advisory Groups. We...
First Horizon 2020 draft work programmes for the period of 2016-2017 are circulating on the internet. As in previous years, although marked as ‘confidential’ they have been available to numerous organisations and partly made openly accessible online. Eurida...
Sustainable Working Lives – Managing Work Transitions and Health throughout the Life Course Editors: Vuori, Jukka, Blonk, Roland, Price, Richard H (Eds.) The purpose of this volume is to describe the impact of the increased demand for flexibility on...
