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In January and February the programmes of Strategic Research organise four discussions with different themes. In each discussion one researcher and one parliamentary candidate discuss about a certain theme. The first Tiede kohtaa vaalit (Science meets election) event, Osallistuminen ja maahanmuutto (Involvement and immigration) is on 30 January at 15-17 at the School of Business … Continued

The Workcast podcasts are produced by the Finnish Institution of Occupational Health and the programmes and research projects of the Strategic Research that study work and well-being. The main theme of the Workcast podcasts is work. Each Workcast begins with an interview “Arjen ääni” (voice of working days) that leads to the discussion about the … Continued

​Due to several enquiries, the deadline for call for abstracts to WORK2019 conference is extended to 31 January 2019. The conference theme “Real Work in the Virtual World” hosts over 20 streams on work and working life research. Please visit www.work2019.fi for more information on the theme and the streams. More detailed information on the submission and the link to … Continued

The 4th international interdisciplinary WORK-conference on research on work and working life is organised on 14-16 August 2019 at the Finlandia Hall and the National Museum of Finland in Helsinki. The theme of the conference, Real Work in the Virtual World, offers a wide range of streams with diverse work and working life research related … Continued

Professor Anne Kovalainen and docent Seppo Poutanen from SWiPE have worked since August as visiting scholars at Harvard University in the United States. They were invited after an application process of the SCANCOR-Weatherhead partnership. Kovalainen and Poutanen work at the at Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA). Their visit now lasts until the end … Continued

The latest issue of scientific journal Työelämän tutkimus, published by the Finnish Association of Work Life Research, is a special edition produced in cooperation with WORK2017 conference, Turku School of Economics, Turku Centre for Labour Studies and the Finnish Association of Work Life Research. The issue is thematically linked to digitalisation and platform economy as well … Continued

SWiPE subproject leader, senior researcher Laura Seppänen from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health visited Yle’s morning TV programme on Thursday 29 November 2018. The theme of the interview was digital labour market, but also SWiPE research project was presented. The digital labour transmission and the platform work in general were discussed. Also the research … Continued

In the stream Digital change and the new challenges of organising work at the Finnish Conference on Work Research a number of aspects of changes caused by digitalisation was discussed. The stream was led by the leader of SWiPE’s subproject, Laura Seppänen, from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, together with Sami Paavola, assistant professor of the … Continued

The Finnish Conference on Work Research 2018 was organised at the University of Tampere in 1.-2.11.2018 for the fifteenth time. The conference is established, multidisciplinary and diversified meeting place for the researchers, developers, consultants and users of work life research information. The theme of this year’s conference was sustainable productivity and humane work. Laura Seppänen, … Continued

The Upworkers in Finland report, which was implemented as part of the SWiPE research project, has been published. Upwork is the largest digital platform for virtual human work in the world. In Finland, the transmission of work on digital platforms is still remote and part-time. In particular, the Upwork-users appreciate the independence of work. The … Continued