www.fas.forskning.se
The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social
Research initiates and supports basic and applied
research with a view to improving our knowledge about
working life, public health and welfare.
www.fas.forskning.se
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The Swedish Council for Working Life
and Social Research (FAS)
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Working life and labour market issues
Welfare and social policy
Public health and quality of life
Research budget of around MSEK 300
www.vinnova.se also work research
National Institute of Working Life
www.niwl.se source of info
• www.larena.se learning network
• www.workinnet.org ERA-Net on work
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Conceptions of good work
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EU -quality of work&more&better jobs
ILO and decent work
Swedish Good Work Conception
Howard Gardner and Good Work
Karasek&Theorell model
Antonovsky – sense of coherence
Studs Terkel and working cultures
Sustanainable work systems&health
Healthy work places &healthy
corporations
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Good work at risk…….
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End of work or just end of good work?
High level of long-term sick leave
Work-intensification&stress
High level of temporary job-contracts
Traditional occupational hazards
Gender gaps&work life balance
Coping deficit&learning environments
Downsizing and replacement
Flexibility as risk and challenge
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New policies for lifelong learning
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Lifelong learning as buzzword
Education, education, education..
50%-objective on higher ed. transition
Formal education from 5 to 25 plus
Career gap&worklife balance at risk
Flexibility and learning centres
Validation, RPL and skills portfolios
Surf-learning or surface learning
Risk of overeducation
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Signs of underlearning at work
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Social bias of in-service training
Less time for reflection&rethinking
Constraints of action&influence
No culture for knowledge utilisation
Mismatch skills&requirements
Attitudinal barriers&discrimination
Traditional work organisation
Weak wage incentives for learning
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Future challenges for good
work and good learning
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New strategies for learning at work
Alliances between social partners
Focus on learning incentives
New models for validation&RPL
Career systems and support models
Learning agreements
Learning accounts
Continuous skill development
Sustainable work systems