News about Work life

Public sector wage bargaining and the balanced growth model: Denmark and Sweden compared

In a new article in European Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Laust Høgedahl and Flemming Ibsen investigates how wage regulation is coordinated between the public and private sectors in Denmark and…

Solidarity with atypical workers? Survey evidence from the General Motors versus United Auto Workers strike in 2019

In a new article in British Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. investigates to what extent ordinary employees act in solidarity with atypical workers.

CEBI researchers to advise the government on the future labour market

The Danish government wants to reform the employment system to focus on the individual citizen. The possibilities will be mapped out by a group of experts led by Claus Thustrup Kreiner, head of CEBI. Jakob Egholt Søgaar…

Unions and precarious work: How power resources shape diverse strategies and outcomes

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Bjarke Refslund et.al. examines how trade unions tackle precarious work by analysing three illustrative case-studies from Denmark, Germany and the UK.

A positive intergenerational workplace climate is related to better self-perceived ageing

A workplace climate that accommodates all age groups seem to have a positive impact on both younger and older employees' views on ageing and on employees' work engagement, according to new research.

It takes two to code: a comparative analysis of collective bargaining and artificial intelligencegence

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe et al. focus on the role of collective bargaining and employee involvement in relation to algorithm management

Family growth depends on wages – and it matters whether mum or dad earns the most

Economists from Copenhagen and Oxford have found that inequality stemming from fertility can be long-lasting - and that income changes affect men and women's desire for family growth differently.

Labour Migration as a Source of Institutional Change: Danish and Australian Construction Sectors Compared

In a new article Jens Arnholtz and Chris F. Wright examines the impact of increased labour migration on skill-sourcing practices in countries with distinct national skill formation and industrial relations institutions.

Strategic human resource management in the context of environmental crises: A COVID-19 test

New article investigates whether existing stretegic human resource management frameworks can adequately frame and deliver the academic knowledge needed to address the novel challenges posed by the pandemic.

Social dialogue in welfare services

A new report takes a closer look at key welfare service sectors, long-time care and early childhood education and care in seven EU countries

Business and welfare policies

Mikkel Mailand analyses the roles and preferences of Danish companies and employers' organisations in relation to four 'welfare policy' areas - unemployment, (further) education, pensions and family-working life.

Philosopher: Mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations

Mindfulness is one of the most widespread forms of therapy for people suffering from stress, and many report that they benefit greatly from it. However, the philosophical assumptions on which mindfulness is based are…

An ode to people who work in labs

With a short film, Postdoc Thomas Hughes has delivered an atypical anthropological product at the outskirts of academia – even though the film is celebrating science.

Nordic Relief Packages and Non-standard Workers: Towards Expanded Universalism and Institutional Inequalities

In a new article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe have analysed how the Nordic countries have reacted to the Corona crisis, which revealed gaps in the Nordic countries' social…

Do Workers Speak Up When Feeling Job Insecure? Examining Workers’ Response to Precarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. examines whether workers respond to job insecurity with voice, and assess the role of unions, managers, and employment arrangements in this relationship

Postdoctoral researcher position working on two new survey projects on welfare and the future of work

The Employment Relations Research Centre (FAOS) invites applications for a fixed-term postdoctoral researcher position (3 years and 3 months) starting on 1 March 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Mobilization and collective bargaining on Facebook

In a new article Nana Wesley Hansen and Mark Friis Hau analyze how trade unions and their grass roots use Facebook and what consequences this has for the understanding of collective bargaining.

"I come to work and it smells wonderfully of animals, everywhere"

Where did your interest in science come from? As a kid, I was always curious about how stuff worked, especially aeroplanes and cars. But I’ve always been interested in both technology and nature — and I remember being…

Playing alone? Interest representation in the videogame industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands

In a new article in Economic and Industrial Democracy Mikkel Mailand and Trine P. Larsen et al. examines the examines the interest representation in the gaming industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands.

Tripartite agreements helped Denmark through the pandemic

A new analysis by Christian Lyhne Ibsen shows how a large number of tripartite agreements were instrumental in avoiding economic meltdown and mass layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic

New Head of the Department of Economics: We need more female colleagues

Henrik Hansen will take up the position as the new Head of the Department of Economics 1 March 2023. One of the priorities on his to-do list is a more equal gender distribution in a male-dominated field.

Still a poster child for social investment?

Caroline de la Porte, Trine P. Larsen, Åsa Lundqvist investigates the regulation of publicly organised early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Denmark and Sweden

Diverging logics of firm cooperation in Denmark and Sweden

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Lisa Sezer and Virginia Doellgast explores how differences in business association structures relate to the ways firms cooperate in competitive markets.

Professional scaling work

Professional scaling work: How professional segments claim new jurisdictions in a world of trans-local connections Associate Professors Anders Blok and Inge Kryger Pedersen have contributed the article 'Professional…