Carin Håkansta's research group – Digitalization in a changing working life

Publications

All publications from group members

• Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2025;98(9-10):929-942

  Algorithmic management is associated with psychological distress, musculoskeletal pain, and occupational accidents: a cross-sectional study in logistics

  Hennum Nilsson K; Bodin T; Strauss P; Matilla-Santander N; Badarin K; Brulin E; Hakansta C
• Journal article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF WORKING LIFE STUDIES. 2025

  Unintended Impacts of Collaborative Robots on Social Relations at Work

  Öborn DR; Palm K; Rosengren C; Håkansta C
• Journal article: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2025;14(1):203

  Identifying barriers and facilitators to reporting and disclosing sexual violence (SV) for undergraduate students in Canadian and American universities: a scoping review protocol

  Kennedy K; Macleod E; Lee J; Treige C; Jones R; Narang R; Gunn V
• Article: EDUCATIONAL REVIEW. 2025;77(6):1848-1866

  Implementing digital technologies in the school setting - how does it relate to work environment?

  Palm K; Asp A; Hakansta C
• Review: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;25(1):2635

  What is known about the health of location-based and online web-based digital labour platform workers? A scoping review of the literature

  Matilla-Santander N; Lundh F; Kvart S; Baron SL; Bodin T; Gevaert J; Hakansta C; Hernando JC; Muntaner C; Kreshpaj B
• Article: SAFETY SCIENCE. 2025;187:106863

  Algorithmic management and occupational health: A comparative case study of organizational practices in logistics

  Nilsson KH; Matilla-Santander N; Lee MK; Brulin E; Bodin T; Hakansta C
• Conference publication: 2025;:a30.2-a3a30

  66 Effects of algorithmic management on occupational safety and health: a case study of a Swedish logistics company

  Lind R; Raats PS; Nilsson K; Håkansta C; Gunn V; Mangot-Sala L; Santander NM; Bodin T
• Conference publication: 2025;:a30.1-a3a30

  65 Algorithmic management and occupational safety and health in the logistics sector

  Nilsson K; Håkansta C; Strauss-Raats P; Lee MK; Bodin T
• Conference publication: 2025;:a34.1-a3a34

  74 The voices of Swedish platform workers - participatory action research

  Lundh F; Kvart S; Baron S; Franco M; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Håkansta C; Kreshpaj CH; Santander NM
• Conference publication: 2025;:a33.2-a3a34

  73 What is known about the occupational safety and health of digital labour platform workers? A scoping review of the literature

  Matilla-Santander N; Lundh F; Kvart S; Baron SL; Bodin T; Franco M; Gevaert J; Håkansta C; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Muntaner C; Kreshpaj B
• Conference publication: 2025;:a57.1-a5a57

  128 Using a modified Delphi approach to advance a common definition of algorithmic management

  Strauss-Raats P; Gunn V; Håkansta C; Lind R; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Quinlan M
• Conference publication: 2025;:a30.3-a3a31

  67 Measuring workers’ exposure to algorithmic management within the healthcare system: Examining barriers and possible solutions

  Gunn V; Bowdler M; Gulijk CV; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Kalakoski V; Strauss-Raats P; Williams P; Håkansta C
• Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES. 2025;55(3):268-288

  A Systematic Review of Evaluated Labor Market Initiatives Addressing Precarious Employment: Findings and Public Health Implications

  Gunn V; Matilla-Santander N; Kreshpaj B; Vignola EF; Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Bodin T; Ahonen EQ; Baron S; Muntaner C; O'Campo P; Lewchuk W; Albin M; Badarin K; Hakansta C
• Review: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2025;81(2):2477-2490

  Effects of work-related digital technology on occupational health in the public sector: A scoping review

  Hakansta C; Asp A; Palm K
• Editorial: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;115(5):634-636

  Exploring Indigenous Health and Employment: Methods to Capture Diversity and Intersecting Factors

  Gunn V; O'Campo P; Muntaner C
• Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES. 2025;55(2):124-147

  What is the Role of Minimum Wages in Addressing Precarious Employment in the Informal and Formal Sectors? Findings from a Systematic Review

  Hakansta C; Gunn V; Kreshpaj B; Matilla-Santander N; Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Vignola EF; Muntaner C; Bodin T; O'Campo P; Lewchuk W
• Article: PLOS ONE. 2025;20(3):e0320248

  Labour and social protection gaps impacting the health and well-being of workers in non-standard employment: An international comparative study

  Kvart S; Cuervo I; Gunn V; Lewchuk W; Bosmans K; Davis L; Escrig-Pinol A; Ostergren P-O; Padrosa E; Vives A; Zaupa A; Ahonen EQ; Alvarez-Lopez V; Bolibar M; Diaz I; Gutierrez-Zamora M; Ivarsson L; Julia M; Muntaner C; O'Campo P; Ruiz ME; Vanerhagen K; Vignola EF; Vilchez D; Vos M; Bodin T; Baron SL
• Review: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE. 2025;68(3):225-249

  Could Better-Quality Employment Improve Population Health? Findings From a Scoping Review of Multi-Dimensional Employment Quality Research and a Proposed Research Direction

  Ahonen EQ; Winkler MR; Bosmans K; Gunn V; Julia M
• Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2025;51(2):59-67

  Parental precarious employment and the mental health of adolescents: a Swedish registry study

  Aronsson AE; Thern E; Matilla-Santander N; Kvart S; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Badarin K; Julia M; Alfayumi-Zeadna S; Gunn V; Kreshpaj B; Muntaner C; Bodin T; Mangot-Sala L
• Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORKPLACE INNOVATION. 2025;9(1 & 2):80-94

  Safe and Healthy Green Jobs

  Albin M; Håkansta C; Bodin T; Wadensjö E; Broberg K
• Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2025;81(12):595-602

  Precarious employment, strenuous working conditions and the long-term risk of diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal disorders

  Badarin K; Mangot-Sala L; Santander NM; Kreshpaj B; Rodriguez JCH; Aronsson AE; Kvart S; Thern E; Gunn V; Ostergren P-O; Julia M; Baron S; Muntaner C; Wegman DH; Bodin T
• Article: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC NURSING. 2025;21(1):29-37

  Increasing Sexual Violence Reporting and Disclosure in Higher Education Institutions: A Proposed Approach to Critically Analyze the Internal Organizational Context

  Kennedy K; Malinen K; Gunn V
• Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):2074

  Precarious work on the rise

  Perri M; O'Campo P; Gill P; Gunn V; Ma RW; Buhariwala P; Rasoulian E; Lewchuk W; Baron S; Bodin T; Muntaner C
• Article: SAFETY SCIENCE. 2024;175:106493

  Safety and health among undeclared workers: A mixed methods study investigating social partner experiences and strategies

  Badarin K; Albin M; Gunn V; Kreshpaj B; Bodin T; Matilla-Santander N; Hakansta C
• Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES. 2024;54(3):233-246

  Working Conditions, Worker Rights, and Managerial Domination During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Their Toll on Precariously Employed Workers and Family Well-Being

  O'Campo P; Gunn V; Perri M; Buhariwala P; Rasoulain E; Daneshvardfard M; Ma RW; Lewchuck W; Baron S; Bodin T; Muntaner C
• Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2024;50(4):268-278

  Can psychosocial risk factors mediate the association between precarious employment and mental health problems in Sweden? Results from a register-based study

  Mendez-Rivero F; Matilla-Santander N; Gunn V; Wegman DH; Rodriguez JCH; Kvart S; Julia M; Kreshpaj B; Bodin T; Hemmingsson T; Muntaner C; Padrosa E; Almroth M
• Article: ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY. 2024;45(1):29-56

  Power resources and the battle against precarious employment: Trade union activities within a tripartite initiative tackling undeclared work in Sweden

  Hakansta C; Albin M; Kreshpaj B; Gunn V; Hogstedt C; Matilla-Santander N; O'Campo P; Pozo CO; Wegman DH; Bodin T
• Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2023;77(11):736-743

  Causal effect of shifting from precarious to standard employment on all-cause mortality in Sweden: an emulation of a target trial

  Matilla-Santander N; Matthews AA; Gunn V; Muntaner C; Kreshpaj B; Wegman DH; Sanchez-Martinez N; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Albin M; Balogh R; Davis L; Bodin T
• Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(7):e072459

  Unequal access? Use of sickness absence benefits by precariously employed workers with common mental disorders: a register-based cohort study in Sweden

  Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Matilla-Santander N; Murley C; Blindow K; Kvart S; Almroth M; Kreshpaj B; Thern E; Badarin K; Muntaner C; Gunn V; Padrosa E; Julia M; Bodin T
• Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2023;327:115970

  Experiences of insecurity among non-standard workers across different welfare states: A qualitative cross-country study

  Bosmans K; Vignola EF; Alvarez-Lopez V; Julia M; Ahonen EQ; Bolibar M; Gutierrez-Zamora M; Ivarsson L; Kvart S; Muntaner C; O'Campo P; Ruiz ME; Vanerhagen K; Cuervo I; Davis L; Diaz I; Escrig-Pinol A; Gunnj V; Lewchuk W; Ostergren P-O; Padrosa E; Vilchez D; Vives A; Vos M; Zaupa A; Bodin T; Baron SL
• Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2023;80(4):179-185

  Precarious employment and occupational injuries in Sweden between 2006 and 2014: a register-based study

  Kreshpaj B; Wegman DH; Burstrom B; Davis L; Hemmingsson T; Hakansta C; Jonsson J; Johansson G; Kjellberg K; Martinez NS; Matilla-Santander N; Orellana C; Bodin T
• Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:ckac129.096

  Labour market strategies addressing precarious employment and its impacts: A systematic review

  Gunn V; Vignola EF; Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Bodin T; Orellana C; O'Campo P; Albin M; Hakansta C
• Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Suppl 3)

  Labour market strategies addressing precarious employment and its impacts: A systematic review

  Gunn V; Vignola EF; Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Bodin T; Orellana C; O'Campo P; Albin M; Håkansta C; PWR Consortium
• Article: SAFETY SCIENCE. 2022;152:105772

  Business performance and occupational injuries trajectories in the construction sector in Sweden

  Kreshpaj B; Bottai M; Matilla-Santander N; Axen M; Orellana C; Burstrom B; Hemmingsson T; Jonsson J; Hakansta C; Wegman DH; Bodin T
• Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2022;48(5):351-360

  Low-quality employment trajectories and the risk of common mental health disorders among individuals with Swedish and foreign background - a register-based cohort study

  Pollack R; Kreshpaj B; Jonsson J; Bodin T; Gunn V; Orellana C; Ostergren P-O; Muntaner C; Matilla-Santander N
• Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(10):5865

  Non-Standard Employment and Unemployment during the COVID-19 Crisis: Economic and Health Findings from a Six-Country Survey Study

  Gunn V; Vives A; Zaupa A; Hernando-Rodriguez JC; Julia M; Kvart S; Lewchuk W; Padrosa E; Vos MP; Ahonen EQ; Baron S; Bosmans K; Davis L; Diaz I; Matilla-Santander N; Muntaner C; O'Campo P; Ostergren P-O; Vanroelen C; Vignola EF; Bodin T
• Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2022;15:100314

  Trajectories of precarious employment and the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke among middle-aged workers in Sweden: A register-based cohort study

  Matilla-Santander N; Muntaner C; Kreshpaj B; Gunn V; Jonsson J; Kokkinen L; Selander J; Baron SL; Orellana C; Ostergren P-O; Hemmingsson T; Wegman DH; Bodin T
• Article: NEW TECHNOLOGY WORK AND EMPLOYMENT. 2022;37(1):24-40

  Ambulating, digital and isolated: The case of Swedish labour inspectors

  Hakansta C
• Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(4):2232

  Initiatives Addressing Precarious Employment and Its Effects on Workers' Health and Well-Being: A Systematic Review

  Gunn V; Kreshpaj B; Matilla-Santander N; Vignola EF; Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Ahonen EQ; Bodin T; Orellana C; Baron S; Muntaner C; O'Campo P; Albin M; Hakansta C
• Article: ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS AND DECISIONS. 2022;42(4):479-503

  An international scoping review of rangers' precarious employment conditions.

  Anagnostou M; Gunn V; Nibbs O; Muntaner C; Doberstein B
• Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2022;79(1):3-9

  Under-reporting of non-fatal occupational injuries among precarious and non-precarious workers in Sweden

  Kreshpaj B; Bodin T; Wegman DH; Matilla-Santander N; Burstrom B; Kjellberg K; Davis L; Hemmingsson T; Jonsson J; Hakansta C; Orellana C
• Conference publication: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2021;78(Suppl 1):a24

  O-120 Under-reporting of non-fatal Occupational Injuries among precarious and non-precarious workers in Sweden

  Kreshpaj B; Bodin T; Wegman DH; Matilla-Santander N; Burström B; Johansson G; Kjellberg K; Davis L; Hemmingsson T; Jonsson J; Håkansta C; Orellana C
• Conference publication: 2021;:a128.3-a1a129

  P-489 Systematic review of interventions to mitigate precarious employment and its effects on the health and well-being of individuals and communities

  Gunn V; Håkansta C; Kreshpaj B; Ahonen E; Albin M; Baron S; Hogstedt C; Matilla Santander N; Muntaner C; O’Campo P; Orellana C; Vignola E; Wegman DH; Bodin T
• Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(21):11218

  Precarious Employment and Psychosocial Hazards: A Cross-Sectional Study in Stockholm County

  Kvart S; Jonsson J; Bodin T; Hakansta C; Kreshpaj B; Orellana C; ostergren P-O; Nylen L; Matilla-Santander N
• Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2021;47(7):509-520

  Low-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce

  Jonsson J; Muntaner C; Bodin T; Alderling M; Balogh R; Burstrom B; Davis L; Gunn V; Hemmingsson T; Julia M; Kjellberg K; Kreshpaj B; Orellana C; Padrosa E; Wegman DH; Matilla-Santander N
• Article: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2021;10(1):195

  Initiatives addressing precarious employment and its effects on workers' health and well-being: a protocol for a systematic review

  Gunn V; Hakansta C; Vignola E; Matilla-Santander N; Kreshpaj B; Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Ahonen EQ; Muntaner C; Baron S; Bodin T
• Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES. 2021;51(2):226-228

  COVID-19 and Precarious Employment: Consequences of the Evolving Crisis

  Matilla-Santander N; Ahonen E; Albin M; Baron S; Bolibar M; Bosmans K; Burstrom B; Cuervo I; Davis L; Gunn V; Hakansta C; Hemmingsson T; Hogstedt C; Jonsson J; Julia M; Kjellberg K; Kreshpaj B; Lewchuk W; Muntaner C; O'Campo P; Orellana C; Ostergren P-O; Padrosa E; Ruiz ME; Vanroelen C; Vignola E; Vives A; Wegman DH; Bodin T
• Article: JOURNAL OF MIGRATION AND HEALTH. 2021;4:100048

  Health care workers and migrant health: Pre- and post-COVID-19 considerations for reviewing and expanding the research agenda

  Gunn V; Somani R; Muntaner C
• Book chapter: HANDBOOK OF SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH: HANDBOOK SERIES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES. 2020;p. 149-165

  International Organizations as Drivers of Change in Occupational Health

  Håkansta C
• Book chapter: HANDBOOK OF SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH: HANDBOOK SERIES IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES. 2020;p. 1-17

  International Organizations as Drivers of Change in Occupational Health

  Håkansta C
• Article: MINERVA. 2016;54(1):1-20

  Mode 2 and the Tension Between Excellence and Utility: The Case of a Policy-Relevant Research Field in Sweden

  Hakansta C; Jacob M
• Journal article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF WORKING LIFE STUDIES. 2014;4(2):3-20

  Former Glory and Challenges Ahead: The Definition of Working Life Research in Sweden

  Hakansta C
• Review: ACTA OTO-LARYNGOLOGICA. 2007;70:2-68

  Globalisation and public health-overview and a Swedish perspective.

  Kjellström T; Håkansta C; Hogstedt C
• Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2007;33 Suppl 1:27-32

  Characterization of the Swedish work environment and work environment research.

  Håkansta C; Birke E
• Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2007;33:5-6

  Status report on Swedish work environment research-history, context and international evaluation -: Introduction

  Wegman DH; Hogstedt C; Skerfving S; Hogstedt C; Welinder H; Theorell T; Hakansta C; Birke E; Wegman DH; Burdorf A; Oldershaw P; Schulte-Fortkamp B; Viikari-Juntura E; Hogstedt C; Wegman DH
• Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2007;33 Suppl 1:6-19

  Broad overview of the history of Swedish occupational health research.

  Skerfving S; Hogstedt C; Welinder H
• Journal article: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT MONITOR. 1998;(34):16-19

  The battle on patents and AIDS treatment

  Hakansta C
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Staff and contact

Group leader

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  Carin Håkansta

  Research Specialist | Docent

  Telephone +46852487584

  E-mail carin.hakansta@ki.se

All members of the group

• Virginia Gunn

  Affiliated to Research

  E-mail virginia.gunn@ki.se
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  Carin Håkansta

  Research Specialist | Docent

  Telephone +46852487584

  E-mail carin.hakansta@ki.se
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  Ruben Lind

  Phd Student

  E-mail ruben.lind@ki.se
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  Lisen Löwstedt

  Affiliated to Research

  E-mail lisen.lowstedt@ki.se
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  Pille Strauss

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  E-mail pille.strauss@ki.se

Visiting address

Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Torsplan 1, Stockholm, Sweden