Strategies for improved work longevity from an employer- and employee perspective

Project description

By utilizing survey-, register and life course data, as well as interview and observational data the research program is organised around three key research questions.

1. How do life course experiences (employment trajectories and exposure to various work conditions) affect possibilities for improved work longevity?
2. To what extent do Swedish employers utilize measures to facilitate, stimulate and motivate employees to work longevity?
3. With a special focus on physically and cognitively demanding jobs, how can individual and workplace-oriented adjustments, strategies and interventions enhance work longevity?

By setting up a collaborative network consisting of researchers and stakeholders outside of academia (e.g., representatives from public and private organisations, unions and NGOs), the program will establish a forum for dialogue, learning and solutions to real-time problems. The network is a key to craft synergies within the program, grasp the complexity of prolonged working lives and ensure direct contributions to practice. By doing so, our research will contribute with new insights of how we can facilitate a more sustainable and long working life.

Work Packages

The program consists of 5 different but closely related work packages in which various aspects of work longevity are studied. The WPs will be launched in varying phases of the program and results will be continuously evaluated by the team members. An added value with the program is that planned activities, such as new data collections, may be designed, adjusted and improved in a collaborative manner and by experiences and results made in already running projects.