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| Dec 2016

Nordic men blind to women’s working life challenges

Dec 15, 2016 The Nordic countries stand out with higher levels of well-being than anywhere else in the world, explained by the fact that women are expected to be active in the labour market and make an important contribution to household income. Yet men do not understand that women are facing a harder time in the labour market than themselves.
Small languages need big language's help to reach IT giants tema
| LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY

Small languages need big language's help to reach IT giants

Oct 13, 2021 Languages that are not used in the digital world will not survive. That is the brutal message which formed the basis for the Nordic language meeting – a two days long conference on the latest development in language technology.
Fighting poverty in EU – a tale of five cities nyhet

Fighting poverty in EU – a tale of five cities

May 20, 2016 The European Union made the combat against poverty and social exclusion one of its main goals in 2008. 20 million vulnerable people should be helped to a better life by 2020 in a coordinated effort, according to the European Commission. The main tool would be active inclusion. But its easier said than done.
“It is our environments which make us handicapped” tema

“It is our environments which make us handicapped”

May 26, 2019 Kristine Ronæss Årdal has cerebral palsy, and certain environments make integration difficult. In her experience, positive attitudes combined with physical facilitation is often easier to achieve than many think.
What can we learn from 80 female prime ministers and presidents? tema

What can we learn from 80 female prime ministers and presidents?

Mar 08, 2013 A lone female leader’s dilemma is whether she manages to change the system before it changes her. You need a critical mass of 30 to 35 percent female parliamentary representation before you get lasting cultural, political and practical change, writes Torild Skard in her book on female presidents and prime ministers between 1960 and 2000.
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| Oct 2015

Why are working life researchers so reluctant to talk about the future?

Oct 23, 2015 This summer Ann Bergman really managed to ignite the debate on working life research. In an article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies she asked why working life researchers are so uninterested in the future.
Many different experiences await Nordjobb participants tema
| June 2015

Many different experiences await Nordjobb participants

Jun 22, 2015 Young people travel across the Nordic region to work with tourists, weed spinach fields and public parks or pack prawns in Greenland — all thanks to Nordjobb. And the experiences are all unique.
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Language skills - the key that doesn't always fit

May 10, 2011 Few statements enjoy such broad political agreement in the Nordic countries as this: language skills are key to both integration and working life. All five countries offer immigrants several hundreds of hours of free language courses, but they have chosen different models and put different demands on students.
Sweden’s emergency shelters “back in fashion” tema

Sweden’s emergency shelters “back in fashion”

Sep 26, 2023 After a long period of obscurity, Sweden’s emergency shelters are back in the spotlight as the government proposes to spend over 18 million euro in next year’s budget on an upgrade, while also training the rescue services in an effort to strengthen the civil defence.
Collective agreement extensions – the second best alternative? tema
| WAGE FORMATION

Collective agreement extensions – the second best alternative?

Nov 16, 2021 Why is there so much resistance in the Nordics against the EU Commission directive on minimum wages? The answer is that the countries believe they have a nearly perfect system of collective agreements, so why change something that works? In many European countries where the social partners are weaker, extensions of collective agreements form an important part of the wage model.
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