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Work environment gives Nordic growth sectors competitive edge innsikt

Work environment gives Nordic growth sectors competitive edge

Dec 14, 2012 How can the Nordic region face the challenges of growing globalisation? Where is the potential for growth and rising employment? Nordic researchers recommend measures which could help authorities and businesses make better use of growth opportunities.
The research project against all odds: Olli Kangas on Finland’s universal basic income tema

The research project against all odds: Olli Kangas on Finland’s universal basic income

Jun 22, 2018 Does Finland’s experiment with a universal basic income prove that this could be a solution for the future? We will not know until 2020. But in one way, the research project has already been a success – the fact that it was possible to carry it out at all.
Faroe Islands heading for dream target – 50,000 citizens tema
| Feb 2017

Faroe Islands heading for dream target – 50,000 citizens

Feb 02, 2017 For several months – in fact for many years – the Faroese have been waiting for the magical number 50,000. And it is about to arrive! The latest official update says 49,820, the real figure is even closer to 50,000 and it is now only a matter of weeks.
New challenges for working life research tema
| Oct 2015

New challenges for working life research

Oct 23, 2015 Big Data is the new buzzword for the enormous increase in stored information across the world. But how will this information stream influence working life and working life research?
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| June 2016

”Trade unions must organise people working though platforms”

Jun 20, 2016 The sharing economy represents a challenge to the labour market as we know it. In the face of this development, the Swedish trade union Unionen has just entered an agreement with German IG Metall. The aim is to find tools for how to organise the growing part of the labour force which works through online platforms.
15,000 volunteers queuing up to help Faroese nature tema

15,000 volunteers queuing up to help Faroese nature

May 27, 2025 When the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands announced in 2019 that he would close the country for an entire weekend to allow for the restoration of environmental damage, more than 3,000 volunteers from around the world said they wanted to help. Since then, the Faroes have repeated the success every year. 15,000 applied for this year’s 80 spaces.
Iceland starting to ponder EU membership tema

Iceland starting to ponder EU membership

Mar 23, 2023 Iceland applied for EU membership in 2009, after the collapse of the banking system almost bankrupted the country. The government at the time, led by the EU-friendly Social Democratic Party, believed membership was vital for financial stability. The Euro was also seen as better than the small and unstable krona.
Hopes dashed on the Finnish-Russian border nyhet
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Hopes dashed on the Finnish-Russian border

May 26, 2022 “Parikkala is a municipality people usually drive right past,” says Mayor Vesa Huuskonen, with only a hint of humour. Parikkala is an agricultural municipality with an ageing population in South-Western Finland, right on the border with Russia. Plans for an international border crossing have been scrapped because of the changed international situation.
Iceland: The parental revolution nyhet

Iceland: The parental revolution

Sep 01, 2005 The image of parent and child doesn't necessarily involve a woman any longer in Iceland. For almost five years fathers in Iceland have been able to take paternity leave, and from day one they have made the most of it. This has been the largest step Iceland has taken towards gender equality. But there are still examples of employers who don’t follow the law.
The joys of WFH versus the pressure of always answering emails tema

The joys of WFH versus the pressure of always answering emails

Nov 17, 2024 More than half of Norwegian employees have the opportunity to work from home, any time of day or night. But at what price? AFI researchers are looking at how the increased use of home offices impacts the work-life balance.
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