Carin Håkansta

Research Specialist
2014 PhD in Human Work Science (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden).
2022 Associate Professor in Work Science (Karlstad University, Sweden)
Current research: effects of non-standard employment and digitalisation on work, health and the work environment.

I am interested in how changes in society and work affect work, occupational safety and health, as well as initiatives to reduce associated health risks.

I am the PI of two on-going projects:
1. ALGOSH: Algorithmic management at work - challenges, opportunities, and strategies for occupational safety and health and wellbeing (Forte 2023 - 2029)
2. AMOSH: Effects of algorithmic management on work environment and health among warehouse hands and transport workers (AFA 2022 - 2024) 

3. PWR Effects of non-standard work arrangements on health, work and families - solutions for the future of Sweden (Forte 2019 - 2025) [1].
4. GIG Health. Digital labour platforms and its effects on health and well-being: a mixed-method project of gig workers in Sweden (Forte 2022-2025)
5. GIG OSH. New challenges for occupational safety and health in times of the digital transformation in Europe: the role of digital labour platforms (Forte 2022 - 2026)

Closed projects:
The meaning of digitalisation for interpersonal relations and organisational contexts (AFA 2020 - 2023).

I have supervised students at undergraduate and graduate level at Karlstad University and Karolinska Institutet and am currently supervising three PhD students.