Theo Bodin

Associate Professor and Consultant Physician in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Head of the New World of Work research group
Director of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stockholm Region

PhD 2014, Lund University
MD 2010, Linköping University

My research primarily explores non-standard employment arrangements and their impact on health. Driven by economic shifts, technological change, weakened trade unions, and evolving labor laws, we have seen freelancing, gig-work, piece rate work and precarious employment conditions have become increasingly common—and complex to evaluate. My work addresses the challenges of assessing their consequences on workers and society.

The overarching aim is to deepen our understanding of how non-standard work affects individuals, families, and communities, particularly in relation to inequalities in work environment, health, and well-being. I also focus on identifying strategies that mitigate negative effects, strengthen worker empowerment, and promote participation and healthy lives.

Beyond this, I contribute to a range of studies in occupational and environmental medicine. My projects are primarily funded by Swedish and EU resaerch councils and involve close collaboration with researchers across Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Chile, the USA, and Canada.

I supervise both PhD Students and postdocs and occasionally master students. I teach and supervise medical students and master students in occupational and environmental epidemiology and serve as mentor for medical  students.
I am the course leader for the elective course "Comparing Health Systems"  during the last semester at the medical program at KI