Laborocto: Eight Forte-funded programs in a multi-disciplinary network aimed at long-run promotion of research on working life

Laborocto is a network collaboration between eight Forte-funded programs on work-life research:ALL-INCLUSIVE?

Cohesion and exclusion in work-life changeLabor market inclusion in theory and practiceWork-related adverse social behaviors – psychosocial and organizational determinants and health risksEmployment contracts, job insecurity, unionization, working conditions, work attitudes and healthEffects of non-standard work arrangements on health, work and families in SwedenStructural change: consequences and policy responsesSwedish Labour Mobility Lab: Structural change and mobility frictions on regional labour marketsUnderstanding and advancing labor market integration in transitional timesThe network is aimed at long-run promotion of work-life research.

Insights gained through organized cross-disciplinary exchange will contribute to increasing research quality.Around 100 researchers at all career stages from more than 10 disciplines take part in the network, with a close to even gender balance.A consistent set of topics binds the programs together:Defining and measuring the structure of labor markets and working lifeAssessing structural change; its content, causes and macro-level consequencesIdentifying worker groups affected by structural changeIdentifying consequences these groups experienceIdentifying mechanisms by which these groups experience these consequencesIdentifying and assessing ways to modify consequences of structural changeIdentifying wider implications for society of structural change and its consequencesThe network’s planned activities are of two main kinds:General seminars facilitate research information and discussion between programs;Junior researchers organize separate seminars and other activities;Additional activities will emerge organically, as the network develops.Via improved knowledge formation, the network brings benefits beyond the research community.

Increased interaction with social partners is expected to follow.