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Work Research Institute (AFI)

AFI is a social science institute performing multidisciplinary, action-oriented research.

Research groups

  • Work, health and inclusion

    This research group is a department of the Work Research Institute (AFI), it's transdisciplinary and focuses on the causes and consequences of work participation.

  • Organization of the Welfare State

    This research group is a department of the Work Research Institute (AFI) and aims to bring forward evidence-based knowledge on change and development in public sector management.

  • Innovation and Enterprise Development

    This research group is a department of the Work Research Institute (AFI) and focuses on collaborative innovation in businesses, networks, clusters and regions.

  • Work, Management and Mastery

    This research group is a department of the Work Research Institute (AFI) and combines expertise on work life in general, work organisations, work environment, occupational health and safety research, restructuring processes and conflict resolution.

Recent publications from AFI researchers

  • Ulstein, J. (2023). The Impact of Employer Characteristics on Sustaining Employment for Workers with Reduced Capacity: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data. Social Policy and Society, 1-16.  
  • Mouratidis, K. and B. Andersen (2023). "What makes people stay longer in the densifying city? Exploring the neighbourhood environment and social ties." Housing Studies: 1-22. 
  • Kuldova, Tereza Østbø & Østbø, Jardar. 2023. Mezhyhirya Residence Museum: Novi Petrivtsi, Ukraine. In: 50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism (eds.) Lynes, Adam; Kelly, Craig; Treadwell, James. Bristol: Bristol University Press.  
  • Ingrid M. Tolstad. 2023. Singing Wives and Oligarch Patrons Sounding Out the Wealth of Russian Elites Through Popular Music. Journal of Extreme Anthropology, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2022): 63-83.