The research group Work, Health, and Inclusion has a strong research environment focused on work inclusion, organizational and psychosocial work environment, occupational health, and work-home balance. We employ a wide range of different methodological approaches. In several projects, we combine two or more methodological approaches for a more complementary and holistic approach.
Head of research group
Members
Our Core Research Topics
Some of the topics we are researching:
Work-Home
- Balance and conflict between work and home
- Technology use across work and home
- Life course perspective – work and inclusion throughout the life course
- Occupational Health
Mental health and burnout
- Sick leave
- Work environment and health
- Work Environment
Organizational and psychosocial work environment
- Working hours
- Home office
- Technology use
- Regulation in the workplace, and the right to disconnect
- Work organization
Work Inclusion
- Inclusion competence in support systems
- Youth exclusion
- Re-inclusion and job retention
Projects
- COMPRESSED − A longitudinal study of compressed work schedules within the health, care and welfare services
- Flex-IT: A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday life
- Crossbow: Crossing and Managing Boundaries between Work and Non-Work – Co-creating Healthy Teleworking
- YouHope: Practicing hope
- Reflex: Revising work time flexibility policies to promote work inclusion
- NEET: Preventing sick leave and marginalization in young adults
Recent Scientific Publications
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Frøyland, Kjetil ; Spjelkavik, Øystein ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Bråthen, Magne (2025). Enhancing implementation of the Individual Placement and Support for Young Adults programme in Norway: identifying challenges and facilitators. European Social Work Research (ESWR) (bristoluniversitypressdigital.com).
Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Nilsen, Wendy (2025). The consequences of after-hours work: a fixed-effect study of burnout, pain, detachment and work–home conflict among Norwegian workers. 9 s. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. Vol. 51 (sjweh.fi/).
Grønstad, Anniken; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff (2025). Why downsizing may increase sickness absence: longitudinal fixed effects analyses of the importance of the work environment. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 25 (biomedcentral.com).
Borg, Elin; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira ; Alves, Daniele Evelin ; Tøge, Anne Grete ; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (2025). Teachers’ Experiences with an Early Warning and Monitoring System to Prevent School Dropout. Nordic Studies in Education (noredstudies.org).
Lillebråten, Andreas ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Tøge, Anne Grete (2024). Reducing sickness absence: a work environment intervention in Norwegian hospitals. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 24 (biomedcentral.com).
Nilsen, Wendy ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Junker, Nina Maureen; Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Cooklin, Amanda; Cho, Eunae; Habib, Laurence ; Hokke, Stacey; Olson-Buchanan, Julie B.; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff (2024). Boundary-crossing ICT use – A scoping review of the current literature and a road map for future research. Computers in Human Behavior Report (elsevier.com).
Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir ; Drange, Ida ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). Interdisciplinarity and communication across research employing different methods under the loupe: A bibliometric examination of the literature on boundary-crossing ICT use. 16 s. The Information Society. Vol. 40 (tandfonline.com).
Heglum, Mari Amdahl ; Nilsen, Wendy (2024). A life course perspective on the NEET phenomenon: long-term exclusion across cohorts, gender, and social origin among young adults in Norway. Journal of Youth Studies (tandfonline.com).
Kingsbury, Mila; Alaie, Iman; Clayborne, Zahra; Reme, Bjørn-Atle; Nilsen, Wendy ; Colman, Ian (2024). Pathways From Early Life Adversities to Youth Marginalization: A Longitudinal Study of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training. Journal of Adolescent Health (sciencedirect.com).
Gjellestad, Marianne; Enehaug, Heidi ; Haraldstad, Kristin ; Nilsen, Vegard; Helmersen, Migle (2024). Women’s health at work: a qualitative study on women’s health issues in relation to work participation. Experiences and perspectives from female teachers and managers in Norwegian high schools. 15 s. BMC Public Health. Vol. 24 (nlm.nih.gov).
Gjellestad, Marianne; Enehaug, Heidi ; Haraldstad, Kristin ; Nilsen, Vegard; Helmersen, Migle (2024). How does women's health matter? A qualitative study on women's health issues in relation to work participation. Experiences and perspectives from nurses and managers in a Norwegian hospital. Health Care for Women International (sciencedirect.com).
Frøyland, Kjetil ; Bull, Helen ; Skarpaas, Lisebet Skeie ; Berget, Gerd ; Spjelkavik, Øystein ; Lystad, June Ullevoldsæter (2024). Work inclusion of marginalised groups in a troubled city district—How can active labour market policies improve? Social Policy & Administration (wiley.com).
Frøyland, Kjetil (2024). Inclusion of vulnerable youth in school or work – How can individually tailored professional support contribute?. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 163 (sciencedirect.com).
Frøyland, Kjetil ; Nordberg, Tanja Haraldsdottir (2024). Wadel’s concept of ‘incorporation’: A means of improving sustainable work inclusion?. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 2025 (tidsskrift.dk).
Demic, Sadeta; Van den Breemer, Rosemarie; Hanisch, Halvor Melbye ; Lid, Inger Marie (2024). Care and choice architecture: Relatives’ support for adults with intellectual disabilities in supported decision-making processes. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities (sagepub.com).
