Welfare and working life in transition Welfare and working life in transition The research is conducted regional, national and international as well as by researchers in inter- and multidisciplinary research groups. Specific research areas are: Collegiality, profession, and collegial governance Integration/consumption/housing Theory and methods Research group leader Mattias Bengtsson Associate Professor Professor 033-435 4547 mattias.bengtsson@hb.se Areas Expand Areas The Human Perspective in Care At the University of Borås we conduct research that leads to solutions that change society for the better. Our research on The Human Perspective ... Ongoing projects Expand Ongoing projects A policy community or audit for accountability? Start date: 2025-09-01 — End date: 2027-12-31 Funder: The Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) The Janus face of the standardization of work: A co-operative study of home care Start date: 2023-07-01 — End date: 2026-06-30 Funder: FAS - Swedish council for working life and social research What social workers do to compensate digital default Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2025-12-31 Funder: FAS - Swedish council for working life and social research Concluded projects Expand Concluded projects The bureaucratization monster and the digitalization pandemic Start date: 2023-05-01 — End date: 2024-12-31 (Un)organized creativity Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2024-12-31 Funder: Sparbanksstiftelsen Varberg Gender equality in engineering practices Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2024-12-31 Funder: The Chalmers University of Technology Foundation Existential driving forces for non-profit work that complements maternity health care Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2023-12-31 Trust and Collegiality Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2023-12-31 Ideals and practices of gender equality among parents in blue- and white-collar jobs: The role of the Swedish parental insurance Start date: 2021-01-01 — End date: 2023-12-31 Funder: FAS - Swedish council for working life and social research Sjukförsäkringens förändring utanför den parlamentariska demokratin Start date: 2021-02-01 — End date: 2023-08-01 Funder: FAS - Swedish council for working life and social research Tvärsektoriell samverkan inom Social hållbart Borås Start date: 2020-07-01 — End date: 2023-06-30 NeuRehab@home Start date: 2020-03-01 — End date: 2023-06-30 Funder: The Knowledge Foundation A study of the challenges and opportunities of digitalization for teachers in higher education during the Covid pandemic Start date: 2020-05-01 — End date: 2022-12-30 "LEVA-project" Sustainable leadership through participation - Valuation work in elderly care Start date: 2017-10-01 — End date: 2020-09-30 Funder: The Kamprad Family Foundation Sustainable leadership: Value-based leadership within welfare, "The leadership mess II" Start date: 2019-01-01 — End date: 2019-12-31 Welfare techniques - Robotisation and digitization in welfare Start date: 2018-08-01 — End date: 2019-12-31 Organize inside - Expectations of Future Welfare in Different Countries Start date: 2017-08-01 — End date: 2019-12-31 Recruiting staff in the social services Start date: 2018-10-01 — End date: 2019-10-01 Attractive home care - sustainable working life and health promotion organization Start date: 2016-09-01 — End date: 2019-08-31 Funder: AFA Insurance Digital Leadership - Digitized Leadership in Welfare Start date: 2018-10-01 — End date: 2019-06-30 Skills and recruitment needs in Swedish welfare until 2045 Start date: 2018-04-01 — End date: 2019-06-30 The search for missing persons Start date: 2017-09-01 — End date: 2019-06-30 Academia in the age of conversion. A case study of transformation pressure on occupational groups in higher education Start date: 2016-01-01 — End date: 2019-01-01 Funder: FAS - Swedish council for working life and social research Sustainable leadership: Value-based leadership within welfare, "The leadership mess I" Start date: 2016-10-01 — End date: 2018-12-31 Utvärdering av Västra Götalandsregionens politiska organisation Start date: 2015-01-01 — End date: 2018-12-31 Funder: Region Västra Götaland - VGR Researchers/University employees Expand Researchers/University employees Mattias Bengtsson Associate Professor Professor 033-435 4547 mattias.bengtsson@hb.se Marita Flisbäck Professor 033-435 4209 marita.flisback@hb.se Angelica Börjesson Senior Lecturer 033-435 4711 angelica.borjesson@hb.se Margareta Carlén Senior Lecturer Director 033-435 4387 margareta.carlen@hb.se Julia Carlsson Senior Lecturer 033-435 4097 julia.carlsson@hb.se Anette Gustafsson Senior Lecturer 033-435 4553 anette.gustafsson@hb.se Sara Hjelm Lidholm Senior Lecturer 033-435 4408 sara.hjelm_lidholm@hb.se Erik Ljungar Senior Lecturer 033-435 4127 erik.ljungar@hb.se Danka Miscevic Senior Lecturer 033-435 4802 danka.miscevic@hb.se Tora Nord Senior Lecturer 033-435 4526 tora.nord@hb.se Goran Puaca Associate Professor Senior Lecturer 033-435 4277 goran.puaca@hb.se Leif Sandsjö Docent Senior Lecturer 033-435 4630 leif.sandsjo@hb.se Christer Theandersson Senior Lecturer 033-435 4724 christer.theandersson@hb.se Jonas Westman Lecturer 033-435 4746 jonas.westman@hb.se External project members Expand External project members Tomas Müllern, Jönköping University Louise Yngve, Ersta Sköndal Högskola Centres Expand Centres Centre for Welfare Studies (CVS) A goal at CVS is to contribute to a sustainable welfare society, both for those who govern, lead, and work in different welfare services as well ... Partners Expand Partners FoU Sjuhärad Välfärd