Contact

NOWSTARS is headed by the Steering Committee, which has the responsibility for the overall planning of the research program.

Contact us directly by email at nowstars@psychology.su.se.

Each project within the program has a project leader (see the respective project pages under About the research program).

A number of researchers are active in NOWSTARS. Most of them are working in the Division of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, but some are from other departments or universities.

NOWSTARS' scientific reference group consists of well-known work-life researchers with considerable experience in employment contracts, perceptions of job insecurity, and working conditions in relation to work-related and health-related outcomes amongst gainfully employed women and men.

The purpose of the scientific advisory team is to provide support and input with regards to the program’s design and presentation of program results.

The scientific advisory team consists of the following members

Professor Gunnar Aronsson (Until 2024)
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University

Professor Tomas Berglund
Department of Sociology and Work Science
University of Gothenburg

Professor Nele De Cuyper
Research Group Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
KU Leuven

Professor Hans De Witte
Research Group Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
KU Leuven

Professor Annika Härenstam
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University

Professor Saija Mauno
Work and Organizational Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Tampere University

Professor Hugo Westerlund
Stress Research Institute
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University

The NOWSTARS labor market reference group consists of representatives from employers’ organizations, trade union confederations, and governmental authorities in the field of work environment.

They have significant experience in areas such as working conditions, psychosocial work environment factors, and types of employment arrangements, including how such aspects are associated with various work-related and health-related outcomes. The purpose of the labor market reference group is to provide advice and views on the program’s focus as well as on how the research results can be of practical benefit.

The group consists of the following people

• Emil Björkman, Investigator, Swedish Agency for Government Employers
• Karin Fristedt, Investigator work environment, Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations (Saco)
• Christina Jonsson, Senior advisor, Swedish Work Environment Authority
  
• Patrik Karlsson, Labor market expert, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
• Lena Persson, Official for work environment issues, Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO)
• Marta Sousa-Ribeiro Larsson, Process leading analyst, Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise (Mynak)
  
• Martine Syrjänen Stålberg, Investigator work environment, Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO)