Jørgen Svalund is a researcher at Fafo. He holds a PhD in sociology on mobility and labour market adjustments in the Nordic labour markets. Job security, job retention schemes, temporary employment, and labour market mobility have been central themes in his research.
Currently, he is working on a project about digitalization and polarization for the Norwegian Research Council, and he is the project leader for a larger project funded by the Norwegian Research Council that examines how the pandemic affected the labour market, the institutions regulating it, and individuals' attitudes towards income security, job retention, and other aspects of labour market governance in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Svalund also has extensive experience in studying power and democracy in the workplace, as well as various aspects of health, environment, and safety in work life. Among others, he has conducted research on workplace violence and threats of violence over an extended period.
Svalund has published a large number of reports, articles, and book chapters on various topics and has broad experience in collecting, using, and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data.
Area of work
Publications
Fafo's Publications
Scientific publishing
Research communication
Hva er feriepenger?
Midlertidige ansettelser – fordeler og ulemper
Covid-19 pandemic in Scandinavia: a trigger for more comprehensive social protection for self-emplo…
Mobbing, personalkonflikter og arbeidsmiljø
Fafo's Publications
Scientific publishing
Ekstern formidling
Dato | Kategori | Tittel | Fafo-side |
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13 June 2025 | TV radio podcast
| Hva er feriepenger? | NRK P2: «Studio 2» | |
06 March 2025 | Seminars and presentations
| Midlertidige ansettelser – fordeler og ulemper | Parat24 | |
23 April 2024 | Seminars and presentations
| Covid-19 pandemic in Scandinavia: a trigger for more comprehensive social protection for self-employed? | Les mer / read more | |
26 January 2016 | Op-eds and commentaries
| Mobbing, personalkonflikter og arbeidsmiljø |
Completed projects
Through this assignment, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs wishes to investigate how well secured employees' holiday pay is if the companies the individual is employed in are in an uncertain financial situation.
The basic agreement i state sector - the basic agreement provides the rules and regulations on social dialogue in state enterprises. The project aim to evaluate the modus operandi of the agreement.
How is the de-bureaucratization and streamlining reform (ABE reform) implemented in state agencies and how does it affect daily work?
The last couple of years have seen increasing attention to a variety of challenges and issues pertaining to temporary employment and labour hire.
The aim of this comparative project is to study how temporary employment influences people’s employment careers and their chances of achieving a permanent establishment in the labour market.