The Working Environment of the Future: Theoretical background: Risks and working environment challenges in digitalized work arrangements across different forms of employment

This chapter presents and discusses key themes in the research on working environment challenges and occupational safety and health hazards associated with digitalization and different forms of employment. We first discuss the conceptual frameworks used in analysing, discussing and regulating occupational safety and health in general. Second, we give a brief description of how occupational safety and health is regulated in the Nordic countries. Third, we survey the research literature on three key aspects of work environment challenges in the future of work: field technologies, non-standard forms of employment and platform-mediated gig work. As such, this chapter provides a conceptual backdrop for the empirical investigations in the chapters that follow.