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Maria Gustavsson

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Presentation

Maria Gustavsson is a full professor in education at the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning (IBL), Linköping University and is a research leader at the division of Education and Sociology and the Work and Working Life research environment within IBL. In addition, she is a research leader at the HELIX Competence Centre, Linköping University. HELIX is a 5-year programme (Vinnova, 2017-2022, Due to Covid-19, extended 1 year) with a focus on sustainable development in organisations concerning how working conditions in terms of learning, health and gender equality can be combined with efficiency and innovation.

She received her PhD in education from Linköping University in 2000 and she was appointed as an associate professor in education (docent) in 2009, and an associate professor in education (biträdande professor) in 2013 and was employed as a full professor in education in 2014, Linköping University. Her research interests include Workplace learning in large industrial companies and SMEs as well as public sector organisations, Vocational/professional learning, with a focus on work-based learning in vocational/professional education, and Workplace health promotion and working conditions. She has extensive experience in leading large research projects. She has published books and several academic papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented various academic papers at conferences.

Publications

2023

Karin Wastesson, Anna Fogelberg Eriksson, Maria Gustavsson (2023) First-line managers experience of their role and gender in elderly care Studies in Continuing Education Continue to DOI
Maria Gustavsson, Agneta Halvarsson Lundkvist (2023) Stakeholders' learning and transformative action when developing a collaboration platform to provide welfare services Studies in Continuing Education Continue to DOI
Linda Lidman, Maria Gustavsson, Anna Fogelberg Eriksson (2023) Learning and employee-driven innovation in the public sector - the interplay between employee engagement and organisational conditions Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 35, p. 86-100 Continue to DOI

2022

Maria Gustavsson, Karin Sardadvar (2022) Delade arbetsturer i kommunal äldreomsorg - erfarenheter, utmaningar och möjligheter
Maria Gustavsson, Daniel Persson-Thunqvist, Agneta Halvarsson Lundqvist (2022) Kompetenslyft för klimatomställning. Kunskapsläge och fortsatta forskningsbehov

Research

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GROWL: Greening of Working Life

To reach Sweden’s political climate goals, working life needs to undergo a transformation. This research program focuses on people, organizations, and policies in the green transformation in industry and forestry.
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Work and working life research group

Factors contributing to sustainable workplaces and working life are in focus in our research. Examples of such factors are learning, competence development, innovation and leadership.

Previous research projects

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Skills that matter for workers in Industry 5.0 – a skills transformation ecosystem approach (SKILL-UP)

What future skills are required for the vision of a fifth industrial revolution, labelled Industry 5.0?
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New forms of organising clinical training in health care

The project examines new forms of organising clinical training (internship) in medical and healthcare education.
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Attracting and retaining healthcare professionals the magnet hospital model

The magnet-hospital model can be described as a management idea to remedy staff shortages where the idea is that a hospital, like a “magnet”, can attract, recruit and then retain staff even in the event of a labor shortage.
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HELIX Competence Centre

HELIX Competence Centre is a multidisciplinary research center at Linköping University, working with questions related to working life on the basis of a partnership between universities, industry, public sector and labor organisations.

Organisation

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Division of Education and Sociology (APS)

Sustainable work and working life is the focus of the division’s research and education covering both pedagogy and sociology. Current research projects concern learning, leadership, equality, health and working conditions.
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Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.

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