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Thomas Berglund
Professor
Department of Sociology and Work ScienceDirector
Wexsus, West Sweden nexus for sustainable developmentAbout Thomas Berglund
TOMAS BERGLUND is professor of sociology and employed at the Department of Sociology and Work Science.
Berglund's research mainly focuses on the working life and labor market on topics such as mobility in the labor market, attitudes to work, job security, institutional change, trade unions, changes in the occupational structure, and labor market effects of the green transition. Another area of research is political sociology with a focus on class and political attitudes.
On-going projects
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Scrutinising Polarisation. Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour
Market
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Kommunala och regionala aktörers betydelse för etablering av en regional ”grön tillväxtregim” i Västra
Götaland.
Anna Hedenus, Tomas Berglund
Sociologidagarna 2024 - 2024 -
The Swedish Labour Market Model in
Transition
Tomas Berglund
Scrutinizing Polarisation. Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market - 2024 -
Scrutinising Polarisation. An
introduction
Tomas Berglund, Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson
Scrutinising Polarisation. Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market - 2024 -
The Transformation of the Occupational Structure in
Sweden
Tomas Berglund
Scrutinizing Polarisation. Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market - 2024 -
Scrutinising polarisation. A
closing
Tomas Berglund
Scrutinizing Polarisation.Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market - 2024 -
Occupational Change and
Inequality
Tomas Berglund
Scrutinizing Polarisation. Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market - 2024 -
Transmitted inequalities?: The second generation and migration history penalties on the Swedish labour
market
Gabriella Elgenius, Denis Frank, Vedran Omanović, Tomas Berglund
Scrutinising Polarisation: Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market - 2024 -
Disruption of the Ghent effect: Disentangling structural and institutional determinants of union membership decline in Sweden,
2005–2010
Jesper Prytz, Tomas Berglund
Industrial relations journal - 2023 -
Temporary Contracts, Employment Trajectories and Dualisation: A Comparison of Norway and
Sweden
Tomas Berglund, Roy A Nielsen, Olof Reichenberg, Jørgen Svalund
Work, Employment and Society - 2023 -
Have low-paid jobs increased in the Swedish labor market? Defining low pay in the context of the Nordic
model
Johan Alfonsson, Tomas Berglund, Patrik Vulkan
Economic and Industrial Democracy: an international journal - 2023 -
Occupational change on the dualised Swedish labour
market
Tomas Berglund, Kristina Håkansson, Tommy Isidorsson
Economic and Industrial Democracy - 2022 -
The Ghent system in transition: unions' evolving role in Sweden's multi-pillar unemployment benefit
system
Jayeon Lindellee, Tomas Berglund
Transfer-European Review of Labour and Research - 2022 -
Upgrading or Polarizing? Gendered Patterns of Change in the Occupational Prestige Hierarchy Between 1997 and
2015
Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson, Tomas Berglund, Erica Nordlander
Frontiers in Sociologi: Work, Employment and Organizations - 2022 -
Occupational trajectories of working conditions in Sweden: Development trends in the workforce,
1997–2015
Linda Corin, Anders Pousette, Tomas Berglund, Lotta Dellve, Gunnel Hensing, Lisa Björk
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - 2021 -
Occupational prestige and sickness absence inequality in employed women and men in Sweden: a registry-based
study
Chioma Nwaru, Tomas Berglund, Gunnel Hensing
BMJ Open - 2021 -
Klass i Sverige. Ojämlikheten, makten och politiken i det 21:a århundradet.
Daniel Suhonen, Göran Therborn och Jesper Weithz
(red.)
Tomas Berglund
Sociologisk forskning - 2021 -
Non-standard work in
Sweden
Tomas Berglund, Anna Hedenus, Kristina Håkansson, Tommy Isidorsson
Non-standard work in the Nordics: Troubled waters under the still surface - 2021 -
Chapter 1.
Introduction
Bertil Rolandsson, Jon Erik Dölvik, Tuomo Alasoini, Tomas Berglund
Digital Transformations of Traditional Work in the Nordic Countries - Edited by Bertil Rolandsson - 2020 -
Digital Transformations of Traditional Work in the Nordic Countries - Edited by Bertil
Rolandsson
Bertil Rolandsson, Tuomo Alasoini, Tomas Berglund, Jon Erik Dölvik, Anna Hedenus, Anna Ilsoe, Trine Pernille Larsen, Stine Rasmussen, Johan Roed Steen, Pekka Varje
2020 -
Atypical labour markets in
Sweden
Tomas Berglund, Anna Hedenus, Kristina Håkansson, Tommy Isidorsson
2019 -
“Stepping up or stepping down?“: The earnings differences associated with Swedish temporary workers’ employment
sequences.
Olof Reichenberg, Tomas Berglund
Social Science Research - 2019 -
Matching Work Values with Job Qualities for Job Satisfaction. A Comparison of 24 OECD Countries in
2015
Tomas Berglund, Ingrid Esser
Work Orientations: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings - 2019 -
Changes in the occupational structure of Nordic employment: Upgrading or
polarization?
Tomas Berglund, Jon Erik Dølvik, Stine Rasmussen, Johan Røed Steen
2019 -
Fixed-term employment in Norway and Sweden: A pathway to labour market
marginalization?
Jørgen Svalund, Tomas Berglund
European journal of industrial relations - 2018 -
Temporary Employment and the Future Labor Market
Status
Tomas Berglund, Kristina Håkansson, Tommy Isidorsson, Johan Alfonsson
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies - 2017 -
Tidsbegränsat anställdas framtida
arbetssituation
Tomas Berglund, Kristina Håkansson, Tommy Isidorsson, Johan Alfonsson
Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv - 2017 -
Factors Affecting Prolonged Working Life for the Older Workforce: the Swedish
Case
Tomas Berglund, Daniel Seldén, Björn Halleröd
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies - 2017 -
Introduktion till
Arbetslivet
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Bengtsson M. & Berglund T. (red.). Arbetslivet - 2017 -
Klass och
arbete
Tomas Berglund, Stefan Schedin
Bengtsson M. & Berglung T. (red.). Arbetslivet - 2017 -
Attityder till
arbete
Tomas Berglund
Bengtsson M. & Berglund T. (red.). Arbetslivet - 2017 -
Promoting Labour Market Mobility in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. Working paper No.
9
Tomas Berglund
2017 -
Nordic labour markets and the sharing economy: National Background Reports. Nordic Working Papers,
2017:904
S. Rasmussen, P. K. Madsen, A. Saloniemi, K. Ólafsdóttir, J. R. Dølvik, K. Jesnes, Bertil Rolandsson, Jesper Petersson, Tomas Berglund
2017 -
Employment protection regulation, trade unions and tenure of employment: An analysis in 23 European
countries
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker
Industrial relations journal - 2016 -
The Effect of Flexibility and Wage Dispersion on Job
Quality
Tomas Berglund, Patrik Vulkan
11th ILERA European Congress, September 8-10, Milan, Italy - 2016 -
Sharing economy in the Nordic Countries - Country report for
Sweden
Bertil Rolandsson, Jesper Petersson, Tomas Berglund
Fafo, Oslo, Norway, 26-27 september 2016 - 2016 -
Flexicurity, Job Insecurity and Well-Being in European Labor
Markets
Tomas Berglund
Sustainable Working Lives - Managing Work Transitions and Health throughout the Life Course - 2015 -
Attityder till arbete i
Västsverige
Tomas Berglund
Alla dessa val - 2015 -
Perceived employability in difficult economic times. The significance of education systems and labour market
policies.
Tomas Berglund, Ylva Wallinder
European Societies: The Official Journal of the European Sociological Association - 2015 -
Modell i förändring. Landrapport om
Sverige
Tomas Berglund, Ingrid Esser
2014 -
Job Insecurity and Organizational
Commitment
Bengt Furåker, Tomas Berglund
Revista Internacional de Organizaciones - 2014 -
Factors affecting a prolonged working life for older work force - the Swedish
case
Tomas Berglund, Daniel Seldén, Björn Halleröd
Swedish ESPAnet Annual Meeting, Stockholm 17-18 November 2014 - 2014 -
Crisis and Quality of work in the Nordic employment
regime
Tomas Berglund
International Review of Sociology - 2014 -
Is job insecurity compensated for by employment and income
security?
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker, Patrik Vulkan
Economic and Industrial Democracy - 2014 -
Class and ideological orientations revisited: an exploration of class-based
mechanisms
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund, Maria Oskarson
British Journal of Sociology - 2013 -
Job Security and Labour Market Mobility in the Swedish Regime of High Unemployment and Low
Inflation
Tomas Berglund
Council of European Studies, Amsterdam 25-27 juni - 2013 -
Job Security and Labour Market Mobility in the Swedish Regime of High Unemployment and Low
Inflation
Tomas Berglund
Council of European Studies, Amsterdam 25-27 juni - 2013 -
Transformations of Swedish Labour Market Institutions. Effects on Employees’ Turnover
Cognitions
Tomas Berglund
Revista Internacional de Organizaciones - 2012 -
Den stora omvandlingen - Svensk arbetsmarknadspolitik under tre
decennier
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv - 2012 -
Labour Market Policies in Transition: From Social Engineering to
Standby-ability
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State / edited by Bengt Larsson, Martin Letell and Håkan Thörn - 2012 -
Work Orientations in Western Europe and the Unite
States
Tomas Berglund
Commitment to Work and Job Satisfaction. Studies of Work Orientations. - 2012 -
Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Job, Employment and Income
insecurity
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker, Patrik Vulkan
Paper för Fourth International Conference on Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health ,21-23 september, 2011, Helsingfors - 2011 -
Transformations of Swedish Labour Market Institutions. Effects on employees’ job change
cognitions.
Tomas Berglund
Paper till Industrial Relations in Europe Conference, 1-2 september, 2011 Barcelona - 2011 -
Labour market policies in transition: From social engineering to
stand-by-ability
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Power and Participation: The 25th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Conference 2011, University of Oslo, Norway, 4-7 August 2011 - 2011 -
Flexicurity Institutions and Labour Market Mobility. An Intra-Nordic
Comparison
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker
The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations - 2011 -
Negotiating alone or through the union? Swedish employees' attitudes in 1997 and
2006
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Economic and Industrial Democracy - 2011 -
Klass och
arbete
Tomas Berglund
En fråga om klass - levnadsförhållanden, livsstil, politik. - 2010 -
En fråga om klass - levnadsförhållanden, livsstil,
politik
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Klass och ideologiska
dimensioner
Tomas Berglund, Maria Oskarson
Oskarson, Maria, Bengtsson, Mattias och Berglund Tomas (red) En fråga om klass - levnadsförhållanden, livsstil, politik - 2010 -
Labour Market Mobility in Nordic Welfare
States
Tomas Berglund, Simo Aho, Per Kungshøj Madsen, Kristine Nergaard, Bengt Furåker, Stine Rasmussen, Ilkka Virjo
2010 -
En fråga om
klass
Maria Oskarson, Tomas Berglund, Mattias Bengtsson
En fråga om klass - levnadsförhållanden, livsstil, politik - 2010 -
Social rörlighet och
klassidentifikation
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
En fråga om klass - levnadsförhållanden, livsstil, politik - 2010 -
Spelar klass någon
roll?
Maria Oskarson, Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Oskarson, Maria, Bengtsson, Mattias och Berglund Tomas (red) En fråga om klass - levnadsförhållanden, livsstil, politik - 2010 -
Changes of Employer, Employment Protection and Labour Market Attachment: An Analysis of Swedish Data from 1972 to
1998
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker
Blanpain, R., (ed) The Modernization of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in a Comparative Perspective. - 2009 -
Social klass och
arbete
Stefan Schedin, Tomas Berglund
Arbetslivet - 2009 -
Arbetslivet
Stefan Schedin, Tomas Berglund
2009 -
Viljan att förvärvsarbeta efter en
lotterivinst
Tomas Berglund
Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv - 2009 -
Människan, arbetet och
samhället
Stefan Schedin, Tomas Berglund
Arbetslivet - 2009 -
Arbetslivet
Tomas Berglund, Stefan Schedin
2009 -
Do Swedes Still Need the Union? Attitudes to Collective and Individual Negotiations with the Employer in 1997 and
2006
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
IIRA World Congress 2009. Conference CD-ROM Proceedings. 24-27 augusti 2009, Sydney, Australien. - 2009 -
Påverkar arbetet människors politiska
tilltro?
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Svensk Höst. Trettiofyra kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle. SOM-rapport nr 46. Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (red) - 2009 -
Changes of Employer, Employment Protection Legislation and LAbour Market
Attachment
Bengt Furåker, Tomas Berglund
Paper to the 6th Conference in Memory of Professor Marco Biagi, Modena, Italy - 2008 -
Flexible Work Situations and Employees' Thoughts of Leaving the
Organization
Tomas Berglund
Flexibility and Stability in Working Life - 2007 -
Changes of Employer, Employment Protection and Labour Market Attachment.An Analysis of Swedish Data from
1972-1998
Bengt Furåker, Tomas Berglund
Flexicurity and Beyond, 12-13 October 2006, Aalborg, Denmark - 2006 -
Inledning
Tomas Berglund, Hilda Lennartsson
Vardagslivets korrespondenser - 2006 -
Sociala jämförelser och ohälsa - betydelser av att jämföra sin arbetssituation med
andra
Tomas Berglund
Vardagslivets korrespondenser, Tomas Berglund & Hilda Lennartsson (red) Utgiven i Forskningsrapportserien Sociologiska institutionen nr 138 - 2006 -
Vardagslivets
korrespondenser
Tomas Berglund, Hilda Lennartsson
2006 -
Pay satisfaction and comparison
referents.
Tomas Berglund
Europeiska Sociologkongressen, Torún, Polen, 2005 - 2005 -
Upplevelser av stress - att jämföra lön och karriärmöjligheter med nära
arbetskamrater
Tomas Berglund, Mattias Bengtsson
Sociologisk forskning - 2005 -
Making social comparisons in individualized work
situations
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Svenska Sociologförbundets årskongress Socialpsykologi och konflikt: mikro-och makroaspekter i Skövde, Sverige, 10-11 februari 2005. - 2005 -
Are the unions still needed? On Employees’ Views of Their Relations to Unions and
Employers.
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker
Economic and Industrial Democracy - 2003 -
Arbetsförhållanden, arbetskrav och känslomässig
utmattning.
Tomas Berglund
I Furåker, Bengt (red) Arbetsvillkor och arbetstillfredsställelse. En studie inom Västra Götalandsregionens primärvård. Göteborg: Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet. Forskningsrapport nr 130. - 2003 -
Läkares syn på sin arbetssituation – resultat från
intervjuundersökningen.
Tomas Berglund
I Furåker, Bengt (red) Arbetsvillkor och arbetstillfredsställelse. En studie inom Västra Götalandsregionens primärvård. Göteborg: Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet. Forskningsrapport nr 130. GUPnr. 44163 - 2003 -
Enkätundersökningen – uppläggningen och
genomförande.
Tomas Berglund
I Furåker, Bengt (red) Arbetsvillkor och arbetstillfredsställelse. En studie inom Västra Götalandsregionens primärvård. Göteborg: Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet. Forskningsrapport nr 130. - 2003 -
Swedish Employees’ Referent Selection in Individualised Work
Situations
Mattias Bengtsson, Tomas Berglund
Europeiska Sociologförbundets 6:e konferens Ageing Societies, New Sociology i Murcia, Spanien, 23-26 september 2003 - 2003 -
Individualiserade arbetssituationer och attityder till
arbete.
Tomas Berglund
I Blomsterberg, Marianne & Tiiu Soidre (red) Reflektioner. Perspektiv i forskning om arbetsliv och arbetsmarknad Göteborg: Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet. Forskningsrapport nr 132. - 2003 -
Arbete och social
klass
Tomas Berglund
I Hansen, Lars & Pal Orban (red) Arbetslivet - 2002 -
Atypical Employment in relation to Work and Organizational
Commitment.
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker
I Furåker, Bengt (red) Employment, Unemployment, Marginalization. Studies on Contemporary Labour Markets - 2001 -
Anställdas syn på sin relation till fack och
arbetsgivare
Tomas Berglund, Bengt Furåker
Arbetsmarknad & arbetsliv - 2001 -
Attityder till arbete i Västeuropa och USA. Teoretiska perspektiv och analyser av data från sex
länder
Tomas Berglund
2001