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Workplace researcher: Don’t make AI your best colleague
Social anthropologist Lene Pettersen is interested in what AI and digital technology does to the way we work. The University of Oslo professor of workplace studies is worried about how chatbots might replace small but important daily exchanges between colleagues.
9 minutes
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Nordic “Draghi report” warns region risks losing its competitive edge
A new report from Copenhagen Economics concludes that the Nordic region is still one of the most competitive and innovative regions in the world. However, the USA in particular is about to catch up with the Nordics.
5 minutes
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Tripartite “superpower” to help roll out AI in Norwegian working life
Norway is the first country in the world where the state and the social partners have entered into a joint national agreement on artificial intelligence. But the social partners in the other Nordic countries are also interested in creating ground rules for the use of AI.
6 minutes
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Digital exclusion becomes burden on municipal employees
Danish municipal employees who should be busy doing completely different things end up spending hours every week to help citizens tackle the digital world.
1 minute
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Better data on the living conditions for people with disabilities
A new report from Nordregio brings together statistics on the living conditions of people with physical disabilities in the Nordic countries. One chapter is dedicated to data on this group’s access to the labour market.
1 minute
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Life in the borderlands between Norway and Sweden
Once they were part of the same nation. Today, a national border divides the regions. We have travelled through Trøndelag and Jämtland Härjedalen, meeting and talking to people who live, work and run businesses on both sides of the border. For them, it is primarily a line on the map.
22 minutes
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Improved control to cut labour market crime
ID cards, AI and improved data are all important tools in the Nordic and Baltic regions’ fight against criminals operating in the labour market.
5 minutes
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When the Nordic model no longer protects everyone
Precarious work, migration and weaker ties to the welfare state challenge the idea that the Nordic model provides workers with a strong safety net. The PrecaNord research project examines precarious and informal work in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
11 minutes
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Few cases of labour market crime in the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands have many foreign workers and almost no labour market crime.
2 minutes
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Uncertain and stricter migration rules reduce interest in working in Sweden
Since 1 June this year, anyone arriving from third countries who wants to work in Sweden have been required to earn at least 90 per cent of the Swedish monthly median wage. Some occupations with labour shortages, including in healthcare, are exempt, but uncertainty over migration policy makes more people hesitate about moving to Sweden.
7 minutes