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Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Division of Insurance Medicine
Curriculum Vitae Lena Gonäs
Academic degrees
1974 PhD, Economic Geography, Företagsnedläggning och arbetsmarknadspolitik
(Plant Closure and Labour Market Policy) Supervisors were Professor Gunnar Arpi,
Department of Economic Geography Uppsala University and Professor Rudolf
Meidner, The Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University.
1986 Associate professor, Economic Geography, Uppsala University
Visiting fellowships
Wissenschaftscentrum Berlin, September to December 1989.
London School of Economics, The Gender Institute, August 1995 - June 1996.
Economic Policy Institute, Washington DC, August 1998 to June 1999,
London School of Economics, The Gender Institute, Spring 2009 (Associated staff).
Present position
2000 – 2012 Professor in Working Life Science Karlstad University
2013 Professor Emerita, Working Life Science Karlstad University
2013 Senior researcher, Section of Insurance Medicine, Department of
Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Previous positions
2006 - 2012 Affiliated professor. Section of Insurance Medicin, Department of
Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (20 percent)
2006 - 2009 Dean of the Faculty for Economic Sciences, Communication and IT,
Karlstad University
1996- -2005 Research Director and Head of Research Program, National Institute
for Working Life
1990 - 1999 Adjunct Professor, Economic Geography, Uppsala University
1977 - 1985 Researcher, Research leader, Centre for Working Life Studies,
Stockholm
1974
Researcher, Secretariat for Future Studies/ Institute for Social
Research
1971
University assistant, Institute for Social Research, Stockholm
University
1968
Amanuensis, Institute for Labour Market Studies, Stockholm
Research portfolio
Editorship
Editor of the journal Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv (Labour Market and Working
Life), financed by FAS, VINNOVA and IFAU 2007-2012. Publisher from 2013-
Postal address
Karolinska Institutet
Division of Insurance Medicine
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting address
Berzelius väg 3, 6th floor
Telephone
+46 8 524 83224 (secretary)
Web
www.ki.se/im
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Member of the editorial board for the Nordic Journal for Working Life Studies and
editor of the special issue on Gender studies, nr 2, 2011, special issue on the Nordic
model nr 4, 2012 and on Public Sector nr 2, 2013.
Editor of special issues in scientific journals
Economic and Industrial Democracy (EID) 21 (2000):3. Special Issue on Labour
Market Transformations and Changing Gender Relations.
Economic and Industrial Democracy (EID) 23 (2002):1.Special section on:
Balancing Family and Work.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 1(2011):2. Special issue on gender and
Working life
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 2 (2012):4. Special issue on the Nordic
working life model.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 3(2013):2. Special issue on the Public
Sector.
Arbetsmarknad and Arbetsliv 18 (2012): 2. Special issue on Equal sustainable
Growth (Jämställd hållbar tillväxt)
Economic and Industrial Democracy (EID), 34 (2013). Special section on Equal
sustainable Growth.
Membership in scientific organizations and research councils
1983-1991
Member of the executive committee for International Industrial
Relations Association (IIRA).
1990.1995
Member of the scientific council Technology and Society, at
Forskningsrådsnämnden (FRN) (Research Council).
1992-1998
Member of the scientific council for the Labour Market Board
(AMS).
1993
Member of the Gov. investigation on the consequences of a
Swedish EU-membership: Social välfärd och jämställdhet (Social
welfare and Equal Opp.)
1993
Member of the Work Environment Research Fund‟s
(Arbetsmiljöfondens) council for Gender Studies.
1993-1994
Member of the Council for Regional Policy at the Ministry of
Labour.
1996-2000
Chair of the program group for Labour Market Research at the
Research Council on Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR).
1997-2004
Member of the Board for the Research Council on Humanities and
Social Sciences, (HSFR).
1996-2004
National Expert for the Commission of European Union (EU):
Network of Experts on Gender and Employment.
1997
Governmental investigator to the Department of CV Labour on the
Free mobility of Labour (SOU 1997:153).
1998-2001
Coordinator in European Science Foundation (EFS) project on
Gender Inequality in the New Regional Europe
1998-2001, 2002 Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 3rd World Congress on
Women, Work and Health,‟ 2002 in Stockholm with over 700
participants from 70 different countries.
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2002-2005 Member of the Swedish Council for EU research.
2004-2006 Member of the Regional Council for Ethical Vetting in Uppsala.
2004-2006 Member of the Board at the University Collage of Gotland.
Pedagogical portfolio
Supervision of doctorial students
Today I am supervising two doctorial students in Working Life Science
I have so far supervised four students to a doctoral degree, one in Economic
Geography (2000) and three in Working Life Science (2007, 2009 and 2012). I have
been assistant supervisor to 4 students taking a degree in 1989, 1997, 2003 and 2004.
In the project Gender and Work, 1999- 2005, at the National Institute for Working
Life in Stockholm, 2 persons conducted their PhD studies based on studies in the
project and the exams were taken in 2004 and 2005. Two other PhD exams were
based on studies in other projects where I was the project leader.
Supervision of master and bachelor thesis and courses
I have been developing courses, teaching and supervised thesis on basic and
advanced levels since 1968. I have on a regular basis been teaching at the Institute
for Social Research in Stockholm, the department of Economic Geography in
Uppsala and at the Department of Working Life Science in Karlstad. Besides this I
have participated in many courses given with different universities and university
colleges in Sweden and abroad.
Administrative experiences
During 2006 and 2008 I was dean for the Faculty of Economic Sciences,
Communication and IT. In this task I had responsibility for the scientific and
educational development in the faculty and as it was a new organization which
occupied a lot of my time. It was a good experience for furthering my knowledge in
academic leadership.
Project leader of research projects Project leader and scientific leader for eight large
research projects during the period 1978 to 2008. The number of participant has
been between 4 and 12 persons and in the projects there have been produced
doctoral dissertations, scientific reports, articles, books or book chapters.
In the project Gender and Work at the National Institute for Working Life in
Stockholm around 150 reports, books and article were published by the project
members. Between 2009 and 2010, I was project leader for a research project on
gender equality and higher education financed by EU.s structural funds/NUTEK,
Region Värmland and Karlstad University. National Expert to the Socio-Economic
Network concerning Anti-Discrimination to EU Commission.
Selected publications
1. Gonäs, L. (1974): Företagsnedläggning och arbetsmarknadspolitik. En studie av
sysselsättningskriserna vid Oskarshamns Varv. Geografiska regionstudier nr 10.
Kulturgeografiska institutionen vid Uppsala universitet. Uppsala 1974.
Akademisk avhandling.
2. Gonäs, L. (1981): Befolkning och arbete. Om framtidsstudiernas metod och
problem. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
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3. Gonäs, L. (1989): En fråga om kön. Kvinnor och män i strukturomvandlingens
spår. Stockholm: Arbetslivscentrum
4. Gonäs, L. (1989): Labour Market Adjustments to Structural Change in Sweden.
In: Appelbaum, E., Schettkat, R. (eds) Labour Market Adjustments to Structural
Change and Technological Progress. New York: Praeger. Pp 180 -203.
5. Gonäs, L . & Westin, H. (1993): Industrial Restructering and Gendered Labour
Market Processes. Economic and Industrial Democracy. Vol. 14 (1993), pp.
423-457.
6. Gonäs L., Plantenga J.& J. Rubery (1999): Den könsuppdelade arbetsmarknaden
i ett europeiskt perspektiv. Stockholm: Arbetslivsinstitutet.
Peer reviewed articles
1. Gonäs, L. (2004): Gender Segregation and the European Employment Strategy:
Levels and Divisions. European Journal of Industrial Relations. Vol 10, num 2,
pp139- 159.
2. Gonäs, L., Hallsten L. & Spånt, R. (2006): Uppsagdas och arbetslösas villkor
och hälsa 1995-2005 – en forskningsöversikt. Arbetsliv i omvandling. 2006:15.
Stockholm: Arbetslivsinstitutet.
3. Gonäs L., Bergman A. & Karlsson J., Ch. (2008): Equal Opportunities,
Segregation and Gender Based Wage Differences at a Swedish University.
CESR Bulletin. University of Bristol.
4. Gonäs, L. (2008): Nivåer i otakt. Forskning och samhällsdebatt om köns
segregering i arbetslivet. I: Holt, H. & Emerek, R. eds. (2008) Lige muligeder –
frie valg? Om det konsopdelte arbejdmarked gennem et årti. Rapport 08:24.
Köpenhamn: Socialforskningsinstitutet.Köpenhamn, Socialforskningsinstitutet.
5. Gonäs, L. & Bergman, A. (2009) Decentralised wage bargaining and a new
legal framework –an effective road to gender equality? Journal of Industrial
Relations (JIR) Vol 51, no 5, nov 2009.
6. Jordansson, Birgitta, Holth, Line, Gonäs, Lena (2011) ”Genusarbetsdelning –
exploatering av kvinnors arbetskraft” I Bergqvist, T, Gillberg, G & Ivarsson, L
(red.): Arbete: Passion och exploatering. Växjö: Arbetsliv i omvandling.
7. Holth, L., Gonäs, L., Almasri,A. & Rosenberg, K. (2012): IT-ingenjörers
etablering på arbetsmarknaden. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv 18 (2012):2. s.1327.
8. Holth, L., Almasri, A. & Gonäs, L. (2013) Career patterns for IT engineering
graduates. Economic and Industrial Democracy 34(2013):3. pp 519 -535.
Editor’s introduction to special issues in scientific journals
1. Economic and Industrial Democracy (EID) 21 (2000):3. Special Issue on
Labour Market Transformations and Changing Gender Relations.
2. Economic and Industrial Democracy (EID) 23 (2002):1.Special section on:
Balancing Family and Work.
3. Bergholm,T., Gonäs, L. & Juul, I. Introduction gender and Working life. Nordic
Journal of Working Life Studies 1(2011):2
4. Kasvio, A., Gonäs, L. & Skorstad, E. In search of the Nordic working life
model; introduction to the thematic issue. Nordic Journal of Working Life
Studies 2 (2012):4
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5. Kemph, A., Klemsdal, L. & Gonäs, L. Introduction the special issue on the
Public Sector. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 3(2013):2.
6. Gonäs, L., Lindgren G. & Sandlund E. Jämställd hållbar tillväxt – från ord till
handling. (Equal sustaniable Growth) Editorial to a special edition of
Arbetsmarknad och Arbetsliv 18 (2012): 2.
7. Gonäs, L. & Sandlund E. (2013) Guest editors’ introduction: Capturing change
– Approaching gender relations in working life. Economic and Industrial
Democracy 34(2013):3, pp 471-482.
Conference contributions
1. Gonäs, L. (2004): Gendered Divisions of Work - A multilevel approach. Paper
presented at the Regional IIRA Congress in Portugal, September 2004.
2. Gonäs, L, Bildt, C., Westberg, H. Karlqvist, L. & Dahlberg, R. (2005): Gender,
Work and Health. Symposium abstract to WWH Congress New Dehli,
November 2005.
3. Gonäs, L., Bergman, A. (2006) Decentralised wage bargaining and a new legal
framework – an effective road to gender equality? Invited paper and submitted
to the IIRA World Congress in Lima, Peru, September 2006.
4. *Gonäs, L. (2007): Restructuring work and employment – gendered patterns of
inclusion and exclusion. Paper presented at the IIRA European Regional
Congress 2007 in Manchester. Under revisions for publication.
5. *Gonäs, L. & Rosenberg, K. (2008): Gender, Higher Education and Working
Life. Paper presented at the Nordic Conference on Gender Relations and
Processes of Change. Nordic Feminism and Gender Research 2008, arranged by
the Centre for Gender Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden.
6. Gonäs L., Tyrkkö A. “Gendered patterns of labour market attachment and
sickness absence”, Gender, class and health inequities – integrated perspectives
on public health research and policy, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in
Medicine, Umeå University, August 2008.
7. Gonäs L., Tyrkkö A. “Labour Market Attachment, Work and Family Conditions
and its effect on Health – Results from a regional study”, Nya perspektiv på kön
och arbete - konferens, Stockholm University, March 2009.
8. Gonäs L. Rosenberg K. (2009) “Gender, Higher Education and Working Life”
paper presented at conference on higher education. Stockholm University,
August 2009.
9. Holth, L., Almasri A., Gonäs L. & Rosenberg K.(2010) Breaking the Gender
Stereotypes? The role of higher education, focusing on the IT-sector. Paper
presented at the International Labour Process Conference at Rutgers University,
New Jersey. 15-17 March 2010.
10. Holth, L., Almasri, A., Gonäs, L & Rosenberg, K. Breaking Gender Stereotypes?
The Role of Higher Education and the IT-sector. Paper presented at the FALF
conference in Malmö 19-21 May 2010.
11. Gonäs L. Gender Equality and Sustainable Growth – The interplay between
higher education and working life, Presentation at the Global Forum for
Deans/Directors/Chairs of programs in Industrial Relations (IR) and Human
Resources (HR) at Remin University, Beijing June 12th 2010.
12. Gonäs, L. JämVäxt 2.0 – Jämställd hållbar tillväxt - från ord till handling.
Jämställdhetskonferens vid Karlstads universitet den 23 november 2010
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13. Gonäs, L. (2011) Gender Workshop for a Sustainable Working Life.
14. Presentation of the Equal Growth project. The HSS- conference at Karlstad
University May 2011.
15. Gonäs, L. (2011). Interpaly between education and working life. Project
presentation. HSS- conference at Karlstad University May 2011.
16. Gonäs, L. JämVäxt 2.0. A short introduction to EqualGrowth2.0. Presentation at
the International Research symposium: Conditions for Egalitarian and
Sustainable Growth, at Karlstad University 29-30 September 2011.
17. Gonäs, L. Interplay. Presentation at the International Research symposium:
Conditions for Egalitarian and Sustainable Growth, at Karlstad University 2930 September 2011.
18. Gonäs, L. Changing Structures - Class and Gender. Paper presented at the FALF
conference in Karlstad 13th June 2012.
19. Gonäs, L. 2013. Presentation at Roundtable Discussion on International
Cooperation & Exchange in Labor Research and Education at the Third Global
Dean’s Forum on Labor Science: Challenge and Choice: The Future of Labor
Science, Renmin University, Beijing, China. 14th of October 2013.
Books and book chapters in Swedish or in international books
1. Gonäs L. & Knocke W. (2004): Platsar mångfalden i det nya arbetslivet?
Karlstad University Studies 2004: 48. Karlstad: Karlstad University.
2. Gonäs L. & Spånt S. (2004): The Gender Pay Gap in Sweden. Karlstad
University Studies 2004:55. Karlstad: Karlstads universitet.
3. Gonäs L., Rosenberg K. & Bergman A. (2005): Osakliga löneskillnader.
Karlstad University Studies 2005:15. Karlstad: Karlstad University.
4. Gonäs L. red. (2005): På gränsen till genombrott? Stockholm: Agora Förlag
5. Gonäs, L., Bergman A. & Rosenberg K. (2006): Equal opportunity and
unwarranted pay differences in a knowledge-based society. In: Gender divisions
and working Time in the New Economy. Ed. by D. Perrons, C. Fagan, L.
McDowell, K. Ray & K. Ward. London: Edward Elgar. pp 241-257.
6. Gonäs L. & Karlsson J. Ch. (2006): Gender Segregation. Di visons of Work in
Post- Industrial Welfare States. London: Ashgate.
7. Gonäs L. (2006): Gendered Divisions of Work - A Multilevel Approach. I:
Gonäs L. & Karlsson J. Ch. Gender Segregation. Divisons of Work in PostIndustrial Welfare States. London: Ashgate. pp. 29-45.
8. Gonäs L. & Karlsson J. Ch., (2006): Divisions of Gender and Work. I: Gonäs L.
& Karlsson J. Ch. Gender Segregation. Divisons of Work in Post-Industrial
Welfare States. London: Ashgate. pp. 1-12.
9. Gonäs L. & Karlsson J. Ch. (2006): Dualities and Contradictions. I: Gonäs L. &
Karlsson J. Ch. Gender Segregation. Divisons of Work in Post-Industrial
Welfare States. London: Ashgate. pp. 163-169.
10. Gonäs, L. (2006): Ett arbetsvetenskapligt perspektiv på strukturomvandlingen
och dess konsekvenser. I: Forskning om arbete – forskningstraditioner på
arbetslivsområdet. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
11. Gonäs, L. (2007): Jämlikhet mellan könen – från kostnads till tillväxtfaktor. I:
Fölster K., Gustafsson, S. & Winai Ström, G. (red) Annika BAude. Pionjär för
jämställdhet.Stockholm: Utg av TCO.
12. Gonäs, L (2008): Arbetsmarknadskarriär, arbetsvillkor och hälsa. Karlstad
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University Studies 2008:2. Karlstad: Karlstad University.
13. Gonäs, L.(2008): Nivåer i otakt. Forskning och samhällsdebatt om köns
segregering i arbetslivet. I: Holt, H. & Emerek, R. eds. (2008) Köpenhamn,
Socialforskningsinstitutet. (referee-granskad)
14. Gonäs L, Rosenberg K., Holt L., Mc Ewen B. & Almasri A. (2009): Att riva
murar – samspel mellan utbildning och arbetsliv. En rapport från JämVäxt projektet vid Karlstads universitet. Karlstad University Studies 2009:54.
15. Gonäs, L. & Rosenberg K. (2012): Conditional Equality - when higher educated
meet the labour market. I Jansdotter, M, Krekula, C, Åberg, M (red): Gender
and Change. Power, Politics and Everyday Practices. Karlstad: Karlstad
University Press. (forthcoming)
16. Holth, Line, Jordansson, Birgitta, Gonäs, Lena (2012) “Gender and the Division
of Labour in a Swedish Context” I Jansdotter, M, Krekula, C, Åberg, M (red):
Gender and Change. Power, Politics and Everyday Practices. Karlstad:
Karlstad University Press.
17. Gonäs,L. & Larsson,P. (2014) Employment regimes and personnel work in
Sweden. In: Kaufman B. ed. The Historical Development of Human Resource
Management Across Nations. Unity and Diversity. London: Edward Elgar
Publishing.
18. Abrahamsson, L.& Gonäs, L. red. (2014) Jämställt arbete? Organisatoriska
ramar och villkor i arbetslivet. Forskningsrapport SOU 2014:30. Stockholm:
Fritzes.
19. Abrahamsson, L.& Gonäs, L. (2014) Jämställda organisationer – att bryta ny
mark. I: Abrahamsson, L.& Gonäs, L. red. (2014) Jämställt arbete?
Organisatoriska ramar och villkor i arbetslivet. Forskningsrapport SOU
2014:30. Stockholm: Fritzes.
In Progress
1. Changing Structures and Women’s Role as Labor Force. Under revision for a
Special Issue of Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
2.
Reports to the EU Network of socio-economic experts in the antidiscrimination field VT 2008-007, 2009 and 2010
1. Gonäs L & Randle H (2009) Country Report 1 [Sweden]. Report to the Network
of socio-economic experts in the anti-discrimination field VT 2008-007.
Karlstad University, Karlstad.
2. Gonäs L & Randle H (2009) Country Report 2 [Sweden]. Report to the Network
of socio-economic experts in the anti-discrimination field VT 2008-007.
Karlstad University, Karlstad.
3. Randle H & Gonäs L (2010) Country report 1 2010 on the situation of the
LGBT people in Sweden. Report to the Network of socio-economic experts in
the anti-discrimination field VT 2008-007. Karlstad University, Karlstad
4. Randle H & Gonäs L (2010) Country report 2 2010, On employment, ethnicity
and migrants. Report to the Network of socio-economic experts in the antidiscrimination field VT 2008-007. Karlstad University, Karlstad.
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Presentation of ongoing research projects 2010-2014
1. Gonäs, L. Gender Equality and Sustainable Growth – The interplay between
higher education and working life- presentation for an international expert group
at Karlstad University 2nd of February 2010.
2. Gonäs, L. JämVäxt2.0 Presentation for the Board of the Center for Gender
Studies at Karlstad University 15th of May 2010.
3. Gonäs, L. Jämställd hållbar tillväxt, JämVäxt 2.0 Föredrag den 8 mars
2010,Presentation till seminariet ”Grow Smart!” den 5 oktober i Bryssel 2010
together with Tomas Riste from Region Värmland
4. Gonäs, L. Presentation av resultat från JämVäxt 2.0. Jämställdhetsrådet,
Länsstyrelsen i Karlstad 2011.
5. Gonäs, L. Föredrag: Strukturomvandling i välfärdsstaten och förskjutningar i
arbetsfördelning mellan kvinnor och män, Arbetets Museum juni 2011.
6. Gonäs, L., Strukturomvandling och arbetsdelning mellan könen. Föredrag vid
Arbetsmiljöverkets framtidsseminarium, 25 november 2011.
7. Gonäs, L. Presentation av resultat från JämVäxt 2.0. Region Värmland, 14
december 2011.
8. Gonäs, L. Kvinnors arbetsmarknad och den könsuppdelade arbetsmarknaden.
Presentation inför LO:s sekretariat i Nynäshamn den 9 oktober 2012.
9. Gonäs, L. Seminarium: Jämställt arbete? Organisatoriska ramar och villkor i
arbetslivet. Presentation av resultat från Forskningsrapport SOU 2014:30, den 4
februari 2015. Seminariet arrangerades i samarbete med Sektionen för
försäkringsmedicin, Karolinska Institutet och Centrum för Arbets- och
Miljömedicin, Stockholms Läns Landsting.
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