Attractive and Healthy Municipal Workplaces
The main purpose of this project is to study how social, organizational, psychological, and physical factors affect employees and management in the public sector.
Health Science
Health Science is a multidisciplinary research subject aimed at in-depth knowledge in the field of health at individual, group, community, and societal levels. One goal is to deepen the knowledge of the conditions in todays and future society that affect an individual’s as well as population health.
Within the subject of Health Sciences, research is currently conducted within central parts of the research area, and supervisor competence is broad, as well as directed to specialised areas in the fields of Public Health-, Rehabilitation- and Sports Science.
Presently, the PhD studies in Health Sciences at Mid Sweden University includes the three subjects: Public Health-, Rehabilitation- and Sports Science.
All staff that has an employment of more than twenty percent in any of the three subjects mentioned above, and have acquired a doctoral degree (PhD) are members of the Research faculty (Forskarkollegium).
In summary, the Research faculty decides about distribution of MIUNs internal funding g (the unrestricted faculty research grantsand around parts of 3rd cycle study plans, establishment of courses, change of supervisors, transfer of course credits.
The Research faculty also prepare and submits proposals: to initiate recruitment, the admissions of supervisors, of special entry requirements of third-cycle students, and follow up individual study plans within the subject.
Presently, the Research faculty of Health Sciences has 29 members (Including one student representative and three co-opted members).
PhD studies – Research level education
All doctoral students in the research level education of Health Science follow the same study plan and upon examination of their doctoral thesis they become “Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences”.
Presently 15 doctoral students are active within the program (February 2024).
The third-cycle subject of Health Sciences follows the national learning goals from The Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100) and doctoral projects applies them in the context of Health Sciences.
Health Sciences is the overarching research level education, but doctoral students have a placement in one of the three sub-subjects:
Responsible for the research level PhD programme is associate professor Mats Jong.
Ongoing Research Projects
Co-working Environments for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rural Settings
In the context of sparsely populated mountainous regions, the aim is to address the question: How should a Co-Working Space (CWS) be designed physically, socially, and technologically to support...
Perspectives on work and mental health among young adults
Mental illness is increasing among young adults. In order to strengthen the conditions for young adults with experience of mental illness to feel good in relation to work, more knowledge is needed...
Social services' needs and conditions incorporating a new way of working for labor market inclusion – to create a collaborative arena for the exchange of experience.
The project aims to create collaborative arenas for the exchange of experience around a way of working with labor market inclusion called Beskæftigelses Indikator Projektet (BIP).
The right thing for the individual in its context at all hours of the day
Through innovation, economic calculations and service design, the project aims to investigate, describe and follow further development of the team’s working methods at nursing homes for elderly...
WAYA – A randomized controlled study assessing the safety and effectiveness of a wilderness program on the mental and physical health of young cancer survivors
A project with focus on supporting, and promoting rest, recreation, and spending time in nature as support for health and wellbeing among young cancer survivors.
Employees at the subject of Public Health Science
Employed at the subject of Rehabilitation Science
Employees at the subject of Sports Science
Subject representative