Aegis 4: screening study
By investigating lung function after an exercise test in -15°C among 16–19-year-old students at Swedish ski high schools, this study will, to our knowledge, be the most comprehensive screening stud...
Research projects
At the department, several research projects are ongoing. Read about them here.
Ongoing Research Projects
ASPE-P project: prospective study on asthma, medication and performance
The project aims to determine prospectively whether atopy, asthma, ventilatory and lung function and use of asthma medication are associated with exercise performance capacity among elite athletes...
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.
Attractive Municipal Workplaces – Strengthening and Developing the Leadership and Employee Engagement of the Future
In this collaborative project, leadership development is studied in partnership with Sundsvall Municipality. The project is interdisciplinary and is conducted using mixed scientific methods.
BIAPER – Biathlon Performance
The BIAPER project aims to clarify how skiing speed and shooting performance affect the overall outcome in different competition formats, as well as whether and how they are linked to various...
BonePET – Blood flow in bone marrow during exercise
The BonePET project aims to study the blood flow in bone marrow during physical exercise at different intensities.
Develop leadership and teamwork at nursing homes for increased nursing quality
The overall aim of the project is to use the Magnet Model as a starting point to develop methodologies and working methods to increase the leaders' abilities to create a sustainable quality culture...
Development of Training Modules for BPSD and Alzheimer’s within the HUMAN Project
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, such as anxiety, aggression, and confusion, are common among older adults with dementia. There is a need for additional tools for assistant nurses...
EduWell: Education for Health and Learning
The research network EduWell will perform research on school health education in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland with a focus on mental health. The mental health of young people is a major...
Employee and Leadership Roles in New Times with New Ways of Working
How can municipal workplaces become more attractive and sustainable in a changing world of work? This project explores how modern work practices, such as activity-based working, affect work...
Enhanced support for older people with suspected or confirmed risk or substance abuse. Training and collaboration initiative for home care services
How do home care employees act when they meet older users with suspected high consumption of alcohol? Involved municipalities and MIUN create a research-based, effective, and working model to provi...
Experiences of Care for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa in General Psychiatric Inpatient Care
The overall aim of the research project is to provide in-depth knowledge about the nursing care given to adults with anorexia nervosa within general psychiatric inpatient care, as well as to...
From competition to cooperation - on the dilemma of the nursing shortage in the Nordic Green Belt.
The nursing shortage is a major common challenge for all of Sweden and Norway, and it is especially challenging in rural areas where it is difficult to recruit nurses who actually stay in the region.
From High School Sports to Elite – A Study on Physical Development and Individual Adaptation
How do young athletes who combine elite sports and high school studies develop their physical qualities over time? This study seeks answers to this question and aims to create new knowledge that...
Local labor market interventions for labor market inclusion: a review of social services’ interventions to people with social assistance
Municipal labor market professionals face an increasingly complex target group, and they seek a comprehensive, in-depth understanding of the various, often fragmented initiatives aimed at enhancing...
Local labor market programs – Challenges of and for an inclusive labor market
In this program, we map and examine how local labor market programs can contribute to increase the inclusion on the labor market.
MyME – Myocardial metabolism and exercise
The MyME project aims to investigate the heart muscle’s own blood flow capacity and energy metabolism during physical exercise and recovery.
New perspectives on the future of healthcare – how is attractive work designed?
We want to investigate which working conditions are required for doctors and nurses to perceive their workplace as attractive.
Organisational Learning in the Transformation of Social Services – Labour Market-Oriented Interventions in a New Welfare Context
How is learning shaped within an organisation when new demands, ways of working, and responsibilities emerge simultaneously?
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).
Strengthening youth future prospects through practice-based collaboration in youth centres
Youth centre staff see how crime, drugs and vulnerability weaken young people’s future hope and identify a need to strengthen it. The project will map needs and develop a research-based approach wi...
Striving for magnet standard in nursing homes – a pilot project
The purpose of this project is to identify, describe, test, and evaluate how nursing homes and community health care can become an attractive and learning workplace that, like certified magnet...
Students' health and learning in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities and student health teams
Children and young people with intellectual disabilities are a vulnerable group and do not have the same preconditions for learning as other children. This can lead to physical, mental, social...
The dog as a resource in healthcare, social care and school
Social service dogs as a resource in municipal operations, how does it work?
The impact of the rifle while skiing in biathlon
How does the rifle affect the biathlete and is it possible to develop the sport-specific training in order to perform better?
The right thing for the individual in its context at all hours of the day II
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...
The school of sports for adolescents with intellectual disability
The Sport School is an intervention to promote active leisure time activities for adolescents with intellectual disability. It is arranged by sports federations, clubs and the public sector. The...
Understanding influential factors on the implementation of myopia control in Sweden
This research project studies optical professionals’ experiences of which factors facilitate or hinder the implementation of treatment and management of myopia control among children and adolescent...
Validation of portable energy measurement system in a weather tunnel during physical activity and the influence of wind and cold
The aim of the project is to increase knowledge about how weather factors affect the measurement accuracy of portable energy measurement systems used in field research.
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.
Young People Not in Employment or Education – Lived Experiences and Pathways Forward in a Rural Context
What leads young people in rural areas into social exclusion – and how do they find pathways forward? Through their own stories, we generate knowledge that can strengthen local interventions and he...