The magazine Useful!

In 2010, the media initiative Arbetslivsjournalisterna, sought support from AFA Insurance, within the framework of the Word to Action research program, to open and run a web site on the results of work environment research and how these can be useful in the workplace. The association started publishing the pdf newspaper Useful! in 2010 with four editions a year.

When the support from AFA Insurance expired, Arbetslivsjournalisterna received support from Forte 2014 to continue working with Useful! for three years, through 2016. In 2017 and 2018, Arbetslivsjournalisterna has received further support from Forte to issue Useful.

During the years 2019-2021 Arbetslivsjournalisterna has received support from Forte through cooperation with Luleå University if Technology. All published articles are searchable on the website arbetsmiljoforskning.se. There you can also search information under different themes.

Target audiences for Useful! are researchers, work environment managers, safety representatives, regional work environment representatives, occupational health professionals, union representatives, job placement specialists and an interested public. Even active journalists who are interested in occupational health and safety issues have use for our publications.

The last year´s themes for Useful! have been:2019: Working hours, Work environment for the youth, for the elderly, Work strain2020: Working environment of the entrepreneurs, Work and Corona, Working environment for small firms, Death at work.2021: Industry 4.0, The manager and working environment.

Next issues: Working environment of the disabled, Green conversion.In the magazine we conduct interviews with scientists and experts, and do reporting from workplaces where people work to solve problems in the current topic. Tips and links to useful websites and for reading are included.

The idea is to highlight the problem, tell about the results of the research and how they can actually be used in the workplace.