Robin Jonsson

I am a project researcher at Södertörn University and is also affiliated with Karlstad University and Karolinska Institutet. In December 2021, I received my PhD from the University of Gothenburg with the dissertation Retaining the Aging Workforce: Studies of the Interplay between Individual and Organizational Capability in the Context of Prolonged Working Lives.

Key research areas

• Working life and ageing
• Retirement and extended working lives
• Human Resource Management (HRM) and age-conscious leadership
• Work environment and organizational conditions

Ongoing research projects

• Back to Work: A Study of Post-Retirement Workers in the Senior Staffing Industry (principal investigator: Robin Jonsson, Forte, 2024–2027)
• Individualized Work Arrangements for Extended Working Lives: Needs, Prevalence, and Contradictions in Public Welfare Organizations (principal investigator: Robin Jonsson, Forte, 2023–2025)
• A Matter of Transition? Working Life Trajectories and Retirement Behavior in Post-Socialist Contexts across Central and Eastern Europe (ÖSS, 2023–2025, project member, principal investigator: Caroline Hasselgren Bune)
• A Long Working Life for All: Workplace Interventions in Physically and Psychosocially Demanding Occupations (Forte, 2025–2028, project member, principal investigator: Katarina Kjellberg)
• Strategies for Improved Work Longevity from an Employer and Employee Perspective (Forte, 2021–2027, external project member, principal investigator: Mikael Stattin)