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Wästerlid, C., Rahnama, H., Ström, M., Abrahamsson, L., Öhrvall Rönnbäck, A. & Jönsson, C. (2023). The Table & Swirl Method: A Quick Visualization Methodfor Aspects of Circular Material Streams. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Luleå University of Technology
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2023 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This document describes the Table & Swirl method, which is a quick visualization method for aspects of circular material streams. Use the method to structure and visualize information to understand and share aspects of material streams in a circular economy. It is a time efficient way to start interesting discussions on any topic related to a circular material stream. The method is built around the Table, a tool to in a structured way gather information and the Swirl, which provides quick visualization.

The feedback from our test workshops and end-users were: • ”An eye opener!” • ”First, I thought the model was too simple, then I realized how quickly we got into interesting discussions.”

This method was developed in the year 2023 by the Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) and Luleå University of Technology (LTU) in the joint project “Feasibility study: Five circular material streams for batteries“, which was financed by Energimyndigheten, the Swedish Energy Agency.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Luleå University of Technology, 2023. p. 12
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Human Work Sciences; Product Innovation
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-104355 (URN)978-91-89896-00-0 (ISBN)
Projects
Feasibility study: Five circular material streams for batteries
Funder
Swedish Energy Agency
Available from: 2024-02-22 Created: 2024-02-22 Last updated: 2024-02-23Bibliographically approved
Lundmark, F., Abrahamsson, L. & Johansson, J. (2022). Industri 4.0 - Vargen kommer eller guds gåva till mänskligheten (1ed.). In: Kristina Palm, Lars Ivarsson (Ed.), Framtidens arbetsliv: Arbetsvillkor och arbetsmiljö (pp. 291-310). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
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2022 (Swedish)In: Framtidens arbetsliv: Arbetsvillkor och arbetsmiljö / [ed] Kristina Palm, Lars Ivarsson, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022, 1, p. 291-310Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2022 Edition: 1
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-90801 (URN)9789144153100 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-05-30 Created: 2022-05-30 Last updated: 2022-12-30Bibliographically approved
Abrahamsson, L. & Johansson, J. (2021). Can new technology challenge macho-masculinities?: The case of the mining industry. Mineral Economics, 34(2), 263-275
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2021 (English)In: Mineral Economics, ISSN 2191-2203, E-ISSN 2191-2211, Vol. 34, no 2, p. 263-275Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim with this article is to discuss how changes in technology at workplaces engender both change and restoration of gender constructions within the context of underground mining. The discussions are formed around a constructed case based on material from gender and organizational studies of large-scale industrial mines in different countries, most of them from Sweden. New technologies such as digitalization and automation together with new organizational forms engender changes in mining work, e.g., new types of work tasks, new competence demands, and a move from underground to high-tech control rooms aboveground. One main observation is that the changes challenge the old and recalcitrant blue-collar mining masculinity. On the one hand, the organizational resistance and “lagging” seemed to result in re-gendering and restoration of the male dominance. On the other hand, there were tendencies to adaptation in the workplace cultures, including new ways of forming mining masculinities, perhaps even undoing of gender. The main conclusion is that the most probable development lies somewhere in-between and by analyzing such complex processes of gender, technology, and change future research can get more knowledge of changes of gender constructions in working life.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2021
Keywords
Macho-masculinity, Mine work, Digitalisation
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Gender Studies
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-78879 (URN)10.1007/s13563-020-00221-8 (DOI)000529569400001 ()2-s2.0-85085149000 (Scopus ID)
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Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-06-18 (beamah)

Available from: 2020-05-14 Created: 2020-05-14 Last updated: 2021-06-18Bibliographically approved
Abrahamsson, L. & Johansson, J. (2021). Digitalisation and Sustainable work: obstacles and pathways. European Journal of Workplace Innovation, 6(2), 187-197
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Digitalisation and Sustainable work: obstacles and pathways
2021 (English)In: European Journal of Workplace Innovation, ISSN 2387-4570, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 187-197Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Work is a central part of our lives in many aspects. Half of our awake time is for most of us performed as paid work. At work, we create the values we need to live the life we desire. At work, we are socialized and shaped into the human beings we are. We are all concerned about how our work will be in the future; will we be able to handle the new technology or will we be replaced by a robot? Do we see the new technology as The wolf is coming or God's gift to mankind? This is an existential question and the future work is shaped here and now. This means that we need to get a picture of what is happening so we can act, but we also need a vision of where we want to go. Our mission as a researcher is to find the pathways to the Sustainable work, but in order to to find the way, we sometimes have to take on the role of the wolf and ask the uncomfortable questions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Universitetet i Agder, 2021
Keywords
Sustainable work, Industry 4.0, skills, digitalisation, gender, Sweden
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-83192 (URN)10.46364/ejwi.v6i2.801 (DOI)
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Validerad;2021;Nivå 1;2021-03-08 (johcin)

Available from: 2021-03-07 Created: 2021-03-07 Last updated: 2021-05-03Bibliographically approved
Poelzer, G., Lindahl, K. B., Segerstedt, E., Abrahamsson, L. & Karlsson, M. (2020). Licensing acceptance in a mineral-rich welfare state: Critical reflections on the social license to operate in Sweden. The Extractive Industries and Society, 7(3), 1096-1107
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2020 (English)In: The Extractive Industries and Society, ISSN 2214-790X, E-ISSN 2214-7918, Vol. 7, no 3, p. 1096-1107Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Social License to Operate (SLO) continues to influence industry, government, and academia on issues of resource development, particularly mining. But it risks becoming a term that includes all types of company activity aimed at gaining public support. To delimit the term, we look at the malleability of the SLO in a highly-regulated context: Sweden. Comparing the academic literature on the SLO at the global level and in the Swedish context, we assess the usefulness of the term across three themes: institutions, corporate-community engagement, and sustainability. Through this review, we argue that the SLO is best understood as a tool and an indicator. A tool to address significant problems and issues and an indicator of deficiencies in the existing institutional framework

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2020
Keywords
Institutions, Mining, Social license to operate, Community, sustainability
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Research subject
Human Work Sciences; Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79619 (URN)10.1016/j.exis.2020.05.008 (DOI)000566718900004 ()2-s2.0-85086167151 (Scopus ID)
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Validerad;2020;Nivå 2;2020-09-21 (johcin)

Available from: 2020-06-16 Created: 2020-06-16 Last updated: 2023-09-14Bibliographically approved
Segerstedt, E. & Abrahamsson, L. (2019). Diversity of livelihoods and social sustainability in established mining communities. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(2), 610-619
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Diversity of livelihoods and social sustainability in established mining communities
2019 (English)In: The Extractive Industries and Society, ISSN 2214-790X, E-ISSN 2214-7918, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 610-619Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The challenges for any community that seeks to maintain a healthy and thriving social life around an operating mine have been considered at some length in research, but the picture is still far from complete. In order to pinpoint some of the gaps in research, the literature on social sustainability as applied to established mining communities in developed countries is here reviewed, and the general understanding of the social sustainability of such communities is touched on. Diversity of livelihoods is explored as an analytical lens which can be used to approach social sustainability challenges without essentializing the preferences of social groups. Extensive literature searches with keywords such as mining, work, gender, organization, social, sustainability, community, town, area, cohesion and inclusion were conducted. The results of our review show a research gap between studies of mining companies and studies of wider mining communities. We conclude that considering diversity of livelihoods can be a productive analytical tool when approaching aspects of social sustainability such as social cohesion and inclusion, gender equality, managed migration, demographics, and housing infrastructure. Continued research is recommended to further bridge the gap between studies of mining companies and studies of mining communities from the perspective of social sustainability.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2019
Keywords
Social sustainability, Mining, Gender, Diversity, Community planning
National Category
Social Sciences Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-73447 (URN)10.1016/j.exis.2019.03.008 (DOI)000466795300036 ()2-s2.0-85063592865 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Vinnova, SEK 19 965 793Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 249-2011-1710
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Validerad;2019;Nivå 2;2019-05-09 (johcin)

Available from: 2019-04-05 Created: 2019-04-05 Last updated: 2023-10-14Bibliographically approved
Lööw, J., Abrahamsson, L. & Johansson, J. (2019). Mining 4.0—the Impact of New Technology from a Work Place Perspective. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 36(4), 701-707
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2019 (English)In: Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, ISSN 2524-3462, Vol. 36, no 4, p. 701-707Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Industry 4.0 offers new possibilities to combine increased productivity with stimulating workplaces in a good work environment. Used correctly, digitalization can create attractive jobs in safe control room environments, which provide space for the employee’s full expertise and creativity. This is true also for the mining industry. But, to succeed, it is important to analyze the development from a worker’s perspective. What will happen to their work? What skills will be needed in the mine of tomorrow? We must also consider the risks, such as privacy issues, increased stress, and work-life boundaries. These questions must be understood if we are to create workplaces that can attract a young and diverse workforce to tomorrow’s mining industry. In this article, we try to illustrate what the new technology can mean for the individual miners. We formulate the notion of Mining 4.0 (Industry 4.0 in the mining industry), where we try to create an image of how the future might look from a miner’s perspective and how mining companies may navigate their way to a future that works for all miners. To illustrate the range of possible outcomes, we formulate two scenarios: one utopian and one dystopic. At the end of our article, we bring forward six recommendations that can be considered a beginning of a road map for the human side of Mining 4.0.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2019
Keywords
Industry 4.0, Mining 4.0, Attractive jobs, Safety, Utopia, Dystopia
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-75459 (URN)10.1007/s42461-019-00104-9 (DOI)000477587100010 ()2-s2.0-85069501165 (Scopus ID)
Projects
Sustainable Intelligent Mining Systems
Funder
EU, Horizon 2020
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Validerad;2019;Nivå 2;2019-08-13 (johcin)

Available from: 2019-08-09 Created: 2019-08-09 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
Johansson, J., Johansson, B., Lööw, J., Nygren, M. & Abrahamsson, L. (2018). Attracting young people to the mining industry: six recommendations. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 9(2), 94-108
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2018 (English)In: International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, ISSN 1754-890X, E-ISSN 1754-8918, Vol. 9, no 2, p. 94-108Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The present workforce in the mining industry is ageing, and mining companies have difficulties recruiting young people who are not particularly interested in working in the industry. Simultaneously, mining companies tend to rely on contractors that offer volume flexibility and expertise, often in a combination that is economically appealing. This makes recruitment and development of the whole of the mining workforce complex. To recruit the right workforce, mining companies and their contractors need to cooperate and improve their knowledge about both attractive and repelling work features so that they can make wiser strategic decisions based on facts. On the basis of a Swedish context, we discuss different aspects of attractive workplaces and summarise our 'lessons learned' in six recommendations dealing with general health and safety issues, work organisation, competence development, gender equality, social responsibility and outsourcing.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
InderScience Publishers, 2018
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-68898 (URN)10.1504/IJMME.2018.091967 (DOI)2-s2.0-85047609834 (Scopus ID)
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Validerad;2018;Nivå 1;2018-05-25 (andbra)

Available from: 2018-05-25 Created: 2018-05-25 Last updated: 2018-08-21Bibliographically approved
Ringblom, L. & Abrahamsson, L. (2017). Omförhandling i gruvan?: om kön, arbete och förändring i den mansdominerade gruvnäringen. Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, 38(1-2), 33-54
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Omförhandling i gruvan?: om kön, arbete och förändring i den mansdominerade gruvnäringen
2017 (Swedish)In: Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap, ISSN 1654-5443, E-ISSN 2001-1377, Vol. 38, no 1-2, p. 33-54Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article aims to discuss the complexity of stability and change in terms of the relation of gender and work in traditionally male-dominated workplaces, and more specifically in the Swedish mining industry. Mining has for a long time had a close relationship to men and masculinity. From the 1980s until 2005, the proportion of women miners increased from three to six per cent, but during the last ten years the proportion of women miners has increased more rapidly and today the number of women is 15 per cent. What made and makes this change possible? In this article, we merge previous studies concerning mining, gender and organization with new empirical material. Interviews with 20 miners, both men and women, were carried out to present a framework for understanding the contemporary negotiations of gender and work. Our conclusion is that the change in gender patterns can be understood through the following three interlinked processes of stability and change concerning: 1) mining work 2) the relationship between professional identity and masculinity and 3) the companies’ work towards gender equality. Together, these processes create a different outcome than before. Although much is changing in the mining industry, the stability characterizing its gendered relations is at the same time both notably durable and persistent. There is a remaining theoretical challenge to better understand these processes of change, stability and negotiation concerning the relationship of gender and work.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Studentcentrum, Malmö högskola, 2017
Keywords
gender patterns, work, organization, male-dominated, negotiation, change, stability, mining
National Category
Work Sciences Gender Studies Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Gender and Technology; Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63422 (URN)
Note

Validerad;2017;Nivå 1;2017-06-01 (rokbeg)

Available from: 2017-05-18 Created: 2017-05-18 Last updated: 2019-09-25Bibliographically approved
Johansson, J., Abrahamsson, L., Bergvall-Kåreborn, B., Fältholm, Y., Grane, C. & Wykowska, A. (2017). Work and Organization in a Digital Industrial Context. Management Revue, 28(3), 281-297
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Work and Organization in a Digital Industrial Context
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2017 (English)In: Management Revue, ISSN 0935-9915, E-ISSN 1861-9908, Vol. 28, no 3, p. 281-297Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

There are clear signs that digitalization attempts such as Industry 4.0 will becomemore apparent in workplaces. This development requires reflections and considerationsso we do not create more problems than we solve. In our paper, we have raisedseveral questions related to the Industry 4.0 that need answers: Is Industry 4.0 a discourse,an organizational model, or just technology? Does the requirement for flexibilitycall for a new labour market? How will Industry 4.0 affect competence andskill requirements? Will Industry 4.0 encourage a new gender order? Will Industry4.0 take over dangerous routine work or will old work environmental problems appearin new contexts and for other groups of workers? Can we rely on robots aswork mates or will they spy on us and report to management? Based on our analysis,we addressed four knowledge gaps that need more research in relation to thedigitalization of work: The relationship between new technology, working conditions,qualifications, identity, and gender; the future of the workers' collective;crowdsourcing in an industrial context; and human-machine interaction with a focuson integrity issues.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2017
Keywords
Work, Organization, Labour, Gender, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things
National Category
Work Sciences Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Information Systems, Social aspects
Research subject
Human Work Sciences; Engineering Psychology; Information systems
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-66497 (URN)10.5771/0935-9915-2017-3-281 (DOI)000430506800002 ()2-s2.0-85048265221 (Scopus ID)
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Validerad;2017;Nivå 1;2017-11-10 (andbra)

Available from: 2017-11-08 Created: 2017-11-08 Last updated: 2020-08-26Bibliographically approved
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