A while ago we were informed about some great news for our research group. The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise (Mynak) has given prof.
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Time for summer vacation – see you in August!
The summer in Sweden is here. For those of you that are not familiar with the summer in Sweden, it is characterized by light nights,
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Will exposure to technostress increase the risk of mortality in the long run?
Will exposure to technostress increase the risk of mortality in the long run? No, that conclusion cannot be drawn just yet. However, the matter of
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Gone with the phone… on information security
My wife lost her phone yesterday. The chaos that followed has really made me think about how vulnerable we are today, when literally almost everything
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Thank you ”Magnus 52” – Using my alter ego to strengthen my career related self-confidence
“What would Magnus 52 do in this situation?”. This is a blog post about what a friend of mine (and vice dean of a large
Read moreVisiting the Center for HCI in Salzburg
I am currently on a three-month visit at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction in Salzburg, Austria. The Center is located in the northern part of
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SciLifeLab Science Summit 2019: Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences
Hi! I am visiting again and this time for a collaboration with Professor Minna Salminen-Karlsson. Coming to Uppsala means also an opportunity to be part
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Interview in the Magazine Vårt Uppsala
Åsa Cajander have been interviewed for the local magazine Vårt Uppsala. The interview was about all her areas of research, and the title indicates one
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Working in the HTO group for a week
My name is Edvin Cajander and I am 15 years old and come from 8th grade in Heby skola. I have been doing a work
Read moreHow to separate the trees from the forest – The workplace as a Swiss army knife
Continuing on the “forests and trees” metaphor from a previous post we will now see what happens when you try to separate the trees from each other. So, let us start with one single tree (or task). One tree does not make a forest, but it can very easily be distinguished as a tree of a certain kind. A Pine tree has long needles; A fir tree has short needles. And a tree without needles is a leafy tree (unless it is a Gingko tree, but that is another story). However, once there are more trees in a lump, the categorisation becomes more difficult.
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