Researchers

Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University

Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Professor and Division Manager
Division of Biological Psychology and Treatment Research
Torbjörn’s research field is mainly stress, sleep and restituition including sleep regulation, sleep quality, work hours, shift work, fatigue and sleepiness.
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 789 28
torbjorn.akerstedt@stressforskning.su.se

Göran Kecklund, Ph.D.
Division of Biological Psychology and Treatment Research
Göran’s research field is work hours and health, shift work and flexible work hours, the relation between stress and sleep and the consequences of sleepiness in working life.
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 789 12
goran.kecklund@stressforskning.su.se

Alexander Perski, Associate Professor
Division of Biological Psychology and Treatment Research
Alexander’s research includes stress - psychobiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. He is also the Director of the Stress and Sleep Clinic - a stress treatment clinic.
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 789 22
aleksander.perski@stressforskning.su.se

Hugo Westerlund, Ph.D. and Division Manager
Division of Epidemiology
Hugo's resarch area is the relationship between work environment, labour market participation, and health, e.g. the health effects of organisational changes, sickness presenteeism, and retirement.
Phone: +46 (0)8 553 7 8926
E-mail: hugo.westerlund@stressforskning.su.se
 

Department of Psychology, Stockholm University

Magnus Sverke, Professor
Division of Work and Organizational Psychology
Magnus's research interests are organizational change and its effects on employees, downsizing and job insecurity, labor market flexibility and temporary employment, and well-being.
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 14 19
magnus.sverke@psychology.su.se

Gunnar Aronsson, Professor
Division of Work and Organizational Psychology
Gunnar's research field is the modern and flexible working life with sickness presence, new organizational and employment forms, and boundaryless work.
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 39 60
gunnar.aronsson@psychology.su.se

Katharina Näswall, Associate Professor
Division of Work and Organizational Psychology
Katharina's research is on work-related stress and well-being, with a special interest for uncertainty in the workplace, balance between work and life outside work, as well as factors which aid coping with work-related stress, such as social support and leadership factors.
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 15 54
E-mail: katharina.naswall@psychology.su.se
 

Department of Clincial Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet

Mats Lekander, Associate Professor
Division of Psychology
Mats field of research is stress effects on immune function, the relation between immune function and sleep, and immunological effects on brain function and subjective health.
Phone: +46 (0)8 524 824 45
mats.lekander@ki.se

Kristina Alexanderson, Professor
Division of Insurance Medicine
Kristinas research field is insurance medicine, sickness absence, health and living conditions including causes of absenteeism, early retirement and sick-leave practices.
Phone: +46 (0)8 524 832 00
kristina.alexanderson@ki.se
 

Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet

Magnus Svartengren, Professor
Division of Occupational Health
Magnus’ research includes work environment and health, and how different chemical, ergonomical, physical or psychosocial exposures by themselves or in combination may contribute to health or disease, associations studied at an organizational level as well as in experimental and clinical settings.
Phone: +46 (0)8 524 877 21
magnus.svartengren@ki.se

Lena Hillert, Associate Professor
Division of Occupational Health
Lena’s research field is environment and health including the interplay between physical, biological and psychosocial factors and with a special interest in psychophysiological reactions and self reported illness, in research as well as in clinical work.
Phone: +46 (0)8 524 876 36
lena.hillert@ki.se