Daniel Falkstedt

Daniel Falkstedt

Principal Researcher | Docent
Telephone: +46852487506
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 Arbetsmedicin Falkstedt, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a senior researcher and associate professor of public health science and conduct epidemiological research as related to occupations, working conditions, socio-economic factors, lifestyle, etc. The focus has been on cardiovascular diseases, mental illness including suicide, and exclusion from the labor market due to ill-health. I teach on theory and epidemiological methods in public health science. Currently, I am also responsible for an advanced-level course on work organization and health. I have examined doctoral students in public health science and, since several years, I am also involved in the Doctoral programme in Public Health Science at Karolinska Institutet.Associate professor (docent), Public Health SciencePhD (Public Health Science/Occupational Medicine), Karolinska InstitutetMSc (with a Major in Psychology), Stockholm University

Research

  • Principal investigator:/A Sustainable Working Life for All - Challenges and Future Opportunities (SWOP), a research program during 2022-2027 funded by Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte)//The occurrence of mental disorders across occupations and work environments in Swedish males and females: A longitudinal perspective (funded by Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare [Forte])/Collaborating researcher:/Social inequalities in health and labor market attachment among older workers – the importance of childhood circumstances and physical and psychosocial work environments over the entire working life (funded by the Swedish Research Council [Vetenskapsådet])/

Teaching

  • Current course leadership: Arbetsorganisation (Work organization), 7.5 hp (Magisterprogrammet i arbete och hälsa)Previous course leadership:Theory of Science, 2.5 hp (Master's program in public health science)

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Employments

  • Principal Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2019
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2010

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