Dr. Bengt Furåker

Biography

Bengt Furåker is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Gothenburg, having been appointed to the position in 1990. He obtained his B.A. and Ph.D. from Lund University and his M.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Throughout his academic career, he has held various positions in the Department of Sociology and Work Science, contributing significantly to the field. In addition to his role as a professor, Furåker has been involved in teaching, tutoring, and supervising PhD students at several universities, including Umeå University and Luleå University of Technology. His principal research interests focus on labor market issues, including employment, unemployment, labor market policy, labor mobility, and related social dynamics. He has served as a Visiting Fellow at Yale University and has been an active member of several research councils and boards related to social research and labor market evaluation. Furåker has also been an editor for Acta Sociologica and participated in various international conferences discussing the future of work and labor relations.

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