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Christian Ståhl is associate professor of sociology at Linköping University, and conducts research and writes academic publications related to social insurance, work, and welfare.

He is also a research leader at HELIX Competence Centre and adjunct scientist at the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto.

He also keeps a poorly updated blog in Swedish.

Academic publications

Publications in international academic journals

Ståhl, C. & MacEachen, E. (2020): “Universal Basic Income as a Policy Response to COVID-19 and Precarious Employment: Potential Impacts on Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.

Klofsten, M., MacEachen, E. & Ståhl, C. (2020): “New and small firms in a modern working life: how do we make entrepreneurship healthy?” Small Business Economics.

Moldvik, I., Ståhl, C., Müssener, U. (2020): “Work Ethics and Societal Norms Influence Sick Leave and Return to Work: Tales of Transformation”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-10.

Ståhl, C. (2020): “The Judas Kiss: On the work and retrenchment cures and the troubles they bring”, Work, 65(1), 181-186.

Strindlund L., Dahlgren M.A., Ståhl, C. (2019): “Zooming in on labour market cooperation: A study of a failed project to support unemployed young people”. Social Policy & Administration. 1–17.

Ståhl, C., Karlsson, E., Sandqvist, J., Hensing, G., Brouwer, S., Friberg, E., MacEachen, E. (2019): “Social insurance literacy: A scoping review on how to define and measure it”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-10.

Gensby, U., Limborg, H.J., Mahood, Q., Ståhl, C., Albertsen, K. (2019): “Employer Strategies for Preventing Mental Health Related Work Disability: A Scoping Review”, Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies 9(1), 57-101.

Karlsson, E., Seing, I., Sandqvist, J., Ståhl, C. (2019): “Communication characteristics between clients and stakeholders within the Swedish sickness insurance system – a document analysis of granted and withdrawn sickness benefit claims”, Disability and Rehabilitation.

Ståhl, C., Seing, I., Gerdle, B., Sandqvist, J. (2019): “Fair or square? Experiences of introducing a new method for assessing general work ability in a sickness insurance context”,Disability and Rehabilitation, 41(6), 656-665.

Fagerlind Ståhl, A-C., Ståhl, C., Smith, P. (2018): “Longitudinal association between psychological demands and burnout for employees experiencing a high versus a low degree of job resources”, BMC Public Health, 18:915.

Strindlund, L., Abrandt Dahlgren, M. Ståhl, C. (2018): “Employers’ views on disability, employability, and labor market inclusion: A phenomenographic study”, Disability and Rehabilitation.

Ståhl, C., Andersson, F. (2018): “Shifting to value-based principles in sickness insurance: Challenges in changing roles and culture”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 28(4), 730-739.

Ståhl, C., Costa-Black, K., Loisel, P. (2018): “Applying theories to better understand socio-political challenges in implementing evidence-based work disability prevention strategies”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(8), 952-959.

Ståhl, C., Gustavsson, M. (2018): “Introducing Motivational Interviewing in a Sickness Insurance Context: Translation and Implementation Challenges”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 28(2), 357-364.

Andersén, Å., Ståhl, C., Anderzén, I., Kristiansson, P., Larsson, K. (2017): “Positive experiences of a vocational rehabilitation intervention for individuals on long-term sick leave, the Dirigo project. A qualitative study”, BMC Public Health, 17:790.

Ståhl, C., Andersén, Å., Anderzén, I., Larsson, K. (2017): “Process evaluation of an interorganizational cooperation initiative in vocational rehabilitation: the Dirigo project”, BMC Public Health, 17:341.

Bäck, A., Ståhl, C., von Thiele Schwarz, U., Richter, A., Hasson, H. (2016): “Walking the tightrope-perspectives on local politicians’ role in implementing a national social care policy on evidence-based practice”, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 10:75.

Neher, M., Ståhl, C., Festin, K., Nilsen, P. (2016): “Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Rheumatology: What Sociodemographic, Social Cognitive and Contextual Factors Influence Health Professionals’ Use of Research in Practice?”, Journal of Rheumatic Diseases and Treatment, 2:039.

Ståhl, C. (2016): “Placing people in the same room is not enough: An interprofessional education intervention to improve collaboration knowledge for people with disabilities”, Journal of Interprofessional Care, 30(3), 331-337.

MacEachen, E., Kosny A., Ståhl, C., O’Hagan, F., Redgrift, L., Sanford, S., Carrasco, C., Tompa, E., Mahood, Q. (2016): “Systematic review of qualitative literature on occupational health and safety legislation and regulatory enforcement planning and implementation”, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 42(1), 3-16.

Ståhl, C., Åborg, C., Toomingas, A., Parmsund, M., Kjellberg, K. (2015): “The influence of social capital on employers' use of occupational health services: a qualitative study”, BMC Public Health, 15:1083.

Neher, M., Ståhl, C., Nilsen, P. (2015): “Learning opportunities in rheumatology practice: a qualitative study”, Journal of Workplace Learning, 27(4), 282-297.

Seing, I., MacEachen, E., Ekberg, K., Ståhl, C. (2015): “Return to Work or Job Transition? Employer Dilemmas in Taking Social Responsibility for Return to Work in Local Workplace Practice”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 37(19), 1760-1769.

Neher, M., Ståhl., C., Ellström, P-E., Nilsen, P. (2015): “Knowledge sources for evidence-based practice in rheumatology nursing”, Clinical Nursing Research 24(6), 661-679.

Seing, I., Ståhl, C., MacEachen, E., Ekberg, E. (2015): “Early-Return-to-Work in the Context of an Intensification of Working Life and Changing Employment Relationships”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 25(1), 74-81.

Müssener, U., Ståhl, C., Söderberg, E. (2015): “Does the quality of encounters affect return to work? Lay people describe their experiences of meeting various professionals during their rehabilitation process”, Work 52(2), 447-455.

Ståhl, C., MacEachen, E., Lippel, K. (2014): “Ethical Perspectives in Work Disability Prevention and Return to Work: Toward a Common Vocabulary for Analyzing Stakeholders’ Actions and Interactions”, Journal of Business Ethics, 120(2), 237–250.

Ståhl, C., Edvardsson Stiwne, E. (2014): “Narratives of sick leave, return to work and job mobility for people with common mental disorders in Sweden”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 24(3), 543-554.

Dannapfel, P., Peolsson, A., Ståhl, C., Öberg, B., Nilsen, P. (2014): “Applying the Self-Determination Theory for Improved Understanding of Physiotherapists’ Rationale for Using Research in Clinical Practice – A Qualitative Study in Sweden”, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 30(1), 20-28.

Nilsen, P., Ståhl, C., Roback, K., Cairney, P. (2013): “Never the Twain Shall Meet? A Comparison of Implementation Science and Policy Implementation Research”, Implemetation Science, 8:63.

Ståhl, C., Toomingas, A., Åborg, C., Ekberg, K., Kjellberg, K. (2013): “Promoting occupational health interventions in early return to work by implementing financial subsidies: A Swedish case study”, BMC Public Health, 13:310.

Seing, I., Ståhl, C., Nordenfelt, L., Bülow, P., Ekberg, K. (2012): “Policy and Practice of Work Ability: A Negotiation of Responsibility in Organizing Return to Work”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 22(4), 553-564.

Ståhl, C. (2012): “Implementing interorganizational cooperation in labour market reintegration: a case study”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 22 (2) , 209-219.

Ståhl, C., Müssener, U., Svensson, T. (2011): “Implementation of standardized time limits in sickness insurance and return-to-work: Experiences of four actors”, Disability & Rehabilitation, 34(16) , 1404-1411.

Ståhl, C., Svensson, T. and Ekberg, K. (2011): “From cooperation to conflict? Swedish rehabilitation professionals' experiences of interorganizational cooperation”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 21(3), 441-448.

Ståhl, C., Svensson, T., Petersson, G. and Ekberg, K. (2010): “Swedish Rehabilitation Professionals' Perspectives on Work Ability Assessments in a Changing Sickness Insurance System”, Disability & Rehabilitation, 33(15-16), 1373–1382.

Ståhl, C., Svensson, T., Petersson, G. and Ekberg, K. (2010): “A Matter of Trust? A Study of Coordination of Swedish Stakeholders in Return-to-Work”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 20(3), 299-310.

Ståhl, C., Svensson, T., Petersson, G. and Ekberg, K. (2009): “The Work Ability Divide: Holistic and Reductionistic Approaches in Swedish Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Teams”, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 19(3), 264-273.

Publications in Swedish academic journals

Ståhl, C., Nyman, C. (2019): ”Sjukförsäkringen i dag och i morgon – rättvisa, jämlikhet och legitimitet”, Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 96(5), 645–654.

Ståhl, C. (2019): ”Kan basinkomst lösa sjukförsäkringens legitimitetsproblem?”, Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 96(5), 734–742.

Ståhl, C. (2019): “Arbetets estetik”, Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, 25(2), 67–87.

Ståhl, C. (2019): ”Det paradoxala arbetsförmågebegreppet”, Sociologisk forskning, 56(2), 181-188.

Bertilsson, M., Bejerholm, U., Ståhl, C. (2017): ”Preventiva insatser för att förebygga och minska sjukskrivning på grund av psykisk ohälsa – en litteraturöversikt av svensk forskning och förändringar i svensk lagstiftning”, Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 94 (5), 531–545.Ståhl, C. (2011): ”Att implementera samverkan: en fallstudie”, Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 88 (5), 418–427.

Seing, I., Ståhl, C., Nordenfelt, L., Bülow, P., Ekberg, K. (2011): ”Avstämningsmötet som arena för förhandling om arbetsförmåga”, Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 88 (5), 408–417.

Ståhl, C. (2009): “Samverkan kring återgång i arbete: var är arbetsgivarna?”, Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 86 (3), s. 265-274.

Ståhl, C. (2007): ”Det mytologiska självskadebeteendet: Könade stereotyper och idealtypiska berättelser”, in Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, 14(4), 280–294.

Academic dissertation

Ståhl, C. (2010): In Cooperation We Trust: Interorganizational Cooperation in Return-to-Work and Labour Market Reintegration, Linköping University Medical Dissertations no. 1171, Linköping.

Reports

Ståhl, C. & Moldvik, I. (2020): I skuggan av arbetsnormen: En narrativ studie av normers och strukturers inflytande i sjukskrivningsprocessen, Socialförsäkringsrapport 2020:1, Försäkringskassan.

Karlsson, E., Sandqvist, J., Seing, I. & Ståhl, C. (2019). Social validitet för försäkringsmedicinska utredningar och påföljande myndighetsbeslut inom sjukförsäkringen. HELIX Working Papers.

Lundmark, Å. & Ståhl, C., (2019): Företagshälsovård mot sjukskrivning? Företagshälsovårdstjänster i förebyggande och rehabiliterande syften i Norrköpings kommun. HELIX Working papers, 19:002, Linköpings universitet.

Ståhl, C., Sandqvist, J., Seing, I., Karlsson, N. (2017): Aktivitetsförmågeutredning (AFU) - Tillämpning, upplevelser och utfall, Socialförsäkringsrapport 2017:15, Stockholm: Försäkringskassan.

Ståhl, C. (2016): Leder regler och inspektioner till en bättre arbetsmiljö? Kunskapssammanställning 2016:10. Stockholm: Arbetsmiljöverket.

Strindlund, L., Ståhl, C. (2016): Vägen till arbetsgivarna. HELIX Rapport 16:005, Linköpings universitet.

Ståhl, C., Gustavsson, M. (2015): Förutsättningar för implementering och användning av motiverande samtal (MI) inom Försäkringskassan, Socialförsäkringsrapport 2015:5, Försäkringskassan.

Ståhl, C., Gustavsson, M., Böhm, L. (2014): Implementering och användning av motiverande samtal (MI) inom Försäkringskassan, Socialförsäkringsrapport 2014:16, Försäkringskassan.

Ståhl, C., Kjellberg, K., Åborg, C., Toomingas, A., Ekberg, K. (2011): Utvärdering av förordningen om bidrag till företagshälsovård med vissa insatser inom rehabiliteringsområdet, Linköpings universitet/Karolinska institutet, rapport till Försäkringskassan och Socialdepartementet.

Ståhl, C., Müssener, U. & Svensson, T. (2011): Sjukskrivningssystemet och dess aktörer: efter införandet av rehabiliteringskedjan, HELIX Working Papers, Linköping University.

Ståhl, C. (2009): Mellan sjukförsäkring och arbetsmarknad: Handläggares upplevelser och hantering av regelförändringar i sjukförsäkringen, HELIX Working Papers, Linköping University.

Ståhl, C. (2007): Resursteam som samverkansform: Ett personalperspektiv, IHS report 2007:3, Linköping University.

Book chapters

Ekberg, K., & Ståhl, C. (2020): “Employment as a Key Rehabilitation Outcome”. In U. Bültmann & J. Siegrist (Eds.), Handbook of Disability, Work and Health (pp. 1-20). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Ståhl, C., Seing, I. (2018): “Reforming Activation in Swedish Work Disability Policy”, i MacEachen, E. (red.): The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention, Routledge.

Ståhl, C. & Anderzén, I. (2016): ”Leder myndighetssamverkan till ökad arbetsförmåga?” i Danermark & Larsson Tholén (red.): Arbetsliv för alla: Funktionsnedsättning och arbete. Malmö: Gleerups.

Ståhl, C. (2015): ”Arbetsrehabiliteringens aktörer och roller – ett systemteoretiskt perspektiv”, i Ekberg, K., Eklund, M., Hensing, G. (red): Återgång i arbete: Processer, bedömningar, åtgärder. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Ståhl, C., Seing, I. (2014): ”Arbetslinjer och arbetsförmåga i det svenska socialförsäkringssystemet”, i Ekberg, K. (red): Den relativa arbetsförmågan – Teoretiska och praktiska perspektiv, Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Ekberg, K., Ståhl, C. (2014): ”Arbetsplatsen som arena för arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering”, i Ekberg, K. (red.): Den relativa arbetsförmågan – Teoretiska och praktiska perspektiv, Lund: Studentlitteratur.