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Mental Health at Risk in the Workplace: Experiences from Denmark and Germany

9/26/2023 (Tuesday) 13:20~15:00

Room 102, Department of Sociology, NTU

Sponsored by:  

Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, 

Department of Sociology & Institute of Health Policy and Management, 

National Taiwan University 

Prof. Reiner Rugulies: Workplace sexual harassment and subsequent risk of treatment with antidepressants

Prof. Rugulies took the position of professor in 2009 at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE) of Denmark. He has been the editor-in-chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Working Environment & Health since 2019. Prof. Rugulies’s research focuses on psychosocial epidemiology, occupational health and prevention, and health inequalities. This talk will focus on research findings on mental health risks among people experiencing sexual harassment. 

Mr. Michael Ertel: European approaches to regulate work in digital labour platforms 

Mr. Ertel received training in sociology and has been a researcher at the Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Berlin, Germany, since 1993. He is one of the Co-Chairs of the ICOH Scientific Committee 'Work Organization & Psychosocial Factors' (ICOH-WOPS) and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Workplace Health Management. His research focuses on psychosocial work hazards and their monitoring and regulation policies. Mr. Ertel also studies the health impacts of information and communication technology on working life. In this talk, he will provide an overview of European approaches to regulating work in digital platforms, focusing on the current discussion about the content of a European Directive on Platform Work.