To understand well-being at work we need to understand emotional labour. “Emotional labour” refers to a specific, critical labour process. It can be understood as the management (e.g., inducing, suppressing, redirecting) of emotions to perform a demeanour of professionalism that is appropriate for a specific working context. This is a performance, because every worker will be carrying out their tasks within social and organisational contexts that form expectations around how they act while working. Yet, while emotional labour can be an enjoyable labour process, it is not always aligned with how a worker actually feels.
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multispecies research
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One of our PAWWS members, PhD researcher Nona Borgström, participated in the International Working Dog Conference 2025 (IWDC 25) in Warwick UK, presenting her poster with the topic: Medical pain alert dogs for patients with paroxysmal pain.
The conference talks covered a broad field of expertise and research covering areas such as breeding genomics, animal welfare, technology, stress impacts on our working dogs, case reports, olfactory research.
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On 25th April 2025, one of our PAWWS members, Linda Tallberg was invited to participate and share her throughs in a panel at the ‘Transdisciplinary approaches to multispecies justice research workshop’ at Oulu University (Finland) organized as part of the Biodiverse Anthropocenes Research Program 2025 Thematic Semester “Research and Learning Paths in the Anthropocene” and hosted by researchers from the AniMate Research Collective who work in different multispecies research projects: MUST: Enabling Multispecies Transitions in Cities and Regions, (Maria Saari), Fellow Feelings (Marina Pliushchik) and HOMINGS (Kristina Vitek).
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While the holiday frenzy has faded for much of the world, in Finnish Lapland, sled dogs continue to pull tourists through the snow-covered landscapes of the North—often until late April. Particularly in more popular places such as the official hometown of Santa Claus, Rovaniemi, and the ski resort Levi, husky safaris are now established as a key attraction rating as one of the top tourism activities For many, it is becoming increasingly “difficult to imagine a visit to Lapland without huskies” (Bohn, García-Rosell, & Äijälä, 2018; 3). With approximately 2 million tourists visiting Lapland in 2024, this creates pressures on husky safaris to cater to an increasing demand. As a result, the number of sled dogs, guides, and working hours continue to rise at a concerning rate. At the moment, there are over 50 kennels ranging from 12-500 dogs per operator.
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Is it possible to apply multi-species and biodiversity-respecting approaches to the development of leadership and business practice? The answer is yes! These novel approaches to management studies enhance the holistic well-being of both human and non-human beings and are worthy of further exploration.
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18.9.2024 14:15 – 16:30Where
Undergraduate Centre & Online
Lecture hall A215 / A2Registration period
20.6.2024 15:00 – 16.9.2024 23:59Event language
English
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(more…)“Only certain types of dogs, and certain types of doggy behaviour, are deemed acceptable within the organization, and only within narrow confines of space, time and interaction. In this case, dogs are brought into the organization for a specific purpose, and aspects of ‘dogginess’ are valorized, such as apparent friendliness and accepting human touch, whilst other, equally ‘doggy’ behaviours (like barking, jumping, urinating) are unacceptable.”
Dashper, 2019, p. 5
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