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Nadja Dörflinger

Nadja Dörflinger is a senior researcher in the 'Changing World of Work' department at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Germany. Her interests include employment relations, labour markets, trade unions and service work in a comparative perspective.

Adapting workplaces to climate change

Nadja Dörflinger and Adrien Thomas

To sustain healthy and safe conditions at work, unprecedented action is urgently needed.

Gloves off: aggression towards frontline workers

Nadja Dörflinger, Jonas Wehrmann, Kara Ng and Sheena Johnson

Frontline staff are facing rising aggression. Employers need to reduce risks and provide support.

Covid-19 and safety at work—union dilemmas

Adrien Thomas, Nadja Dörflinger, Karel Yon and Michel Pletschette

Unions have struggled with health-and-safety responses to Covid-19.

The dark side of the logistics boom

Dorien Frans and Nadja Dörflinger

Online shopping is simple and convenient for customers. But the logistics workforce may pay the price.

Workers in critical occupations face triple disadvantage

Nadja Dörflinger

At the height of the pandemic workers in critical occupations enjoyed nightly public applause. Now they need longer-term, concrete appreciation.