Staffan Nilsson

Staffan Nilsson is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. He is affiliated with the research groups Career Development and Guidance and Adult Learning, focusing on youth and adult learning transitions between education, work, and life events.

• Specializes in education-work linkages
• Professionalization of career guidance
• Labour market competence dynamics

His research explores structural balance in competence supply-demand, organizational talent strategies, and graduate employability. Publications emphasize professionalism in career counseling, workforce transitions, and comparative analysis of professional competence utilization in fields like medicine and engineering.

Key themes include:

• Labour market polarization
• Knowledge economy workforce challenges
• Work ability rehabilitation
• Policy-driven professional accountability