EAOHP & EU-OSHA
‘Eusebio Rial-González Innovation & Practice Award in Occupational Health Psychology’
This biennial Award is open to any OHP researcher or practitioner who has developed a body of innovative research or a product that has made a considerable contribution to the field of occupational health psychology. Candidates may nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party. The candidate will either have contributed to the promotion of OHP through their innovative research or innovative practice. This could mean that their research has contributed to the development of innovative guidelines or the implementation of international, national or organisational OHP programmes that have made a difference in this area through their impact, or that they have played a key role in implementing such programmes. This impact would be documented, for example, by scientific publications, guidelines or products, and testified by colleagues and/or users. Special focus will be placed on innovations in OHP research and/or practice that promote a participatory approach such as social partner involvement and/or workers’ participation.
Previous Award Recipients
2016 - Professor Karina Nielsen
The first award was given to Professor Karina Nielsen in 2016, from the University of Sheffield, UK. According to the Award Panel, Karina Nielsen has undoubtedly contributed to the development of OHP and in particular in relation to the evaluation of organizational interventions, leadership, and teamwork. She has been a pioneer in the area of organizational interventions to promote a healthy psychosocial work environment, especially her work on process evaluation of such interventions.
There is a great need for efficient, evidence-based interventions in the psychosocial risk management area and Karina Nielsen’s work provides a valuable contribution to this OHP area. The focus on how workers interact with interventions and process evaluation research are aspects of particular value in OHP research and practice.
Karina Nielsen’s work has been of exceptional quality in terms of research and has been translated into practice in several organizational contexts. She contributed with her knowledge to projects having a practical impact on workplaces in different European countries. There is further evidence of the impact of her work on workplaces, especially in Denmark.
Through a high number of peer reviewed publications and citations, invited conference keynotes, involvement in research networks, and practical activities in the Danish workplace amongst others, there is clear evidence that her work is of exceptional value. Her work clearly has great potential for the future as it is based on robust research and practice efforts conducted over about two decades.
Karina Nielsen’s work clearly seeks to promote a participatory approach especially in relation to organizational level interventions to promote a healthy psychosocial work environment. There is clearly excellent support for her work as evidenced both by OHP scholars and practitioners. The reported references have high quality and demonstrate an innovative approach in OHP research and practice.
Overall, there is very strong evidence that Karina Nielsen’s work has been pioneering in the area of organizational interventions to promote a healthy psychosocial work environment and is being used internationally. Its value for research and practice is clear through the excellent supporting evidence received. The supporting material provides evidence that her work is both innovative and exceptional quality, as specified in the Award criteria.
There is a great need for efficient, evidence-based interventions in the psychosocial risk management area and Karina Nielsen’s work provides a valuable contribution to this OHP area. The focus on how workers interact with interventions and process evaluation research are aspects of particular value in OHP research and practice.
Karina Nielsen’s work has been of exceptional quality in terms of research and has been translated into practice in several organizational contexts. She contributed with her knowledge to projects having a practical impact on workplaces in different European countries. There is further evidence of the impact of her work on workplaces, especially in Denmark.
Through a high number of peer reviewed publications and citations, invited conference keynotes, involvement in research networks, and practical activities in the Danish workplace amongst others, there is clear evidence that her work is of exceptional value. Her work clearly has great potential for the future as it is based on robust research and practice efforts conducted over about two decades.
Karina Nielsen’s work clearly seeks to promote a participatory approach especially in relation to organizational level interventions to promote a healthy psychosocial work environment. There is clearly excellent support for her work as evidenced both by OHP scholars and practitioners. The reported references have high quality and demonstrate an innovative approach in OHP research and practice.
Overall, there is very strong evidence that Karina Nielsen’s work has been pioneering in the area of organizational interventions to promote a healthy psychosocial work environment and is being used internationally. Its value for research and practice is clear through the excellent supporting evidence received. The supporting material provides evidence that her work is both innovative and exceptional quality, as specified in the Award criteria.