Research - Our Team

Nuria holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences, a Master's in Public Health, and a PhD in Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the digitalization of the labor market, precarious employment and its health effects. She was awarded a Junior Leader Fellowship from Fundació La Caixa to study how algorithmic management influences the mental health of workers in Spain. Nuria is also affiliated with Karolinska Institutet, where she leads two projects involving Sweden and other European countries, investigating the impact of digital platform work (gig work) on occupational safety and health.

Lines of research

• Digital platform work 
• Algorithmic management 
• Precarious employment 
• Occupational Health 

Main publications

• Rohrbacher M, Hasselhorn HM, Matilla-Santander N. Associations between precarious employment trajectories and mental health among older workers in Germany: Vertical and horizontal inequalities. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2024 May 1;50(4):290-299. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4160  
• Matilla-Santander N, Matthews AA, Gunn V, Muntaner C, Kreshpaj B, Wegman DH, Sánchez-Martínez N, Hernando-Rodriguez JC, Albin M, Balogh R, Davis L, Bodin T. Causal effect of shifting from precarious to standard employment on all-cause mortality in Sweden: an emulation of a target trial. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2023 Aug 23:jech-2023-220734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220734  
• Matilla-Santander N, Muntaner C, Kreshpaj B, Gunn V, Jonsson J, Kokkinen L, Selander J, Baron S, Orellana C, Östergren P-O, Hemmingsson T, Wegman D, Bodin T. Trajectories of precarious employment and the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke among middle-aged workers in Sweden: A register-based cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe 2022; 15https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100314. 
• Pollack, R., Kreshpaj, B., Jonsson, J., Bodin, T., Gunn, V., Orellana, C., Östergren, P. O., Muntaner, C., & Matilla-Santander, N. (2022). Low-quality employment trajectories and the risk of common mental health disorders among individuals with Swedish and foreign background - a register-based cohort study. Scand J Work Environ Health. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4029 
• Jonsson J, Muntaner C, Bodin T, Alderling M, Rebeka R, Burström B, Davis L, Gunn V, Hemmingsson T, Julià M, Kjellberg K, Kreshpaj B, Orellana C, Padrosa E, Wegman DH, Matilla- Santander N. Low-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2021 Oct 1;47(7):509-520. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3978