Sustainable Digitalization and Careers amid Intensive Working Life (SUSDIGI)

The SUSDIGI project explores sustainable digitalization and sustainable careers amid intensive working life. The research focuses mainly on highly educated employees in different fields.

The key research areas include experiences of digitalization and the use of AI at work, well-being at work, continuous learning and learning demands, accelerating pace of work and leisure, and reasons for employee turnover. We are also interested in the changes that may occur related to the experiences of digitalization and the use of AI at work.
 

Sustainable Careers

1. Health, happiness and productivity reflect the sustainability of careers. Employees with better well-being are better equipped to meet challenges and to provide well-being in its various forms to those around them.
    
2. Employees themselves can contribute to the sustainability of their careers by exploring the fit between themselves and their work. However, the individual's personal resources, such as motivation or work meaningfulness, are not always sufficient to avoid, for example, burnout.
    
3. Unrealistic work arrangements and a stressful climate can damage the sustainability of careers, increasing dissatisfaction and the desire to change jobs. In contrast, environmental resources, such as support for learning in the context of digitalization and the use of AI, promote well-being and competence at work while building sustainable careers.
    

Research on sustainable working life aims to propose solutions that maintain the long-term sustainability of workers, work communities, organizations and society.
 

Data Collection

The research is part of the profiling area called EWIDE (Emergent Work in the Digital Era) in the University of Jyväskylä. We collaborate with several Akava unions and one career network to collect the longitudinal survey data. The first part of the data collection was carried out in January-March 2025 (about 1800 respondents).