Prof. Dr. Thomas Kieselbach is the director of the Institute for Psychology of Work, Unemployment, and Health (IPG) at the University of Bremen (Germany) and Professor for work and health psychology at the University of Bremen. He is the former chairperson of the SC Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health of the International Commission on Occupational Health. Dr. Simo Mannila is Senior Expert with the International Affairs of the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland, Adjunct Professor of the University of Helsinki and Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku, former secretary of the SC Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health of the International Commission on Occupational Health.

• Background and Theoretical Development of Unemployment Research. - Unemployment and Health. - Interventions to Limit the Adverse Health Impact. - Organisational Restructuring and Health: Social Convoy and Occupational Transitions.