Tobias Karlsson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economic History at Lund University.
His research concerns the history of labour markets, focusing on the period 1850-1950. Currently, he is working on labour conflicts and various forms of collective action (including trade unions and sickness funds). A recently started project aims to construct a historical gender gap index for Swedish cities.

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More power to the people: Electricity adoption, technological change and social conflict
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- Economic history 
- Europe's nations and regions 
- Labour Markets 
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Strikes and local politics
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