Welcome to CEDIC
The Center for Digitalization of Public Services and Citizenship (CEDIC) at Oslo Metropolitan University examines how processes of digitalization influence the provision of welfare state services, and the ability of citizens at risk of social exclusion to access and benefit from these services.
What’s new at CEDIC?
CEDIC har en ledig phd-stilling innen tematikken ungt utenforskap. Søknadsfrist 17. juni
Det er ledig en treårig PhD-stipendiatstilling innenfor tematikken utenforskap, digitalisering, offentlige tjenester og sosialt medborgerskap ved Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap. Tiltredelse i stillingen forutsetter opptak på doktorgradsprogrammet i samfunnsvitenskap på OsloMet. Stillingen vil tilhøre forskningssenteret for…
Velkommen til samfunnsvitenskapelig fagdag om digitalisering, kultur og samfunn den 22. juni
Velkommen til samfunnsvitenskapelig fagdag om digitalisering, kultur og samfunn den 22. juni! Forskningssenter for digitalisering av offentlige tjenester og sosialt medborgerskap (CEDIC) inviterer til en samfunnsvitenskapelig fagdag om digitalisering og teknologi. Det er…
The Horizon 2020 project EUROSHIP recently published an animation film about their research. Watch it here
EUROSHIP just published their new animation film. The film provides information about the reasons for poverty in Europe today and what we can to close the gaps in social rights and social citizenship.…
Many thanks to the participants of DIGIT Research School’s very first kick off!
DIGIT’s very first seminar kicked off last Monday. Participants, partners, hosts and external contributors gathered at OsloMet’s locations for one week of lectures, round table discussions, workshops and presentations. On the introduction day…
Continue Reading Many thanks to the participants of DIGIT Research School’s very first kick off!
Postdoc Maja Nordtug about digital consultations in Videnskap.dk
Our postdoctoral fellow Maja Nordtug recently published the article «Sådan kommunikerer læger digitalt med patienter – men hvilken betydning har det?» with her colleagues Jana Ege Møller and Matilde Nisbeth Brøgger in the…
Continue Reading Postdoc Maja Nordtug about digital consultations in Videnskap.dk
Researcher Dag Slettemeås about the «feedback tyranny» of our times in STUDIO2 at NRK P2
The CEDIC-affiliated researcher Dag Slettemeås from Consumption Research Norway (SIFO) at OsloMet recently joined the radio hosts at NRK P2 for a debate on the contemporary «feedback tyranny». «I Dagsavisen før helgen skrev…
Join our guest lectures!
To broaden our knowledge and awareness of social consequences of digitalization, we invite distinguished international and national researchers to give open guest lectures. You can usually attend the lectures both online and on campus.
About CEDIC
The Digitalization of Public Services and Citizenship
Norway is one of the world’s most digitized countries. The population is increasingly connected through electronic platforms, and the transition from analogue to digital systems in the public administration, has a significant social impact. While new digital technologies can make public administration more cost-efficient and accessible, they can lead to a rise of new societal problems such as exclusion, marginalization and increased social differences. CEDIC aims to develop multi-disciplinary knowledge about the relationship between digitalization and the provision of welfare services, and the risks of exclusion from the opportunities to enjoy full and effective social citizenship.
The core issue for CEDIC is how digitalisation modifies the capabilities of different social groups and individuals to exercise social citizenship. To study this, we have gathered a trans-disciplinary team of experts in sociology, law, philosophy, psychology, information and communication technology. Our mission is to produce groundbreaking research, provide training and advancement of mid- and early stage researchers, and provide a fertile student environment for PhD and MA students.
CEDIC is organized in four research groups
Digitalization and social policy
Examining and cross-nationally comparing law and policy measures aimed to ensure that digitalization of public welfare services foster the exercise of full and effective citizenship for vulnerable persons.
Digitalization, ethics and law
Conducting cross-national comparisons of regulatory policies, legislation and human rights issues for vulnerable users of digitalized public welfare services and producing new knowledge on how legislation and policies in this policy domain are shaped, transformed and implemented in a multilevel governance system.
Digitalization and innovation processes
Tracing innovation processes in public welfare institutions by exploring how they come about and function in public services, as well as examining how different stakeholders interact with the reconfiguration of the welfare state through digitalization.
Digitalization and everyday life in welfare institutions
Exploring how digitalization affects the everyday life of actors in welfare institutions such as schools, nursing homes and child welfare institutions.
Interested in our research?
CEDIC hosts the National Research School on Digitalization, Culture and Society (DIGIT)
The research school DIGIT is a collaboration between seven Norwegian universities, one research institute and six partners from the public and private sectors. The school is funded by the Research Council of Norway and hosted by the center CEDIC at OsloMet. It offers a two-year programme of high academic quality and workplace relevance for PhD candidates or postdocs registered at Norwegian universities.
The research school will accept twenty top qualified PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows each year until 2028. The first class was enrolled autumn 2022.
By facilitating dialogues across these established fields of study, DIGIT will foster opportunities for new theorization and exchange about new research methods. The goal is to build capacity on new digital methodologies, such as digital ethnography, visual ethnography, digital narratives and big data analysis.
Reach out to CEDIC
Further questions? Want to contact us? Reach out to our team and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!
Oslo Metropolitan University
Postboks 4, St. Olavs plass
0130 Oslo
Phone: 67 23 50 00