Oslo, August 24-25, 2026. The Norwegian Research School on Digitalization, Culture and Society (DIGIT), hosted by CEDIC, OsloMet, invites researchers, doctoral candidates, practitioners, and policymakers to join the international conference Digital Pasts, Presents, and Futures: Human Consequences. The conference brings together scholars from Science and Technology Studies (STS), digital humanities, and the social sciences to…

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Professor Marit Haldar, director of CEDIC, has been appointed academic lead for the new OsloMet House in Lillestrøm. Starting in 2026, OsloMet House will serve as a collaborative arena for recruitment, research, innovation, and competence development in the Romerike region, contributing to the development of OsloMet’s future Campus Romerike in central Lillestrøm. In this role,…

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On June 15, Biao He successfully defended his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science: “When e-government meets bureaucracy: incentive structures shaping accessible service delivery in Chinese municipalities” at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu. Dr Biao He is an associate fellow at CEDIC.  One of the journal articles included…

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CEDIC has secured NOK 36.5 million for two large collaborative projects on health innovation. BRO: Sustainable, Radical Task-Sharing in Health and Care received NOK 21.5 million to pilot a task-based welfare model that streamlines work across municipal health services while creating meaningful roles for volunteers and people outside traditional employment. The consortium includes Lillestrøm and…

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What happens to innovation collaborations when actors interpret innovation differently? In his recent master’s thesis, Mathias André Eriksen studied how differences in interpretations of innovation influence collaboration processes. His thesis highlights the importance of addressing the relational dynamics and complexity of such collaborations, showing how varying perspectives on innovation’s scope, purpose, and content shape the…

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In her recent master’s thesis, Martha Diboya Isandap explored how welfare technology affects healthcare workers. Read more below! What was the topic? My master’s thesis investigated the impact of welfare technology on the work of healthcare workers in care homes for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The study focused on how technologies such as sensor alarms, electronic…

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This year’s CEDIC Conference took place on Friday, 6 June, and focused on the topic Responsible Digitalisation. The event featured contributions from researchers across all centres and faculties at OsloMet, reflecting the breadth and depth of research on digitalisation taking place at the university. The annual conference is part of CEDIC’s ongoing initiative to strengthen collaboration between researchers at OsloMet and…

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Marit Haldar director of CEDIC and Professor of Sociology, has been featured as employee of the month at OsloMet! In the interview, Haldar reflects on what motivates her, what she does to bring joy to her colleagues, and the best academic literature she has read over the past year -among other things. Read the full…

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Algorithms are everywhere, shaping decisions in education, work, policing, and more. But are these systems fair? A recent article by Vassilis Charitsis, Mikko Laamanen, and Tuukka Lehtiniemi, explores this question and introduces a framework for resisting harmful algorithmic practices. Inspired by the 19th-century Luddite movement, where workers resisted technology that threatened their livelihoods, the researchers…

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From December 16th to 17th, Rune Halvorsen, Co-Director of CEDIC, and Jacqueline O’Reilly, a CEDIC associate from the University of Sussex, organized a workshop on digital ecosystems The workshop focused on the digitalization of work and the welfare state across 15 different countries. It was hosted at the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit)…

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Digital platforms are often praised for their “frictionless” design, making it easy for users to access services with minimal effort. Yet, as researchers Mikko Laamanen and Karolina Mikołajewska-Zając reveal, this frictionless ideal doesn’t always align with ethical goals. Fairbnb, a smaller alternative to the dominant Airbnb, illustrates the tension between running a fair, community-focused platform…

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Watch professor Rune Halvorsen explain why Norway has no minimum wage: https://film.oslomet.no/v.ihtml/player.html?source=embed&photo%5fid=98452011

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As technology continues to change nearly every part of our lives, it’s also making its way into legal processes. Julia Köhler-Olsen looks at the experience of Norway’s welfare agency, NAV, where digital systems now assist in making certain decisions. The goal is clear: make processes faster and more efficient. But the big question remains: Can…

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We are excited to welcome Olga Gheorghiev to CEDIC! Olga brings extensive expertise in migrant workers’ labour market integration, with a focus on transnational networks and the impacts of digital transformation on employment conditions. Her current research project, IDILAB, explores the challenges migrants face due to technological shifts, aiming to inform policy improvements for a…

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