Background and activities
Aksel Tjora is educated within computer science, management and sociology, and has been Professor of Sociology since 1998. His research is concentrated on social interaction and societal development, as well as development of Stepwise-Deductive Induction as strategy within qualitative research. Tjora is Head of Research at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, Director of the independent enterprise the Sociology Clinic and an active voice in public debate.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2018) Digital absolution: Confessional interaction in an online weight loss forum. Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. vol. 24 (4).
- (2018) Situational Domestication and the Origin of the Cafe Worker Species. Sociology. vol. 52 (2).
- (2018) The symbolic affordances of a video-mediated gaze in emergency psychiatry. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 197.
- (2017) Usefullness of videoconferencing in psychiatric emergencies - a qualitative study. Health and Technology. vol. 8 (1-2).
- (2017) Musikkfestivalens kollektive effervesens. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. vol. 58 (1).
- (2017) A widened scope of the source of ADHD. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. vol. 45 (4).
- (2016) Pressens biologisering av ADHD. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. vol. 24 (4).
- (2016) Barriers to and facilitators for implementing quality improvements in palliative care – results from a qualitative interview study in Norway. BMC Palliative Care. vol. 15:61.
- (2016) Passiare fellesskap. Plan : Tidsskrift for samfunnsplanlegging, byplan og regional utvikling.
- (2016) A collective clinical gaze: Negotiating decisions in a surgical ward. Communication & Medicine. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Healthcare, Ethics and Society. vol. 13 (1).
- (2015) Survival of the project: A case study of ICT innovation in health care. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 132.
- (2015) The Peace of Paper: Patient Lists as Work Tools. International Journal of Medical Informatics. vol. 84 (1).
- (2015) The social rhythm of the rock music festival. Popular Music. vol. 35 (1).
- (2014) Interaction Pretext: Experiences of Community in the Urban Neighbourhood. Urban Studies. vol. 51 (10).
- (2014) Digital Patients: A Typology of Emerging Patient Roles. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. vol. 1251.
- (2014) Video-confidence: a qualitative exploration of videoconferencing for psychiatric emergencies. BMC Health Services Research. vol. 14 (544).
- (2014) Communal normalization in an online self-help group for adolescents with a mentally ill parent. Qualitative Health Research. vol. 24 (10).
- (2013) From fatness to badness: The modern morality of obesity. Health. vol. 17 (3).
- (2012) Mot en kvassere sosiologi?. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. vol. 20 (1).
- (2012) Sosiologer på den smale sti. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. vol. 20 (2).
- (2012) VIDEOCARE: Decentralised psychiatric emergency care through videoconferencing. BMC Health Services Research. vol. 12 (470).
- (2011) Getting the aorta pants in place: A ‘community of guidance’ in the evolving practice of vascular implant surgery. Health. vol. 15 (5).
- (2011) Invisible Whispers: Accounts of SMS Communication in Shared Physical Space. Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. vol. 17 (2).
- (2009) Making sense of patient expertise. Social Theory & Health. vol. 7 (1).
- (2009) The Groove in the Box: A Technologically Mediated Inspiration in Electronic Dance Music. Popular Music. vol. 28 (2).
- (2009) Square pegs in round holes: information systems, hospitals and the significance of contextual awareness. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 68 (3).
- (2009) Beyond the EPR: Complementary roles of the hospital-wide Electronic health record and Clinical department systems. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. vol. 9.
- (2008) No paper, but the same routines: a qualitative exploration of experiences in two Norwegian hospitals deprived of the paper based medical record. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. vol. 8 (2).
- (2006) Writing Small Discoveries: An Exploration of Fresh Observers' Observations. Qualitative Research. vol. 6 (4).
- (2006) Documenting for whom? A symbolic interactionist analysis of technologically induced changes of nursing handovers. New technology, work and employment. vol. 21 (2).
- (2006) Between asset and process: Developing competence by implementing a learning management system. Human Relations. vol. 59 (7).
- (2006) Changeable Space as Temporary Home - A Qualitative Exploration of Life in an Experimental Student House. Nordisk arkitekturforskning.
- (2005) Privacy vs usability: A qualitative exploration of patients' experiences with secure Internet communication with their general practitioner. Journal of Medical Internet Research. vol. 7 (2).
- (2004) Den digitale pasient. HMT - Helsetjenesten Medisinsk Teknikk : helse, medisin, teknikk.
- (2003) Teknologisk medikalisering? Om den medisinske sosiologiens interesse for medisinsk teknologi. Sosiologi i dag. vol. 33 (2).
- (2000) The Technological Mediation of the Nursing-Medical Boundary. Sociology of Health and Illnes. vol. 22 (6).
Books
- (2017) Kvalitative forskningsmetoder i praksis, 3. utgave. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2017. ISBN 9788205500969.
- (2016) ADHD og det disiplinerte samfunn. Fagbokforlaget. 2016. ISBN 978-82-450-2019-9.
- (2013) Festival! Mellom rølp, kultur og næring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2013. ISBN 978-82-02-42221-9.
- (2013) Samhandling for helse: Kunnskap, kommunikasjon og teknologi i helsetjenesten. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2013. ISBN 9788205425521.
- (2013) Cafè Society. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013. ISBN 978-1-137-27592-9.
- (2012) Från nyfikenhet till systematisk kunskap: Kvalitativ forskning i praktiken. Studentlitteratur AB. 2012. ISBN 9789144077680.
- (2012) Helsesosiologi: Analyser av helse, sykdom og behandling. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2012. ISBN 978-82-05-42414-2.
- (2012) Kvalitative forskningsmetoder i praksis. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2012. ISBN 9788205425491.
- (2012) Sammen i byen. En sosiologisk analyse av urbane naboskap, nærmiljø og boligens betydning. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2012. ISBN 978-82-519-2738-3.
- (2011) Den moderna patienten. Studentlitteratur AB. 2011. ISBN 9789144068619.
- (2010) Kvalitative forskningsmetoder i praksis. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2010. ISBN 978-82-05-40545-5.
- (2010) Digitale pasienter. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2010. ISBN 9788205399099.
- (2009) Calls for Care: Coordination, Competence, and Computers in Medical Emergency Call Centres. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG. 2009. ISBN 978-3-639-19222-3.
- (2008) Den moderne pasienten. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2008. ISBN 9788205380974.
- (2006) På sosiologisk spor: En innføring i sosiologisk forståelse. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2006. ISBN 82-519-2102-3.
Part of book/report
- (2016) Mødres møte med ADHD. ADHD og det disiplinerte samfunn.
- (2016) ADHD i samfunnsperspektiv. ADHD og det disiplinerte samfunn.
- (2013) Samhandlingens mange ansikter. Samhandling for helse: Kunnskap, kommunikasjon og teknologi i helsetjenesten.
- (2013) Communal Awareness in the Urban Cafeé. Cafè Society.
- (2013) Festivalfellesskapsfornemmelser. Festival! Mellom rølp, kultur og næring.
- (2013) Festivalforskning. Festival! Mellom rølp, kultur og næring.
- (2013) Samhandling i hui og hast: Selvregulerende koordinering i medisinsk nødmeldetjeneste. Samhandling for helse: Kunnskap, kommunikasjon og teknologi i helsetjenesten.
- (2013) Introduction. Cafè Society.
- (2012) Communally-Based Evidence in the Emerging Practice of Aorta Implant Surgery. Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context Critical Social Science Perspectives.
- (2012) Medikalisert lydighet? Mødres møte med ADHD. Helsesosiologi: Analyser av helse, sykdom og behandling.
- (2012) Helsesosiologi som forskningsfelt. Helsesosiologi: Analyser av helse, sykdom og behandling.
- (2012) Framtidens pasient. Fremtidens Helse-Norge.
- (2011) Observasjonsstudiets sødme og de potensielt forræderiske feltnotatene. Mange ulike metoder.
- (2010) Technology-enhanced health communities: Research on the use of social computing application by both the sick and the well. Social Computing and Virtual Communities.
- (2010) Den tredimensjonale pasienten som velvillig teleradiologisk objekt. Digitale pasienter.
- (2010) Digitale pasienter: En introduksjon og leseanvisning. Digitale pasienter.
- (2008) Den moderne pasienten i sosiologisk lys. Den moderne pasienten.
- (2008) Katya Sander TIFO (Event): A sociological appreciation. Generator: ni kunstinngrep i Trondheims offentlige rom.