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Erik T. Valestrand

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Erik T. Valestrand

Researcher
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

erik.t.valestrand@ntnu.no
+4773558972 Bygg 10, 10559, Dragvoll
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About

Erik T. Valestrand is a researcher at the Concept Research Programme, which develops ways of improving resource use and enhancing the effects of major public investments. 

His research interests include digitalisation and artificial intelligence in work, project governance, labour market and working life studies and the future of work, as well as research methods and methodology.

He obtained his PhD in 2024 with the dissertation "Precarious work and platform economy in the Nordic working life model: A mixed-method exploration of labour market developments in Norway’s cleaning industry" at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU.

Competencies

  • Gig economy
  • Labour Economics
  • Nordic welfare states
  • Platform economy
  • Qualitative methodologies
  • Sociology
  • Sociology of economics
  • Transnational migration
  • Work migration

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2025) Samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap i utredning av statlige prosjekter. Stat og styring
    Popular scientific article

2024

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2024) Andreas Bergh and Joakim Wernberg (2022): Till gigekonomins försvar [In defense of the gig economy]. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
    Book review
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2024) Precarity and Solidarity in Gig Work: The Dynamics of Platform-Mediated Cleaning in Norway. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
    Academic article

2023

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2023) Hvem holder Norge rent? Renholdsbransjen og arbeidsstyrkens særtrekk – segmentert og kjønnet arbeid.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Villa, Mariann; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Rye, Johan Fredrik. (2023) Migrasjon og mobilitet – handlinger, mønstre og forståelser i norsk sammenheng. Cappelen Damm Akademisk Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Villa, Mariann; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Rye, Johan Fredrik. (2023) Migrasjon og mobilitet - en innledning.
    Introduction

2022

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule; Oppegaard, Sigurd M. Nordli. (2022) Framveksten av plattformmediert gigarbeid i Norge og den «norske arbeidslivsmodellen». En analyse av drosjenæringen og renholdsbransjen. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Christensen, Kim Alexander; Log, Markus Metallinos; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Lundheim, Sigurd Hilmo; Nesse, Martin. (2022) From captain to button-presser: operators’ perspectives on navigating highly automated ferries. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
    Academic article

2021

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Förord till den svenska utgåvan.
    Introduction
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Prekærbegrepene – en teoretisk fristelse og forbannelse. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Teori och empiri: analys av motstånd i ”Learning to labour”. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv
    Academic article

2020

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2020) Arbete och alienation. sosiologen.no
    Book review
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2020) Fra svart arbeid til «gig-økonomi».
    Feature article
  • Oppegaard, Sigurd M. Nordli; Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2020) Den doble krisa for gig-arbeidere. Manifest tidsskrift
    Popular scientific article

2019

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2019) De tillitsvalgte opplever et krysspress. LO-aktuelt : organ for Landsorganisasjonen i Norge
    Popular scientific article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2019) Vardagens villkor: Sociala och fysiska förutsättningar för lokalt fackföreningsarbete i Sverige och Norge. Universitetet i Bergen Universitetet i Bergen
    Masters thesis

Journal publications

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2025) Samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap i utredning av statlige prosjekter. Stat og styring
    Popular scientific article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2024) Andreas Bergh and Joakim Wernberg (2022): Till gigekonomins försvar [In defense of the gig economy]. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
    Book review
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2024) Precarity and Solidarity in Gig Work: The Dynamics of Platform-Mediated Cleaning in Norway. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
    Academic article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule; Oppegaard, Sigurd M. Nordli. (2022) Framveksten av plattformmediert gigarbeid i Norge og den «norske arbeidslivsmodellen». En analyse av drosjenæringen og renholdsbransjen. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Veitch, Erik Aleksander; Christensen, Kim Alexander; Log, Markus Metallinos; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Lundheim, Sigurd Hilmo; Nesse, Martin. (2022) From captain to button-presser: operators’ perspectives on navigating highly automated ferries. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
    Academic article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Prekærbegrepene – en teoretisk fristelse og forbannelse. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Teori och empiri: analys av motstånd i ”Learning to labour”. Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv
    Academic article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2020) Arbete och alienation. sosiologen.no
    Book review
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2020) Fra svart arbeid til «gig-økonomi».
    Feature article
  • Oppegaard, Sigurd M. Nordli; Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2020) Den doble krisa for gig-arbeidere. Manifest tidsskrift
    Popular scientific article
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2019) De tillitsvalgte opplever et krysspress. LO-aktuelt : organ for Landsorganisasjonen i Norge
    Popular scientific article

Books

  • Villa, Mariann; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Rye, Johan Fredrik. (2023) Migrasjon og mobilitet – handlinger, mønstre og forståelser i norsk sammenheng. Cappelen Damm Akademisk Cappelen Damm Akademisk
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2023) Hvem holder Norge rent? Renholdsbransjen og arbeidsstyrkens særtrekk – segmentert og kjønnet arbeid.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Villa, Mariann; Valestrand, Erik Thule; Rye, Johan Fredrik. (2023) Migrasjon og mobilitet - en innledning.
    Introduction
  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Förord till den svenska utgåvan.
    Introduction

Report

  • Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2019) Vardagens villkor: Sociala och fysiska förutsättningar för lokalt fackföreningsarbete i Sverige och Norge. Universitetet i Bergen Universitetet i Bergen
    Masters thesis

Outreach

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2023) Workers' motivations for doing platform-mediated gig work. Antropologikonferansen 2023: Omveltninger , Trondheim 2023-11-30 -

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2022) An attempt to operationalise the precariat. International Labour Process Conference 2022 , Padua 2022-04-20 - 2022-04-23

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2021) Traditional solidarity in new surroundings?. International Labour Process Conference 2021 2021-04-12 - 2021-04-14

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2019) Sosiologiens plass i samfunnsdebatten. Vinterseminaret 2019 , Gol 2019-02-01 - 2019-02-02

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Valestrand, Erik Thule. (2018) Contemporary workplace design and present labour market conditions. 29th Nordic Sociological Association Conference , Aalborg 2018-08-08 - 2018-08-10

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