Knut Holtan Sørensen

About

Knut H. Sørensen is Professor emeritus (Science and Technology Studies), affiliated witth the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1976 (M. Sc. in Applied Physics) and received his PhD (Organization Studies) from the Institute in 1982. He has been a research scientist at The Norwegian Institute of Hospital Research, SINTEF (1976-1980), a post-doctoral fellow at Department of sociology and political science, NTNU (1983-1986), and a reseach scientist at the Institute for Social Research in Industry (1986-1989). From August 1989, Sørensen was director of NTNU’s Centre for technology and society, which he founded together with Håkon With Andersen. In 1993, he became Professor at Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU. From 1999, he became Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture. Sørensen was Visiting scholar at MIT in 1983, Visiting Professor at University of California, San Diego in 1996 and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University throughout 2009 and at UCLA, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability throughout 2017.

Currently, Sørensen pursues hree main research areas. One is the study of universities and knowledge making, including reearch on inter- and transdisciplinarity. Together with Sharon Traweek, in 2022, he published the book Questing excellence in Academia. A tale of two universities (Routledge). A second is the study of sustainability transitions. This includes policy-making as well as public engagement. The third is the gender issues in academia, particularly the gender balance among university professors and the initiatives made to improve it.

Sørensen has managed more than 30 projects funded by Norwegian research councils and been national co-PI of 8 EU-funded projects. He has been author/co-author/editor/co-editor 10 books, has published 49 papers in refereed journals, and 47 book chapters in academic edited collections. His most cited work is Making technology our own: domesticating technology into everyday life (with Merete Lie, Scandinavian University Press, 1996, GS citations: 885).

Supervision

Sørensen has been main or co-supervisor of 54 PhD-candidates who successfully have completed their doctorates and is main or co-supervisor of 4 active PhD-candidates.

Professional positions

Chair of the Norwegian council of science and technology studies
Editorial Advisory Board, Social Studies of Science
Editorial Board, Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies

Publications

See https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Knut_Sorensen2

https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=_kP2fwcAAAAJ&hl=en

https://ntnu-no.academia.edu/KnutS%C3%B8rensen

Publications

2022

Jørgensen, Susanne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2022) Numeric work: The efforts of calculation actors to make numbers count in climate and energy policy. Science and Public Policy.
Jørgensen, Susanne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2022) Transitions through numbers? A critical inquiry into superior numeric targets in climate and energy policymaking. Energy Research & Social Science. volum 91.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2022) Nytenkning og nyskaping.Samfunnsendring gjennom forskning og innovasjon. Det norske samfunn : bind 2.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2022) Smart Technologies and Gender: A Never-Ending Story. The Routledge Handbook of Smart Technologies: An Economic and Social Perspective.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Traweek, Sharon. (2022) Questing Excellence in Academia. A Tale of Two Universities. Routledge. 2022. ISBN 9780429290633.

2021

Suboticki, Ivana; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2021) Liminal technologies: Exploring the temporalities and struggles in efforts to develop a Belgrade metro. Sociological Review. volum 69 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2021) STS as a Lens to Study Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity. A Comment on Sharon Traweek’s ‘I Prefer the Map'. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society. volum 7 (2).

2020

Hesjedal, Maria Bårdsen; Åm, Heidrun; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Strand, Roger. (2020) Transforming Scientists’ Understanding of Science–Society Relations. Stimulating Double‑Loop Learning when Teaching RRI. Science and Engineering Ethics. volum 26.
Suboticki, Ivana; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2020) Designing and domesticating an interstructure: Exploring the practices and the politics of an elevator for cyclists. Urban Studies.
Unander, Trine E.; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2020) Rhizomic learning: How environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) acquire and assemble knowledge. Social Studies of Science. volum 50 (5).
Åm, Heidrun; Solbu, Gisle; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2020) The imagined scientist of science governance. Social Studies of Science.

2019

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2019) "Mas, mas, mas - over hele linja". Universitetskamp.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2019) Kjønnsbalanse gjennom aksjonsforskning og lokal kunnskaping. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. volum 43 (2).

2018

Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Hojem, Thea Sofie Melhuus. (2018) Articulations of mundane transition work among consulting engineers. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. volum 28.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2018) "Verktøykasse" for bedre kjønnsbalanse. En håndbok for instituttledere som vil bedre kjønnsbalanse blant vitenskapelig ansatte. 2018.

2017

Ask, Kristine; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2017) Domesticating technology for shared success: collective enactments of World of Warcraft. Information, Communication & Society. volum 22 (1).
Korsnes, Marius; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2017) Striving for a Norwegian Low Emission Society post 2050: Three Scenarios. 2017.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2017) Virker de? Virkemidler for energieffektivisering med vekt på bygninger. 2017.

2016

Aune, Margrethe; Godbolt, Åsne Lund; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2016) Mismatch or misunderstanding? Calculation and qualculation among economists and consumers in their framings of the electricity market. Acta Sociologica. volum 59 (4).
Aune, Margrethe; Godbolt, Åsne Lund; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Ryghaug, Marianne; Karlstrøm, Henrik; Næss, Robert. (2016) Concerned consumption. Global warming changing household domestication of energy. Energy Policy. volum 98.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2016) Innovasjonspolitikk og nyskapningspraksiser. Det norske samfunn.

2011

Næss, Robert; Solli, Jøran; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2011) Brukbar klimakunnskap? Kommunalt ansattes forhold til forskning og annen kunnskap om klimaendringer og klimatilpasning. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 52 (3).
Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Næss, Robert. (2011) Making sense of global warming: Norwegians appropriating knowledge of anthropogenic climate change. Public Understanding of Science. volum 20 (6).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Faulkner, Wendy; Rommes, Els. (2011) Technologies of Inclusion. Gender in the Information Society. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2011. ISBN 9788251928465.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Melby, Kari. (2011) Fra kunnskap til dyd? Om tverrfaglighet som kompetanseutfordring. Dannelse. Tenkning - modning - refleksjon.

2010

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2010) Det norske samfunn: Et innovasjonssystem?. Det norske samfunn.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2010) Fra excel til exellence? Måling og veiing av regnearkuniversitetet. Vardøger.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2010) Universitetsreformer i vitenskapsformaterte samfunn - fra ekspansjon til effektivitet?. Vardøger.

2009

Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2009) Walking the line? The enactment of the social/technical binary in software engineering. Engineering Studies. volum 1 (2).
Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2009) How energy efficiency fails in the building industry. Energy Policy. volum 37 (3).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2009) The role of social science in engineering. Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences, Vol 9 av Handbook of Philosophy of Science.

2008

Kongsli, Gry; Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2008) Miljøarkitekten: Dirigent eller deltaker?. Nordisk arkitekturforskning. volum 20 (3).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2008) Aktørnettverksteori. Sosiologisk leksikon.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Amdahl, Eva. (2008) Faglighet og tverrfaglighet i den nye kunnskapsøkonomien. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2008. ISBN 978-82-519-2339-2.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Amdahl, Eva. (2008) Vitenskap som dialog - kunnskap i bevegelse. Tverrfaglighet og kunnskapskulturer i forskning. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2008. ISBN 978-82-519-2338-5.

2007

Aschehoug, Øyvind; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Hestnes, Anne Grete; Novakovic, Vojislav; Matusiak, Barbara; Ryghaug, Marianne; Aune, Margrethe; Berker, Thomas; Stene, Jørn; Bye, Robert. (2007) Smarte energieffektive bygninger. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2007. ISBN 978-82-519-2237-1.
Aune, Margrethe; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2007) Mellom klima og komfort - utfordringer for en bærekraftig energiutvikling. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2007. ISBN 978-82-519-2276-0.
Levold, Nora; Spilker, Hendrik Storstein; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2007) Mot en ”elektronisk solidaritet". Kommunikasjonssamfunnet: Moral, praksis og digital teknologi.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Levold, Nora. (2007) Flytende profesjoner? Om organisering av kunnskap. Arbeid, kunnskap og sosial ulikhet.

2005

Silverstone, Roger; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2005) Towards the 'Communication Society'. Media, Technology and Everyday Life in Europe.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2005) Domestication: The enactment of technology. Domestication of media and technology.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2005) Jakten på innovasjon: Fra nasjonsbygging til dot.com. Det norske samfunn.

2004

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2004) "Jishu Zhengce de Xin Jiangou" (Towards a New Architecture of Technology Policy). Jishu de Shehui Xinchebg (Social Shaping of Technology).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2004) Kvantitet og kvalitet. Strategier for å løse "jenter og data"-problemet. Læring. Grunnbok i læring, teknologi og samfunn.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2004) Cultural politics of technology: Combining critical and constructive interventions?. Science, Technology and Human Values. volum 29 (2).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2004) Tingenes samfunn. Kunnskap og materialitet som sosiologiske korrektiver. Sosiologi i dag. volum 34 (2).

2003

Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2003) Forget the hacker? A critical re-appraisal of Norwegian studies of gender and ICT. He, She and IT revisited. New Perspectives on Gender in the Information Society, ed. Merete Lie.
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2003) Out of the boy's room? A critical analysis of the understanding of gender and ICT in Norway. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2003) Don't girls want to have fun? Designing multimedia for women. He, She and IT revisited. New Perspectives on Gender in the Information Society, ed. Merete Lie.

2002

Aune, Margrethe; Berker, Thomas; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Needs, roles and participation. A review of social science literature on users in technological design. 2002. STS arbeidsnotat/ working paper (58/02).
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) En egen ROM eller et rom på deling? Ulike inkluderingsstrategier for kvinner som brukere av multimedia. Kvinneforskning.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Feminism for profit? Public and private gender politics in multimedia. Knut H. Sørensen & Robin Williams, eds: Shaping technology, guiding policy: Concepts, spaces and tools.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Fra frihet til fabrikk: Den nye universitetsreformen. Vardøger.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Love, Duty and the S-Curve. An Overview of some current Literature on Gender and ICT. Digital divides and inclusion measures. A review of literature and statistical trends of gender and ICT, eds. Knut H. Sørensen & James Stewart.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Providing, pushing and policing. Towards a new architecture of technology policy. Andrew Jamison & Harald Rohracher, eds: Technology studies & sustainable development.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Tid for tverrfaglighet? Jakten på vennligsinnede spesialister. Forskning på tvers. Tverrfaglige forskningsprosjekter ved NTNU.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Williams, Robin. (2002) Shaping Technology, Guiding Policy: Concepts, Spaces, & Tools. 2002. ISBN 1-84064-649-7.

2001

Aune, Margrethe; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2001) Teaching transformed? The appropriation of multimedia in education: The case of Norway. Social learning technologies. The introduction of multimedia in education.

2000

Brosveet, Jarle; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Fishing for fun and profit? National domestication of multimedia: The case of Norway. The Information Society.
Grande, Jan; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Det standardiserte miljøet? Kunnskapsteoretiske perspektiver på konsekvensutredninger. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 41 (3).
Kjølsrød, Lise; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Innledning. Miljø, makt og styring. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) A ROM of one's own or a home for sharing? Designing the inclusion of women in multimedia. New Media & Society.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Feminism for profit? Gender politics in the Norwegian multimedia industry. Concepts, spaces, and tools: Recent developments in social shaping research.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Social shaping on the move?`On the policy relevance of the social shaping of technology perspective. Concepts, spaces and tools: Recent developments in social shaping research.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Aune, Margrethe; Hatling, Morten. (2000) Against linearity - On the Cultural Appropriation of Science and Technology. Between Understanding and Trust. The Public, Science and Technology.

1999

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1999) Similar concerns, different styles? Technology studies in Europe. 1999. ISBN 92-828-7262-9.

1998

Hatling, Morten; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1998) Social constructions of user participation. The spectre of participation. Technology and work in a welf are state.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1998) A sociotechnical legacy? A note on trajectories and traditions in Norwegian research on technology and work. The spectre of participation. Technology and work in a welf are state.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1998) The spectre of participation. Technology and work in a welf are state. 1998. ISBN 82-00-42309-3.

1997

Dahl, Thomas; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1997) Perspektiver på tvers : disiplin og tverrfaglighet på det m oderne forskningsuniversitetet. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 1997. ISBN 82-519-1253-9.

1996

Lie, Merete; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1996) Making technology our own? : domesticating technology into everyday life. 1996.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1996) På jakt etter den politisk korrekte pc : om mulighetene for en radikal teknologipolitikk. Vardøger. volum 23.

1992

Andersen, Håkon With; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1992) Frankensteins dilemma - en bok om teknologi, miljø og verdier. 1992. ISBN 82-417-0060-1.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1992) Bilen og det moderne Norge. En sosioteknisk transformasjon. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 33 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1992) Towards a feminized technology? Gendered values in the construction of technology. Social Studies of Science. volum 22 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Levold, Nora. (1992) Tacit Networks, Heterogeneous Engineers, and Embodied Technology. Science, Technology and Human Values. volum 17 (1).

1991

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1991) Fokusskifte i profesjonsstudier - fra yrkesorganisering til kunnskapsorganisasjon. Sosiologisk Årbok. volum 7.

1987

Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Berg, Anne-Jorunn. (1987) Genderization of technology among Norwegian engineering students. Acta Sociologica. volum 30 (2).

1986

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1986) Deltidsarbeidets utvikling i Norge: Kvinners valg eller samfunnsbehov. Sosiologi i dag. volum 16 (3).

1985

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1985) Technology and industrial democracy. An inquiry into some theoretical issues and their social basis. Organization Studies. volum 6 (2).

1984

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1984) I lyset fra leselampen. Tekster som grunnlag for studiet av sosiale prosesser. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 25 (3).

1982

Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Sætnan, Ann Rudinow. (1982) Arbeidsmiljøreformen - sentrale vedtak, lokale vilkår. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 23 (5-6).

1981

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1981) Notes on the meaning of gender in hospital organizations. Scandinavian journal of social medicine. Supplementum.

1979

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1979) The learning needs of female health workers and their consequences for the planning of inservice education. Social Science and Medicine. volum 13.

Journal publications

Jørgensen, Susanne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2022) Numeric work: The efforts of calculation actors to make numbers count in climate and energy policy. Science and Public Policy.
Jørgensen, Susanne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2022) Transitions through numbers? A critical inquiry into superior numeric targets in climate and energy policymaking. Energy Research & Social Science. volum 91.
Suboticki, Ivana; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2021) Liminal technologies: Exploring the temporalities and struggles in efforts to develop a Belgrade metro. Sociological Review. volum 69 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2021) STS as a Lens to Study Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity. A Comment on Sharon Traweek’s ‘I Prefer the Map'. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society. volum 7 (2).
Hesjedal, Maria Bårdsen; Åm, Heidrun; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Strand, Roger. (2020) Transforming Scientists’ Understanding of Science–Society Relations. Stimulating Double‑Loop Learning when Teaching RRI. Science and Engineering Ethics. volum 26.
Suboticki, Ivana; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2020) Designing and domesticating an interstructure: Exploring the practices and the politics of an elevator for cyclists. Urban Studies.
Unander, Trine E.; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2020) Rhizomic learning: How environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) acquire and assemble knowledge. Social Studies of Science. volum 50 (5).
Åm, Heidrun; Solbu, Gisle; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2020) The imagined scientist of science governance. Social Studies of Science.
Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2019) Kjønnsbalanse gjennom aksjonsforskning og lokal kunnskaping. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. volum 43 (2).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Hojem, Thea Sofie Melhuus. (2018) Articulations of mundane transition work among consulting engineers. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. volum 28.
Ask, Kristine; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2017) Domesticating technology for shared success: collective enactments of World of Warcraft. Information, Communication & Society. volum 22 (1).
Aune, Margrethe; Godbolt, Åsne Lund; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2016) Mismatch or misunderstanding? Calculation and qualculation among economists and consumers in their framings of the electricity market. Acta Sociologica. volum 59 (4).
Aune, Margrethe; Godbolt, Åsne Lund; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Ryghaug, Marianne; Karlstrøm, Henrik; Næss, Robert. (2016) Concerned consumption. Global warming changing household domestication of energy. Energy Policy. volum 98.
Liste Muñoz, Lucia; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2015) Consumer, client or citizen? How Norwegian local governments domesticate website technology and configure their users. Information, Communication & Society. volum 18 (7).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2015) From 'alternative' to 'advanced': Mainstreaming of sustainable technologies. Science & Technology Studies. volum 28 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2015) KOSTNADSEFFEKTIVITETENS KLAMME ÅND: KONSEKVENSER AV DEN SAMFUNNSØKONOMISKE FORMATERINGEN AV KLIMAPOLITIKKEN. Vardøger.
Hojem, Thea Sofie Melhuus; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2014) Designing a ‘green’ building: expanding ambitions through social learning. Building Research & Information. volum 42 (5).
Sørensen, Knut H.. (2013) Beyond innovation. Towards an extended framework for analysing technology policy. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies. volum 1 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2012) Disciplined Interdisciplinarity? A Brief Account of STS in Norway. Tecnoscienza, Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies. volum 3 (1).
Næss, Robert; Solli, Jøran; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2011) Brukbar klimakunnskap? Kommunalt ansattes forhold til forskning og annen kunnskap om klimaendringer og klimatilpasning. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 52 (3).
Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Næss, Robert. (2011) Making sense of global warming: Norwegians appropriating knowledge of anthropogenic climate change. Public Understanding of Science. volum 20 (6).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2010) Fra excel til exellence? Måling og veiing av regnearkuniversitetet. Vardøger.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2010) Universitetsreformer i vitenskapsformaterte samfunn - fra ekspansjon til effektivitet?. Vardøger.
Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2009) Walking the line? The enactment of the social/technical binary in software engineering. Engineering Studies. volum 1 (2).
Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2009) How energy efficiency fails in the building industry. Energy Policy. volum 37 (3).
Kongsli, Gry; Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2008) Miljøarkitekten: Dirigent eller deltaker?. Nordisk arkitekturforskning. volum 20 (3).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2004) Cultural politics of technology: Combining critical and constructive interventions?. Science, Technology and Human Values. volum 29 (2).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2004) Tingenes samfunn. Kunnskap og materialitet som sosiologiske korrektiver. Sosiologi i dag. volum 34 (2).
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2003) Out of the boy's room? A critical analysis of the understanding of gender and ICT in Norway. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) En egen ROM eller et rom på deling? Ulike inkluderingsstrategier for kvinner som brukere av multimedia. Kvinneforskning.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Fra frihet til fabrikk: Den nye universitetsreformen. Vardøger.
Brosveet, Jarle; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Fishing for fun and profit? National domestication of multimedia: The case of Norway. The Information Society.
Grande, Jan; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Det standardiserte miljøet? Kunnskapsteoretiske perspektiver på konsekvensutredninger. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 41 (3).
Kjølsrød, Lise; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Innledning. Miljø, makt og styring. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) A ROM of one's own or a home for sharing? Designing the inclusion of women in multimedia. New Media & Society.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1996) På jakt etter den politisk korrekte pc : om mulighetene for en radikal teknologipolitikk. Vardøger. volum 23.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1992) Bilen og det moderne Norge. En sosioteknisk transformasjon. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 33 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1992) Towards a feminized technology? Gendered values in the construction of technology. Social Studies of Science. volum 22 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Levold, Nora. (1992) Tacit Networks, Heterogeneous Engineers, and Embodied Technology. Science, Technology and Human Values. volum 17 (1).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1991) Fokusskifte i profesjonsstudier - fra yrkesorganisering til kunnskapsorganisasjon. Sosiologisk Årbok. volum 7.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Berg, Anne-Jorunn. (1987) Genderization of technology among Norwegian engineering students. Acta Sociologica. volum 30 (2).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1986) Deltidsarbeidets utvikling i Norge: Kvinners valg eller samfunnsbehov. Sosiologi i dag. volum 16 (3).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1985) Technology and industrial democracy. An inquiry into some theoretical issues and their social basis. Organization Studies. volum 6 (2).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1984) I lyset fra leselampen. Tekster som grunnlag for studiet av sosiale prosesser. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 25 (3).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Sætnan, Ann Rudinow. (1982) Arbeidsmiljøreformen - sentrale vedtak, lokale vilkår. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. volum 23 (5-6).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1981) Notes on the meaning of gender in hospital organizations. Scandinavian journal of social medicine. Supplementum.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1979) The learning needs of female health workers and their consequences for the planning of inservice education. Social Science and Medicine. volum 13.

Report/dissertation

Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Kristensen, Guro Korsnes. (2018) "Verktøykasse" for bedre kjønnsbalanse. En håndbok for instituttledere som vil bedre kjønnsbalanse blant vitenskapelig ansatte. 2018.
Korsnes, Marius; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2017) Striving for a Norwegian Low Emission Society post 2050: Three Scenarios. 2017.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2017) Virker de? Virkemidler for energieffektivisering med vekt på bygninger. 2017.
Aune, Margrethe; Berker, Thomas; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Needs, roles and participation. A review of social science literature on users in technological design. 2002. STS arbeidsnotat/ working paper (58/02).

Part of book/report

Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2022) Nytenkning og nyskaping.Samfunnsendring gjennom forskning og innovasjon. Det norske samfunn : bind 2.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2022) Smart Technologies and Gender: A Never-Ending Story. The Routledge Handbook of Smart Technologies: An Economic and Social Perspective.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2019) "Mas, mas, mas - over hele linja". Universitetskamp.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2016) Innovasjonspolitikk og nyskapningspraksiser. Det norske samfunn.
Åm, Heidrun; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2015) Preparing for new solar cells through integrated research: challenges in translating social robustness into the selection of materials. Practices of Innovation and Responsibility: insights from methods, governance and action.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Melby, Kari. (2011) Fra kunnskap til dyd? Om tverrfaglighet som kompetanseutfordring. Dannelse. Tenkning - modning - refleksjon.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2010) Det norske samfunn: Et innovasjonssystem?. Det norske samfunn.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2009) The role of social science in engineering. Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences, Vol 9 av Handbook of Philosophy of Science.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2008) Aktørnettverksteori. Sosiologisk leksikon.
Levold, Nora; Spilker, Hendrik Storstein; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2007) Mot en ”elektronisk solidaritet". Kommunikasjonssamfunnet: Moral, praksis og digital teknologi.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Levold, Nora. (2007) Flytende profesjoner? Om organisering av kunnskap. Arbeid, kunnskap og sosial ulikhet.
Silverstone, Roger; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2005) Towards the 'Communication Society'. Media, Technology and Everyday Life in Europe.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2005) Domestication: The enactment of technology. Domestication of media and technology.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2005) Jakten på innovasjon: Fra nasjonsbygging til dot.com. Det norske samfunn.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2004) "Jishu Zhengce de Xin Jiangou" (Towards a New Architecture of Technology Policy). Jishu de Shehui Xinchebg (Social Shaping of Technology).
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette. (2004) Kvantitet og kvalitet. Strategier for å løse "jenter og data"-problemet. Læring. Grunnbok i læring, teknologi og samfunn.
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2003) Forget the hacker? A critical re-appraisal of Norwegian studies of gender and ICT. He, She and IT revisited. New Perspectives on Gender in the Information Society, ed. Merete Lie.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2003) Don't girls want to have fun? Designing multimedia for women. He, She and IT revisited. New Perspectives on Gender in the Information Society, ed. Merete Lie.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Feminism for profit? Public and private gender politics in multimedia. Knut H. Sørensen & Robin Williams, eds: Shaping technology, guiding policy: Concepts, spaces and tools.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Love, Duty and the S-Curve. An Overview of some current Literature on Gender and ICT. Digital divides and inclusion measures. A review of literature and statistical trends of gender and ICT, eds. Knut H. Sørensen & James Stewart.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Providing, pushing and policing. Towards a new architecture of technology policy. Andrew Jamison & Harald Rohracher, eds: Technology studies & sustainable development.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2002) Tid for tverrfaglighet? Jakten på vennligsinnede spesialister. Forskning på tvers. Tverrfaglige forskningsprosjekter ved NTNU.
Aune, Margrethe; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2001) Teaching transformed? The appropriation of multimedia in education: The case of Norway. Social learning technologies. The introduction of multimedia in education.
Spilker, Hendrik; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Feminism for profit? Gender politics in the Norwegian multimedia industry. Concepts, spaces, and tools: Recent developments in social shaping research.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2000) Social shaping on the move?`On the policy relevance of the social shaping of technology perspective. Concepts, spaces and tools: Recent developments in social shaping research.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Aune, Margrethe; Hatling, Morten. (2000) Against linearity - On the Cultural Appropriation of Science and Technology. Between Understanding and Trust. The Public, Science and Technology.
Hatling, Morten; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1998) Social constructions of user participation. The spectre of participation. Technology and work in a welf are state.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1998) A sociotechnical legacy? A note on trajectories and traditions in Norwegian research on technology and work. The spectre of participation. Technology and work in a welf are state.

Books

Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Traweek, Sharon. (2022) Questing Excellence in Academia. A Tale of Two Universities. Routledge. 2022. ISBN 9780429290633.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Faulkner, Wendy; Rommes, Els. (2011) Technologies of Inclusion. Gender in the Information Society. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2011. ISBN 9788251928465.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Amdahl, Eva. (2008) Faglighet og tverrfaglighet i den nye kunnskapsøkonomien. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2008. ISBN 978-82-519-2339-2.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Amdahl, Eva. (2008) Vitenskap som dialog - kunnskap i bevegelse. Tverrfaglighet og kunnskapskulturer i forskning. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2008. ISBN 978-82-519-2338-5.
Aschehoug, Øyvind; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Hestnes, Anne Grete; Novakovic, Vojislav; Matusiak, Barbara; Ryghaug, Marianne; Aune, Margrethe; Berker, Thomas; Stene, Jørn; Bye, Robert. (2007) Smarte energieffektive bygninger. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2007. ISBN 978-82-519-2237-1.
Aune, Margrethe; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2007) Mellom klima og komfort - utfordringer for en bærekraftig energiutvikling. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2007. ISBN 978-82-519-2276-0.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Williams, Robin. (2002) Shaping Technology, Guiding Policy: Concepts, Spaces, & Tools. 2002. ISBN 1-84064-649-7.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1999) Similar concerns, different styles? Technology studies in Europe. 1999. ISBN 92-828-7262-9.
Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1998) The spectre of participation. Technology and work in a welf are state. 1998. ISBN 82-00-42309-3.
Dahl, Thomas; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1997) Perspektiver på tvers : disiplin og tverrfaglighet på det m oderne forskningsuniversitetet. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 1997. ISBN 82-519-1253-9.
Lie, Merete; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1996) Making technology our own? : domesticating technology into everyday life. 1996.
Andersen, Håkon With; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (1992) Frankensteins dilemma - en bok om teknologi, miljø og verdier. 1992. ISBN 82-417-0060-1.

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