Kristin Halvorsen

About

I research and teach in the field of Applied Linguistics with a focus on discourse analysis of professional practice. This means that I am interested in the role of language and communication in the workplace and within a variety of organizational settings. I teach and supervise master students in our study program MSKIP, Master in Language and Communication in the Professions, as well as PhD candidates working with social interaction in various institutional contexts.

I have an emphasis on the analysis of face-to-face interaction, but also study hybrid forms of interaction and 'written conversations' in digital contexts. I employ various discourse analytic tools to investigate the communicative challenges that participants face in the situations and organizations in question.

Research

Publications

2025

D'Angelo, Egidio Niclas; Kirchhoff, Ralf; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2025) Legitimizing incapacity: discursive choices in Norwegian sickness certificates. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article

2024

Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen. (2024) Digital veiledningspraksis i Arbeids og velferdsetaten (NAV): En diskursanalytisk studie av skriftlig interaksjon mellom veiledere og brukere som får arbeidsrettet oppfølging. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen; Odland, Annika. (2024) Expertise in interaction – A case study of communicative practices among industrial workers in Norway. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis

2023

Halvorsen, Kristin; Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg. (2023) Multiple spørsmål i digital veiledning: ‘Skriftlige samtaler’ mellom brukere og veiledere på NAVs digitale plattform. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2023) Ambivalence in digital social work: giving advice about welfare-to-work programmes to unemployed clients. Nordic Social Work Research
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen. (2023) Ethics of access in contemporary applied linguistics projects: New challenges in the researcher–practitioner relationship. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
D'Angelo, Egidio Niclas; Hara, Karen Walseth; Halvorsen, Kristin; Kirchhoff, Ralf. (2023) General practitioners’ description of functioning in sickness certificates. Social Sciences & Humanities Open (SSHO)
Academic article

2022

Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin; Thomassen, Gøril. (2022) Selektiv respons på kritikk: NAV veilederes digitale interaksjon med brukere. Sakprosa
Academic article

2021

Halvorsen, Kristin; Thomassen, Gøril. (2021) Mellom ansvarliggjøring og autonomi: tilskriving av ansvar i interaksjon mellom brukere og veiledere i den norske arbeids- og velferdsetaten (NAV). Språk och interaktion
Academic article

2020

Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2020) Ansvar, fag og følelser: Kommunikative utfordringer i brukermøter i NAV. NTNU
Research report
Almklov, Petter Grytten; Halvorsen, Kristin; Johansen, Jens Petter Kirkhus. (2020) Accountability on the Fly - Accounting for Trouble in Space Operations. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article

2018

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2018) Questions as interactional resource in team decision making. International Journal of Business Communication (IJBC)
Academic article
Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2018) Aktive brukere i samtaler med NAV. Fontene
Professional article
Halvorsen, Kristin; Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2018) Rapport: UTVEI – Utvikling av veiledningssamtalen i NAV. Forskningsbasert utviklingsarbeid for og med veiledere. NTNU
Research report
Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2018) Interaksjon med brukere i Nav: Analyse av samtaledata som grunnlag for fagutvikling. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning
Academic article

2017

Jaatun, Ellen Anna Andreassen; Fallon, Marie; Kofod-Petersen, Anders; Halvorsen, Kristin; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg. (2017) Users' perceptions on digital visualization of neuropathic cancer-related pain. Health Informatics Journal
Academic article
Gjøsund, Gudveig; Almklov, Petter; Halvorsen, Kristin; Storesund, Karolina. (2017) Vulnerability and prevention of fatal fires.
Academic chapter
Halvorsen, Kristin; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Gjøsund, Gudveig. (2017) Fire safety for vulnerable groups: The challenges of cross-sector collaboration in Norwegian municipalities. Fire safety journal
Academic article

2016

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2016) Rhetorical accounts of risk: interprofessional risk assessment in operational planning meetings. Journal of Risk Research
Academic article
Kongsvik, Trond; Halvorsen, Kristin; Osmundsen, Tonje; Gjøsund, Gudveig. (2016) Strengthening patient safety in transitions of care: an emerging role for local medical centres in Norway. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2016) Participation across distance: Claiming the floor in multiple-location video meetings. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article

2015

Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen; Sarangi, Srikant Kumar. (2015) Decision making in multiprofessional team interactions. A case study of integrated planning in the petroleum industry. NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Halvorsen, Kristin; Sarangi, Srikant Kumar. (2015) Team decision-making in workplace meetings: The interplay of activity roles and discourse roles. Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
Storesund, Karolina; Sesseng, Christian; Steen-Hansen, Anne Elise; Bøe, Andreas; Stølen, Reidar; Gjøsund, Gudveig; Halvorsen, Kristin; Almklov, Petter. (2015) Rett tiltak på rett sted : Forebyggende og målrettede tekniske og organisatoriske tiltak mot dødsbranner i risikogrupper. SP Fire Research AS
Research report
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2015) Interactional dynamics of team decision making A discourse analytic study of operational planning meetings in the petroleum industry. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis

2013

Ramstad, Lone Sletbakk; Halvorsen, Kristin; Holte, Even Ambros. (2013) Implementing integrated planning: Organizational enablers and capabilities.
Academic chapter

2010

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2010) Team decision-making in the workplace: A systematic review of discourse analytic studies. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic literature review

2009

Amundsen, Oscar; Halvorsen, Kristin; Solem, Anniken; Aasen, Tone Merethe Berg. (2009) The Ocean Space Centre. Samarbeid, ledelse og utvikling. NTNU Samfunnsforskning, Studio Apertura
Research report

2001

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2001) Samtaler i det offentlige rom. Samtalestruktur og forhandling om mening i talkshowet "Først og sist med Fredrik Skavlan". Institutt for anvendt språkvitenskap, NTNU
Master thesis

2000

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2000) Maskulinitet på blå resept. Maskulinitet og menns praksiser i filmen ‘The Full Monty’. Kvinneforskning
Academic article

1998

Halvorsen, Kristin. (1998) Going for the full monty? On representing men and masculinities in popular culture. Ohio University
Master thesis

Journal publications

Halvorsen, Kristin; Thomassen, Gøril. (2021) Mellom ansvarliggjøring og autonomi: tilskriving av ansvar i interaksjon mellom brukere og veiledere i den norske arbeids- og velferdsetaten (NAV). Språk och interaktion
Academic article
Jaatun, Ellen Anna Andreassen; Fallon, Marie; Kofod-Petersen, Anders; Halvorsen, Kristin; Haugen, Dagny Faksvåg. (2017) Users' perceptions on digital visualization of neuropathic cancer-related pain. Health Informatics Journal
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2018) Questions as interactional resource in team decision making. International Journal of Business Communication (IJBC)
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2016) Rhetorical accounts of risk: interprofessional risk assessment in operational planning meetings. Journal of Risk Research
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2010) Team decision-making in the workplace: A systematic review of discourse analytic studies. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic literature review
Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2018) Aktive brukere i samtaler med NAV. Fontene
Professional article
Halvorsen, Kristin; Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg. (2023) Multiple spørsmål i digital veiledning: ‘Skriftlige samtaler’ mellom brukere og veiledere på NAVs digitale plattform. NLT - Norsk lingvistisk tidsskrift
Academic article
Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2023) Ambivalence in digital social work: giving advice about welfare-to-work programmes to unemployed clients. Nordic Social Work Research
Academic article
Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin; Thomassen, Gøril. (2022) Selektiv respons på kritikk: NAV veilederes digitale interaksjon med brukere. Sakprosa
Academic article
Kongsvik, Trond; Halvorsen, Kristin; Osmundsen, Tonje; Gjøsund, Gudveig. (2016) Strengthening patient safety in transitions of care: an emerging role for local medical centres in Norway. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen. (2023) Ethics of access in contemporary applied linguistics projects: New challenges in the researcher–practitioner relationship. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
Almklov, Petter Grytten; Halvorsen, Kristin; Johansen, Jens Petter Kirkhus. (2020) Accountability on the Fly - Accounting for Trouble in Space Operations. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin; Sarangi, Srikant Kumar. (2015) Team decision-making in workplace meetings: The interplay of activity roles and discourse roles. Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
D'Angelo, Egidio Niclas; Kirchhoff, Ralf; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2025) Legitimizing incapacity: discursive choices in Norwegian sickness certificates. BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2018) Interaksjon med brukere i Nav: Analyse av samtaledata som grunnlag for fagutvikling. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Gjøsund, Gudveig. (2017) Fire safety for vulnerable groups: The challenges of cross-sector collaboration in Norwegian municipalities. Fire safety journal
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2000) Maskulinitet på blå resept. Maskulinitet og menns praksiser i filmen ‘The Full Monty’. Kvinneforskning
Academic article
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2016) Participation across distance: Claiming the floor in multiple-location video meetings. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
D'Angelo, Egidio Niclas; Hara, Karen Walseth; Halvorsen, Kristin; Kirchhoff, Ralf. (2023) General practitioners’ description of functioning in sickness certificates. Social Sciences & Humanities Open (SSHO)
Academic article

Part of book/report

Ramstad, Lone Sletbakk; Halvorsen, Kristin; Holte, Even Ambros. (2013) Implementing integrated planning: Organizational enablers and capabilities.
Academic chapter
Gjøsund, Gudveig; Almklov, Petter; Halvorsen, Kristin; Storesund, Karolina. (2017) Vulnerability and prevention of fatal fires.
Academic chapter

Report

Amundsen, Oscar; Halvorsen, Kristin; Solem, Anniken; Aasen, Tone Merethe Berg. (2009) The Ocean Space Centre. Samarbeid, ledelse og utvikling. NTNU Samfunnsforskning, Studio Apertura
Research report
Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2020) Ansvar, fag og følelser: Kommunikative utfordringer i brukermøter i NAV. NTNU
Research report
Halvorsen, Kristin; Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2018) Rapport: UTVEI – Utvikling av veiledningssamtalen i NAV. Forskningsbasert utviklingsarbeid for og med veiledere. NTNU
Research report
Storesund, Karolina; Sesseng, Christian; Steen-Hansen, Anne Elise; Bøe, Andreas; Stølen, Reidar; Gjøsund, Gudveig; Halvorsen, Kristin; Almklov, Petter. (2015) Rett tiltak på rett sted : Forebyggende og målrettede tekniske og organisatoriske tiltak mot dødsbranner i risikogrupper. SP Fire Research AS
Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen; Sarangi, Srikant Kumar. (2015) Decision making in multiprofessional team interactions. A case study of integrated planning in the petroleum industry. NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen. (2024) Digital veiledningspraksis i Arbeids og velferdsetaten (NAV): En diskursanalytisk studie av skriftlig interaksjon mellom veiledere og brukere som får arbeidsrettet oppfølging. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen; Odland, Annika. (2024) Expertise in interaction – A case study of communicative practices among industrial workers in Norway. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2015) Interactional dynamics of team decision making A discourse analytic study of operational planning meetings in the petroleum industry. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Halvorsen, Kristin. (2001) Samtaler i det offentlige rom. Samtalestruktur og forhandling om mening i talkshowet "Først og sist med Fredrik Skavlan". Institutt for anvendt språkvitenskap, NTNU
Master thesis
Halvorsen, Kristin. (1998) Going for the full monty? On representing men and masculinities in popular culture. Ohio University
Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

Outreach

2026

Conference lecture

Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2026) Sosialisering til medisinsk resonnering: Fasilitators vekslinger i footing i simulerte scenarier i medisinutdanning. De norske interaksjonsdagene

2025

Conference lecture

Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2025) Supporting medical reasoning through shifts in footing: The facilitator role in simulation-based training for medical students. Nordisco

2024

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Hammerstad, Gøril Margrethe Thomassen. (2024) Mikroetikk i tidlig prosjektfase: forholdet forsker-praktiker i anvendt språkvitenskap. De norske interaksjonsdagene

2023

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg. (2023) Inviting storytelling in written social work interaction. WRAB VI Writing Research Across Borders
Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2023) Skriftlige samtaler i NAV: Samtaleanalytiske kategorier i analyse av digital, tekstbasert interaksjon. De norske interaksjonsdagene
Conference lecture

Lysvand, Martine Olsen; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2023) Achieving understanding in written second language interaction in the labour and welfare services. WRAB2023 - Writing Research Across Borders

2022

Conference lecture

Strømhaug, Liv Bente Schellenberg; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2022) Responding to complaints in online written social work: Counsellors’ selective responses to service users. 11th European Conference for Social Work Research

2020

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2020) Accessing digital dialogues in labor and welfare services: Ethical and practical challenges in a collaborative project. 10th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP)

2019

Lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2019) Samtaler og samtaleledelse i NAV: Resultater fra UTVEI-prosjektet. Fagdag, Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet
Lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2019) Veiledningssamtalens dynamikk: Å legge til rette for deltakelse. Nettverkssamling for gruppeveiledere, NAV Møre og Romsdal
Interview

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2019) Brukermøter med forbedringspotensial.
Lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Thomassen, Gøril; Andenæs, Ellen. (2019) Brukermedvirkning i forskning. Kurs i samarbeid med FFO og Studieforbundet FUNKIS

2018

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen. (2018) Felles fortolkning av diskursmateriale i workshops med profesjonsutøvere i sosialt arbeid. 5th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction
Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Thomassen, Gøril. (2018) Negotiating the distribution of responsibility in client-counsellor interaction in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. The 68th Annual International Communication Association Conference
Conference lecture

Thomassen, Gøril; Halvorsen, Kristin. (2018) Negotiating responsibility in client-counsellor interaction: Brought about and brought along role relationships. Applied linguistic and professional practice (ALAPP)

2017

Conference lecture

Riis-Johansen, Marit Olave; Halvorsen, Kristin; Andenæs, Ellen; Thomassen, Gøril. (2017) Inviting and supporting service user involvement in labour/welfare counselling interviews. 7th international and interdisciplinary conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP)

2016

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2016) Just ask? Questions as a strategy for empowering patients in health communication. The 6th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 2016
Feature article

Halvorsen, Kristin; Gjøsund, Gudveig; Almklov, Petter Grytten. (2016) Samarbeid kan gi bedre brannsikkerhet for eldre.
Lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Gjøsund, Gudveig; Almklov, Petter. (2016) Tryggere hjemme. Organisatoriske tiltak for økt brannsikkerhet for sårbare grupper. Brannvernkonferansen
Feature article

Almklov, Petter; Halvorsen, Kristin; Gjøsund, Gudveig. (2016) Brannvesenet fyller tomrommene i offentlig sektor.
Lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Gjøsund, Gudveig; Almklov, Petter. (2016) Trygg hjemme? Brannsikkerhet for sårbare grupper. Samfunnsdagen

2015

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin; Osmundsen, Tonje; Kongsvik, Trond; Gjøsund, Gudveig. (2015) Promoting patient safety: An emerging role for intermediate care units in Norway. 5th International Conference on Integrated Care, March 25-27, 2015

2014

Feature article

Gjøsund, Gudveig; Halvorsen, Kristin; Osmundsen, Tonje; Kongsvik, Trond. (2014) Indikatorer. Skylapper – eller verktøy for læring?.

2012

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2012) Silence as discourse strategy in cross-professional decision making. NORDISCO, 2nd Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction

2011

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2011) Challenges of team decision-making. Achieving Collaborative Talk in Mediated Team Meetings. First Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2011) Facilitating multimodal meeting interaction. Establishing interactional legitimacy. Sixth International Conference on Discourse, Communciation and the Enterprise

2010

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2010) Integrated planning: Decision-making in cross-functional team interaction. IO Science and Practice

2009

Conference poster

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2009) Decision making in multiprofessional team interactions. A case study of integrated planning in the petroleum industry. IO Science and Practice, The 5th Intenational Conference on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry

2001

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (2001) CA og diskursanalyse. Samtalestruktur og diskurser om kjønn i et norsk talkshow. Samhällets diskurser

1999

Conference lecture

Halvorsen, Kristin. (1999) Hot metal? Masculinity and men’s practices in the film 'The Full Monty'. Talking gender and sexuality

Språkvelger

Kristin Halvorsen