Background and activities
Roger A. Søraa is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (KULT), with a PhD and a Master in Studies of Technology and Society, and a Bachelor in Informatics. He works as a researcher for the DRIVERS-project, and as a research coordinator for the EU-projects SHAPE ENERGY and ENERGY SHIFTS. He also teaches and runs classes on Digital Cultures and ICT and Cultural Change.
He also works as a project leader and EU project developer for NTNU Department of Neuroscience, where he researcher on projects My Robot Friend, eWare – Early Warning Accompanies Robotics Excellence and LIFEBOTS.
He's affiliated with RURALIS, where he researcher on SmaT – Smart technology for sustainable agriculture. He is also the Editor in chief of the Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies (NJSTS).
Research Interests
- Robotization of gerontechnologies, transport and agriculture
- Automation of work and pracises
- Digitalization of scoiety and social media
Current projects
- DRIVERS (2018-2022)
- SHAPE energy (2017-2019)
- ENERGY SHIFT (2019-2021)
- eWare (2017 -2021)
- My Robot Friend (2018-2019)
- LIFEBOTS (2019-2023)
Past projects
- Crafting Climate transitions from below (2014 -2018)
- RoboCare (2016)
Lectures
Supervision
- Supervises students on all levels, please send requests by email.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2018) Why energy retrofitting in private dwellings is difficult in Norway: Coordinating the framing practices of government, craftspeople and homeowners. Energy Research & Social Science. vol. 49.
- (2018) Crafting environmental policies into action: Energy consulting practices of craftspeople. Craft Research. vol. 9 (2).
- (2018) Energy consultants calculating sustainability for residential buildings. Facilities.
- (2017) An introduction to Crafting Sustainability – exploring the interconnections between sustainability and craft. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies. vol. 5 (2).
- (2017) Craftsmanship in the machine: sustainability through new roles in building craft at the technologized building site. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies. vol. 5 (2).
- (2017) Mechanical genders: how do humans gender robots?. Gender, Technology and Development.
- (2017) Communities of Peer Practitioners: Experiences from an Academic Writing Group. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies. vol. 5 (1).
Part of book/report
- (2017) Teknologisk produksjon av nærhet og avstand; Klimakrisa, virkemiddelapparatet og de tusen hjem. Trangen til å telle. Objektivering, måling og standardisering som samfunnspraksis.
- (2017) Mecha-Media: How Are Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots Presented and Received Through the Media?. Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society.
Report/dissertation
- (2018) Crafting practices in the framing of sustainable buildings. 2018.
- (2014) Konnichiwa robot, sayonara human?. 2014.
Others
- (2018) Workshop SHAPE Energy «Avkarbonisering av Trondheims transportsektor». SHAPE Energy . NTNU og Trondheim Kommune; Trondheim kommune. 2018-02-15 - 2018-02-15.
- (2018) A sustainable robot future: living together or terminated?. UN Students Trondheim . UN Students; Trondheim. 2018-01-29 - 2018-01-29.
- (2018) Det føles som om samfunnet glemmer oss. Aftenposten morgen [Avis]. 2018-03-13.
- (2018) Mener roboter kan hindre uførhet. nrk.no [Internett]. 2018-01-24.
- (2018) Utfordringer og muligheter med robotisering i militæret. Luftkrigsskolen seminarrekke ; 2018-03-13 - 2018-03-13.
- (2017) Asker biblioteks teknologiuke: Roboter i samfunnet. Teknologiuke . Asker bibliotek; Asker. 2017-11-02 - 2017-11-02.
- (2017) DN Talent: Fremtidens elite i arbeidslivet. Dagens Næringsliv [Avis]. 2017-09-15.
- (2017) NRK P1 God ettermiddag Trøndelag på forskningsdagene. Intervju om sosiale roboter. nrk p1 [Radio]. 2017-09-22.
- (2017) Robotene kommer!. Dagens Næringsliv [Avis]. 2017-01-11.
- (2017) Robotenes hotell: Skygging av teknologier i Japan. KULT seminar ; 2017-07-08 - 2017-07-08.
- (2017) Roboter i helsesektoren: Erfaringer fra Japan. Norsk Forening for Automatisering Helse og Medisinsk Teknologi 2017 ; 2017-09-26 - 2017-09-27.
- (2017) Sci fi-roboten er tilbake, intervju DagensNæringsliv.no. null [Internett]. 2017-01-11.
- (2016) RoboCare. networks of technology, health and culture. Workshop 2. RoboCare. Networks of technology, health and culture. Workshop 2 . RoboCare. KULT; Trondheim. 2016-04-25 - 2016-04-25.
- (2016) “Cool” Japanese robots as cultural power vessels and boundary objects. Communicating with Cool Japan ICA16 Preconference ; Tokyo. 2016-06-08 - 2016-06-08.
- (2016) Robots Projecting and Negotiating Power and Gender in the Media. The Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2016 . IAFOR; Kobe. 2016-06-02 - 2016-06-05.
- (2016) Robots and gender – guest lecture at ICU. Gender and Social Structure class . ICU – International Christian University; Tokyo. 2016-06-15.
- (2016) Sustainable Transitions to an Automation and Green-Worker Synchronicity?. The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2016 ; Kobe. 2016-06-09 - 2016-06-12.
- (2016) TV2 nyhetene intervju om japanske roboter. TV2 nyhetene [TV]. 2016-11-15.
- (2016) Crafting Cultural Sustainability in the Transition to a Sustainable Environment?. ACSEE 2016 The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, . IAFOR; Kobe. 2016-06-09 - 2016-06-12.
- (2016) Energy-Calculators in Action: Realizing Sustainability Potentials in Existing Buildings Through Energy-Consultations. Minder Symposium at Living Lab . Minder network; Trondheim. 2016-12-04 - 2016-12-06.
- (2016) Social learning and information transfer in the transition to greener energy-workers. ISS 2016 International Conference on Information and Social Science ; Sapporo. 2016-06-24 - 2016-06-26.
- (2016) 21st century green‐collar workers. 4S/EASST Conference ; Barcelona. 2016-08-31 - 2016-09-03.
- (2016) Japanese Robots as Boundary Objects between Continuity and Change. The International Conference on Japan and Japan Studies 2016 . IAFOR; Kobe. 2016-06-02 - 2016-06-05.
- (2015) RoboCare. Networks of technology, health and culture. Workshop 1. RoboCare. Networks of technology, health and culture. Workshop 1 . RoboCare KULT; Trondheim. 2015-12-02 - 2015-12-02.
- (2015) 4S Making and Doing: "The Good, the True and the Beautiful". 4S conference . The Society for the Social Studies of Science; Denver. 2015-11-11 - 2015-11-14.
- (2015) Tverrfaglige synergier. Workshop . Sør-Trøndelag fylkeskommune; Charlottenlund videregående skole. 2015-04-29 - 2015-04-29.
- (2015) Denne roboten kan du kose og snakke med. iTromsø [Internett]. 2015-01-27.
- (2015) Hva er det med japanere og roboter?. forskning.no [Internett]. 2015-01-22.
- (2015) Psykisk Helse: En ny japansk robot kan lese følelser og muntre oss opp i hverdagen. Psykisk helse nummer 4/2015 [Fagblad]. 2015-09-17.
- (2015) Radiointervju om japanske roboter. P1+ [Radio]. 2015-01-28.
- (2015) Why grandpa doesn’t want a smart phone. sciencenordic.com [Internett]. 2015-02-03.
- (2015) New energy transition laborers? Framing craftspeople as energy advisors. 4S conference . The Society for the Social Studies of Science; Denver. 2015-11-11 - 2015-11-14.
- (2015) Hug a robot with your grandchild’s voice. http://geminiresearchnews.com/ [Internett]. 2015-02-04.