Roger Andre Søraa
Background and activities
Roger A. Søraa is a Researcher at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (KULT), with a PhD in Studies of Technology and Society. His research focus is on automation, robotization, and digitalization of society – how humans and technology relate to each other. Søraa is especially interested in the social domestication of technology, see e.g. his research on hospital robots and gerontechnology of the home.
He's also affiliated with Department of Neuroscience, where he works on the project LIFEBOTS.
He's affiliated with RURALIS, where he researcher on SmaT – Smart technology for sustainable agriculture.
Research Interests:
- Robotization of gerontechnologies, transport and agriculture
- Automation of work and practises
- Digitalization of society and social media
- Japan, Korea, and Asian digitalization.
Current projects:
- Robotics4EU (2020-2023)
- AUTOWORK (2019-2024)
- DRIVERS (2018-2022)
- LIFEBOTS (2019-2023)
- LIFEBOTS Exchange Extended (2019-2021)
- SmaT (2018-2022)
Past projects:
- Energy-SHIFT (2019-2021)
- eWare (2017 -2021)
- Crafting Climate transitions from below (2014 -2018)
- RoboCare (2016)
- SHAPE energy (2017-2019)
- My Robot Friend (2018-2020)
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
- (2021) A little bird told me your gender: Gender inferences in social media. Information Processing & Management. vol. 58 (3).
- (2021) The secret lives of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at a Norwegian hospital. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. vol. 152 (102627).
- (2021) The social dimension of domesticating technology: Interactions between older adults, caregivers, and robots in the home. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. vol. 167.
- (2020) Gerontechnologies of the home as socio-technical assemblages of trust. Gerontechnology. vol. 19.
- (2020) Queering Machines. Nature Machine Intelligence.
- (2020) Diversifying diversity: Inclusive engagement, intersectionality, and gender identity in a European Social Sciences and Humanities Energy research project. Energy Research & Social Science. vol. 62.
- (2020) Exoskeletons for all: The interplay between exoskeletons, inclusion, gender and intersectionality. Paladyn - Journal of Behavioral Robotics. vol. 11 (1).
- (2020) Othering and Deprioritizing Older Adults’ Lives: Ageist Discourses During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Europe's Journal of Psychology. vol. 16 (4).
- (2020) Children’s perceptions of social robots: a study of the robots Pepper, AV1 and Tessa at Norwegian research fairs. AI & Society: The Journal of Human-Centred Systems and Machine Intelligence.
- (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) Energy consultants calculating sustainability for residential buildings. Facilities.
- (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.
Part of book/report
- (2020) Mitigating isolation and loneliness with technology through emotional care by social robots in remote. Mobile Technologies for Delivering Healthcare in Remote, Rural or Developing Regions.
- (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
- (2020) GENDEREDINNOVATIONS 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation. European Commission. 2020. ISBN 978-92-76-16416-6.
- (2018) Crafting practices in the framing of sustainable buildings. 2018.
- (2014) Konnichiwa robot, sayonara human?. 2014.
Others
- (2021) Gender and Intersectional perspectives on robots and AI. GE Academy - Gender Equality - Webinar . GE Academy - Gender Equality; Online. 2021-04-15.
- (2020) Implementering av velferdsteknoloIgi i norske kommuner. Helsetjenesteforskningskonferansen 2020 . Folkehelseinstituttet; Oslo. 2020-03-10 - 2020-03-10.
- (2020) The Future of Robotic Platforms for Gait Rehabilitation. Adaptive behavioral models of robotic systems based on braininspired AI cognitive architectures (APHRODITE) . IEEE RO-MAN; Virtual. 2020-08-31 - 2020-08-31.
- (2019) Halve sannheten (Half the truth about gender and technology). Altså [Tidsskrift]. 2019-06-15.
- (2019) Nordic sociotechnical transitions in mobility, roundtable. AESOP 2019 ; 2019-07-08 - 2019-07-13.
- (2019) Digital fences for goats in Norwegian agriculture sessions. XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress "Rural futures in a complex world" . Ruralis; Trondheim. 2019-06-25 - 2019-06-28.
- (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.