GEN-PHD

GENder and Physical-Hybrid-Digital working practices in academia (GEN-PHD project)

GENder and Physical-Hybrid-Digital working practices in academia (GEN-PHD project)

This project draws on qualitative, in‑depth interviews with 12 senior academics (associate professors and professors) in 6 different NTNU campuses and examines both the continuities and the changes in their remote‑working practices, with particular attention to gendered dynamics. Our published themes include a classic topic in Scandinavian feminist research: work–life balance and gender in the context of working from home. We have also explored the utopias and dystopias expressed by our informants regarding the future of the university and the role remote work may play in it.

The GEN-PHD project team is engaging in Qualitative Collective Analysis during the Data interpretation workshop on April 24, 2023
The GEN-PHD project team is engaging in Qualitative Collective Analysis during the Data interpretation workshop on April 24, 2023

Project activities

Project activities

Project publications

Project publications

The home as a normative space: Working from home and the persistence of women’s “mental load”

Moratti, S., & Sørensen Øyslebø, S. (2026). The home as a normative space: Working from home and the persistence of women’s “mental load”. Journal of Gender Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2025.2604207 (open access)

Academics’ dystopian and utopian imaginaries of remote work in the future university: Longing for community.

Moratti, S., & Sørensen Øyslebø, S. (under review). Academics’ dystopian and utopian imaginaries of remote work in the future university: Longing for community.