Research Activities

• FIRE21 - Nordic Fire and Rescue Services, Problem solving in the 21st Century (funded by Nordforsk; participants: Petter Almklov, Michael Grothe-Hammer)
• Gender equity within the governance of the sport for development and peace sector (Participant: Lucy Piggott)
• Gender equity in Norwegian esports (Participant: Lucy Piggott)
• Is gender on the international agenda? Gender representation and policy in international sport governance (commissioned by UK Sport; participant: Lucy Piggott)
• MASQ – Measuring Quality: Exceeding the limitations of quality management in municipal health and care services. (funded by Norges Forskningsråd (2020-2024); project coordinator: Gunhild Tøndel)
• Meta-organizing grand challenges: the case of ocean governance (project leader: Michael Grothe-Hammer)
• CORNER – Coordination, response and networked resilience. (On the management of the Corona Crisis, Funded by Norges Forskningsråd, participants: Petter Almklov, Andre Karlsen, Michael Grothe-Hammer). 
• RISKY - Consequences of fundamental changes in risk regulation (funded by Norges Forskningsråd; participants: Petter Almklov, Michael Grothe-Hammer)
   

Relevant Publications

Here are some relevant publications. Please see the researchers' NTNU-profiles for more. 

• Brodersen, M. B., & Røyrvik, E. A. (2021). The stable stranger: Constructing “the Roma” within the European neoliberal culture complex. Focaal, 1(aop), 1–14.
• Forseth, U., & Rosness, R. (2021). Paradoxes of power: Dialogue as a regulatory strategy in the Norwegian oil and gas industry. Safety Science, 139, 105120.
• Forseth, U. (2021). «Smile away»: Endringer i emosjonelt arbeid blant kabinansatte. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift, 5(01), 8–22.
• Kjøstolfsen, G. H., Baheerathan, J., Martinussen, P. E., & Magnussen, J. (2021). Financial incentives and patient selection: Hospital physicians’ views on cream skimming and economic management focus in Norway. Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 125(1), 98–103.
• Røyrvik, E. A. é. (2021). Broken Promises and Lost Qualities: Constructing Management as a Research Object in Sociology and Anthropology. In H. Leiulfsrud & P. Sohlberg (Hrsg.), Constructing Social Research Objects: Constructionism in research practice. Brill.
• Søraa, R. A., Nyvoll, P., Tøndel, G., Fosch-Villaronga, E., & Serrano, J. A. (2021). The social dimension of domesticating technology: Interactions between older adults, caregivers, and robots in the home. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 167.
• Almklov, P. G., Halvorsen, K., & Johansen, J. P. (2020). Accountability on the Fly—Accounting for Trouble in Space Operations. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 29(1), 191–226.
• Grothe‐Hammer, M. (2020). Membership and contributorship in organizations: An update of modern systems theory. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 37(3).
• Grothe-Hammer, M., & Kohl, S. (2020). The decline of organizational sociology? An empirical analysis of research trends in leading journals across half a century. Current Sociology, 68(4), 419–442.
• Hesjedal, M. B., Åm, H., Sørensen, K. H., & Strand, R. (2020). Transforming Scientists’ Understanding of Science–Society Relations. Stimulating Double-Loop Learning when Teaching RRI. Science and Engineering Ethics, 26(3), 1633–1653.
• Martinussen, P. E., Magnussen, J., Vrangbæk, K., & Frich, J. C. (2020). Should I stay or should I go? The role of leadership and organisational context for hospital physicians’ intention to leave their current job. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 400.
• Martinussen, P. E., & Rydland, H. T. (2020). Is a Decentralised Health Policy Associated With Better Self-rated Health and Health Services Evaluation? A Comparative Study of European Countries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 1.
• Piggott, L. V., & Matthews, J. J. K. (2020). Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes. Journal of Sport Management, 1(aop), 1–14.
• Piggott, L. V., & Pike, E. C. (2020). ‘CEO equals man’: Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 55(7), 1009–1025.
• Smeby, G., & Røyrvik, E. A. (2020). Bitt av reformbasillen. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, 61(02), 140–159.
• Tjora, A., & Scambler, G. (2020). Communal forms: A sociological exploration of concepts of community (1 Edition). Routledge.
• Zyzak, B., & Jacobsen, D. I. (2020). External managerial networking in meta-organizations. Evidence from regional councils in Norway. Public Management Review, 22(9), 1347–1367.
• Forseth, U., Clegg, S., & Røyrvik, E. A. (2019). Reactivity and Resistance to Evaluation Devices. Valuation Studies, 6(1), 31–61.
• Forseth, U. (2019, Oktober 3). Il paradosso norvegese non esiste |. inGenere.
• Grothe-Hammer, M. (2019). Organization without actorhood: Exploring a neglected phenomenon. European Management Journal, 37(3), 325–338.
• Nilsen, S. M., Asheim, A., & Tøndel, G. (2019). Helsepersonells oppfattelse av kapasitetspress i spesialisthelsetjenesten. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.
• Reutter, L. M., & Broomfield, H. (2019). Kunstig intelligens/data science: En kartlegging av status, utfordringer og behov i norsk offentlig sektor - første resultater. NTNU.
• Sætnan, A. R., Tøndel, G., & Rasmussen, B. (2019). Does counting change what is counted? Potential for paradigm change through performance metrics. Research Evaluation, 28(1), 73–83.
• Almklov, P. G., & Lamvik, G. M. (2018). Taming a globalized industry – Forces and counter forces influencing maritime safety. Marine Policy, 96, 175–183.
• Øversveen, E., & Forseth, U. (2018). Fremmed i NAV. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift, 2(04), 5–24.
• Piggott, L., Pike, E., & Matthews, J. (2018). England—A ‘sporting future’ for all? In A. Elling, J. Hovden, & A. Knoppers (Hrsg.), Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance (S. 105–116). Routledge.
• Pike, E., White, A., Matthews, J., Southon, S., & Piggott, L. (2018). Women and Sport Leadership: A Case Study of a Development Programme. In L. Mansfield, J. Caudwell, B. Wheaton, & B. Watson (Hrsg.), The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education (S. 809–823). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
• United Nations Environment Programme. (2018). Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies: Implications for Developing Countries.
• Berthod, O., Grothe-Hammer, M., & Sydow, J. (2017). Network Ethnography: A Mixed-Method Approach for the Study of Practices in Interorganizational Settings. Organizational Research Methods, 20(2), 299–323.
• Karlsen, J., Beseda, J., Šima, K., & Zyzak, B. (2017). Outsiders or Leaders? The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Development of Peripheral Regions. Higher Education Policy, 30(4), 463–479.
• Zyzak, B. (2017). Breakdown of inter-organizational cooperation: The case of regional councils in Norway. In J. Trondal (Hrsg.), The Rise of Common Political Order (S. 251–270). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786435002.00022
• Underland, G., & Tjora, A. (2016). A collective clinical gaze: Negotiating decisions in a surgical ward. Communication and Medicine, 13(1), 23-35-23–35.
• Zyzak, B., & Pinheiro, Rómulo. (2016). Network ties between universities and cultural and creative industries. In H. C. Garmann Johnsen, E. S. Hauge, M.-L. Magnussen, & R. Ennals (Hrsg.), Applied Social Science Research in a Regional Knowledge System (S. 175–187). Routledge.
• Andreassen, H. K., Kjekshus, L. E., & Tjora, A. (2015). Survival of the project: A case study of ICT innovation in health care. Social Science & Medicine, 132, 62–69.
• Rasmussen, B. (2015). From Collegial Organization to Strategic Management of Resources: Changes in Recruitment in a Norwegian University. SAGE Open, 5(3), 215824401560390.
• Almklov, P. G., & Antonsen, S. (2014). Making work invisible: New public management and operational work in critical infrastructure sectors. Public Administration, 92(2), 477–492.
• Almklov, P. G., Rosness, R., & Størkersen, K. (2014). When safety science meets the practitioners: Does safety science contribute to marginalization of practical knowledge? Safety Science, 67, 25–36.
• Tøndel, G. (2013). Mening og myndighet: Produksjonen av styringstall i helse-og sosialtjenesten. Sosiologisk tidsskrift, 21(01), 65–90.
• Tøndel, G., & Sarheim Anthun, K. (2013). Statistics as a technology of governance: The Norwegian need for numbers & numbers for need. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 33(7/8), 474–490.
• Rasmussen, B., & Håpnes, T. (2012). Permanent Temporariness? Changes in Social Contracts in Knowledge Work. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2(1), 5–22.
• Bailey, J. L. (2008). Arrested Development: The Fight to End Commercial Whaling as a Case of Failed Norm Change. European Journal of International Relations, 14(2), 289–318.
• Rasmussen, B. (2004). Between Endless Needs and Limited Resources: The Gendered Construction of a Greedy Organization. Gender, Work & Organization, 11(5), 506–525.

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