Small languages, e.g. Kven and Sami, face a double dsicrimination in terms of representation in digital systems. Societal historic bias, as well as lack of support and representation in datasets, calls for a rethinking of how smaller language groups can be treated in good ways in digital systems. This MA project will work closely with computer scientists in a sociotechnical exploration of languages.

Supervisor: Roger Søraa

AI technologies in healthcare do not emerge in isolation. They are shaped by the values, assumptions, and priorities of the organizations that develop them. Suppliers therefore play an important role in how AI systems are designed, presented, and introduced into healthcare settings. This MA project will explore how suppliers contribute to shaping AI technologies and how these technologies come to be understood and used in healthcare practice.

Supervisor: Roger Søraa

This MA project examines how digital technologies developed in one societal context are understood and adapted in another as part of broader processes of digital transformation. Drawing on a sociotechnical perspective, it explores how governance structures, welfare arrangements, and cultural expectations shape how such technologies are interpreted and integrated into societal practices. The project also highlights opportunities for international collaboration and comparative learning, particularly with partners in Korea and Japan.

Supervisor: Roger Søraa

TikTok is one of the most popular platforms on the planet, yet is largely villified in public discourse as either mindnumbing entertainment or Chinese surveillance, in star contrast to how users report on their experience of a platform. This MA project will study how norwegian media and policy document frames and presents the platform. 

Supervisor: Kristine Ask

TikTok is an important part of peoples lives across the planet. Much of TikTok research is based on analysis of content, while notably fewer studies have interviewed actual users. Adressing this gap, this MA project will seek to interview and study various groups of TikTok users to understand how the platform fits into their everyday lives - and how use and context shape each other. 

Supervisor: Kristine Ask

Nursing and medicine are situated practices in which healthcare professionals combine multiple sources of knowledge when making decisions about treatment and care. Clinical judgments are not based solely on factual knowledge, but also on experience, observations, and professional discretion. At the same time, advanced medical technology plays an increasingly important role in healthcare work. Technology, however, is not neutral; its design influences how it can be learned and used in practice, and a gap often emerges between the design of the technology and its actual use in clinical situations.

Adopting new technology therefore involves a complex learning process in which healthcare professionals must integrate the technology into existing work routines and experiences. This process can influence the experience of competence, work capacity, and well-being at work. Factors such as gender, age, and professional background may also play a role in how healthcare professionals experience and handle technological change. Differences in work contexts can further influence how technology is used and learned.

Paramedics and intensive care nurses often use the same types of advanced medical-technical equipment but work under very different conditions. Paramedics work pre-hospital in acute situations outside hospitals, while intensive care nurses work in hospital environments with continuous monitoring of critically ill patients.

Examining how healthcare professionals across different professions and work environments learn, use, and experience medical technology can provide important insights into how technology affects competence, everyday work, and well-being. Such knowledge can contribute to better implementation of technology and more sustainable healthcare services.

Supervisors: Roger Søraa and Aud Obstfelder

Art–science and art–technology collaborations are increasingly seen as valuable ways to address complex societal challenges. By bringing together artistic practices with scientific and technological expertise, new perspectives, methods, and forms of knowledge can emerge. This MA project will explore how collaborations between artists, scientists, and technologists can contribute to addressing societal challenges. Students will work in a sociotechnical perspective and will collaborate with researchers and practitioners to explore themes at the intersection between art and technology. 

Supervisor: Roger Søraa