Programme

Welcome

By director of DIGIT Research School, Marit Haldar (Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University)

Marit Haldar is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Digitalization, Culture and Society (CEDIC) and the Norwegian Research School on Digitalization, Culture and Society (DIGIT). Her research focuses on digitalization, social inequality, family life, and vulnerability within welfare and healthcare systems.

By Bendik Hofseth, (Professor, University of Agder)

Bendik Hofseth is a Norwegian musician, composer, and professor of music at the University of Agder. As an internationally recognized jazz saxophonist, he has played a key role in the development of contemporary jazz in Norway. He also developed the University of Agder’s master’s programme in Music Business Management, focusing on digital transformation in the music industry, including new technologies, business models, and copyright.

By Sally Wyatt (Professor, Maastricht University)

Sally Wyatt is a leading scholar in science and technology studies, with a long career exploring how digital technologies shape society. She is widely known for her influential work on the concept of “non-use” of technology and on the persistence of technological determinism.

By Hans Christian Holte (Special Adviser, Norwegian Digitalisation Agency)

Holte is the first Director of the newly established AI Norway, the Norwegian government’s initiative for the responsible and innovative development and use of artificial intelligence in the public and private sectors. He will take up the position in August 2026. He has held several senior leadership roles in Norwegian public administration, including Director General at the Ministry of Education and Research, Director of NAV, the Norwegian Tax Administration, and the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi).

The talk concludes with a dialogue with Christen Krogh, Rector of Oslo Metropolitan University

A dialogue-based session exploring the gap between envisioned and realized digital solutions, and the role of entrepreneurship within welfare states such as Norway

By Fredrik Gulowsen (CEO, Nyby) and Karen Dolva (CPO, beCrystal)

Fredrik Gulowsen is a Norwegian serial entrepreneur who has co-founded companies including Skyfall Ventures, and Kolonial.no (now Oda). He is the founder and CEO of Nyby, a digital platform developed with public and private partners to improve collaboration in service delivery.

Karen Dolva has founded several companies, UX Lab and No Isolation, and is currently on her third startup beCrystal. Dolva has been recognized by the BBC and Forbes as one of the world’s most inspiring and influential women in tech.

Coffee will be served in P46, Course and Conference Centre

‍A PDF of the paper session programme is available via the button at the top of the page. ‍‍ ‍

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1. Digitalization and Cultural Identities: A Technosocial Perspective
Convenors: Antonio Díaz Andrade and Apostolos Spanos

Papers

16:00-16:15 The algorithmic subject and the communal body: Digital self-tracking, bodily capital, and the negotiation of fitness and health practices in Ghana. Antwi, Bright Baffour, University of South-Eastern Norway

16:15-16:30 Bits over bods: A historical understanding of bodies in virtual reality. Voinov, Cristiana-Anca, University of South-Eastern Norway

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3. Decision-Making, Surveillance, and Counter-Practices in a Data-Saturated World
Convenors: Marijke Roosen and Daniela Sant'Ana

Papers

16:00–16:15 Democracy under the algorithm: Public participation in the age of AI and surveillance. Bychawska-Siniarsk, Dominika, Gdańsk University. Co-author: Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias

16:15–16:30 Militant democracy as datafied governance: Artificial intelligence and the surveillance of dissent. Marcia, Michalina, Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences

16:30–16:45 ‘If only the police knew what the police already know’: The knowledge paradox in intelligence. Langeland, Camilla Løvschall, University of Oslo

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4. Studying Human–AI Conversations as Interaction: Methodological and Epistemological Challenges
Convenors: Anne Katrine Westbye

Papers

16:00–16:15 Outsourced sensemaking: An (in)voluntary departure from epistemic agency amid the rise of genAI. Bitzer, Jann N, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences

16:15–16:30 Human–AI sensemaking in investigative journalism: Studying trust, breakdown, and co-construction as interaction. Kuriakose, Bineeth, Oslo Metropolitan University

16:30–16:45 Value co-creation and value co-destruction in tech-culture partnerships. A case study of Det Norske Teatret and NetNordic. Boncheva, Lyuba., BI Norwegian Business School. Co-author: Anne-Britt Gran

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6. Imaginaries and Governance of Digital Transitions
Convenors: Karin Fossheim and Gloria Ziglioli

Papers

16:00–16:15 Early adoption versus tinkering. Krogstad, Alina, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences. Co-author: Adeline Hvidsten

16:15–16:30 Expectations, promises and (hybrid) knowledge production: The shaping of a future with AI in the Norwegian public healthcare services. Kannelønning, Mari Serine, University of Oslo

16:30–16:45 Whose home, whose future? Care technologies and transnational lives in welfare policy. Lillehagen, Ida, University of Oslo. Co-author: Carolina Rau

16:45–17:00 Dreaming of smart urban futures: Aspiring for perception and prediction. Wullf-Wathne, Marikken, Oslo Metropolitan University

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7. Datafied Care and Ethical Futures
Convenors: Justin Haugland-Pruitt and Lisa Aaslestad

Papers

16:00-16:15 Social platform ecosystems: Digital and social care. Skjølsvik, Tale, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-author Katja Maria Hydle

16:15-16:30 Reconfiguring roles in digital mental health care. Standal, Beate, University of Bergen. Co-authors: Robin Maria Francisca Kenter, Monika Knudsen Gullslett, Tine Nordgreen and Inger Lise Teig

16:30-16:45 Digital communication services facilitating nurse–patient dialog for home dwelling older adults: A scoping review. Staats, Katrine, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-authors: Ying Jiang, Vivien Xi Wu, Karine Ellen Grov and Ann-Helen Torstveit

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8. Digital Transformations in Education – Digital Pedagogies
Convenors: Monika Kamola and Barbara Waloszek

Papers

16:00-16:15 Future Classroom Labs. Waloszek, Barbara, University of Stavanger. Co-author: Tarja Tikkanen

16:15–16:30 ECEC teachers’ pedagogical practices for fostering mathematical knowledge and computational thinking with coding toys. Kamola, Monika, University of Stavanger

16:30–16:45 Imaginaries of AI in higher education. Washik, Maryam, University of Oslo. Co-author: Mali Brødreskift

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9. Tutti-frutti session for DIGIT members

Convenor: Vaishnavi Mangal

16:00-16:15 Constructing the client: The role and epistemology of narratives in Norwegian social work. Johansen, Peter, Oslo Metropolitan University

16:15–16:30 Exercising discretion through personal technology: informal use of mobile phones by community health workers in India. Mangal, Vaishnavi, Norwegian University of Technology and Science. Co-authors: Mads Solberg, Claire Glenton and Elodie Besnier

16:30-16:45 Rethinking posthuman authorship: Towards distributed agency. deBeer, Liselotte, University of Stavanger

16:45–17:00 Contact when needed: Usage of asynchronous messaging in outpatient care for patients with type 1 diabetes. Spildo, Ingeborg, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-authors: Heidi Holmen, Annesofie Lunde Jensen, Tone Singstad, Astrid Torbjørnsen

A PDF of the paper session programme is available via the button at the top of the page. ‍

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1. Digitalization and Cultural Identities: A Technosocial Perspective
Convenors: Antonio Díaz Andrade and Apostolos Spanos

Papers

17:15-17:30 Digital innovation, analog inertia: Cultural path dependence in technosocial transitions. Spanos, Apostolos, University of Agder

17:30-17:45 Analog over digital: Social life and older people in Japan. Hames, Aaron, Chinese University of Hong Kong

17:45-18:00 Mediated embodiment and new forms of inclusion in the digital age: Avatar-robot-work and disability in Japan. Spoden, Celia, The University of Tokyo

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3. Decision-Making, Surveillance, and Counter-Practices in a Data-Saturated World
Convenors: Marijke Roosen and Daniela Sant'Ana

Papers

17:15–17:30 Recruiters in the loop: Hybrid agency and sociomaterial tensions in AI-mediated hiring practices. Rondeaux, Giseline, University of Liège.Co-author: Laura Beuker

17:30–17:45 Algorithmic control of electronic patient records: A case of co-determination and negotiation about an automated surveillance system in a Norwegian hospital. Bakkeli, Vidar, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-author: Anders Underthun

17:45–18:00 Datafied university governance: Rethinking academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the age of digital metric. Balci, Süheyla Bozkurt, Çankırı Karatekin University. Co-Author: Cankiri Karatekin

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4. Studying Human–AI Conversations as Interaction: Methodological and Epistemological Challenges
Convenors: Anne Katrine Westbye

Papers

17:15-17:30 “If you like, we can go even deeper” – Negotiating participation in human-chatbot interaction. Hansen, Jessica Pedersen Belisle, Høgskolen i Østfold

17:30-17:45 Questioning as interaction: Studying pupil–chatbot dialogue turn by turn. Westbye, Anne Katrine, Oslo Metropolitan University

17:45-18:00 Relating to the artificial: Ethnographic approach to human–AI interaction. Islam, Yasir, University of Oslo

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5. Digital Transformations in Education – Cross-level Perspectives
Convenors: Hairenik Aramayo Parato, Veruska de Caro-Barek and Heka Arcana Putra

Papers

17:15-17:30 ‘Yes, but that’s basically what we said!’ ChatGPT as a participant in the writing process. Skaar, Håvard Heradstveit, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-author: Eli Anne Eiesland

17:30-17:45 Formative assessment as simulated interaction – feedback in the age of Large Language Models. Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-author: Sylvia Irene Lysgård

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6. Imaginaries and Governance of Digital Transitions
Convenors: Karin Fossheim and Gloria Ziglioli

Papers

17:15-17:30 Voicing the imaginary: Actor network theory and the governance of digital voice practices. Abdullayeva, Zeynab, University of Sussex

17:30-17:45 Digital divides in the public sector? Gjærum, Anja, Inland University

17:45-18:00 Rethinking governance relationships for the digital public sector. Sjøvoll, Espen, University of Oslo

18:00-18:15 Computing power and data politics – The historical infrastructure of the Norwegian public administration. Eckhoff, Torjus Solheim, University of Oslo

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8. Digital Transformations in Education – Digital Pedagogies
Convenors: Monika Kamola and Barbara Waloszek

Papers

17:15-17:30 Teachers’ trust and engagement in artificial intelligence in education. Segaran, Meerita, University of South-Eastern Norway. Co-authors: Dirgha Raj Joshi, Ammar Singh, Viji Ramamurthy, Heka Putra, I Skolastika and Phan Thi Kim Thao

17:30–17:45 Formative intervention in South-North collaborations with virtual exchange. Mathisen, Steinar, Oslo Metropolitan University

17:45–18:00 Teachers’ AI anxiety and literacy in the era of educational transformation: From hesitation to integration. Kızılışıkoğlu, Gökhan, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-authors: Deniz Atal and Wilfried Admiraal

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9. Tutti-frutti session for DIGIT members

Convenor Vaishnavi Mangal

Papers

17:15-17:30 Leadership job crafting and future making in the context of generative AI. Breivik, Klaus, Oslo Metropolitan University

17:30-17:45 AI-generated and manipulated visual media enters the journalistic news production process. Brenner, Stefan, Oslo Metropolitan University. Co-author: Mattew Adams

Location: Oslo City Hall, Rådhusplassen 1, Oslo

Doors open at 18:30. The reception starts promptly at 19:00.

The guests must pass through a security check, please allow some extra time for entry.

A formal invitation will be sent in advance and will serve as your entry pass upon arrival at Oslo City Hall.

Guests will arrive via Borggården, the open inner courtyard of Oslo City Hall facing Fridtjof Nansen’s Square.

The reception will be hosted by the Mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe.

A complimentary cloakroom will be available, and all guests are required to use it.