Eskil Gaasø Indrestrand
PhD fellow at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
My name is Eskil Gaasø Indrestrand, and I am a PhD candidate in political science at NTNU. I completed both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees at NTNU, where I specialized in quantitative methods, statistics, and public policy. During my studies, I also taught statistics, which strengthened my interest in methodological transparency and evidence based research. Through my PhD project, I hope to contribute new knowledge about how emerging technologies are reshaping administrative roles, professional judgment, and public sector governance.
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The overall research question guiding the PhD dissertation is formulated as follows: To what extent do AI chatbots impact public administrators?
This project examines how artificial intelligence in the form of AI chatbots and generative systems influences task execution in the Norwegian central government. The dissertation is a paper based quantitative study that uses large N survey data from the Norwegian Panel of Public Administrators.
“Through my PhD project, I hope to contribute new knowledge about how emerging technologies are reshaping administrative roles, professional judgment, and public sector governance”
— Eskil Gaasø Indrestrand on his PhD project “AI@GOV: How Chatbots Impact Public Administration”