About
Vidar Bakkeli is Researcher II at the Work Research Institute. He holds a PhD in Social Work and Social Policy from Oslo Metropolitan University. He is currently working on topics related to the implementation of digital technologies in hospitals, development of new working methods in NAV offices, and public-private partnerships in security work. Additionally, he has broad interests in organization theory, human-technology interaction, and qualitative methods.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Underthun, Anders
;
Bakkeli, Vidar
;
Drange, Ida
(2025).
Professional Responses to Digital Projects and Systems in Norwegian Hospitals: Retaining Autonomy Through Negotiation, Strategic Adaptation and Opposition.
Kuldova, Tereza Østbø; Hagen, Inger Marie; Lloyd, Anthony (Ed.).
Digital Technology, Algorithmic Governance and Workplace Democracy: Interrogating the Nordic Model in Practice.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4777851
Støren-Vaczy, Blanka
;
Bakkeli, Vidar
(2024).
Implementing the Place-Train Approach in Train-Place Services: Organizational Culture and Supported Employment.
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.
https://doi.org/10.18291/njwls.148590
Sadeghi, Talieh
;
Finne, Joakim
; Løberg, Ida Bring;
Bakkeli, Vidar
;
Thørrisen, Mikkel Magnus
(2023).
Comparing digital to traditional follow-up in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration: A youth perspective on trust and satisfaction.
Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research.
Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.18261/nwr.8.3.2
Finne, Joakim
;
Sadeghi, Talieh
; Løberg, Ida Bring;
Bakkeli, Vidar
;
Sehic, Belma
;
Thørrisen, Mikkel Magnus
(2023).
Predictors of satisfaction with digital follow-up in Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration: A sequential mixed-methods study.
Social Policy & Administration.
https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12936
Bakkeli, Vidar
(2022).
Evidence-based activation work and service individualisation: client and frontline worker experiences with a standardised intervention.
European Journal of Social Work.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2022.2083085
Bakkeli, Vidar
(2022).
Handling Tensions in Frontline Policy Implementation: Legitimating, Interpreting, and Shielding a Disruptive Intervention.
International Journal of Public Administration.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2021.2009856
Bakkeli, Vidar
; Breit, Eric Martin Alexander
(2021).
From “what works” to “making it work”: A practice perspective on evidence-based standardization in frontline service organizations.
Social Policy & Administration.
https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12757
Bakkeli, Vidar
; Grønningsæter, Arne Backer
(2020).
‘Developing an App Could Be the Wrong Place to Start’: User Reflections and Ideas about Innovation in Municipal Substance Abuse Services.
Nordic Journal of Social Research.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njsr.2185
Bakkeli, Vidar
; Grønningsæter, Arne Backer
(2019).
Brukerstemmen i tjenesteutvikling - noen dilemmaer.
Støkken, Anne Marie (Ed.).
Tjenesteutvikling ved ulike former for samarbeid. p. 133-149.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4902942
Bakkeli, Vidar
; Jensen, Ragnhild Steen
(2016).
Kompetanse, rekruttering og kommunestørrelse.
Jansen, Alf-Inge; Jensen, Bjarne (Ed.).
Folkestyre eller elitestyre? Kommunereform i perspektiv. p. 185-197.
Res Publica.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3763981
