About
Lars Johannessen is a sociologist with research on professions, culture and micro interaction. He has done several ethnographic studies of health and social care, including a PhD on the relationship between discretion and standardization in the decision making of healthcare professionals. Johannessen has extensive experience with qualitative methods and analysis, and he is one of the authors behind the book “How to use theory: Useful tools in qualitative analysis” (“Hvordan bruke teori? Nyttige verktøy i kvalitativ analyse).
Johannessen is now working on a study of AV1 – a robot for children with long-term illness, which is meant to be the child’s eyes, ears and voice in the classroom. The project finds inspiration in cultural sociology and science and technology studies, and explores the development, marketing, implementation and effects of the robot.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Information and communication technology Media studies and journalism Sociology
Subject areas
Rituals Sociology of culture Theory of Science Sociology of knowledge Ethnography Medical Sociology Standardisation Qualitative methods Communication technology Digital Culture Digitalization Science and Technology Studies Medical sociology Science and technology studies Power and social prestige Autonomy and discretion Symbolic interaction Science and technology studies Theorization Expertise
Research groups
Research projects
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Virtual Presence: A Cultural Analysis of the Emergence of 'Telepresence Technologies' as a Solution to Loneliness
The research project will provide a cultural analysis of how loneliness is perceived and represented in relation to the emerging phenomenon of loneliness technologies
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Haldar, Marit
(2023).
Educational purity and technological danger: understanding scepticism towards the use of telepresence robots in school.
British Journal of Sociology of Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2023.2203360
Nordtug, Maja; Johannessen, Lars E. F.
(2023).
The social robot? Analyzing whether and how the telepresence robot AV1 affords socialization.
Convergence. The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231201774
Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Johannessen, Lars E. F.
(2023).
Theorizing theory: Invitation to a broader conversation about ‘theory’ in sociology.
Sociology Compass.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13085
Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rees, Gethin
(2023).
Diagnosing by anticipation: Coordinating patient trajectories within and across social systems.
Sociology of Health and Illness.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13610
Johannessen, Lars E. F.
(2023).
Interaction rituals and technology: A review essay.
Poetics.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2023.101765
Johannessen, Lars E. F.
(2023).
Anticipated affordances: Understanding early reactions to new technologies.
New Media & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231161512
Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Nordtug, Maja; Haldar, Marit
(2023).
Multi-site domestication: taming technologies across multiple institutional settings.
Information, Communication & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2255644
Johannessen, Lars E. F.
(2022).
Utenfor akademia: mot en utvidet forståelse av «abduktiv analyse» og teoriutvikling.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.18261/nost.6.2.4
Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Haldar, Marit
(2022).
Student at a distance: exploring the potential and prerequisites of using telepresence robots in schools.
Oxford Review of Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2022.2034610
Köhler-Olsen, Julia; Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Haldar, Marit (2021). Deltakelse og verdighet - et kritisk-konstruktivt perspektiv på medborgerskap og personvern i nærværsteknologiens tid. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. Vol. 38.
