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
Subject areas
Sociology of culture Ethnography Standardisation Qualitative methods Primary care out-of-hours services Medical sociology Science and technology studies Autonomy and discretion Symbolic interaction
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
Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Johannessen, Lars E. F. (2023). Theorizing theory: Invitation to a broader conversation about ‘theory’ in sociology. Sociology Compass .
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 .
Johannessen, Lars E. F.
(2022).
Utenfor akademia: mot en utvidet forståelse av «abduktiv analyse» og teoriutvikling.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
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Vol. 6.
https://www.idunn.no/doi/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 .
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.
Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth; Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rasmussen, Erik Børve; Rogstad, Jon
(2020).
Experience, stereotypes and discrimination. Employers’ reflections on their hiring behavior.
European Societies
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Vol. 22.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/78326
Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Album, Dag; Rasmussen, Erik Børve
(2020).
Do nurses rate diseases according to prestige? A survey study.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
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Vol. 76.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/78335
Johannessen, Lars E. F. (2019). Negotiated Discretion: Redressing the Neglect of Negotiation in “Street‐Level Bureaucracy”. Symbolic interaction . Vol. 42.
Johannessen, Lars E. F. (2019). The commensuration of pain: How nurses transform subjective experience into objective numbers. Social Science and Medicine . Vol. 233.
Johannessen, Lars E. F.; Rafoss, Tore Witsø; Rasmussen, Erik Børve (2018). Hvordan bruke teori? Nyttige verktøy i kvalitativ analyse. ISBN: 9788215029016. 344 p. Universitetsforlaget.
