Anders Underthun

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Architecture and building technology Social sciences

Subject areas

Digitalization Regional innovasjon Enhancement of competence Industrial Relations Workplace relations Union strategies Atypical employment

Research groups

Work, Management and Mastery

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Crossbow: Crossing and Managing Boundaries between Work and Non-Work – Co-creating Healthy Teleworking
In this project we aim to map, explore and understand the opportunities and challenges of telework, and to contribute to enhanced organizational preparedness for healthy, sustainable and productive teleworking.
Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure (DigiWORK)
Big data and artificial intelligence are radically transforming the ways in which we work, are hired and fired, managed and led. This project investigates the effects of digital transformation of work on the Norwegian model of workplace democracy and tripartite collaboration.
Regulated Occupations: Mobility, Qualification and Labour Market Outcomes (RECONNECT)
RECONNECT provides new knowledge on the consequences of occupational regulation for labor mobility and immigrants’ opportunity to integrate with their occupation of training.

Completed research projects

COMPRESSED − A longitudinal study of compressed work schedules within the health, care and welfare services
With increasing need for more workforce in the healthcare-sector, the offers of the future is reliant on how we precure sufficient staff and maintain the health of the workers.
The Impact of Temporary Work Agencies on the Politics of Work
The Impact of Temporary Work Agencies on the Politics of Work is a research project funded by the Research Council of Norway under the Welfare, Working Life and Migration programme.

Scientific publications

Henningsen, Erik ; Underthun, Anders (2023). Richard Sennett: Arbeid og den nye kapitalismen. ISBN: 978-82-02-67896-8. 200 p. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.

Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Underthun, Anders ; Hansen, Per Bonde (2023). Constructing New Organizational Identities in a Post-pandemic Return: Managerial Dilemmas in Balancing the Spatial Redesign of Telework with Workplace Dynamics and the External Imperative for Flexibility. Bergum, Svein; Peters, Pascale; Vold, Aud Tone (Ed.). Virtual Management and the New Normal: New Perspectives on HRM and Leadership since the COVID-19 Pandemic. p. 59-78. Palgrave Macmillan.

Jordhus-Lier, David Christoffer; Underthun, Anders (2021). Fleksibel bemanning og fragmenterte fellesskap på hoteller og varelagre. Ljunggren, Jørn; Hansen, Marianne Nordli (Ed.). Arbeiderklassen. p. 127-144. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.

Gialis, Stelios; Paitaridis, Dimitris; Seretis, Stergios; Ioannidis, Alexis; Underthun, Anders (2020). In what terms and at what cost resilient? 'Unregulated flexibilization' in regional 'troubled waters'. 27 p. European Planning Studies. Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1677563

Underthun, Anders ; Drange, Ida (2019). Bargaining for continuing education: A Norwegian case of 'lifelong learning unionism'. Hvid, Helge Søndergaard; Falkum, Eivind (Ed.). Work and Wellbeing in the Nordic Countries. Critical Perspectives on the World's Best Working Lives. p. 178-193. Routledge.

Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Warring, Niels; Gleerup, Janne; Hansen, Per Bonde ; Jakobsen, Anders; Underthun, Anders ; Weber, Søren Salling (2019). Precarity in Nordic working life?. Hvid, Helge Søndergaard; Falkum, Eivind (Ed.). Work and Wellbeing in the Nordic Countries. Critical Perspectives on the World's Best Working Lives. p. 285-301. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351169967-20

Hansen, Per Bonde ; Underthun, Anders (2019). The formation and destabilization of the standard employment relationship in Norway: The contested politics and regulation of temporary work agencies. Hvid, Helge Søndergaard; Falkum, Eivind (Ed.). Work and Wellbeing in the Nordic Countries. Critical Perspectives on the World's Best Working Lives. p. 320-338. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351169967-22

Jordhus-Lier, David Christoffer; Underthun, Anders ; Zampoukos, Kristina (2019). Changing workplace geographies: Restructuring warehouse employment in the Oslo region. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. Vol. 51.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X18787821

Underthun, Anders ; Aasland, Aadne (2018). Motivation, migration, and nonstandard employment: A survey among temporary agency workers. 21 p. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.18291/NJWLS.V8IS4.111156

Ellingsen, Dag ; Underthun, Anders ; Wathne, Christin Thea ; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm (2018). Arbeid gjennom bemanningsbyrå i Norge: En mangfoldig typologi av arbeidstakere. Søkelys på arbeidslivet. Vol. 35.
https://doi.org/10.18261.issn.1504-7989-2018-01-02

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Research reports

Underthun, Anders ; Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Gram, Ida; Melsom, Anne May (2024). Desentralisert arbeid i staten. 73 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet AFI, OsloMet.

Legard, Sveinung ; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Underthun, Anders (2023). Hvem skal kjøre bussen? Konsekvenser av økt omfang av deltidsstillinger blant bussjåfører i distriktene. ISBN: 978-82-7609-469-5. 70 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3087516

Drange, Ida ; Falkum, Eivind ; Hansen, Per Bonde ; Dahl, Elin Moen ; Kuldova, Tereza Østbø ; Nordrik, Bitten ; Underthun, Anders ; Wathne, Christin Thea (2022). Måling og styring av arbeidstid – Medbestemmelsesbarometeret 2021. ISBN: 978-82-7609-433-6. 144 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2979000

Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Egeland, Cathrine ; Hansen, Per Bonde ; Pedersen, Eirin ; Underthun, Anders ; Weitzenboeck, Emily Mary (2022). Hjemme–Borte–Uavgjort. Hjemmekontor og annet fjernarbeid: Kartlegging av omfang, utviklingstrekk og konsekvenser. ISBN: 978-82-7609-437-4. 184 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2992422

Alecu, Andreea Ioana ; Drange, Ida ; Underthun, Anders (2022). Evaluering av kompletterende utdanning for ingeniører, lærere og sykepleiere ved OsloMet. ISBN: 978-82-7609-447-3. 126 p. OsloMet - Storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3037127

Underthun, Anders ; Solberg, Anne Grethe ; STEEN, Arild Henrik ; Dahl, Elin Moen ; Solem, Per Erik (2021). Et arbeidsliv under omstilling: Er det plass for seniorene. 100 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2827462

Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Underthun, Anders (2021). Seniorer i statlig sentralforvaltning: Kompetanse, motivasjon og planer for pensjonering. ISBN: 978-82-7609-424-4. 49 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, OsloMet. Vol. 2021.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6511

Kuldova, Tereza Østbø ; Drange, Ida ; Enehaug, Heidi ; Falkum, Eivind ; Underthun, Anders ; Wathne, Christin Thea (2020). Faglig skjønn under press: fire case-studier og en sammenfatning. ISBN: 978-82-7609-418-3. 91 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet - OsloMet. Vol. 2020.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8928

Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Hansen, Per Bonde ; Underthun, Anders (2020). Konsekvenser av atypiske tilknytningsformer for arbeidsforhold og partssamarbeid. ISBN: 978-82-7609-419-0. 130 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet AFI, OsloMet. Vol. 2020.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/9158

Underthun, Anders ; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm (2019). Lønn og arbeidsforhold i norsk luftfart: en kartlegging. ISBN: 978-82-7609-411-4. 89 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, OsloMet. Vol. 2019.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8921

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Dissemination

Underthun, Anders ; Gillespie, Astrid (2024). Labor market chances and licenced occupations in Norway: How do employers reason when they hire nurses and school teachers?. LERA 76th Annual Meeting. Labor and Employment Association.

Underthun, Anders ; Bakkeli, Vidar ; Drange, Ida (2024). Professional responses to digital projects and systems in Norwegian hospitals: Between managerial loyalty and professional autonomy. Nordic Working Life Conference. Roskilde University.

Underthun, Anders ; Bakkeli, Vidar (2023). Algorithmic governance and co-determination in Norwegian hospitals. WORK 2023. University of Turku.

Underthun, Anders ; Drange, Ida (2023). Online health service platforms in Norway as (digital) agents of change: Creating markets, building networks, recruiting professionals. DIGIWORK Conference. Teesside University.

Underthun, Anders ; Drange, Ida (2023). Commodification through platformization: Online health services in Norway. International Labour Process Theory Conference. University of Strathclyde.

Underthun, Anders ; Gillespie, Astrid (2023). Recruitment of migrant teachers: Experiences from employer interviews. Reconnect Seminar. Work Research Institute, Oslo Metropolitan University.

Ingelsrud, Mari Holm ; Egeland, Cathrine ; Aksnes, Siri Yde ; Hansen, Per Bonde ; Bernstrøm, Vilde Hoff ; Pedersen, Eirin ; Underthun, Anders ; Weitzenboeck, Emily Mary (2022). Hvem har ansvaret for å trekke grensene mellom arbeid og fritid?. Dagens Perspektiv.

Underthun, Anders (2022). Kontor der du bor.

Underthun, Anders (2021). Offentlig sektor vil ha seniorer.

Underthun, Anders (2021). Eldre arbeidstakere blir tilbudt sluttpakker ved nedbemanning eller omstilling.

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Anders Underthun

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Subject areas

Research groups

Work, Management and Mastery

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Research reports

Dissemination