Christin Thea Wathne

About

Dr. Christin Thea Wathne is a senior researcher and leads the AFI Research Group Work, Management and Mastery (ALM). Wathne obtained a PhD in criminology from the University of Oslo in 2015. She has been working at the Work Research Institute (AFI) from 2001

Academic disciplines: Sociology, Management and leadership

Her interests includes: Policing and society, Leadership, Management, New Public Management, Goal - and Performance Management, Work environment, Working life research, Coping, Public Service Motivation, Organizational learning, Gender, Participation, Restructuring processes, Action research

Research groups

Work, Management and Mastery

Research projects

Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing: Comparative Perspectives from Norway, India, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa (AGOPOL)
This project will produce knowledge on the ways in which advances in artificial intelligence shape policing in different cultural, political, legal and economic contexts.
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.

Scientific publications

Drange, Ida; Falkum, Eivind; Wathne, Christin Thea (2023). Covid, work reorganisation and trust: the importance of employment relations. Labour and Industry.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2023.2251220

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Skjevrak, Pernille; Wathne, Christin (2023). We Will Always Be Better Than a Spreadsheet: Intelligence Logic and Crime Prevention in Practice. European Journal of Policing Studies.
https://doi.org/10.5553/EJPS/2034760X2022001009

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Talberg, Olav Niri; Wathne, Christin Thea (2022). False Reporting in the Norwegian Police: Analyzing Counter-productive Elements in Performance Management Systems. Criminal Justice Ethics. Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.2022.2146321

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Talberg, Niri; Wathne, Christin Thea (2022). Investigating at a Distance: Abstractness in Detective Work. Terpstra, Jan; Salet, Renze; Fyfe, Nicholas R. (Ed.). The abstract police: Critical reflections on contemporary change in police organisations. p. 103-130. Eleven International Publishing.

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Talberg, Olav Niri; Wathne, Christin Thea (2021). From discretion to standardization: Digitalization of the police organization. 15 p. International Journal of Police Science and Management. Vol. 1.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557211036554

Wathne, Christin Thea (2021). Kvinners inntog i politiutdanningen i 1958. Ellefsen, Hjørdis Birgitte; Sørli, Vanja Lundgren; Egge, Marit (Ed.). Kunnskap for et tryggere samfunn? Norsk politiutdanning 1920-2020. p. 291-318. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.

Wathne, Christin Thea (2020). New Public Management and the Police Profession at Play. Criminal Justice Ethics. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0731129X.2020.1746106

Wathne, Christin Thea (2019). Welfare professionals in transformation – the case of police officers in Norway. Hvid, Helge Søndergaard; Falkum, Eivind (Ed.). Work and Wellbeing in the Nordic Countries. Critical Perspectives on the World's Best Working Lives. p. 260-282. Routledge.

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Talberg, Olav Niri; Wathne, Christin Thea (2019). Politiskjønnet under press. Sunde, Inger Marie; Sunde, Nina (Ed.). Det digitale er et hurtigtog!: Vitenskapelige perspektiver på politiarbeid, digitalisering og teknologi. p. 83-115. Fagbokforlaget.

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

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.

Drange, Ida; Falkum, Eivind; Wathne, Christin Thea (2020). Styring, ledelse og tillit. Medbestemmelsesbarometeret 2020. ISBN: 978-82-7609-417-6. 90 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

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://oda-hioa.archive.knowledgearc.net/handle/1...

Wathne, Christin Thea; Talberg, Olav Niri; Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen (2019). Nærpolitireformen og politiets relasjon til publikum. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Drange, Ida; Falkum, Eivind; Nordrik, Bitten; Wathne, Christin Thea (2017). Arbeidslivsrelasjoner i endring. Medbestemmelsesbarometeret 2017. 26 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Ellingsen, Dag; Underthun, Anders; Wathne, Christin Thea; Ingelsrud, Mari Holm (2016). Jakten på den bærekraftige fleksibiliteten. Typologier over ansatte i bemanningsbransjen. 88 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/Senter-for-velferds-og-...

Wathne, Christin Thea; Solberg, Anne Grethe; Madslien, Ida (2016). Fra ord til handling. Hvordan oppnå kjønnsbalanse i ledelse?. ISBN: 9788276093827. 68 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet.
http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/Senter-for-velferds-og-...

Bergene, Ann Cecilie; Egeland, Cathrine; Bonde Hansen, Per; Wathne, Christin Thea (2015). Når unntaket blir en del av regelen. En kunnskapsoversikt over forskning på midlertidig ansettelser. ISBN: 978-82-7609-351-3. 77 p. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet.

Wathne, Christin Thea (2015). Som å bli fremmed i eget hus - Politiets opplevelse av mening og motivasjon i lys av nye styringssystemer. 440 p. Universitetet i Oslo, Juridisk fakultet.

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Hellesø-Knutsen, Kristin; Wathne, Christin Thea (2010). Politivitenskap på egne ben? : en essaysamling. ISBN: 82-7808-070-4. 206 p. Politihøgskolen. Vol. 2010.
http://idtjeneste.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_13...

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Dissemination

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Wathne, Christin Thea (2022). From Restraint to Data-driven Militarism? Sociotechnical Imaginaries in the Norwegian Police. Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing. Oslomet/AFI.

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Wathne, Christin Thea; Kjekshus, Lars Erik (2022). To What Extent Is Digitalism a New Institutional Logic? - Evidence from Police and Healthcare Organizations. DigiWork . Oslomet/AFI.
https://www.algorithmic-governance.com/post/cfp-al...

Wathne, Christin Thea (2021). Nye tall om ungdomsvold: Drar paralleller til gjengoppgjørene på 2000-tallet.

Wathne, Christin Thea; Solberg, Anne Grethe (2021). To virksomme tiltak for kjønnsbalanse - i spennet mellom institusjonelle logikker. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies.

Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Wathne, Christin Thea (2021). Algoritmisk styring og politikulturer: sammenlignende perspektiver fra Norge, India, Brasil, Russland og Sør-Afrika. Forskergruppe Etterretning i politiet: praksis, utdanning og trening. Politihøgskolen.

Wathne, Christin Thea; Ellefsen, Hjørdis Birgitte; Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Kuldova, Tereza Østbø; Sørli, Vanja Lundgren; Larsson, Paul (2021). Politiets kapasitets-undersøkelse av politioperativt område: Trylling med tall?. Politiforum.
https://www.politiforum.no/forskning-kapasitetsund...

Falkum, Eivind; Drange, Ida; Wathne, Christin Thea (2021). Styring, ledelse og tillit. Medbestemmelsesbarometeret 2020. Presentasjon av Medbestemmelsesbarometeret 2020. OsloMet/Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet. 202341 Digiwork

Kuldova, Tereza Østbø; Wathne, Christin Thea; Nordrik, Bitten (2021). Editorial: Algorithmic Governance - Fantasies of Social Control. Journal of Extreme Anthropology. Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.5617/jea.9038

Wathne, Christin Thea (2020). Jusprofessor reagerer: staten må ta ansvar for lang liggetid hos politiet.

Wathne, Christin Thea (2020). stort press på jurister.

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