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
Research projects
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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.
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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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Skjevrak, Pernille; Wathne, Christin
(2022).
We Will Always Be Better Than a Spreadsheet: Intelligence Logic and Crime Prevention in Practice.
23 p.
European Journal of Policing Studies
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http://hdl.handle.net/10852/101051
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
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Vol. 41.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/97864
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. 6. p. 103-130. Eleven International Publishing.
Wathne, Christin Thea (2021). Kvinners inntog i politiutdanningen i 1958. Kunnskap for et tryggere samfunn? Norsk politiutdanning 1920-2020. Del 2, Kapittel 9. p. 291-318. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
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
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Vol. 1.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14613...
Wathne, Christin Thea (2020). New Public Management and the Police Profession at Play. Criminal Justice Ethics . Vol. 39.
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. Politiskjønnet. p. 83-115. Fagbokforlaget.
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. Chapter 13. p. 260-282. Routledge.
Wathne, Christin Thea (2018). Styringens usynlige og uhyggelige (h)ånd. Heen, Hanne; Salomon, Robert H (Ed.). Varme konflikter i arbeidslivet. Organisatoriske perspektiver og håndteringsmetoder. Kapittel 5. Gyldendal Akademisk.
Gundhus, Helene Ingebrigtsen; Talberg, Olav Niri; Wathne, Christin Thea (2018). Konturene av en ny politirolle: Politiansattes erfaringer med politireformen. Sørli, Vanja Lundgren; Larsson, Paul (Ed.). Politireformer: Idealer, realiteter, retorikk og praksis. Kapittel 10. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
