Meet the DIGIT alumni

DIGIT Alumni are former members who have completed their two-year participation in the DIGIT research school.
Below is a list of all alumni, including their institutional affiliation during their time in DIGIT and the title of their PhD or postdoctoral project.

DIGIT Alumni are eligible to apply for funding to organize relevant activities—both physical and digital—that promote professional collaboration, strengthen networks, and support the development of career-relevant skills.

  • Amanda Emen

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    PhD project: ”Effect and experience of highlighting elements supporting patient centered, integrated and proactive care for persons with complex and long-term care in the electronic health record system.”

  • Anne Wullum Aasback

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    PhD project: “Social work in the digital transformation”

  • Alban Davesne

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    Postdoc project: “Healthcare Access in Rural Border Regions. Realizing Patient Rights Across European Borders (HARBOR)”

  • Alejandro Miranda Nieto

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    Postdoc project: “Home and the dynamics of integration among migrant professionals in Oslo”

  • Alhassan Yakubu Alhassan

    University of Agder

    PhD project: “Networks, digital technologies and participation in urban planning”

  • Barbara Waloszek

    University of Stavanger


    PhD project: “The conceptualisation and implementation of pedagogical innovation in teacher education”.


  • Beatrice Johannessen

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “The digitization of public sector: A qualitative study of the development of new systems in NAV”

  • Belma Sehic

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “Social work and digital follow-up in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration: How are ICTs affecting direct social work practices?”

  • Bright Baffour Antwi

    University of South-Eastern Norway

    PhD project “The digitalisation of fitness practices: Self-tracking technologies and the shaping of a new fitness identity”

  • Catharina Sofie Rodenburg Drejer

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project : “Live streaming of child sexual abuse and child protection”

  • Chantale Tippett

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “Using artificial intelligence in food systems transitions: Who wins, who loses and who decides?”

  • Clara Julia Reich

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: BELONG - Young people's belonging on social media: practices, places, and people

  • Clemet Askheim

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “the concept of sustainability”

  • Emilie Owens

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “Teens on TikTok: Exploring the mediated social realities of young people”


  • Erik Straume Bussesund

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “Integration of Professional Digital Competency in Teacher’s conceptions of professionalism: Digital imaginary reshaping of teacher professionalism”

  • Erlend Nordrum

    Østfold University College

    PhD project: “Disruptive Technology and Social Inequality and Mobility”

  • Fredrik Moi Dolve

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “Data science professionals - organisational affiliation, work and cooperation in public organisations”

  • Gloria Ziglioli

    University of Agder

    PhD project: “Deconstructing welfare technology programs in the contemporary Norwegian welfare state”

  • Hayley Ko

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “The role of forensic medical examinations and non-judicial interviews conducted by healthcare professionals with children who are victims of violence and sexual abuse.”

  • Helene Fiane Teigen

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “Digital vulnerabilities at home: a study of everyday life and risk associated with internet connected devices in Norwegian households”

  • Henriette Lauvhaug Nybakke

    UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    PhD project: “Tracing Actor Networks in Medication List Communication within the Norwegian Healthcare sector: An Ethnographic Study”


  • Ingeborg Spildo

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “Digital follow-up on patients with type 1 diabetes in specialist health care.”

  • Ingvild Hatlevoll

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    PhD project: “The 4P-project: Patient Portals in Patient Pathways”


  • Jan Christoffer Andersen

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “Incels, involuntary celibacy and internet radicalization”

  • Jishnu Das

    University of Agder


    PhD project: “Design of Decision Support for Clinical Decision Making”

  • Johannes Andresen Oldervoll

    University of Bergen

    PhD project: “CoPol - Digital contact tracing as digital politics”

  • Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes

    Oslo Metropolitan University


    PhD project: “Free to play – pay to win: Understanding children’s social inclusion through their consumer behavior in games”


  • Kevin Hall

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology


    Postdoc project: “Datafying the Population: The political rationalities of the emergent European Health Data Space and its infrastructures”


  • Lars E. F. Johannessen

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    Postdoc project “The sociology of telepresence: a qualitative study of robot avatars in schools”

  • Lukas Mozdeika

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “Social Media and Cultural Citizenship: Applying Psychoanalytical Perspectives”

  • Lynn Dittrich

    University of South-Eastern Noway

    PhD project: “The effective use of immersive technologies for experiential learning in teacher education”

  • Maja Nordtug

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    Postdoc project: “Welfare technology, school absence, and health”

  • Margaret Ottesen

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology


    PhD project: “DigiFrailCare”

  • Marie Jareid

    University of Oslo

    PhD project.

  • Martine Stecher Nielsen

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    PhD project: “Bruk av pasientportal for ungdom i psykisk helsevern”

  • Martyna Onyszko

    University of Stavanger


    PhD project: “The Screen is Mightier than the Sword. An Insight into Cyberbullying: A Mixed-Method Study of Views on the Cooperation to Combat Cyberbullying within the Norwegian Educational Context.”

  • Maryam Haghshenas

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology


    PhD project: “Sustainability of digital collaboration between social security service and healthcare service”

  • Meseret Assefa Adamu

    University of Agder


    PhD project: “Fostering Cybersecurity Culture Amid Rapid Digital Transformation: The Case of Ethiopian Financial Institutions”

  • Mette Haaland-Øverby

    Oslo Metropolitan University


    PhD project: “Digital health literacy and navigation of health services for people with long-term health challenges”

  • Mirjam Twigt

    University of Oslo

    Postdoc project: “Digital refugee lawyering: connectivity and legal aid practices for ensuring refugee protection in the Kurdish Region in Iraq (KR-I)”

  • Monika Kamola

    University of Stavanger


    PhD project: “Early childhood teachers’ role in supporting children’s mathematical learning and critical thinking in play with coding toys”


  • Pragyan Thapa

    University of Agder

    PhD project: “Smart Village Initiatives for Sustainable Rural Development”

  • Rakesh Paul

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “Engineered Living Materials - Publics and the Futures

  • Roya Denise Haugen

    University of Agder

    PhD project: “Image-based sexual abuse: An analysis of perpetrators experiences among adults in Norway”

  • Sehrish Akhtar

    Oslo Metropolitan University

    PhD project: “The importance of loneliness reducing technology for older adults quality of life and mental health”

  • Shan Wang

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    PhD project: “BIAS: Mitigating diversity biases of AI in the labor market”

  • Sigbjørn Skirbekk

    Nord University

    PhD project: “Football refereeing, gender and the implementation of VAR”

  • Silje Anderdal Bakken

    University of Oslo

    Postdoc project: “DNA as forensic evidence and a commodity: The role of consumer genomics and possible technological futures on DNA as evidence”

  • Silvia Ecclesia

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology


    PhD project: “Sociotechnical imaginaries of AI / robot technologies”

  • Steinar Mathisen

    Oslo Metropolitan University


    PhD project: “From Cape2Cape – an intercultural collaboration using virtual exchange in vocational school in Norway and Ghana”

  • Stian Røsten

    Nord University

    PhD project: “No Place to Hide? Surveillance of Athletes in Elite Sports”



  • Ståle Bjørlykke Grut

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “Approaches to Modern Image Alteration”

  • Thea Rabe

    Nord University

    PhD project: “Helping the rejected”

  • Yukun You

    University of Oslo

    PhD project: “The digitalization and gamification of digital detox”