Kristin Jesnes is a researcher at the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research in Norway. Her main areas of expertise are non-standard forms of work (including platform work) and industrial relations.
She defended her PhD with the title “Power relations in app-based food delivery in Norway" in February 2025 from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Her research on platform work has been published in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, A Modern Guide to Labour and the Platform Economy (Edward Elgar), The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work and New Technology, Work and Employment.
Since 2022, Jesnes has been a member of the Steering Committee of IWPLMS (The International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation).
Education
PhD. from Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg
Master in International Security, Institute d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). PhD student at the University of Gothenburg.
Area of work
Current projects
The Youth Barometer is a survey aimed at a representative sample of young people aged 16 to 25. It covers, among other topics, young people's thoughts about working life and the trade union movement.
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) is a triparty EU Agency that provides knowledge to assist in the development of better social, employment and work-related policies. The work is done with the assistance of national correspondents in the EU Member States, and the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion has granted Fafo the task as the national correspondent of Norway,
Fafo publications
Scientific publication
Other publications
Completed projects
The working environment of the future: Risk and working environment challenges in digitalized work arrangements across different forms of employment. A conceptual framework of the Nordic labour inspection authorities
Creative professions and professions within arts and culture are a rapidly growing part of the international labor markets.
In this project, Fafo and Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse (SØA) will identify bottlenecks, possible solutions and opportunities for growth and innovation of the platform economy.
Does LO's youth initiative lead to active members and union representatives?
Major changes in technology, economic contexts, workforces, and the institutions of work have come in ebb and flow since well before the first industrial revolution in the 18th century. Yet, many argue that the changes we are currently facing are different, and that the rise of digitalized production will entirely transform our ways and views of work.
This project aims to identify and analyze players in sharing economy in Norway, and will focus particularly on the services which involves provision of labour.
The aim of this comparative project is to study how temporary employment influences people’s employment careers and their chances of achieving a permanent establishment in the labour market.