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Sigurd M. Nordli Oppegaard

Researcher

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    Sigurd M. Nordli Oppegaard is a researcher at Fafo. He studies questions related to work, wages and working conditions and labor market dynamics — in particular related to new technologies and the Norwegian labor market model.

    In his doctoral research project, he explored the emergence and consequences of digitalization and new business models in the Norwegian taxi industry.

    Oppegaard primarily uses qualitative research methods, such as interviews, ethnography and historical and document-based analyses.

    Education

    PhD in sociology, University of Oslo

    Area of work

    Wage formation | The Nordic model | Collective agreements | Atypical forms of employment | Green and digital transition

    Current projects

    Arts, culture and AI
    Like many other industries, the arts and culture sector is undergoing significant changes driven by digitalization and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). This project aims to examine how these developments affect the working conditions, income structures, and rights of artists and cultural workers, as well as to identify measures that can address these challenges.
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    Integrating Diversity in Social Dialogue (INTEGRATE-DIALOGUE)
    INTEGRATE-DIALOGUE combines a top-down approach, focusing on the role of social partners and unions in approaching and including NSWs in collective institutions and a the bottom-up perspective, i.e., NSWs’ needs and interests to be represented and have a voice.
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    Status update on the use and scope of digital platform work
    The purpose of the project is to enhance knowledge about the use, scope, actors, and nature of platform work in the Norwegian labor market, and how this has evolved since 2017.
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    Publications

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    Fafo publications

    Scientific publishing

    Other publications

    Research communication

    Randsonen av arbeidslivet – hva skal til for å få ordna forhold?

    Op-eds and commentaries | 5. September 2025

    Arbeidsforhold i taxinæringen

    TV radio podcast | 26. June 2025

    Taxi-sjåfører jobber opp mot 70 timer i uka

    Interviews | 22. April 2025

    Ti år med Uber i Norge – hva nå?

    Op-eds and commentaries | 19. November 2024

    Completed projects

    Social Inequality in the Sick Leave Scheme
    The purpose of the project is to generate knowledge and identify knowledge gaps regarding how a potentially modified sick leave scheme may have socially unequal impacts, meaning that some occupational or income groups may be affected more severely than others. The project is based on analyses of existing statistics and literature.
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    The working life of tomorrow
    In this project, Fafo will develop a knowledge base to highlight Parat's flagship issue for 2025: The Future Working Life.
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    Risk and working environment challenges in digitalized work

    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

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    The Norwegian ABE reform (ACPD) in music and performing arts

    In this project, Fafo will investigate the consequences of the ABE reform for institutions within music and performing arts that receive state subsidies. The study will investigate why these institutions were included in the ABE reform and the reasons given for this. The project will try to shed light on the discussion, or lack of discussion, related to whether the ABE reform as a productivity tool conflicts with the special position of the cultural institutions as artistically independent.

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    Re-regulation of the taxi market

    Together with Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Fafo will map out the consequences of the re-regulation of the Norwegian taxi market. The project is initiated by TØI and Fafo, and financed by Yrkestrafikkforbundet (YTF), the Norwegian Taxi Association, LO and TØI.

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    Digitalization and social dialogue
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    The freight transport market
    Fafo will, in collaboration with Economics Norway, map the scope and characteristics of the freight market (payload below 3.5 tonnes). The survey covers the competitive situation between the truck market and the regulated freight transport market.
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    Radiographs and work intensity
    In this project, we will investigate the labor intensity and pressure among radiographers and whether these factors are perceived to have increased in recent years.
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    The future of work

    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.

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