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
Publications
Fafo's Publications
Scientific publishing
Research communication
Randsonen av arbeidslivet – hva skal til for å få ordna forhold?
Anette (40) kjører taxi til alle døgnets tider: – Jeg har ikke råd til å la være
Arbeidsforhold i taxinæringen
Taxi-sjåfører jobber opp mot 70 timer i uka
Ti år med Uber i Norge – hva nå?
Fafo's Publications
Scientific publishing
Ekstern formidling
Dato | Kategori | Tittel | Fafo-side |
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05 September 2025 | Op-eds and commentaries
| Randsonen av arbeidslivet – hva skal til for å få ordna forhold? | FriFagbevegelse | |
25 July 2025 | Interviews
| Anette (40) kjører taxi til alle døgnets tider: – Jeg har ikke råd til å la være | NRK.no Featurereportasje om situasjonen for drosjeplattform-sjåfører | |
26 June 2025 | TV radio podcast
| Arbeidsforhold i taxinæringen | NRK TV: «Dagsnytt 18» | |
22 April 2025 | Interviews
| Taxi-sjåfører jobber opp mot 70 timer i uka | FriFagbevegelse | |
19 November 2024 | Op-eds and commentaries
| Ti år med Uber i Norge – hva nå? | Klassekampen.no |
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
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.
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.
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.