Hilde Reinertsen

Hilde Reinertsen is an Associate Professor at the Center for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK) at the University of Oslo. Her work bridges history, science and technology studies (STS), and document analysis.

• Current projects: EVALUNATION (2021-2025, Research Council of Norway)
• Co-authored methodology book Doing Document Analysis (Sage, 2022)

Research Interests: Reinertsen investigates how documents shape political and societal knowledge production, focusing on evaluation reports, bioeconomy imaginaries, and science-policy interfaces. Her approach combines historical, ethnographic, and digital methods.

Publications: Recent work analyzes evaluation optics, blue economy rhetorics, and document-based governance in Norwegian policy contexts. Key keywords include: Document Analysis, STS, Evaluation, Norwegian Politics, Science-Policy Interfaces, Knowledge Transfer.

Scientific Awards & Roles:

• Member of the Young Researchers' Academy (2021-2024)
• Academic Chair, Democracy Hub (2024-2025)
• Editor, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (2023-)

Teaching & Governance: Has lectured at OsloMet, NMBU/Noragric, and the Police University College. Previously served on multiple university boards including the Faculty Council at the Faculty of Social Sciences (2019) and the TIK Center Council (2019).