Johanne Thunes

Johanne Thunes is a Research Fellow at the Department of Informatics (IFI), University of Oslo, specializing in Information Systems. She holds a Master’s degree in Informatics and a Bachelor’s degree in both Informatics and Political Science from UiO. Her research focuses on digitalization in the public sector, IT strategy, low-code development, and IT outsourcing/insourcing dynamics. She has contributed to prominent conferences like HICSS and ECIS, addressing topics such as digital government transformation and low-code-driven backsourcing. Thunes teaches courses on platform ecosystems, software engineering, and systems design. She is affiliated with the Information Systems research group and serves on the Department Board at IFI.

Education:

• Master’s in Informatics: Design, Use & Interaction, UiO (2020–2022)
• Bachelor’s in Informatics: Design, Use & Interaction, UiO (2018–2020)
• Bachelor’s in Political Science, UiO (2015–2018)

Teaching Highlights:

• IN5320 – Development in Platform Ecosystems (2022)
• IN1050 – Introduction to Design, Use, Interaction (2019–2021)
• IN2000 – Software Engineering with Project Work (2021–2022)

Research Trends: Her work bridges IT strategy and public sector challenges, emphasizing resilience, governance, and low-code solutions for organizational agility. Recent publications explore targeted insourcing models and backsourcing phenomena in digital transformation contexts.