Christian Sørhaug

Christian Sørhaug serves as Associate Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University's Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences. His research bridges digital welfare transformations, material culture studies, and indigenous social practices through innovative assemblage theory applications.

Education

• PhD, University of Oslo (2012): Dissertation examining Warao householding practices in Venezuela's Orinoco Delta.

Research Focus

Sørhaug investigates digital welfare state implementations through ethnographic studies of resistance and accommodation strategies. His scholarship spans volunteer choreography in Norwegian nursing homes, lifestyle migration dynamics in rural communities, and Warao indigenous material practices in Venezuela, consistently analyzing human-nonhuman relations and socio-material constitution of social life.

Publication Trends

2021-2023 publications critically dissect digital welfare translations and grassroots technical design, while earlier works (2015-2020) explore Warao livelihoods, lifestyle migration, and care practices. Cross-cutting themes include assemblage formation, material agency, and sustainability challenges across digital, rural, and indigenous contexts.

Research Engagement

• Globalisation and Social Sustainability Research Group
• KlimaVel Research Group

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