Erik Børve Rasmussen

Erik Børve Rasmussen is a Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Social Sciences, specifically within the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy. He leads the research unit Service Organization and Innovation in Social Work and Child Protection, focusing on digitalization and innovation in public health/social services through interdisciplinary approaches.

• Education: PhD thesis on General Practitioners' approaches to diagnosing medically unexplained symptoms from a sociology of knowledge perspective.
• Research Interests: Theorizing theory in sociology, qualitative methods, sociology of science/technology/medicine, and Mertonian theory.

Publication Trends: Recent work examines telepresence robotics in education/welfare, digitalization of public services, and knowledge production in healthcare. He investigates tensions between technological solutions and social systems using cultural sociology and ethnographic methods.

Projects: Leads RCN-funded projects like BoVEL and Virtual Presence, collaborates with No Isolation and Oslo Municipality, and contributes to the CEDIC research center on digitalization's unintended consequences.