Hanne Rustad

Hanne Rustad is an Associate Professor and Head of Programme at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at NTNU. She specializes in team communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, health and risk communication, and the interface between text and talk. Her work emphasizes practical applications in education and organizational settings. She oversees the 'Experts in Teamwork' (EiT) programme, coordinating training activities and quality assurance for learning assistants.

Her research interests include workplace communication dynamics, the role of laughter in social interaction, and politeness strategies in group settings. She has authored several textbooks on teamwork and contributed to studies on health risk communication in healthcare contexts.

Rustad has published extensively on topics such as the interplay between written and oral communication in public health initiatives, clear language practices in public organizations, and the sociolinguistic analysis of conversational humor. Her work bridges applied linguistics with organizational behavior, focusing on real-world communication challenges.

She has been involved in program development for challenge-based learning and has trained educators in effective communication strategies. Her contributions extend to interdisciplinary research through her affiliation with the SKOP (Language and Communication in Organizations and Professions) research group.