Inger Marie Hagen

Inger Marie Hagen serves as a Research Professor at the Work Research Institute (WRI), part of Oslo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Social Sciences. Her work centers on the intersection of digital transformation and workplace democracy within the Nordic labor model, with particular focus on algorithmic management, collective bargaining, and employee representation systems.

Her research investigates how digital technologies reshape traditional Norwegian workplace democracy structures, especially through projects like DigiWork: Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure. Key interests include the impact of AI on labor relations, sustainability of tripartite collaboration models, and adaptation of co-determination practices in digitalized workplaces. Recent publications analyze digitalization's position in collective bargaining agendas, evolving trustee working conditions, and board-level employee representation dynamics.

Hagen's publication analysis reveals consistent focus on Nordic workplace democracy resilience amid technological change, with increasing attention to algorithmic governance since 2020. Her work spans empirical studies of Norwegian micro-model implementation, theoretical interrogations of labor process transformation, and practical analyses of social dialogue mechanisms under digital pressure.

She leads significant research initiatives including the Medbestemmelsesbarometeret (Co-Determination Barometer) series and the Ren Tilstedeværelse (Clean Presence) project on cleaning industry labor relations. Her dissemination activities show strong engagement with labor unions, employer organizations, and policy makers through conferences like Samarbeidskonferranse and Partene i staten.

Hagen's institutional context features deep integration with Norway's labor ecosystem through the Work Research Institute – a leading center for welfare and labor studies operating under OsloMet's Centre for Welfare and Labour Research. Her collaborative projects frequently involve partnerships with Fafo (the Institute for Social Research) and engagement with key Norwegian labor organizations.