Nils Pharo

Nils Pharo is a full-time professor at the Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University. His research focuses on information retrieval, knowledge organization, scientific communication, and open research practices.

• Primary Research Areas: Information retrieval, knowledge organization, open access, scientific communication, information architecture
• Key Initiatives: Member of the Metadatabaserte informasjonssystemer (METAINFO) research group

Recent work examines TikTok as a communication platform for public libraries, information behavior in cultural heritage archives, and research data support frameworks. Publications highlight interdisciplinary collaborations with scholars like Pia Borlund and Katriina Byström.

He contributes to advancing open science principles through studies on data management plans and ethical data sharing practices in qualitative research.