Sol Skinnarland

Sol Skinnarland is an Associate Professor at the Department of Welfare, Management and Organisation at Østfold University College since April 2017. Her academic background includes a doctoral thesis on interdisciplinary collaboration in construction projects and prior research roles at Fafo. She teaches in the Master’s Programme in Organisation and Leadership, focusing on work organization, project collaboration, and organizational change.

Her research emphasizes construction industry challenges, including subcontractor-main contractor relationships, Lean Construction methodologies, and digital transformation (e.g., BIM adoption). She has led projects like the DiVi initiative exploring new working methods in Viken County. Key themes include workflow optimization, knowledge creation in teams, and gender dynamics in vocational sectors.

Publications span construction management, organizational change, and public sector leadership. Notable works include analyses of pandemic-era educational adaptations and remote work impacts. She contributes to research groups like Complex Connections: People, Places and Organisations (CC:PPO), addressing interdisciplinary and societal challenges.

• Education: PhD focused on construction project collaboration (2017), prior studies in social sciences.
• Grants/Projects: DiVi project, BIM implementation studies, NAV leadership analysis.
• Labs/Teams: CC:PPO research group, affiliated with Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science.