CV

Contact Information

Name Eskil Gaasø Indrestrand
Professional Title PhD Candidate
Email eskil.g.indrestrand@ntnu.no
Phone +47 73 41 27 86
Location Bygg 7 Dragvoll, Trondheim, Trøndelag 7546

Professional Summary

PhD Candidate at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU.

Experience

  • 2025 - present

    Trondheim, Norway

    PhD Candidate
    NTNU, Department of Sociology and Political Science
    My doctoral project focuses on how large language models and AI are implemented in central government.
    • Research groups: Public Policy and Administration; Technology and Social Change; EVPOC (Elections, Values, and Political Communication); and Organization and Society.
    • Teaching: Lecturer for POL2017, Specialization in Political Science: Public Policy and Administration (2026), and SAM1020, Citizenship Education (2025).
    • Boards and councils: Department Board (2025-2026); at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, member of the Faculty Board, the Programme Council for PhD Candidates, the Research Committee, and the Hiring Committee (2026-2027); and NTNU Board (2026-2027).
    • Service: Reviewer for Public Management Review and International Journal of Public Administration; member of the local organizing committee for the International Research Society in Public Management (IRSPM) 2027 conference in Trondheim (2026-2027).
    • Research schools: NORA HS, the Norwegian AI Research School for Humanities and Society (2026-2028); Digit, The Norwegian Research School on Digitalization, Culture, and Society (2026-2028).
  • 2022 - 2023

    Trondheim, Norway

    Teaching Staff
    NTNU, Department of Sociology and Political Science
    Part of the teaching staff in statistics at the master’s and PhD levels at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences (course SOS3003).
    • Led 18 seminars in applied statistics (linear and logistic regression) using STATA.
    • Increased student attendance and received strong anonymous evaluations.
    • Coordinated teaching with two professors and other course staff, revising the course for the following year.

Education

  • 2021 - 2023

    Trondheim, Norway

    Master
    Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Political Science
    • Specialization in quantitative methods, political violence, and public administration.
  • 2017 - 2020

    Trondheim, Norway

    Bachelor
    Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Political Science
    • Minor in History.