CV
Contact Information
| Name | Eskil Gaasø Indrestrand |
| Professional Title | PhD Candidate |
| eskil.g.indrestrand@ntnu.no | |
| Phone | +47 73 41 27 86 |
| Location | Trondheim, Trøndelag |
| Campus | Dragvoll Campus, Building 7, Room 7546 |
Professional Summary
PhD Candidate at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU.
Experience
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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).
- Service: 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).
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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.
Conferences Attended
International:
- ENPA 2026, Bucharest
- ECPR Joint Sessions 2026, Innsbruck
- ICOS 2026, Potsdam
- DIGIT: Digital Past, Present and Futures, 2026, Oslo
- Cyborg Workers 3.0: Digital Sovereignty at Work, 2026, Brussels
- International Research Society in Public Management (IRSPM) 2027, Trondheim (upcoming)
National:
- Norwegian National Conference in Political Science (Nasjonal fagkonferanse i statsvitenskap), 2026, Trondheim
- Norwegian National Conference in Political Science (Nasjonal fagkonferanse i statsvitenskap), 2027, Tromsø (upcoming)
Boards and Councils
- Department Board, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU (2025-2026)
- Faculty Board, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU (2026-2027)
- Programme Council for PhD Candidates, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU (2026-2027)
- Research Committee, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU (2026-2027)
- Hiring Committee, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU (2026-2027)
- NTNU Board, NTNU central (2026-2027)
Peer Reviews Submitted
- Public Management Review: 6 reviews submitted
- International Journal of Public Administration: 4 reviews submitted
Grants and Awards
- Grant from the Department of Sociology and Political Science for online surveys on AI use and its effects, using the Public Administrators panel (KODEM), 2025
- Grant from KODEM for an experiment on AI implementation preferences among public servants, using online surveys in the Public Administrators panel, shared with researcher Jonas Lund-Tønnesen, 2026
Education
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2021 - 2023 Trondheim, Norway
Master's Degree in Political Science
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Specialization in quantitative methods, political violence, and public administration.
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2017 - 2020 Trondheim, Norway
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)