PhD Candidate

Suzan Mbatudde Skjold

Field of work

PhD fellow in Public sector Innovation, focusing mainly on personalised work integration services in NAV.

I hold a master's degree in politics and government from the University of Bergen and worked as an advisor in NAV, and a researcher at the Makerere  University Institute of Social Research in Uganda.

My PhD projects explores the conditions of implementation for personalised work integration services. Using institutional ethnography as a methodological starting point, I examine how employment specialists navigate tensions  between  policy and practice in the day today enaction of personalisation in employment services.

Courses taught

SDG234:Innovation and change management

MASB540/MASM540:Innovation and professional development in Barnavern and Miljøterapi

ØAA113:Innovasjons-og endringsledelse

 

Research areas

Social Policy, Supported Employment, NAV, innovation leadership, personalization

Research groups

Rights, democracy and welfare

Publications

  • Personalised employment as welfare policy direction? A critical Analysis of Norwegian Active labour market policy from 1998 to 2023

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde (2023)
  • Enabling Teams to Implement Innovative Personalized Activation in a Public Sector Context: Why and How Frontline Leadership Matters

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde, Munkejord, Mai Camilla (2023)
  • Accountability in Personalised Supported Activation Services

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde, Lundberg, Kjetil (2023)
  • Accountability in personalised Supported Employment-based activation services

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde, Lundberg, Kjetil (2022)
  • ‘‘Iverksetting Supported Employment på NAV kontor: Evidensbasering og lokale tilpasninger.’

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde (2021)
  • Managing partial flexibility; Employment specialists and contestations of evidence-based innovations at the frontline.

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde (2021)
  • Managing partial Flexibility; An exploration of Employment specialists work narratives in Labour market inclusion services

    Skjold, Suzan Mbatudde (2021)