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Kari Ingstad

Vice-Dean
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences
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Levanger
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Levanger, B Hovedbygget, 154

Kari Ingstad is a registered nurse and professor of sociology at the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University. She is strongly committed to research, education, and innovation in the areas of organization, leadership, interprofessional collaboration, use of technology in healthcare, working life, employment conditions, and work-time arrangements. Since 2021, she has served as Vice Dean for Research at the faculty.

Ingstad leads the research group Emergency Care, Innovation and Patient Safety (AKIP), which focuses on practice-oriented challenges in the healthcare sector and the development of knowledge-based solutions to improve quality and patient safety.

She has a broad clinical background as a nurse in both municipal and specialist healthcare services, but has worked in the university and university college sector since 2004. She earned her PhD in sociology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2011 and has held a professorship at Nord University since 2020.

Ingstad teaches and supervises at the bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels in subjects including methodology, sociology, organization, and leadership. She contributes to the following courses:

Bachelor’s level:

  • HEL1000: The Shared Knowledge and Value Base of Health Professionals
  • SYK1005: Communication, Psychology, Pedagogy, and Sociology
  • SYK2004: Professional Nursing Leadership and Service Development

Master’s level:

  • HEL7002: System Implementation and Service Innovation
  • HEL5004: Methods for Professional Development

PhD level:

  • PRO9017: Secondary Analysis: Systematic/Scoping Literature Review; Meta-Analysis and Meta-Synthesis


Kari Ingstad is a professor with research expertise in organization, administration, and leadership within the healthcare sector. Her work primarily focuses on working life, innovation, and cross-sectoral collaboration, with particular attention to how structural and organizational conditions shape professional practice and service quality.


Ingstad has published extensively, including peer-reviewed articles, books, and edited volumes. Her research draws on both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, as well as systematic literature reviews. Her work has had a notable impact on policy development and practice, particularly in areas related to work-time organization and staffing in health services.


She leads the research group Acute Care, Innovation and Patient Safety (AKIP) and is actively engaged in several national and international research collaborations. Currently, she serves as the principal investigator of OptiCare-AI, a project funded by the Research Council of Norway. This project explores new and more effective ways of task distribution in municipal healthcare services and investigates how artificial intelligence can support optimized scheduling and resource allocation.

2024
Adapting to home care in Norway: A longitudinal case study of older Adults' experiences 2024 Journal of Aging Studies - Ove Hellzén, Tove Synnøve Mentsen Ness, Kari Ingstad, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Ann Marie Nissen, Siri Andreassen Devik
Kontinuitet i hjemmebaserte tjenester- idealer og realiteter Heltidskultur. Strategisk bemanningsplanlegging for fremtidens helse og omsorgstjeneste 2024 - Kari Ingstad, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Tove Synnøve Mentsen Ness, Ove Hellzén, Ann Marie Nissen, Siri Andreassen Devik
Promoting workplace retention during global crises: An international survey of the preventive role of psychological support among victims of social discrimination in long-term care facilities 2024 Geriatric Nursing - Sameh Eltaybani, Ayumi Igarashi, Ayse Cal, Claudia K.Y. Lai, Cristina Carrasco, Dianis Wulan Sari, Eunhee Cho, Gørill Haugan, Jorge D. Bravo, Nesreen A. Abouzeid, Patrick Alexander Wachholz, Sang-arun Isaramalai, Shaimaa Samir Dawood, Yannis Pappas, Abeer Abd El Galeel Abd-El-Moneam, Ana Beatriz Rodríguez, Bader A. Alqahtani, Catarina Lino Neto Pereira, Cathrine Ragna Solheim Jenssen, Doris S.F. YU, Felismina Rosa P. Mendes, Gurch Randhawa, Hanaa Abou El-soued Hussein Ahmed, Haruno Suzuki, Ilknur Aydin-Avci, Imam Waluyo, Irma Nurbaeti, Jitka Vseteckova, Joanna Kathryn Horne, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Kari Ingstad, Kosuke Kashiwabara, Louise Grant, Maha Mohammed Abd-El-Moniem, Mariko Sakka, Mohamed Ezzelregal Abdelgawad, Muhammad Arsyad Subu, Nichola Kentzer, Noura A. Almadani, Pablo Tomas-Carus, Renata Cunha Matheus Rodrigues-Garcia, Retno Indarwati, Sonthaya Maneerat, Wai Tong Chien, Yuko Amamiya, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
2023
Long-term care facilities' response to the COVID-19 pandemic: An international, cross-sectional survey 2023 Journal of Advanced Nursing - Sameh Eltaybani, Ayumi Igarashi, Ayse Cal, Claudia K Y Lai, Cristina Carrasco, Dianis Wulan Sari, Eunhee Cho, Gørill Haugan, Jorge D. Bravo, Nesreen A. Abouzeid, Patrick Alexander Wachholz, Sang-Arun Isaramalai, Shaimaa Samir Dawood, Yannis Pappas, Abeer Abd El Galeel Abd El Moneam, Ana Beatriz Rodríguez, Bader A. Alqahtani, Catarina Lino Neto Pereira, Cathrine Ragna Solheim Jenssen, Doris S. F. Yu, Fatma Refat Ahmed, Felismina Rosa P. Mendes, Gurch Randhawa, Abou El-soued Hussein Ahmed Hanaa, Haruno Suzuki, Hery Prambudi, Ilknur Aydin Avci, Imam Waluyo, Irma Nurbaeti, Jitka Vseteckova, Joanna Kathryn Horne, Justina Yw Liu, Kari Ingstad, Kosuke Kashiwabara, Louise Grant, Maha Mohammed Abd El Moniem, Mariko Sakka, Mohamed Ezzelregal Abdelgawad, Muhammad Arsyad Subu, Nichola Kentzer, Noura A. Almadani, Pablo Tomas-Carus, Renata Cunha Matheus Rodrigues Garcia, Retno Indarwati, Sonthaya Maneerat, Wai Tong Chien, Yuko Amamiya, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
2025
Kvinners arbeidshelse - Kunnskap og tiltak 2025 - Nina Tangnæs Grønvold, Andreas Christensen, Marit Christensen, Jon Anders Drøpping, Migle Helmersen, Hege Herø, Eirik Hognestad, Andreas Holtermann, Kari Ingstad, Håkon Andre Johannessen, Julian Vedeler Johnsen, Julie Lødrup, Silje Naustvik, Carl Fredrik Riise, Yogindra Samant, Anne Turid Wikdahl
Solid økning i søkertallene til Nord 2025 - Kari Ingstad, Bjørnar Olav Leknes
Flere gjør som line og Markus 2025 - Kari Ingstad, Bjørnar Olav Leknes
2023
Dette er min streik 2023 - Kari Ingstad
2021
Kunstig intelligens kan løse bemanningsutfordringer 2021 - Kari Ingstad, Nguyen thenh Hai, Werner H Christie
Trenger verktøy for å få til heltidskultur 2021 - Kari Ingstad, Svein Jarle Midtøy, Trude Wikdal
Keeping calm on a busy day 2021 NordYrk 2021 - Siw Helen Martinsen Watz, Kari Ingstad
2020
Hvilke muligheter har omsorgstjenestene? 2020 - Hanne Marie Rostad, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad, Oddvar Førland, Ragnhild Hellesø, Line Melby, Kari Ingstad, Siri Andreassen Devik, Aud Irene Jacobsen, Frode F. Jacobsen, Nathalie Puaschitz, Oddrunn Elin Sortland, Bjørg Dale, Cathrine Arntzen, Brooke Ann Hollister, Aud Uhlen Obstfelder
2018
Education and nursing in Norway 2018 Gjesteforelesning - Kari Ingstad, Aud Emilie Evensen
Hvem skal løse deltidsfloken? 2018 - Kari Ingstad, Nina Amble
2017