Camilla Houeland is part of Fafo's research group on labour relations and is an Associate Professor II at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo.

Camilla holds a PhD in Development Studies, with a dissertation on the Nigerian labour movement within the political economy of oil (2017). From 2018 to 2022, she was a postdoctoral researcher in Human Geography at the University of Oslo, where she explored how oil workers assess their own roles in relation to climate issues in Norway and Nigeria.

Camilla is interested in the conditions of labour and trade unions, and how unions exercise their roles in working life and society in general, as well as how such processes play out differently at different scales and in various geographical contexts, both within and between countries."

Currently, she is particularly interested in how climate change and the green transition affect the labour market and working conditions, specifically concerning energy, as well as how labour actors engage with these challenges and opportunities.

Camilla has published numerous articles and book chapters both internationally and nationally and has contributed to several reports. She has taught and employs various qualitative methods.