My work at the NCC became more and more oriented towards research that could not be financed as applied research for customers, even if the projects were very practical in nature. Also, the new data agreements made it necessary to build up a curriculum in systems development, taking the new situation into account.

I started the first course on "Computers and Society" at the University of Oslo in 1974. I became part-time professor later that year and full-time professor in 1984. A main task became the building up of research and education in system development. (See below.)