• Legalised resistance to autocratisation in common law Africa 

  Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Since the 1990s, African incumbents have engaged in forms of rule-bending that weaken democratic institutions. The democratic backsliding witnessed weaponises law through processes of autocratic lawfare. However, civil ...

• Governance Reforms in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden 

  Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise Hellebø (Chapter, 2024)

  Impulses for governance reforms come from many directions and take different forms. The Scandinavian countries have been influenced by contemporary governance ideas—New Public Management (NPM), post-NPM, and New Public ...

• Politisk handlingskompetanse for berekraftig utvikling 

  Børhaug, Kjetil; Neby, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  An important question is what to teach concerning how students may influence and contribute to a sustainable future. At the Nordic level we have several important contributions that elaborate on this. The research question ...

• Vurdering i samfunnskunnskap: Kunnskaper, ferdigheter eller holdninger? 

  Børhaug, Kjetil; Langø, Mona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  I den grad vurdering i samfunnskunnskap er undersøkt empirisk tyder det på at selv om kunnskapsreproduksjon fortsatt er viktig, trekkes også ferdigheter inn. Det er imidlertid uklart hvilke kunnskaper og ferdigheter som ...

• Profil som konkurransestrategi i norsk barnehage 

  Børhaug, Kjetil; Lotsberg, Dag Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Dei overordna problemstillingane er om profilering av barnehagar er meint som eit pedagogisk alternativ, som ledd i konkurranseleiinga i barnehagen. Korleis er profilane relatert til rammeplanen, og korleis vart profilen ...

• Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries 

  Söderström, Johanna; Rakner, Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Understanding why citizens are willing to finance public goods is central to development and state capacity. Taxation can contribute to the common good, yet particularly in developing contexts, citizens may not benefit – ...

• Hva mener folk i Norge om å redusere forbruket sitt? 

  Andersen, Gisle; Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer (Medborgernotat;, Research report, 2024)

• Aligning working-class interests and preferences: The case of inheritance tax 

  Eidheim, Marta Rekdal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article addresses a lack of alignment between the material interests and economic preferences of the working class. It argues that the link between class interest and support for specific economic policies that benefit ...

• Measuring Happiness and Life Satisfaction amongst Swedish Citizens: an Inquiry into Semantic Equivalence in Comparative Survey Research 

  Axelsson, Sofia; Dahlberg, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  A consistent empirical finding is that Scandinavian countries by international standards score steadily high in terms of subjectively reported levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Intrigued by previous findings in ...

• Legal Opportunity Structure and Legal Battles Over Sex Education and LGBTQ Students in Brazil and Colombia 

  de Mello Côrtes, Ana; Jaramillo, Juliana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Brazil and Colombia are outstanding cases of rights recognition through courts. However, when it comes to comprehensive sex education (CSE), the legal battles in these countries have experienced notably different moments. ...

• Fear, trust, and knowledge–understanding Norwegian citizens’ perceptions of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 

  Fimreite, Anne Lise; Løvseth, Erla Katrine; Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This paper explores citizens’ perceptions of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) problem, addressing the need for governance legitimacy in crisis management and policymaking when fighting this crisis. Previous research has ...

• No-campaigns in peace referendums 

  Tappe Ortiz, Juliana; Arévalo, Julián (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Peace agreements can be more effective and durable when being supported by the broad public through a peace referendum. However, after some peace negotiations, No-campaigns succeeded in convincing voters that the peace in ...

• Rural but not radical right: The rural-urban cleavage in Norway 

  Auerbach, Kiran; Eidheim, Marta Rekdal; Fimreite, Anne Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right-wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left-leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey ...

• Public Rights Orientations and Views on Long-Term Care Options for Children in the Child Protection System: An Analysis of Representative Samples of Adults in California, USA and Norway 

  Berrick, Jill Duerr; Helland, Hege Stein; Skivenes, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This study examines a representative sample of adults in California (USA) and Norway, and their attitudes toward adoption versus foster care in a child protection case. The results show that a majority of people favour ...

• Place-based resentment in an egalitarian welfare state 

  Kiran, Auerbach; Eidheim, Marta Rekdal; Fimreite, Anne Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  A divide between people in rural areas and in cities contributes to the current wave of populist backlash and the realignment of party systems across Western democracies. Does place-based resentment also exist and influence ...

• Metaphors of communication professionals in higher education: between the trivial and significant 

  Sataøen, Hogne Lerøy; Lövgren, Daniel; Neby, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This study explores the evolving, however also “messy”, role of communication professionals in higher education institutions (HEIs), who are involved in organizational science communication. Despite substantial growth and ...

• What do we know about children's representation in child protection decisions? A scoping review 

  Haarberg, Frøydis Lønborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This scoping review presents an overview of existing research about children’s representation in child protection decision-making and identifies the knowledge gaps. Representation arrangements to ensure that children’s ...

• Opening the black box of student government in authoritarian contexts: institutional work and intra-organisational conflicts in the Students’ Guild at Makerere University, Uganda 

  Felde, Andrea Kronstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Student governments are important actors in higher education governance and also in more general political processes, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the research on student governments has thus far focused on ...

• Social Dominance Orientation and exposure to violence as predictors of support for past peace agreements 

  Tappe Ortiz, Juliana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The purpose of this study is to explore individual predictors of support for peace agreements after their implementation. The aim is to test if individual differences in Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) temper the effect ...

• The gendered costs of stigma: How experiences of conflict-related sexual violence affect civic engagement for women and men 

  Koos, Carlo; Traunmüller, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  A common understanding emphasizes the destructive effects of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) on social cohesion and community life.Stressing the agency of survivors, we present an alternative argument. Ourtheory ...

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