• I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification 

  Geys, Benny; Lægreid, Per; Murdoch, Zuzana; Yackee, Susan Webb (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article challenges the common assumption that the partisan identification of bureaucratic elites is fixed over time. Building on principal-agent and organization theory, we hypothesize that bureaucratic elites may ...

• Intra-organizational Mobility and Employees’ Work-related Contact Patterns: Evidence from Panel Data in the European Commission 

  Vantaggiato, Francesca; Murdoch, Zuzana; Kassim, Hussein; Geys, Benny; Connolly, Sara Jane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Programs to encourage staff to move within public-sector organizations have become increasingly widespread in recent decades. Yet, although there are some anecdotal accounts, the effects of such intraorganizational mobility ...

• Organizational Stability and Resocialization in Public Administrations: Theory and Evidence from Norwegian Civil Servants (1986-2016) 

  Geys, Benny; Lægreid, Per; Murdoch, Zuzana; Trondal, Jarle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The organizational theory approach to public administration emphasizes that organizational features of public bureaucracies shape civil servants' role perceptions and opinions. This study brings forward a novel refinement ...

• Public participation in decisions about measures to manage the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review 

  Munthe-Kaas, Heather Eileen Menzies; Oxman, Andrew David; Von Lieres, Bettina; Gloppen, Siri; Ohren, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and health authorities faced tough decisions about infection prevention and control measures such as social distancing, face masks and travel. Judgements underlying those ...

• Organizational resilience: exploring the health insttitution in Ghana during the Covid 19 

  Oppong, Derrick Nana (Master thesis, 2024-06-17)

• Beyond the Ballot: The Impact of Voting Margin and Turnout on the Legitimacy of Referendum Outcomes in Europe 

  Arnesen, Sveinung; Broderstad, Troy Saghaug; Johannesson, Mikael Poul; Linde, Jonas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This study delves into the criteria under which referendums can legitimise political choices. It employs survey experiments regarding EU membership across seven European nations, focusing on variations in referendum outcomes, ...

• ‘Importing’ the personal vote to maximise the party vote? ‘Parachute personalization’ in an intraparty preference electoral system 

  Arter, David; Poyet, Corentin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article seeks to contribute to the electoral and party politics debate in three main ways. The first is the claim that parachuting politicians into districts in which they have no prior connections is not a nomination ...

• Citizenship education after Ukraine: Global citizenship education in a world of increasing international conflict 

  Borgebund, Harald; Børhaug, Kjetil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Purpose: Following globalisation, a rich literature on global citizenship education developed (Akkari & Maleq 2020; Goren & Yemini 2017). However, recent developments in international politics prompt us to ask whether ...

• Organizing for Wicked Problems : What coordinating agencies do, and why they do it 

  Førde, Johannes Sandvik (Doctoral thesis, 2024-10-11)

  Denne avhandlinga har som utgangspunkt at organisering er viktig, og at det er med organisering som verkemiddel statar forsøker å løyse problem samfunnet står overfor. Men kva skjer når statar møter såkalla gjenstridige ...

• Same but different: On continuity and change in agricultural policy reforms 

  Melås, Anders Mahlum; Vik, Jostein; Farsund, Arild Aurvåg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This article contributes to the Historical Institutionalism literature on stability and change by unpacking how an institution has persisted for more than 70 years despite substantial contextual changes. The overall stability ...

• The Role of Parliaments in Exceptional Times 

  Poyet, Corentin (Chapter, 2024)

  What is the role of Parliaments during the COVID-19 pandemic? Countries had to adjust their decision-making procedures to address the challenges posed by the pandemic. In most countries, this has been done by strengthening ...

• AI and the quest for legitimacy in the modern society How does the use of artificial intelligence in public governance impact institutional legitimacy? The case of Norway. 

  Andersen, Elisa Iro (Master thesis, 2024-06-03)

  This study examines the impact of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in public governance on institutional legitimacy by using a multilevel mixed methods research design. Institutional legitimacy is an essential ingredient ...

• Statlig eierskap i energiselskapene En kvalitativ studie med fokus på et grønt skifte i Statkraft, Equinor og Hydro 

  Amirthalingam, Mathura (Master thesis, 2024-06-03)

  I denne masteroppgaven vil det være fokus på eierskapsmeldingene ifra staten og årsrapportene fra tre ulike energiselskaper og vises til om hvordan statlig eierskap endrer seg over tid i tråd med energiomstillingen. I disse ...

• The Coffee Machine Factor: Unraveling the Significance of Knowledge Transfer in a Modern Engineering Organization 

  Onshuus, Jens Andreas (Master thesis, 2024-06-03)

  This thesis explores knowledge sharing between younger and older employees in a Norwegian engineering organisation facing an aging workforce. Using a sequential mixed-methods approach, it investigates preferences to knowledge ...

• Legene og abortspørsmålet - posisjoner og konfliktlinjer 

  Elvbakken, Kari Tove (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

  Legers og legegruppers roller og bidrag til utforming av norsk abortlovgivning er tema for denne artikkelen. Studien omfatter perioden fra ca. 1930 til 1978, da abortloven fra 1975 ble endret slik at kvinner fikk rett til ...

• Public Service Resilience in a Post-COVID-19 World: Digital Transformation in Nordic Higher Education 

  Asante, Michael Oduro; Liyanapathiranage, Sudeepika; Liyanapathiranage, Sudeepika Wajirakumari Samarat; Pinheiro, Romulo (Chapter, 2023)

  This chapter draws on seminal contributions from the crisis management and resilience literature to develop and test a new framework for organisational resilience in higher education in the context of digital transformation. ...

• Negotiating gender-equal inheritance rights: the rise of Islamic politics and the global feminist landscape in Bangladesh 

  Hossain, Jinat; Jamil, Ishtiaq (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

  Inheritance rights in Bangladesh are a highly contested issue. These are interpreted differently in the two major religions in Bangladesh, Islam and Hinduism. Using the concepts of ‘legal pluralism’ and ‘feminist ...

• Trustworthiness of the Female Civil Servants in Three South Asian Countries: Exploring Key Determining Factors 

  Jamil, Ishtiaq; Baniamin, Hasan Muhammad; Ramasamy, Ramesh (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The study aimed to answer what explains the perceived trustworthiness of female civil servants in three South Asian countries using a country-representative survey (n = 6240; 2,740 in Bangladesh; 2,256 in Nepal and 1,244 ...

• Role of anti-/pro-public sector bias in shaping perceived performance and fairness: an experimental exploration in South Asia 

  Baniamin, Hasan Muhammad; Jamil, Ishtiaq (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

  People may evaluate the same level of performance differently because of different biases. The study explores the possible effects of anti-/pro-public-sector bias on perceived performance and fairness in South Asian ...

• The energy efficiency gap in citizens’ own words 

  Tvinnereim, Endre Meyer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

  Understanding drivers of home energy efficiency efforts is important for slowing climate change and managing energy costs. A study now combines open-ended survey questions with natural language processing to find that ...

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