Department of Administration and Organization Theory
Recent Submissions
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Reflections on public administration education with a case of Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The paper aims to review public administration education in the higher education institutions in Bangladesh, and their role in ensuring modern public services. Most universities in the country offer public administration ... -
Engasjementsfaget - Er samfunnskunnskap engasjerende for elevene?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Student engagement i social science in secondary school is both a condition and an objective for teaching. The term engagement is, however, rather unclear and empirical research scarce. In this article, distinctions are ... -
Generalization of Classic Question Order Effects Across Cultures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Questionnaire design is routinely guided by classic experiments on question form, wording, and context conducted decades ago. This article explores whether two question order effects (one due to the norm of evenhandedness ... -
Paying to party: Candidate resources and party switching in new democracies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Party switching among legislative candidates has important implications for accountability and representation in democratizing countries. We argue that party switching is influenced by campaign costs tied to the clientelistic ... -
In peace and war: Birth control and population policies in Norway (1930-1945)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)While Norway in the 1930s had relatively liberal policies with regard to access to contraceptives, and an increasing number of legal abortions were carried out, the regime that was installed after occupation in 1940 reined ... -
Explaining public acceptance of congestion charging: The role of geographical variation in the Bergen case
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Controversial policies introduced to improve public goods - such as the environment, mobility and public health - have shown patterns of initial opposition followed by broad acceptance once the public experiences positive ... -
Carbon Pricing and Induced Small Business Innovation in California: How the Global Warming Solutions Act Impacted Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Green Energy
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This is a study of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) and the related laws passed to support it. The GWSA established a whole-economy cap on greenhouse gas emissions and established a series of emissions ... -
The coronavirus crisis—crisis communication, meaning-making, and reputation management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article addresses the Norwegian government’s meaning-making, crises communication and reputation management during the Corona pandemic crisis. It argues that reputation management can be seen as a combination of ... -
Balancing Governance Capacity and Legitimacy: How the Norwegian Government Handled the COVID-19 Crisis as a High Performer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This essay addresses how the Norwegian government has handled the coronavirus pandemic. Compared with many other countries, Norway has performed well in handling the crisis. This must be understood in the context of competent ... -
Tipping the scales: The power of parental commitment in decisions on adoption from care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article studies how three groups of professional decision-makers – child welfare workers, experts on children and judges – exercise discretion in decisions on adoption from care in the Norwegian child welfare system. ... -
Eksperters roller i et demokrati
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)Denne oppgaven tar sikte på å belyse spørsmål rundt bruken av eksperter i norsk politikk. Problemstillingen for oppgaven er: hvordan ble eksperter brukt under arbeidet med kommunereformen? I tillegg til den overordnede ... -
Terra Incognita - A comparative study of Vik and Hemnes and the strategies to rebuild trust after the Terra-scandal
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This master thesis aims to answer the following research question: To what extent did Vik and Hemnes develop a strategy to rebuild trust after the Terra-scandal and what are the differences in these potential strategies ... -
Engineering learning outcomes: Translations of a policy instrument in a disciplinary context in Nordic higher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Learning outcomes have become a central feature in European higher education and are intended to create a plethora of change concerning teaching, relevance, quality and transparency. However, there have been few studies ... -
Governing massified higher education : A cross-national comparative case study of policy instruments for relevance and quality
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-16)Enrolment in higher education has increased drastically in the past decades, changing higher education from an elite phenomenon to a norm, or right, for major parts of the population. This entails a shift in higher education ... -
Bridging higher education and the world of work? Employer panels in Nordic university governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Universities are increasingly expected to cooperate with society and the world of work to ensure relevant higher education. One example is the introduction of mandated employer panels, where external members are brought ... -
International public administration on the tip of the tongue: language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West African States
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recent scholarship shows increasing interest in gender, ethnic or national representation within regional and international organizations. In contrast, language as a criterion of representation has rarely been scrutinized. ... -
Services and support for mothers and newborn babies in vulnerable situations: A study of eight European jurisdictions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)European countries have a legal obligation to provide services to vulnerable families, and children must not be removed from their parents’ care unless no other viable measures are available. This paper examines whether ... -
Coordinating wickedness: a comparative analysis of how Norway and Sweden organize for climate policies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-29)Through the lenses of “wicked policy problems” this article compares how Norway and Sweden organize for climate policies and analyzes the coordination challenges encountered by the two countries. Both countries’ policy ... -
How culture may nurture institutional trust: Some empirical insights from Bangladesh and Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-06)Motivation Most studies of the normative roots of political trust argue that they stem from policy performance rather than from cultural orientation. That sits at odds with the observation that institutional trust—that ... -
Nordic Administrative Collaboration: Scope, Predictors and Effects on Policy Design and Administrative Reform Measures
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-03)This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still ‘alive and kicking,’ or whether it has been marginalized by increased integration into Europe and strong international reform trajectories. We ...
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