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Åse Gornitzka

Research Professor
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Norwegian
Email ase.gornitzka@arena.uio.no
Phone +47 22 85 88 68
Fax +47 22 85 87 10
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Visiting address Sognsveien 68 2nd floor 0855 Oslo
Postal address P.O. Box 1143 Blindern 0318 Oslo

Academic Interests

Gornitzka’s main fields of academic interests are in the transformation and sustainability of the European political order in the area of education and research policy, the dynamics of European level governance sites, the role of expertise in EU policy making and the domestic impact of the EU’s soft modes of governance.

Background

Åse Gornitzka is a political scientist and holds a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Public Administration, University of Twente, the Netherlands. She has previously been senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education (NIFU) and at the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente.

Other projects

Informational Foundation of Public Policy and the role of Expertise in European Governance

This project examines in the context of EU governance what kind of information a polity acts on and how information is gathered, disseminated and used in the political decision making processes. Based on the study of the expert groups under the European Commission, a special focus of this project is to the organisation of the expertise-public policy nexus and the use of information in collective decision making.

Tags: Europe of knowledge, Education policy, RTD-policy, Open method of coordination, European integration, Institutions, European Union

Publications

Articles and book chapters

  • Gornitzka, Å. And U. Sverdrup (2011) Access of Experts: Information and EU Decision Making. West European Politics 34(1) (in press).
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2010) Bologna in Context: A Horizontal Perspective on the Dynamics of Governance Sites for a ‘Europe of Knowledge’. European Journal of Education 44(4) (in press).
  • Gornitzka, Å. and U. Sverdrup (2010): Enlightened Decision Making? The Role of Scientists in EU Governance. Accepted for publication in Politique Europenne.(in press)
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2009) Styringsreformer i høyere utdanning i Europa - politiske ambisjoner mellom omgivelsespress og sektortradisjoner.  Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 25(2): 127-156.
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2009) Networking Administration in Areas of National Sensitivity – The Commission and European Higher Education. In A. Amaral, G. Neave, C. Musselin and P. Maassen (eds.), European Integration and the Governance of Higher Education and Research. Dordrecht: Springer, 109-132.
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2009) Research Policy and the European Union – Multi-Layered Policy Change? In P. Clancy, and D.D. Dill (eds.), The Research Mission of the University: Policy Reforms and Institutional Response. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 53-75.
  • Stensaker, B. and Å. Gornitzka (2009) The Ingredients of Trust in European Higher Education. In B. Kehm, J. Huisman and B. Stensaker (eds.), The European Higher Education Area: Perspectives on a Moving Target. Rotterdam: Sense, 125-139.
  • Gornitzka, Å. and U. Sverdrup (2008) Who Consults? The Configuration of Expert Groups in the European Union. West European Politics 31(4): 725-750.
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2007) The Lisbon Process: A Supranational Policy Perspective. In P. Maassen and J.P. Olsen (eds.), University Dynamics and European Integration. Dordrecht: Springer, 155-178.
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2007) Historical Legacies and New Modes of Governance in European Higher Education Policy - The Inception of the Open Method of Coordination. In J. Enders and F. van Vught (eds.), Towards a Cartography of Higher Education Policy Change. Enschede: CHEPS/University of Twente Press, 165-172.
  • Gornitzka, Å,  P. Maassen, J.P. Olsen and B. Stensaker (2007) ‘Europe of Knowledge’: Search for a New Pact. In P. Maassen and J.P. Olsen (eds.), University Dynamics and European Integration. Dordrecht: Springer, 181-214.
  • Gornitzka, Å. (2006) What Is the Use of Bologna in National Reform? The Case of the Norwegian Quality Reform in Higher Education. In V. Tomusk (ed.), Creating the European Area of Higher Education: voices from peripheries. Dordrecht: Springer, 19-41.
  • Gornitzka, Å. and J.P. Olsen (2006) Europeiske endringsprosesser og høyere utdanningsinstitusjoner. Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 47(2): 259-274.
  • Gornitzka, Å. and I.M. Larsen (2004) Towards Professionalisation? Restructuring of Administrative Work Force in Universities. Higher Education 47(4): 455-471.
  • Gornitzka, Å., B. Stensaker, J-C. Smeby and H. de Boer (2004) Contract Arrangements in the Nordic Countries – Solving the Efficiency/Effectiveness Dilemma? Higher Education in Europe, 29(1): 87-101.
  • Gornitzka, Å. and P. Maassen (2000) Hybrid Steering Approaches with Respect to European Higher Education. Higher Education Policy 13 (3): 267-286.

Books

  • Gornitzka, Å. and L. Langfeldt (eds.) (2008) Borderless Knowledge. Understanding the “New” Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education in Norway. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Gornitzka, Å., M. Kogan and A. Amaral (eds.) (2005) Reform and Change in Higher Education – Analysing Policy Implementation. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse; Trondal, Jarle & Johannessen, Mathias (2013). Parliament staff: unpacking the behaviour of officials in the European Parliament. Journal of European Public Policy.  ISSN 1350-1763.  20(4), s 495- 514
  • Berg, Lisbet & Gornitzka, Åse (2012). The consumer attention deficit syndrome: Consumer choices in complex markets. Acta Sociologica.  ISSN 0001-6993.  55(2), s 159- 178 . doi: 10.1177/0001699312440711
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2012). University reform and the Nordic Model, In Marek Kwiek & Peter Maassen (ed.),  National Higher Education Reforms in a European Context: Comparative Reflections on Poland and Norway.  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 3631638086.  chapter 4.  s 111 - 126
  • Langfeldt, Liv; Godø, Helge Lauritz; Gornitzka, Åse & Kaloudis, Aris (2012). Integration modes in EU research: Centrifugality versus coordination of national research policies . Science and Public Policy.  ISSN 0302-3427.  39(1), s 88- 98 . doi: 10.1093/scipol/scs001
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2011). Universitetene og en stille administrativ revolusjon. Materialisten. Tidsskrift for forskning, fagkritikk og teoretisk debatt.  ISSN 0801-3055.  (2)
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2011). University governance reforms, global scripts and the "Nordic Model". Accounting for policy change?, In Josef Schmid; Karin Amos; Josef Schrader & Ansgar Thiel (ed.),  Welten der Bildung? Vergleichende Analysen von Bildungspolitik und Bildungssystemen.  Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.  ISBN 978-3-8329-7018-5.  kapittel 6.  s 149 - 177
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Sverdrup, Ulf (2011). Access of Experts: Information and EU Decision-making. West European Politics.  ISSN 0140-2382.  34(1), s 48- 70 . doi: 10.1080/01402382.2011.523544
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2010). Bologna in Context: a horizontal perspective on the dynamics of governance sites for a Europe of Knowledge. European Journal of Education.  ISSN 0141-8211.  45(4), s 535- 548 . doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2010.01452.x
  • Sverdrup, Ulf & Gornitzka, Åse (2010). Enlightened Decision Making? The Role of Scientists in EU Governance . Politique Européenne.  ISSN 1623-6297.  (32), s 125- 149
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2009). Networking Administration in Areas of National Sensitivity: The Commission and European Higher Education, In Alberto Amaral; Guy Neave; Christine Musselin & Peter Maassen (ed.),  European Integration and the Governance of Higher Education and Research.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-9505-4.  kapittel.  s 109 - 131
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2009). Research Policy and the European Union -- Multi-layered Policy Change?, In Patrick Clancy & David D. Dill (ed.),  The Research Mission of the University: Policy Reforms and Institutional Response.  Sense Publishers.  ISBN 978-90-8790-995-6.  Kapittel.  s 53 - 75
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2009). Styringsreformer i høyere utdanning i Europa - politiske ambisjoner mellom omgivelsespress og sektortradisjoner. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift.  ISSN 0801-1745.  25(2), s 127- 156
  • Stensaker, Bjørn & Gornitzka, Åse (2009). The Ingredients of Trust in European Higher Education, In Barbara Kehm; Jeroen Huisman & Bjørn Stensaker (ed.),  The European Higher Education Area: Perspectives on a Moving Target.  Sense Publishers.  ISBN 978-90-8790-712-9.  Kapittel.  s 125 - 139
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Gulbrandsen, Magnus & Langfeldt, Liv (2008). Crossing the Borders. Changing Patterns and Forces of Internationalisation., In Åse Gornitzka & Liv Langfeldt (ed.),  Borderless knowledge. Understanding the "New" Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education in Norway.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  9.  s 171 - 184
  • Smeby, Jens-Christian & Gornitzka, Åse (2008). All Cosmopolitans Now?, In Åse Gornitzka & Liv Langfeldt (ed.),  Borderless Knowledge.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  Chapter 3.  s 37 - 50
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2008). The Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education. Changing Borders of Knowledge, In Åse Gornitzka & Liv Langfeldt (ed.),  Borderless knowledge. Understanding the "New" Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education in Norway.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  1.  s 1 - 11
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Langfeldt, Liv (2008). The Internationalisation of National Knowledge Policies. Promoting Interests, Following Rules, or Learning from Abroad?, In Åse Gornitzka & Liv Langfeldt (ed.),  Borderless knowledge. Understanding the "New" Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education in Norway.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  8.  s 141 - 169
  • Smeby, Jens-Christian & Gornitzka, Åse (2008). All Cosmopolitans Now? The Changing International Contacts of University Researchers., In Åse Gornitzka & Liv Langfeldt (ed.),  Borderless knowledge. Understanding the "New" Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education in Norway.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  3.  s 37 - 50
  • Stensaker, Bjørn; Frølich, Nicoline; Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2008). Internationalisation of higher education: the gap between national policy-making and institutional needs. Globalisation, Societies and Education.  ISSN 1476-7724.  6(1), s 1- 11 . doi: 10.1080/14767720701855550
  • Sverdrup, Ulf & Gornitzka, Åse (2008). Who consults? The configuration of expert groups in the European union. West European Politics.  ISSN 0140-2382.  31(4), s 725- 750
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2007). The Lisbon process: a supranational policy perspective, In Johan P Olsen & Peter Maassen (ed.),  University dynamics and European integration.  Springer.  ISBN 9781402059704.  8.  s 155 - 178
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2007). An instrument for national political agendas: the hierarchical vision, In Johan P Olsen & Peter Maassen (ed.),  University dynamics and European integration.  Springer.  ISBN 9781402059704.  4.  s 81 - 98
  • Olsen, Johan P; Maassen, Peter; Gornitzka, Åse & Stensaker, Bjørn (2007). 'Europe of knowledge': search for a new pact, In Johan P Olsen & Peter Maassen (ed.),  University dynamics and European integration.  Springer.  ISBN 9781402059704.  9.  s 181 - 214
  • Sverdrup, Ulf & Gornitzka, Åse (2007). Who consults? Expert groups in the European Union, In Morten Egeberg (ed.),  Institutional Dynamics and the Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe.  Connex - Network of Excellence, University of Mannheim.  Chapter 6.  s 191 - 230
  • Gornitzka, Åse (2006). What is the Use of Bologna in National Reform? The Case of Norwegian Quality Reform in Higher Education, In Voldemar Tomusk (ed.),  Creating the European Area of Higher Education. Voices from the Periphery.  Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 1-40204613-8.  Kapittel.  s 19 - 41
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2006). Europese universiteiten tussen markt en overheid, I: Kurt De Wit (red.),  Onderwijs en samenleving. Thema's in het werk van J.C: Verhoeven.  Acco.  ISBN 90-334-6226-5.  kapittel.  s 99 - 117
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Olsen, Johan P (2006). Europeiske endringsprosesser og høyere utdanningsinstitusjoner. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.  ISSN 0040-716X.  47(2), s 259- 274
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Kyvik, Svein & Stensaker, Bjørn (2005). Implementation Analysis in Higher Education, In Åse Gornitzka; Maurice Kogan & Alberto Amaral (ed.),  Reform and Change in Higher Education. Analysing Policy Implementation.  Springer.  ISBN 1402034024.  2.  s 35 - 56
  • Smeby, Jens-Christian & Gornitzka, Åse (2005). Internasjonalt forskningssamarbeid - globalisering eller europeisering, I: Jens-Christian Smeby & Magnus Gulbrandsen (red.),  Forskning ved universitetene: Rammebetingelse, relevans og resultater.  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  Kapittel 10.  s 181 - 197
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Kogan, Maurice & Amaral, Alberto (2005). Introduction, In Åse Gornitzka; Maurice Kogan & Alberto Amaral (ed.),  Reform and Change in Higher Education. Analysing Policy Implementation.  Springer.  ISBN 1402034024.  ?.  s 1 - 13
  • Smeby, Jens-Christian & Gornitzka, Åse (2005). Internasjonalt forskersamarbeid - globalisering eller europeisering?, I: Magnus Gulbrandsen & Jens-Christian Smeby (red.),  Forskning ved universitetene - Rammebetingelser, relevans og resultater.  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 82-02-24233-9.  10.  s 181 - 197
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2004). Norwegian Higher Edcuation: The Quality Reform. (Japanese translation). IDE.  ISSN 0389-0511.  (458), s 45- 50
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Stensaker, Bjørn (2004). Norway, In Jeroen Huisman & Marijk Van der wende (ed.),  On Cooperation and Competition - National and European Policies for the Internationalisation of Higher Education.  Lemmens.  ISBN 3-932306-54-6.  4.  s 81 - 112
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Stensaker, Bjørn; Smeby, Jens-Christian & De Boer, Harry (2004). Contract Arrangements in the Nordic Countries - Solving the Efficiency/Effectiveness Dilemma?. Higher Education in Europe.  ISSN 0379-7724.  XXIX(1), s 87- 101
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Larsen, Ingvild Marheim (2004). Towards professionalisation? Restructuring of administrative work force in universities. Higher Education.  ISSN 0018-1560.  47(7), s 455- 471
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Stensaker, Bjørn; Smeby, Jens-Christian & De Boer, Harry (2004). Contract Arrangements in the Nordic Countries - Solving the Efficiency/Effectiveness Dilemma?. Higher Education in Europe.  ISSN 0379-7724.  29(1), s 87- 101
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Larsen, Ingvild Marheim (2003). Universitetsadministrasjon i endring, I:  Tradisjon og tilpasning. Organisering og styring av universitetene.  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 82-02-22630-9.  7.  s 132 - 154
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2003). Europeiske universiteter mellom marked og myndighet, I:  Tradisjon og tilpasning. Organisering og styring av universitetene.  Cappelen Damm Akademisk.  ISBN 82-02-22630-9.  Kapittel 3.  s 35 - 59
  • Kyvik, Svein; Gornitzka, Åse & Stensaker, Bjørn (2002). Implementation analysis in higher education, In J. C. Smart & W. G. Tierney (ed.),  Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Volume 17.  Kluwer Academic Publishers.  ISBN 0875861369.  Kapittel.  s 381 - 423
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2000). Hybrid steering approaches with respect to European higher education. Higher Education Policy.  ISSN 0952-8733.  13(3), s 267- 287
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Maassen, Peter (2000). National policies concerning the economic role of higher education. Higher Education Policy.  ISSN 0952-8733.  13(3), s 225- 230
  • Gornitzka, Åse (1999). Governmental policies and organisational change in higher education. Higher Education Policy.  ISSN 0952-8733.  38(1), s 5- 31
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Kyvik, Svein & Larsen, I. M. (1998). The Bureaucratisation of Universities. Minerva.  ISSN 0026-4695.  36(1), s 21- 47
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Langfeldt, Liv (ed.) (2008). Borderless Knowledge. Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  193 s.
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Langfeldt, Liv (ed.) (2008). Bordeless knowledge? Understanding the "new" internationalisation of research and higher education in Norway. Springer.  ISBN 9781402082832.  193 s.
  • Gornitzka, Åse & Langfeldt, Liv (ed.) (2008). Borderless knowledge. Understanding the "New" Internationalisation of Research and Higher Education in Norway. Springer Science+Business Media B.V..  ISBN 978-1-4020-8282-5.  193 s.
  • Gornitzka, Åse; Kogan, Maurice & Amaral, Alberto (ed.) (2005). Reform and Change in Higher Education. Analysing Policy Implementation. Springer.  ISBN 1402034024.  361 s.
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