Academic interests
I am professor of Political Science and leader of the research group Policy, Bureaucracy, and Organization. My research focuses on politics-administration relations and bureaucratic politics in an internationally comparative perspective. For more information on my publications, please consult my Google Scholar profile or my list of publications.
Teaching profile
- STV2420: Theorizing Public Organizations
- OADM2100: Managing and leading public organizations
- STV4030C: Survey design for political scientists
- STV4422: The Politics of Bureaucracy
- STV4436: Politikk og forvaltning i sentraladministrasjonen
- STV4815V: Etatsstyring mellom politikk og forvaltning
Background
I am a political scientist specialized in Public Policy and Public Administration. I hold a PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Potsdam (2013). I have previously worked as a researcher and teacher at the Hertie School (Berlin), the University of Hannover, and the University of Potsdam. I was a visiting researcher at the Public Governance Institute in Leuven (Belgium), the University of Bergen and the University of Oslo, among others.
Career
- since 2024: Deputy Head of Department & Head of Research, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
- since 2018: Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
- since 2023: Affiliated Researcher, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
- since 2015: Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin
- 2018-2023: Senior Researcher, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
- 2021-2023: Circle U. Academic Chair of Democracy
- 2015-2018: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
- 2014-2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, Hertie School, Berlin
- 2010-2014: Research & Teaching Associate, University of Hannover, Department of Political Science
- 2005-2010: Research & Teaching Associate, University of Potsdam, Chair of Political Science, Administration and Organization
Memberships
- Vice-Chair, COST Action Comparative Research on the Executive Triangle in Europe
- Editorial board, Public Administration
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International Advisory Board, Netherlands Institute of Governance
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IPSA Research Committee Structure and Organization of Government
- Political Studies Association, Specialist Group Executive Politics and Governance