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• Klausen, Jan Erling; Mortensen, Peter Bjerre; Serritzlev, Søren & Vabo, Signy Irene (2026). The Geography of Local Politics: How Jurisdiction Size Shapes Local Policy Agendas. Journal of Public Policy. ISSN 0143-814X. Full text in Research Archive
• Kvale, Knut; Larsen, Anna Grøndahl; Følstad, Asbjørn & as, Nena van (2026). CUSTOMER CARE IN THE AGE OF AI: CURRENT PERCEPTIONS AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information System. Full text in Research Archive
• Kowalski, Joachim; Dąbkowska, Małgorzata; Aleksandrowicz, Adrianna; Jarkiewicz, Michał; Larøi, Frank & Gawęda, Łukasz (2026). Examining Auditory Hallucinations and Attention in Schizophrenia Patients According to the Metacognitive Model. Schizophrenia Bulletin. ISSN 0586-7614. 52(5). doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf208. Full text in Research Archive
• Caspi, Avshalom; Houts, Renate M.; Anker, Anne Sofie Tegner; Richmond-Rakerd, Leah S.; Andersen, Signe Hald & Moffitt, Terrie E. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2026). What does psychopathology research have to gain by studying all mental disorders at the same time? Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. ISSN 2769-7541. 135(4), p. 537–543. doi: 10.1037/abn0001136. Full text in Research Archive
• Asheim, Geir B. & Cato, Susumu (2026). The dilemma between repugnancy and sadism extends beyond critical-level utilitarianism. Economics and Philosophy. ISSN 0266-2671. p. 1–25. doi: 10.1017/S0266267126100807. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  We consider axioms under which population principles face an unavoidable choice between accepting the Repugnant Conclusion or the Very Sadistic Conclusion. Our analysis reveals that this dilemma persists even without imposing the axiom of Anonymity. This significantly broadens the ethical implications when considering populations that differ in temporal, spatial or probabilistic dimensions or when including non-human populations. Imposing Existence Independence, combined with an Archimedean axiom that we term the Strict Limit Property, is sufficient for the dilemma to arise. These findings substantially generalize previous impossibility results in population ethics and highlight the inescapable trade-offs faced by any coherent population principle.

• Xia, Lihua; Ren, Kang; Demetriou, Ina; Gurunandan, Kshipra; Meeker, Karin L. & Pineiro, Didac Vidal [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2026). Bilingualism and cognitive aging in ethnically diverse older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from Health and Aging Brain Study—Health Disparities. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. ISSN 1079-5014. 81(10), p. 1–10. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbag150. Full text in Research Archive
• Hesselberg, Jan Ole; Ulleberg, Pål; Sørensen, Øystein; Fostervold, Knut Inge; Ingvaldsen, Sigrid Hegna & Svege, Ida (2026). Why do reviewers disagree? Evidence from four funders and 134,000 reviews. PLOS ONE. 21(9), p. 1–21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0356108. Full text in Research Archive
• Getz, Vilde; Pleym, Karin; Dammen, Toril; Husebye, Einar; Sverre, Elise Christine Bjørkholen & Peersen, Kari [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2026). Patient and healthcare system factors associated with participation in municipal smoking cessation programs after hospitalization for atherosclerotic vascular disease in Norway: A prespecified analysis of two randomized controlled trials. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 12(61), p. 1–13. doi: 10.18332/tpc/236282. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Introduction: Persistent smoking after hospitalization for an atherosclerotic vascular event remains common, and only a small proportion attend cardiac rehabilitation or community-based lifestyle support, including smoking cessation programs. This study aimed to identify patient and healthcare...

• Innset, Ola (2026). Et optimalt økonomisk system. Trygve Haavelmo i de norske systemdebattene. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. Full text in Research Archive
• Kyte, Eli B.; Helmstaedter, Christoph; Skogan, Annette Holth; Lossius, Morten Ingvar & Alfstad, Kristin Åshild (2026). How far-reaching is the impact of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery on quality of life 10–44 years after the operation? Epilepsy & Behavior. ISSN 1525-5050. 185. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2026.111272. Full text in Research Archive
• Benningstad, Nora Cornelia Glerud; Obaidi, Milan; Anjum, Gulnaz & Kunst, Jonas R. (2026). An integrated model of climate and environmental pathways to violent extremism. Global Environmental Change. ISSN 0959-3780. 101, p. 103240–103240. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2026.103240. Full text in Research Archive
• Wessel, Terje & Turner, Lena Magnusson (2026). From rental to owner-occupied housing: access and mortgage risk at different spatial levels. Housing Studies. ISSN 0267-3037. doi: https:/www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2026.2738656#abstract. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This study explores how low-income individuals manage transition into homeownership across the urban hierarchy in a strongly pro-ownership context. We examine aggregate outcomes of two contrasting alternatives – moving into ownership promises housing career mobility and wealth accumulation at the cost of financial safety; staying in rental housing reverses these trade-offs. Our con text is Norway, which we divide into four spatial levels: Oslo, second-order regions, third-order regions, and the rest of Norway. Using register data for 2015–2022, we estimate Cox proportional hazards models of transition to homeownership and subsequent mortgage risk, adjusting for demographic and socio-economic fac tors. The findings show a combination of slightly lower transition rates into ownership and substantially higher mortgage risk in Oslo, with similar but weaker patterns in second-order regions, par ticularly after adjustment for socio-economic factors. We relate these outcomes to features of the Norwegian housing system, notably the strong prioritisation of homeownership, and to wider forces including global economic conditions, regional disparities in economic structure, and ongoing urbanisation. We conclude with implications for housing policy, arguing for institution-based pro grammes that strengthen and diversify metropolitan rental markets

• Breeman, Gerard; Cavari, Amnon; Jungblut, Jens; Shpaizman, Ilana; Timmermans, Arco & Valgermo, Jon Bøe (2026). Policy Agendas in Coalition Agreements: The Enduring Influence of Policy Inheritance. Policy Studies Journal (PSJ). ISSN 0190-292X. 54(4). doi: 10.1111/psj.70169. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  New governments frequently inherit issues from their predecessors, and as a result, various policy problems tend to remain on the agenda for many years. Previous research examining the role of policy inheritance has focused mainly on the agenda during a government's term in office. These studies find that because governments must first contend with the problems they inherit, there is considerably less room for new issues to emerge on the agenda. This study seeks to examine the idea of policy inheritance through the lens of coalition agreements. Coalition agreements, a feature of multiparty governments, are drafted shortly after elections and reflect the outcome of the political struggle. For this reason, one can expect that coalition agreements contain mostly issues that parties regard as important. By implication, changes in the coalition agreements' issue agenda would be a function of the political change produced by the electoral cycle, rather than of inheritance. Analyzing coalition agreements in three countries—Israel, the Netherlands, and Norway—across 42 elections, we find no evidence for this assumption. Agendas in coalition agreements do not vary with changes in the party composition of the coalition, changes in the ideological distance between parties, or changes in the party holding the office of Prime Minister. This indicates that even when new coalition governments are preparing for their term in office, inheritance remains the primary driver of agenda‐setting.

• Wilhelm, Marie-Thérèse & Miró, Joan (2026). When the Recovery and Resilience Facility hits home: EU crisis governance and recentralisation in federal and quasi-federal member states. Journal of European Integration. ISSN 0703-6337. doi: 10.1080/07036337.2026.2736768. Full text in Research Archive
• Bazezew, Meseret Mamo; Glaser, Ben; Hegemann, Laura Elizabeth; Askelund, Adrian Dahl; Pingault, Jean-Baptiste & Wootton, Robyn [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2026). Estimating direct and indirect genetic effects on emerging variation in depressive symptoms in early adolescence: a trio polygenic score analysis in the MoBa cohort. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ISSN 1018-8827. doi: 10.1007/s00787-026-03197-y. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Abstract Early adolescence is a common period of onset for depressive symptoms. In part, this may reflect a developmental expression of individuals’ genetic propensities as they undergo physiological and hormonal changes and interact with new environments. Many commonly proposed mechanisms assume direct effects of an individual’s own genes on emerging variation in their depressive symptomatology. However, estimates of genetic influence based on analyses in unrelated individuals capture not only direct genetic effects but also genetic effects from parents and other biologically related family members. In data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort (MoBa), we used linear mixed models to distinguish developmentally-stable and adolescence-specific direct and parental indirect genetic effects. In within-family models, we examined effects of polygenic scores for major depressive disorder (MDD), ADHD, anxiety disorders, and educational attainment (EA) on depressive symptoms measured at ages 8 and 14. Children’s own MDD polygenic scores showed adolescence-specific effects on depressive symptoms (β PGS*wave =0.041, [95% CI: 0.017, 0.065]). Developmentally-stable direct effects from children’s polygenic scores for MDD (β = 0.016, [0.006, 0.039]), ADHD (β = 0.024, [0.008, 0.041]) and EA (β=-0.02, [ -0.038, -0.002]) were also evident. The only evidence of indirect genetic effects was a stable effect of maternal EA polygenic scores (β = 0.04, [0.024, 0.054]). Direct genetic effects linked to genetic liability to MDD accounted for emerging variation in depressive symptoms in adolescence. These results imply that specific etiological mechanisms related to MDD may become particularly relevant for depressive symptoms during early adolescence compared to at earlier ages.

• Sirotina, Ulyana; Bjarnadottir, Bryndis Lara; Butwicka, Agnieszka; Ystrom, Eivind; Suvisaari, Jaana & Kiviruusu, Olli [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2026). Mental health and healthcare use during COVID‐19 among neurodivergent youth and youth with pre‐existing psychiatric disorders: A systematic review. JCPP Advances. doi: 10.1002/jcv2.70176. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Abstract Background Neurodivergent youth and youth with pre‐existing psychiatric disorders may have faced additional challenges in navigating the demands and restrictions of the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, less is known about how mental health outcomes and psychiatric healthcare utilization differed across diagnostic groups and other youth‐related factors. This systematic review synthesizes evidence on mental health symptoms and psychiatric healthcare use among youth with pre‐existing conditions during the pandemic. Methods We searched PubMed, Web of Science and additional sources for cross‐sectional and longitudinal studies with data collected between March 2020 and May 2023. Eligible studies included neurodivergent youth and/or youth with psychiatric disorders confirmed through clinician diagnosis or medical records prior to the pandemic. Given the clinical and methodological diversity of studies, findings were synthesized narratively. Results Forty‐eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Mental health outcomes showed mixed patterns both across and within diagnostic groups, with individual studies reporting symptom increase, stability and improvements. Evidence on psychiatric healthcare utilization was more limited and suggested different patterns between service use and psychotropic medication use. Compared to boys, girls were more likely to experience COVID‐related distress and increases in psychiatric service use during the pandemic. Age‐related findings varied across developmental stages and outcome domains. Most studies ( n  = 40; 83.3%) had a moderate overall risk of bias (RoB), while seven (14.6%) had a high overall RoB. Conclusion Mental health outcomes among youth with pre‐existing conditions during the COVID‐19 pandemic varied both within and across diagnostic groups. Outcomes were also associated with individual, developmental, contextual and service‐related factors. These findings suggest the importance of considering such factors alongside diagnosis when identifying clinical needs and planning support during large‐scale societal disruptions. Evidence on psychiatric healthcare utilization remains limited. More methodologically robust research is needed to clarify mental health and healthcare‐use patterns during major public health emergencies.

• Young, Petrus & García-Godos, Jemima (2026). Hydrogen Geographies in Latin America: Uneven Development in the Energy Transition. Geography Compass. 20(10). doi: 10.1111/gec3.70098. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  ABSTRACT Over the past decade, hydrogen development has become part of Latin America's decarbonization landscape, positioning the region as a potential exporter of green energy, yet revealing deep territorial inequalities. This paper explores the geography of hydrogen in Latin America, where projects cluster along coastal corridors and reproduce long‐standing patterns of uneven development. Based on a review of recent academic literature and policy documents, we analyze how fragmented governance, competing claims on water and land, and limited local participation interact with this emerging geography. Hydrogen transitions involve much more than technological shifts. As hydrogen development evolves in Latin America, it produces the socio‐spatial reconfiguration of territories, resource use, and environment‐society relations. We propose potential pathways, including participatory governance, redistributive infrastructure, and recognitional planning, to embed energy justice and inclusion in the emerging geographies of hydrogen. The Latin American case shows how emerging hydrogen geographies are shaped by the interaction between global decarbonization agendas and histories of extraction, inequality, and environmental change.

• Wiborg, Øyvind Nicolay & Hansen, Marianne Nordli (2026). De rikes Oslo. In Ljunggren, Jørn (Eds.), Oslo – samme by, ulike livssjanser. Cappelen Damm Forskning. ISSN 9788202937294. p. 73–91. doi: 10.23865/cdf.304.ch3. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter examines how wealth has accumulated across the Oslo region in recent years, and to what extent. We distinguish between two main forms of wealth: financial assets and real assets (primarily housing), and assess whether they follow similar geographic patterns of inequality. The analysis uses the Norwegian wealth register, compiled for tax purposes and administered by Statistics Norway, which provides estimated market values of financial and real assets for all residents from 2010 to 2024. We present results in maps showing median wealth (p50) and top wealth (p99) across roughly 2,000 neighbourhoods in the Oslo region. These maps reveal a marked increase in both real and financial capital during this period, but with pronounced spatial differences. In both real and financial capital, the highest levels of wealth are found in western neighbourhoods. However, large financial fortunes far exceed housing wealth: in some neighbourhoods, individuals near the top of the local distribution hold financial assets of around NOK 700 million or more, while housing values are much lower. Housing wealth in the western districts, as well as Nordstrand, appears relatively homogeneous. Financial wealth, by contrast, is concentrated in a small number of west end neighbourhoods, increasingly close to the city centre. Given that large fortunes signal economic power, these patterns suggest that power is heavily concentrated in limited geographical areas. Overall, wealth accumulation in Oslo is highly uneven, both between and within areas. Yet this disparity is obscured when Oslo and its surrounding region are treated as a single, homogeneous unit.

• Chen, Liu; Christensen, Tom & Zhu, Xufeng (2026). Balancing Particularism and Universalism in Welfare Policy: Insights From China's Hukou Reform. Policy Studies Journal (PSJ). ISSN 0190-292X. 54(4). doi: 10.1111/psj.70160. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Welfare policies often combine particularistic and universalistic elements, yet we know less about how shifts in this balance shape public attitudes toward vulnerable low‐status groups. This article develops a three‐dimensional framework for analyzing welfare policy, distinguishing among welfare scope, welfare benefits, and inclusion criteria. We argue that public attitudes toward lower‐status groups are shaped by the combined signal about the welfare deservingness hierarchy generated by the configuration of particularistic and universalistic elements across these dimensions. Because policy design packages convey a broader normative stance about who belongs and who deserves, they can influence perceptions of groups that are not directly targeted by a policy change, lowering or raising their perceived deservingness. Using difference‐in‐differences and regression discontinuity methods, we analyze Weibo posts during China's two‐round hukou reform. We find that shifts toward more particularistic policy configurations lead to more negative attitudes toward low‐skilled migrant workers, whereas shifts toward more universalistic configurations yield more positive attitudes. Subgroup analyses yield suggestive patterns across local economic contexts and individual characteristics. These findings have broader implications for research on welfare policy systems and for reform efforts regarding social integration.

• Tian, Xiaolong; Christensen, Tom & Ma, Liang (2026). Public sector reform and party dominance: China’s 2023 Party-state institutional reform. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. ISSN 2327-6665. p. 1–21. doi: 10.1080/23276665.2026.2701728. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In 2023, China launched a new round of Party – state institutionalreform that further consolidated Party dominance. This article ana-lyzes the reform’s underlying dynamics and the reconfiguration ofParty leadership within the administrative system. The findings sug-gest that the reform represents a nationally driven, adaptive institu-tional project aligned with Chinese modernisation. In response tointernal and external pressures, it advances a “new national system”and institutionalises a Party-dominated networked governance struc-ture linking the Communist Party of China Central Committee’sdecision-making bodies with the State Council’s functional depart-ments. Culturally, the reform embodies continuity and change,grounded in Confucian and Marxist-Leninist conceptions of govern-ance and democracy. From a polity perspective, Party dominance isfurther institutionalised through administrative restructuring. Overall,the reform reflects China’s effort to develop an autonomous govern-ance knowledge system and a Party-state governance model centredon Party leadership. The study contributes to public administrationscholarship by providing an empirically grounded interpretation ofinstitutional reform in a non-Western context

• Li, Hongxia; Chen, Sicheng; Yao, Rongrong & Christensen, Tom (2026). Managing emergencies and shaping images: how swift crisis interventions affect public perception of local government reputation. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2610360. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This study examines how crisis response timing (pre-crisis vs. post-crisis), sequence (no prioritization, defensive prioritization, accommodative prioritization), and tempo (fast-paced vs. slow-paced) affect public perception of local government reputation. Through a 2 × 3 × 2 factorial experiment (n = 1520), results reveal that pre-crisis risk communication, accommodative prioritization, and fast-paced responses significantly enhance public perception of local government reputation. Crisis responsibility attribution functions as an indirect mechanism. Integrating temporal dimensions into crisis management frameworks, the research advances theoretical understanding and offers governments actionable strategies for reputation protection through timely interventions

• Buba, Imrana (2026). Civilian compliance and victimization in the Boko Haram insurgency. Journal of Peace Research. ISSN 0022-3433. doi: 10.1093/jopres/xjag077. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  How does variation in civilian compliance strategies shape wartime victimization? Across civil wars, some contested communities are displaced while others remain in place despite exposure to armed actors. Existing research explains civilian victimization primarily through armed actors' strategies, with limited attention to how civilians shape its form. I argue that civilian compliance, defined as accommodating the demands of armed actors without formally joining them, is a self-protection strategy that can reduce immediate danger but shifts civilians' exposure toward different forms of victimization. Drawing on fieldwork and a subnational comparison of two contested communities in northeastern Nigeria, I show that variation in civilian compliance shapes how armed actors interpret civilian behavior. Fragmented compliance, in which civilians selectively comply with the actor they perceive as most threatening, produces signals that rival forces interpret as support for the opposing side, prompting punitive operations and displacement. By contrast, dual compliance, in which civilians accommodate both rebels and state forces while presenting compliance as exclusive to each, creates behavioral ambiguity. Lacking clear evidence that civilians assist their rival, armed actors tolerate civilian presence and rely instead on surveillance and coercive extraction. The findings show that patterns of civilian compliance shape armed actors' use of violence, producing displacement in some communities and in situ victimization in others. By identifying civilian compliance as the behavioral signal through which armed actors infer civilian support, the article nuances existing explanations of variation in wartime victimization.

• Dedios-Sanguineti, María Cecilia; Buitrago-Rubiano, Felipe; González-Gort, Mónica; Buba, Imrana; Ihring, Diana & Stewart, Crystal [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2026). Assessing the psychometric properties of the WHO-5 Well-being Index in conflict-affected humanitarian contexts. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. ISSN 1728-0583. 37(2), p. 256–271. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2026.2652959. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Children and adolescents living in conflict-driven humanitarian contexts face heightened risks of violence and abuse, which can significantly affect their immediate and long-term well-being. The evaluation of interventions to support adolescent well-being in these settings requires a validated, simple, yet robust measure of the broad construct of psychological well-being. Objective: This study aimed to validate the WHO-5 Well-being Index, a short, self-reported instrument designed to assess subjective psychological well-being, for use with adolescents in two conflict-affected humanitarian contexts, including Colombia and Nigeria. Method: Participants (N = 172) were aged 13 to 17 years and resided in Colombia (n = 90) or Nigeria (n = 82). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to assess the WHO-5 Index psychometric properties. Results: A one-factor structure of the WHO-5 Well-being Index was supported, showing high internal consistency (α and ω > 0.80), excellent convergent validity (assessed with the Kidscreen-27 scale, r = 0.797, p < 0.01), and acceptable discriminant validity (assessed with the PHQ-9 scale, r = -0.343, p < 0.001). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the one-factor model, initially with poor fit (CFI = 0.972, TLI = 0.944, RMSEA = 0.105). After accounting for covariance between items 3 and 4, the model fit improved significantly (CFI = 0.998, TLI = 0.994, RMSEA = 0.034). Conclusion: This study reaffirms the WHO-5 Well-being Index as a valid instrument to assess the well-being of Spanish- and Hausa-speaking adolescents who have experienced family separation, abuse, violence, neglect, and/or exploitation in humanitarian contexts.

• Medie, Peace A; Jose, Betcy; Bell-Martin, Rebecca; Marston, Jerome; Buba, Imrana Alhaji & Gray, Felicity [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2026). Civilian Self-Protection in Theory and Practice. International Studies Review. ISSN 1521-9488. 28(4). doi: 10.1093/isr/viag014. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  2025 marked 10 years since International Studies Review (ISR) published “Understanding why and how Civilians Resort to Self-protection in Armed Conflict.” This article situated civilian self-protection in the civilian protection regime. It demonstrated how civilians use self-protection strategies and how these strategies can undermine civilian protection. The article also sought to foster theory building and comparative analyses by advancing a typology of civilian self-protection, which is based on actions taken in intra and interstate conflicts. One of the article’s aims was to elevate civilian agency in discussions of civilian protection in armed conflict. Since then, the study of civilian self-protection (CSP) has grown enormously. What have we learned from this new scholarship about the role civilians play in their own protection? What progress has been made in theory building? What do we still need to study? This forum seeks to return to ISR a conversation among CSP scholars about the state of the field in the last decade and contemplate its future trajectory. The contributions in this forum interrogate a gamut of newer issues pertaining to CSP that convey the concept’s utility for theoretical, methodological, and policy-based discussions. In doing so, they enhance our understandings of civilian experiences and how their protections can be improved. These insights are particularly important given the scale of civilian suffering today amid an unprecedented number of conflicts and violent encounters.

• Andersen, Bengt & Storm-Mathisen, Frøja Isabella (2026). Kapittel 18: Mellom territorium og mobilitet: gatekriminalitet i den delte byen. In Ljunggren, Jørn (Eds.), Oslo – samme by, ulike livssjanser. Cappelen Damm Forskning. ISSN 9788202937294. p. 427–445. doi: 10.23865/cdf.304.ch18. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter explores how young men involved in street crime perceive, interpret, and navigate Oslo as a city marked by longstanding sociospatial divisions. It examines how these actors both reproduce and challenge dominant understandings of Oslo as a divided urban landscape, where distinctions between the eastern and western parts of the city carry important social and symbolic meanings. Empirically, the chapter draws on ethnographic fieldwork among young men involved in street crime, complemented by interviews with police personnel, whose professional experiences provide additional perspectives on territoriality, mobility, and criminal networks. The analysis demonstrates that the east–west divide remains a powerful symbolic framework shaping identities, local belonging, and reputations. Participants frequently invoke these spatial distinctions when describing themselves, others, and the social geography of the city. At the same time, their everyday practices reveal a more complex reality. Rather than remaining confined to particular neighbourhoods, they routinely cross territorial boundaries in pursuit of economic opportunities, social relationships, and criminal activities. Their mobility also extends beyond the city through connections to transnational criminal networks. Oslo thus emerges not only as a city structured by enduring sociospatial divisions, but also as an interconnected urban environment, in which mobility creates new opportunities while simultaneously challenging established territorial boundaries. The chapter highlights the coexistence of symbolic divisions and practical forms of spatial integration.

• Glastad, Stine Holmstul; Klungsøyr, Ole; Aminoff, Sofie Ragnhild; Hagen, Roger; Bjella, Thomas & Engen, Magnus Johan [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2026). Frequency analysis of mood, sleep, and alcohol and nicotine use: investigating instability in bipolar I and II disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 17, p. 1–12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1810743.
• Røgeberg, Ole Jørgen; Harden, Kathryn Paige & Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (2026). Changes in heritability and shared environmentality of educational attainment across twentieth-century Norway. Nature Communications. 17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75044-2. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sociological modernization theory predicts that rising meritocracy reduces the influence of family background on education while increasing the role of individual abilities. Sibling correlations are often used as omnibus indicators of family influence, but they reflect both shared environments and shared genetics, complicating interpretation over time. This study examines changes in the genetic and environmental components of educational attainment using administrative data on more than 13,000 Norwegian twin pairs born between 1915 and 1991. We apply a Bayesian hierarchical liability-threshold model to estimate heritability and shared environmental influences across birth cohorts, accounting for changes in educational systems and population distributions. For women, the heritability of educational attainment increased steadily across the twentieth century, while shared environmental influences declined, consistent with expanding educational opportunities and gender equality. For men, neither heritability nor shared environmental influences changed significantly over time. These findings clarify how genetic and environmental contributions to education vary across historical contexts, refining interpretations of long-term trends in family influence.

• Kentistou, Katherine A.; Sundfjord, Jonas; Karimi, Roya; Kaisinger, Lena R.; Hofmeister, Robin J. & Bargas, Nicolas Fragoso [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2026). Genome-wide mapping of common and rare variant effects on adiposity across childhood. Nature Genetics. ISSN 1061-4036. doi: 10.1038/s41588-026-02772-y. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Our understanding of the genetic architecture of obesity is primarily based on studies of adults, with sparser data from childhood. Here, we conducted age-stratified genetic association studies against objectively measured ( n  = 62,276) or recalled childhood adiposity-related traits ( n eff  = 599,924), identifying 624 common variants associated with childhood adiposity, with one-third having no concordant association with adult body mass index. Signals linked to the leptin–melanocortin pathway ( BSX , GNAS , LEPR and PCSK1 ) and incretin signaling ( GIPR and GLP1R ) showed childhood-specific effects on adiposity. Single-nucleus RNA sequencing data identified childhood-specific adiposity-regulating cell populations in the arcuate nucleus and mammillary bodies, indicating neurocircuits that regulate adiposity specifically during childhood. Finally, sequencing in 479,615 individuals uncovered rare protein-coding variation in ADCY3 , CALCR , MC4R , MRAP2 , POMC and MYH13 , exhibiting stronger associations in childhood than in adults. Our findings suggest that childhood provides a more sensitive window for the study of key endocrine and neuropeptide pathways that regulate energy balance.

• Nyborg, Karine (2026). Adam in the Perfectly Competitive Market. Revista de Economía Institucional. ISSN 0124-5996. 28(54), p. 179–196. doi: 10.18601/01245996.V28N54.08. Full text in Research Archive
• Allvin, Annica & Skardhamar, Torbjørn (2026). Stably Unstable? – Testing the Temporal Stability of Spatial Crime Patterns | Journal of Quantitative Criminology | Springer Nature Link. Journal of quantitative criminology. ISSN 0748-4518. doi: 10.1007/s10940-026-09691-5. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Criminological research has long suggested that microgeographical crime patterns are remarkably stable over time; however, there is little consensus on how stability should be defined or measured. This study investigates the stability of spatial crime patterns in Oslo, Norway, over two decades. We review definitions and operationalizations of spatial stability and test three central hypotheses. Using 20 years of police-registered crime data, we apply K-means longitudinal clustering to examine crime trends at a 100 × 100&nbsp;m grid-cell level. We expand upon prior research by explicitly analysing within-cluster variation, conducting separate analyses by crime type, and testing robustness to changes in temporal resolution. We also demonstrate an alternative method using predefined criteria and compare the results. Although cluster-averages or -medians suggest spatial stability, we observe substantial variation within all clusters, suggesting places are easily interpreted to be more stable than they are. Whether most places exhibit low and stable crime trends, or whether chronic hot spots exist in Oslo, depends on the operationalization of stability. The degree of within-cluster variation casts doubts on whether conventional clustering approaches alone provide convincing evidence of persistent patterns, without closer scrutiny. Spatial stability may be overstated when inferred from cluster models relying on annual data. These crime patterns in Oslo are better understood as stably unstable, reflecting patterned variability rather than fixed persistence. Substantial local variation complicates interpretations of long-term stability. We argue for more careful operationalizations of spatial stability, closer attention to within-cluster variation, and greater consideration of temporary hot spots.

• Manokara, Kunalan; Teulings, Irene; Cong, YongQi; Kamiloğlu, Roza; Fischer, Agneta H. & Sauter, Disa A. (2026). More than just smiling: how positive emotions are expressed on the face. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. ISSN 0962-8436. 381(1959). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2025.0133. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  To advance the science of positive emotional expressions, we test how 22 positive emotions are spontaneously displayed on the face, using the participant-negotiated episodic recall method. Respondents (n = 163) narrated emotional events from their lives, and we extracted facial behaviours that reflected peak expressivity (35 410 facial actions). Network models were applied to probe whether specific positive emotions would be conditionally associated with particular facial behaviours. Our results point to three sets of positive emotions: five that do not seem to have specific facial actions related to them (e.g. admiration), nine whose expressions do not significantly involve smiling (e.g. head turn for interest, raised chin for determination), and eight whose facial expressions include smiling as a unique expressive feature (e.g. positive surprise and elation). Notably, nine of these positive emotions had expressive patterns that were distinct from the other emotions in our set (e.g. raised cheeks and closed eyes for sexual desire), while eight emotions were associated with expressive patterns that were shared in pairs (e.g. raised eyebrows for both hope and inspiration). These results provide a tentative map of what specific positive emotions look like when produced on the face in a naturalistic situation. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Mechanisms, development, phylogeny and functions of emotional expressions’.

• Teulings, Irene J. E. & Sun, Rui (2026). Gratitude and well-being: A robust relationship across individual differences, but moderated by cultural and contextual factors. Emotion. ISSN 1528-3542. doi: 10.1037/emo0001699. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Gratitude is a key contributor to well-being, yet the roles of individual factors such as age, gender, and socioeconomic status in this relationship remain unclear. In addition, little is known about whether this relationship varies across cultural and societal contexts. Across three studies (total N= 220,204; 67 countries) using cross-sectional data, we show that well-being is closely tied to gratitude experiences, with no meaningful universal individual differences across age, gender, socioeconomic status, or education. However, we did nd that the strength of this connection varied across countries, which could be explained by various country-level moderators. For instance, the link was weaker in countries with lower national income and more collectivistic values. These patterns establish the strong connection between gratitude and well-being across a wide variety of cultures, but also suggest that gratitude may be less strongly associated with well-being in contexts where resources are scarce. As the rst systematic study to examine the gratitude-well-being relationship across a broad range of individual and contextual differences, these ndings underscore the signi cant role of gratitude in well-being and reveal both the universal as well as the contextually contingent aspects of this connection.

• Hartikainen, Elina I (2026). Narrating religious intolerance, constructing secularism: Chronotopes of raced secularism and abnormal religious violence at a parliamentary commission in Brazil. Studies in Religion. ISSN 0008-4298. doi: 10.1177/00084298261487183. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This article examines how narrative chronotopes that organize state efforts to govern religion and religious violence contribute to the racialization of secularism in Brazil. Through an analysis of the chronotopes that structured conversations between legislators and invited government representatives at the Parliamentary Commission for Inquiry into Religious Intolerance convened by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 2021, the author shows how these narrative constructions conditioned the commission’s analysis of religious violence in the state. On one level, it produced a powerful critique of the racial organization of secularism in Brazil; on another, it construed the attacks the commission had been tasked with investigating as social aberrations that were beyond the purview of “normal” governance of religion. The end result was a consolidation of the very forms of raced secularism that the commission otherwise critiqued.

• Holst, Cathrine & Wig, Tore (2026). The affinities between democracy and science. Inquiry (Oslo). ISSN 0020-174X. Full text in Research Archive
• Torgalsbøen, Anne-Kari (2026). Kliniske og etiske dilemmaer ved fabrikkert forstyrrelse. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association. 63, p. 629–635. Full text in Research Archive
• Fonn, Erik K.; Zahl, Joakim Haugane; Kristensen, Bjørn D. & Thomsen, Lotte (2026). Gendered motives for group formidability among children and adults. Nature Human Behaviour. doi: 10.1038/s41562-026-02606-1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Recent decades have seen a surge of research revealing the core, early emerging psychological building blocks for navigating human societies. Yet, how such core motives operate across life, undergirding political ideology, remains unknown. Here we use the same kind of minimal, abstract group stimuli across the lifespan to show that gendered preferences for majority groups manifest among preschoolers and adults alike (but not among preverbal infants) and that they motivate support for sustaining intergroup hierarchies (for example, ethnic persecution, militarism and social welfare opposition) among adults. Preschool (N = 317) boys, but not girls, preferred majority rather than minority members, whereas infants (N = 180) chose randomly between the two. Among adults (N = 3,467), males also liked the majority more than females, and these coalitional preferences correlated robustly with political ideology. These results indicate that gendered motives for intergroup formidability are rooted in earliest childhood once children begin navigating peer relationships independently.

• Blandhol, Merethe; Tiseth, Adrian Nicolaisen & Ellingsen, Dan-Mikael (2026). An Ecologically Valid Experimental Model for Repeated Evoked Pain Using a Wearable Device in Pain-Free Individuals: A Pilot Feasibility Study. Pain Research and Management. ISSN 1203-6765. 2026(1). doi: 10.1155/prm/9255164. Full text in Research Archive
• Høiland, Kristoffer; Arnevik, Espen Ajo & Egeland, Jens (2026). Alcohol Use Disorder and Bariatric Surgery: An Exploratory Study of Patient Factors. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. ISSN 0734-7324. doi: 10.1080/07347324.2026.2735619. Full text in Research Archive
• Rohrer-Baumgartner, Nina; Brandt, Reidun; Holthe, Ingvil Laberg; Brunborg, Cathrine; Kendall, Sally & Svendsen, Edel Jannecke [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2026). Validation of the Norwegian Version of the Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) Questionnaire in Families With Children and Adolescents With Acquired Brain Injury. Child: Care, Health and Development. ISSN 0305-1862. 52(5), p. 1–10. doi: 10.1111/cch.70348. Full text in Research Archive
• Kvalvik, Eirik Haugland; Wang, Yunpeng; Walhovd, Kristine B; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Røgeberg, Ole (2026). Beyond years of schooling: Genetic associations across educational milestones in two Norwegian cohorts. PLoS Genetics. ISSN 1553-7390. 22(9). doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012310. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Although educational attainment is heritable, years-of-education (EduYears) measures are not designed to show how genetic associations vary across discrete educational milestones. In the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa; N = 120,527) and the Norwegian Twin Registry (N = 8,910), we combined genome-wide association studies (GWAS), polygenic indices (PGIs), and twin models to characterize genetic associations with high-school completion and bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral attainment. In transition-specific analyses conditional on prior attainment, observed-scale common-variant heritability (h 2 SNP ) and PGI discrimination followed an inverse-U pattern, peaking for progression from high-school completion to attainment of at least a bachelor’s degree (HS → BSc + ; h 2 SNP  ≈ 0.14; R 2 Tjur  ≈ 0.05) and declining at postgraduate transitions. Genetic correlations (r g ) with large-scale GWAS of EduYears (EA4) and intelligence were high at earlier transitions but lower at later ones (for EA4, r g  ≈ 0.92 at HS → BSc+ and ≈ 0.38 at MSc → PhD). In cumulative analyses of attained status in the full cohort, the point-estimate gap between twin- and SNP-based heritability narrowed from ≈ 0.38 at high-school completion to ≈ 0.11 at PhD, while genetic overlap was lower for distant than adjacent milestones (r g  ≈ 0.71 for high-school completion versus PhD and ≈ 0.92 for adjacent milestones). Sensitivity analyses using an alternative intelligence GWAS and additional PGIs showed similar transition-specific trajectories. At the doctoral transition, estimates were obtained among individuals who had attained at least a master’s degree, so attenuation there must be interpreted in light of selection and range restriction. Because EduYears converts distinct credentials and progression steps into a single numerical scale, estimates expressed per additional year should not be interpreted as though one year has the same meaning across the educational sequence. Milestone-preserving analyses make that hidden structure visible and sharpen the interpretation of education GWAS and PGIs.

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• Thorsen, Dag Einar; Jøsok, Evy & Søyland, Martin (2026). Fokus - Politikk og menneskerettigheter. Aschehoug & Co. ISBN 9788203414732. 398 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Bach, Tobias & Wegrich, Kai (2026). Bureaucracy and Political Science. Policy, Democracy, and Power. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783032277572. 148 p. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-27757-2. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Bureaucracy is often seen as background machinery or as an obstacle to effective government. Bureaucracy and Political Science offers a different view. It shows that public bureaucracies are political organizations: shaped by political institutions and actors, but also deeply involved in shaping policy, implementation, reform, and democratic governance. The book explains why bureaucracies cannot be understood through familiar stereotypes of red tape, drift, or inefficiency alone. It shows why managing and reforming public organizations is more political, more contested, and more difficult than standard reform narratives suggest. The result is a clear and accessible account of what bureaucracy is, how it works, and why it remains a central pillar of modern democracy.

• Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per & Røvik, Kjell Arne (2026). Organisasjonsteori for offentlig sektor, 5. utgave. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215076232. 295 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Dette er ei lærebok i organisasjonsteori for offentlig sektor, med faglig forankring i statsvitenskap. Boka fokuserer på offentlig sektors organisering og virkemåte i representative, demokratiske land som Norge.Boka er et sentralt verktøy for studenter i

• Claes, Dag Harald (2026). Internasjonal politikk - En introduksjon. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202866730. 401 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Claes, Dag Harald (2026). The Role of Politics in the Combat Against Climate Change. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781789906479. 314 p. doi: https:/www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-role-of-politics-in-the-combat-against-climate-change-9781789906479.html?srsltid=AU7gw4WPkS09tRWsl5o6du6-C9mWv62XThQtO1WoRdO8yr0sIRf9G_lz. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The first two chapters of the book cover the two concepts: climate and energy. Chapter 1 is concerned with the history of climate science and the essence of the phenomenon called the greenhouse effect. It briefly describes the consequences of climate change, and in a bit more detail, the causes behind the increase over the last 150 years. Chapter 2 is an introduction to energy, using some physics, and specifically, a description of the various energy sources and the energy system. The chapter also discusses the causes and consequences of the growth in energy consumption. In Chapters 3 and 4, we turn to international climate politics, using two key focal points in the study of International Relations, the conditions for international cooperation and the role of international institutions. Chapter 3 describes the evolution of climate cooperation among states and discusses how a healthy climate is a collective good for all countries and thus exposes climate cooperation to the individual incentive of free riding. Chapter 4 is dedicated to the role of the UNFCCC in light of theories on the character and role of institutions in international politics. Chapter 5 compares states’ climate policies and relates this to their energy mix and other economic factors. The chapter is mainly descriptive and is intended as a factual basis for the discussions in the following chapters. Chapter 6 relates climate policies to characteristics of political systems and discusses the thesis that democracies have more ambitious climate policies than autocracies. The chapter also discusses the relations between governments and interest groups and their implications for climate politics. Chapter 7 describes the democratic political process from aim to action, emphasizing the agenda-setting role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the development of national climate policies, and discusses the challenges of making rational and consequential political decisions. Chapter 8 focuses on the political instruments available to create GHG emission reductions in the various sectors of energy consumption. Chapter 9 presents two economic perspectives: market economics and institutional economics and discusses economic models of optimal climate change policies and the institutional challenges in the fossil fuel sectors. Chapter 10 focuses on the political use of economic instruments to reduce GHG emissions, such as a carbon tax, emission trading systems, and supply-side policies. Chapter 11 discusses moral and ethical aspects related to climate change, from a utilitarian and egalitarian liberal perspective, and how climate relates to international and intergenerational justice. Chapter 12 is devoted to legal aspects of climate change. Based on principles of human rights, the chapter discusses international and national climate law and legislation.

• Kopf, Charline; Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Mbodj-Pouye, Aissatou & Meinert, Lotte (2026). Repair across Africa. Mending, Making and Material Care. Intellect Ltd.. ISBN 9781835952566. 324 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Examines repair as a dynamic social, material, cultural, and economic practice. Spanning diverse African contexts, it explores how mending connects labour, urban lives, and historical memories, revealing the artisanal skills and relational dynamics that underpin everyday acts of material care and transformation.

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• Ystrom, Eivind; Timpe, Clara Marie Fides & Jole, Oda van (2027). Sosial ulikhet i Norge og barns psykiske utvikling - en megakobling. Full text in Research Archive
• Tellmann, Silje Maria (2026). Hva er impact, og hva er forutsetninger for at forskningen skal få impact? Full text in Research Archive
• Engen, Magnus Johan; Landmark, Anders Flækøy; Råbu, Marit & Vestnes, Einar Johan (2026). Å være seg selv og samtidig mange. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 10, p. 670–675. doi: https:/www.psykologtidsskriftet.no/artikkel/2026as10ae-A-vare-seg-selv-og-samtidig-mange. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  https://www.psykologtidsskriftet.no/artikkel/2026as10ae-A-vare-seg-selv-og-samtidig-mange

• Østring, Peder Ressem; Rawson, Ava & Müller, Anders Riel (2026). The Age of Decommissioning in the North Sea | University of Stavanger. doi: https:/www.uis.no/en/research/events/social-sciences/the-age-of-decommissioning-in-the-north-sea. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  What happens when the infrastructures of the fossil fuel era in one way or the other, reach the end of their productive lives? Can decommissioning become a site for more just and sustainable futures, or does it reveal new tensions around responsibility, value, and time?

• Winther, Tanja; Røe, Per Gunnar & Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn (2026). FME Include. Full text in Research Archive
• Prince, Ruth Jane & Geissler, Paul Wenzel (2026). Remembering the Covid pandemic with state health workers in Kenya. doi: https:/www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/news-and-events/events/others/2026/living-through-epidemics.html. Full text in Research Archive
• Wessel, Terje (2026). Urbanisering.
• Schnell, Alf Jørgen (2026). Matrialtretthet. Vinduets nettsider. doi: https:/www.vinduet.no/essayistikk/materialtretthet-essay-om-catriona-shine-sin-roman-habitat. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  I Catriona Shines roman Habitat tvinger (over)naturlige krefter oss til å konfrontere måten hjemmet får oss til å fortrenge omverdenen på.

• Eriksen, Andreas & Eriksen, Erik Oddvar (2026). Bedre begrunnelser - færre klager. doi: https:/www.oslomet.no/om/kai-kronikken/bedre_begrunnelser_ferre_klager. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Når norske borgere møter Nav, møter de ikke bare et regelverk, men mennesker som tolker, avveier og begrunner. Skal deres vurderinger være tillitsvekkende, må begrunnelsene være bedre enn i dag.

• Wold, Alejandro Ayala (2026). Dagsnytt 18 - TV - NRK TV. [TV]. NRK. doi: https:/tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsnytt-atten-tv/sesong/202610/episode/NNFA56100526. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Analyse av nyvalg i Spania

• Wold, Alejandro Ayala (2026). Feil på feil om Ceuta | Klassekampen. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Da opptil 60.000 mennesker tok seg inn i Ceuta, dømte deler av den norske høyresiden raskt: Spania har ført en naiv innvandringspolitikk. En behagelig...

• Wold, Alejandro Ayala (2026). Sánchez’ sjansespill | Klassekampen. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Boligpolitikken mobiliserer velgere på både venstre- og høyresida i Spania. For en plaget statsminister kan det være en mulighet.

• Paulsen, Martin; Granum, Siri; Muri, Helene & Landmark, Live (2026). Ytringsklima under press: Hvorfor ytrer akademikere seg sjeldnere enn før. doi: https:/open.spotify.com/episode/01gHTv5WsoB3n0vpepYPm0?si=uMNVlLYhRKyXhwuh8-ymlA. Full text in Research Archive
• Pettersen, Johanne Hagen; Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae; Hannigan, Laurie John; Wootton, Robyn; Eek, Brandlistuen Ragnhild & Havdahl, Alexandra [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2026). Anxiety in adolescents born 1999-2009: Temporal trends in diagnosis, symptoms, and expression of genetic liability. Full text in Research Archive
• Tellmann, Silje Maria (2026). Essentials of impact. Full text in Research Archive
• Gulbrandsen, Magnus; Zapffe, Linn & Tellmann, Silje Maria (2026). Organising impact by health research funders: a project perspective. Full text in Research Archive
• Madsen, Ole Jacob (2026). Rabinowitz 2026: Barnevernet og informasjonskrigen i SoMe | 18. sep. 12:15 | Haugesund folkebibliotek. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Barnevernet og informasjonskrigen i sosiale medier

• Madsen, Ole Jacob (2026). Generasjon prestasjon. Full text in Research Archive
• Breivik, Ingeborg Christensen & Madsen, Ole Jacob (2026). Rebecca kastet iPhonen: – Du ser livet rase forbi - NRK. [Internet]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Salget av tastetelefoner skyter fart. Renessansen er mer enn bare en trend, tror psykologen.

• Nordgård, Ann Helen Bjørum & Madsen, Ole Jacob (2026). Steinkjer, Stjørdal | Havnet i bilulykke – nå søker han det alternative. [Journal]. Trønder-Avisa. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Arnt-Erlend Skjærvik har vært gjennom flere tøffe hendelser i livet. Det alternative ble viktig for vegen videre.

• Madsen, Ole Jacob (2026). Ole Jacob Madsen: Er vi på vei mot et demokrati styrt av synkroniserte følelser? Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Én ting er om mediedekningen etter kong Haralds død ble for unisont hyllende og massiv; et enda mer borende spørsmål er om mange fikk en følelse av ikke bare å ha latt seg rive med, men blitt manipulert, spør Ole Jabob Madsen.

• Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem (2026). For Clark’s Consideration: Genotypic Population Stratification and Non-Additive Genetic Effects. Econ Journal Watch. 23(2), p. 545–553. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In his book, To Have and Have Not: The Determinants of Social Status in England, 1600-2026, Gregory Clark argues that a simple model with genetic transmission and assortative mating is sufficient to explain why socio-economic outcomes tend to run in families. Additionally, he provides a collection of arguments against the idea that environmental effects are important contributors to the similarities in outcomes he documents within extended families. Here, I raise two criticisms of Clark’s explanatory framework, and for each criticism suggest ways to mitigate it without introducing environmental effects. First, I criticize the framework for requiring that mates are highly correlated on unobserved traits that are highly heritable and highly genetically correlated with the outcome to be explained. I here suggest allowing for genotypic population stratification. Second, I criticize the framework for underestimating the importance of zygosity for the similarity of twins. As a fix for this, I suggest incorporating non-additive genetic effects.

• Eftedal, Nikolai Haahjem; Lyu, Xuanyu & Keller, Matthew C. (2026). The island model of assortative mating: Assortment through segregation and selective migration. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In a sample of 180,194 genotyped norwegians, we have correlations on polygenic scores for both height and educational attainment for 446,779 pairs of relatives, across 20 categories. There are 7 categories of biological relatives and 13 categories of relatives-in-law, connected by increasingly long chains of sibling, parent/child and marriage links, going out as far as six links. For height PGIs, we find that the pattern of correlations aligns well with a simple model of direct phenotypic assortment. For educational attainment, however, PGI correlations between distant in-laws are much too high for direct assortment. And models with indirect assortment on an unobserved trait can fit these data only if this trait is very highly correlated between mates and siblings. We present an alternative mechanism for assortative mating, where mating only occurs within segregated sub-populations, and where movements between sub-populations are uncommon and phenotype dependent. Through simulations, we show that such a model of assortment, which we name “the island model”, can account for our set of PGI correlations without the need for extreme assumptions about an unobserved assortment phenotype. Additionally, the model is consistent with recent studies of migration patterns within nations, showing that movements between rural and urban areas correlate with EA4 PGIs. Implications for behavioral genetic models assuming standard phenotypic assortment are discussed. And so are various properties of this island model, such as equilibrium conditions, and the consequences of sub-population specific shared-environmental effects.

• Teulings, Irene Johanna Elisabeth; Bjørndal, Ludvig Daae; Liu, Jinrui; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Røysamb, Espen & Vittersø, Joar (2026). Being Good, Feeling Good? Daily Links Between Moral and Prosocial Values, Value-Fulfillment, and Wellbeing. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Are moral and prosocial people also happier in everyday life? Existing research is mixed: endorsing prosocial values is often linked to higher well-being, yet acting to help others can entail personal costs in the moment. One reason may be that most studies examine values rather than daily value-consistent behaviour, and rarely distinguish between momentary and longer-term well-being. We address these gaps using ecological momentary assessment data from more than 10,000 adults (120 beeps in total per person). At baseline, participants reported their moral and prosocial values. During the assessment period, they received four prompts per day asking whether they had (a) acted like a good, moral person and (b) taken care of or helped someone, alongside a broad set of well-being indicators (e.g., positive emotions, negative emotions, life satisfaction, meaning, social well-being, engagement). This design allows us to quantify the extent to which people behave in line with their values across days, and to link both values and daily behaviour as well as value–behaviour congruence to momentary and long-term well-being. Ongoing analyses will clarify when, and for whom, “being good” is associated with “feeling good”.

• Ingeborgrud, Lina & Hodal, Katarina Alfredsen (2026). Transformativ læring i klima- og miljøomstilling: Noen smakebiter fra framtidslaboratorier i Latvia, Polen, Norge og Danmark. doi: https:/www.fpol.no/transformativ-laering-i-klima-og-miljoomstilling-noen-smakebiter-fra-framtidslaboratorier-i-latvia-polen-norge-og-danmark/. Full text in Research Archive
• Bhuller, Manudeep; Strøm, Marte & Wentzel, Mirjam (2026). Cushioning a Downturn: Labor Unions and the External Labor Margin. Full text in Research Archive
• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). Timing of influences on brain and cognition across the lifespan. Full text in Research Archive
• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). Timing of influences on brain and cognition across the lifespan. Full text in Research Archive
• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). Timing of influences on brain and cognition across the lifespan. Full text in Research Archive
• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). The Relative Impact of Better Beginnings and Maintenance of the Brain in Healthy Aging (Walhovd and Fjell). Full text in Research Archive
• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). Early life factors and adult cognitive and brain risk. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  AHUS Sommerseminar

• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). Timing of influences on brain and cognition in a lifespan perspective. Full text in Research Archive
• Walhovd, Kristine B (2026). The Exposome and DOHaD: Brain structure across time and place  - cohort and district effects on neuroanatomy and its functional consequences in UK Biobank. Full text in Research Archive
• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). Hverdagsglede som helsekapital. Full text in Research Archive
• Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Røysamb, Espen; Hansen, Thomas & Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius (2026). Norge på 6. plass i Verdens lykkerapport 2026 - FHI. doi: https:/www.fhi.no/nyheter/2026/norge-pa-6.-plass-i-verdens-lykkerapport-2026. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  FN lanserer World Happiness Report 19. mars. For niende år på rad er befolkningen i Finland den mest fornøyde i verden, foran Danmark og Island. Norge ligger i år på en 6. plass etter de øvrige nordiske landene – og Costa Rica. Afghanistan ligger nederst på listen.

• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). World Happiness Report 2026: Status Norge. Full text in Research Archive
• Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Røysamb, Espen; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi & Prydz, Monica Beer (2026). Digital Wellbeing Promotion in the General Population: Effects, Mechanisms, and Long-Term Outcomes of the Five Ways to Wellbeing for All Intervention. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Introduction The global rise in mental health problems and compromised wellbeing highlights the need for scalable and cost-effective wellbeing interventions. The Five Ways to Wellbeing for All (5waysA) is a digital adaptation of the UK’s Five Ways to Wellbeing framework, promoting wellbeing through five activity domains: connect, be active, take notice, keep learning, and give. Delivered via two webinars and SMS reminders over ten weeks, the 5waysA program aims to enhance wellbeing and reduce psychological distress in the general population. Methods A large-scale randomized controlled trial (N = 969) and subsequent secondary analyses were conducted in Norway. Self-reported life satisfaction, flourishing, positive emotions, anxiety, and depression were assessed pre-, mid-, and post-intervention. Analyses included multilevel modeling, mediation analysis, and network intervention analysis (NIA). A 12-month follow-up study with synthetic control comparison examined long-term effects. Findings Compared to waiting-list controls, participants in the intervention group reported significantly greater improvements in wellbeing (life satisfaction, flourishing, positive emotions) and reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms (Cohen’s d = 0.20–0.49), with larger effects among those with most pre-intervention symptoms. Mediation analyses indicated that engagement in the Five Ways activities partially explained these effects, with a clear dose–response relationship between activity engagement and wellbeing outcomes. NIA revealed that increased positive emotions represented the main direct pathway, linking the intervention to improved wellbeing. Long-term follow-up demonstrated sustained gains in life satisfaction at 12 months (d = 0.28), exceeding simulated population-level controls (d = 0.17). Conclusions The 5waysA program effectively promotes wellbeing and reduces distress through accessible, evidence-based activities. Its digital, low-cost format, and durable effects make it a promising large-scale strategy for population-level mental health promotion and positive psychological functioning.

• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). #60 Blir vi lykkeligere av penger? - Sunn Økonomi | Acast. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Listen to #60 Blir vi lykkeligere av penger? from Sunn Økonomi. Gjør penger oss lykkelige? I denne episoden har jeg med psykolog og lykkesforsker Gunvor Marie Dyrdal, som har doktorgrad i positiv psykologi - og vi dykker ned i forskningen på penger og lykke. Vi gir deg 8 konkrete hverdagsvaner somforskning viser faktisk gjør oss lykkeligere.

• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). Fem grep for et litt lykkeligere 2026 - Av-og-til. [Internet]. Av og til. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Oppdag de fem «lykke-knepene» fra lykkeforsker Ragnhild Bang Nes. Bli lykkeligere i hverdagen med konkrete øvelser og forskningsbaserte grep.

• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). – God livskvalitet er en motor. [Internet]. Forskerforum. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Lykkeforsker ved Folkehelseinstituttet Ragnhild Bang Nes mener et godt liv bør være en menneskerett.

• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). Happy You. Full text in Research Archive
• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). Happy Nordics. Full text in Research Archive
• Kopf, Charline; Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Mbodj-Pouye, Aissatou & Meinert, Lotte (2026). Living Repair: Mending and Material Care in Contemporary Africa. In Kopf, Charline; Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Mbodj-Pouye, Aissatou & Meinert, Lotte (Ed.), Repair across Africa. Mending, Making and Material Care. Intellect Ltd.. ISSN 9781835952566. p. vi–xxii. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Examines repair as a dynamic social, material, cultural, and economic practice. Spanning diverse African contexts, it explores how mending connects labour, urban lives, and historical memories, revealing the artisanal skills and relational dynamics that underpin everyday acts of material care and transformation.

• Nes, Ragnhild Bang (2026). – Når gledene oppstår, kan vi like gjerne kjenne på dei - NRK. [Journal]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Dersom du ikkje følger med, er det lett å gå glipp av kvardagsgleder. Bjarte har trena på å legge merke til dei.

• Moltu, Christian; Brattland, Heidi; Råbu, Marit; Mcaleavey, Andrew Athan & Westbye, Hans Jacob (2026). Presentasjonar og panelbidrag ved Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) 57th International Annual Meeting 2026, Osaka. doi: https:/www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/spr2026. Full text in Research Archive
• Smajlagic, Dinka; Sunde, Hans Fredrik; Valenza-Troubat, Noemie; Kelly, Kristen; Lyu, Xuanyu & Sapin, Emmanuel [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2026). Estimating assortative mating using haplotype-specific polygenic scores across physiological, psychological, and social traits in the Norwegian MoBa Cohort. doi: https:/s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/971921/documents/BGA_2026_Final_Program_1883376854.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNCQ7GISON&Expires=1790839847&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DBGA_2026_Final_Program.pdf&Signature=nfauyWIWzAanx8Du1HeYli1Hi0Q%3D. Full text in Research Archive
• Madhavan, Vaishnavi K; Demange, Perline Aline Delle; Ayorech, Ziada; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Bartels, Meike & Ystrom, Eivind [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2026). Bipolar Disorder and Education: Deciphering a Complex Relationship using Genetic and Sibling Differences. doi: https:/s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/971921/documents/BGA_2026_Final_Program_1883376854.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNCQ7GISON&Expires=1790839847&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DBGA_2026_Final_Program.pdf&Signature=nfauyWIWzAanx8Du1HeYli1Hi0Q%3D. Full text in Research Archive
• Helleberg, Agnes; Kjellman, Kjell & Bustan, Karolina (2026). Å finne fellesskap før utenforskapet gjør det. En kvalitativ studie av tilhørighet og forebyggende arbeid blant barn og unge i Bydel Gamle Oslo. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Sammendrag Denne studien undersøker hvilke meninger foreldre og fagpersoner uttrykker om det å bo og arbeide i Bydel Gamle Oslo, om bydelens aktiviteter og forebyggende arbeid, og hvordan disse meningene kan forstås i lys av tilhørighet og utenforskap blant barn og unge. Studien tar utgangspunkt i en bydel som beskrives med en tydelig dobbelthet. På den ene siden framstår Gamle Oslo som et sted med sterke fellesskap, engasjerte foreldre, mangfold og lokale ressurser. På den andre siden forbindes bydelen også med levekårsutfordringer, stigma, åpne rusmiljøer, kriminalitet og bekymringer for barns oppvekstmiljø. Studien bygger på semistrukturerte intervjuer med foreldre og fagpersoner som har erfaring med forebyggende arbeid, aktiviteter og hverdagsliv i bydelen. Den er forankret i en sosialkonstruksjonistisk epistemologi, der mening forstås som noe som skapes i samspill mellom mennesker, erfaringer og lokale kontekster. Analysen er gjennomført som refleksiv tematisk analyse, der temaene forstås som analytiske fortellinger om hvordan barn og unge kan holdes inne i eller skyves ut av trygge og meningsfulle fellesskap. Analysen viser at forebyggende arbeid ikke bare handler om at aktiviteter og tiltak finnes, men om hvordan de virker i barnas hverdagsliv. Foreldrene og fagpersonene beskriver fellesskap, relasjoner, pedagogisk kunnskap, kulturforståelse, språkstøtte, trygge voksne og langsiktige tiltak som viktige for å styrke barns tilhørighet. Samtidig viser analysen at slike tiltak ikke kan forstås løsrevet fra større forhold i bydelen. Stigma, utrygghet, åpne rusmiljøer, sosial ulikhet, byutvikling, ressursfordeling og politiske beslutninger former også hvilke muligheter barn og unge får til å delta, høre til og bli anerkjent. Studien konkluderer med at forebyggende arbeid i Gamle Oslo må forstås som mer enn enkeltstående aktiviteter. Forebygging handler om å skape fellesskapsarenaer som er sterke, trygge, inkluderende og anerkjennende nok til at barn og unge kan oppleve tilhørighet før utenforskapet tilbyr dem en annen plass. Studien peker derfor på betydningen av langsiktige og lokalt forankrede tiltak, bedre bruk av førstelinjekunnskap, styrking av skole og aktiviteter, og en tydeligere vurdering av barns oppvekstmiljø i møte med bydelens strukturelle utfordringer.

• Rippa, Alessandro (2026). Border as infrastructure: violence and the technopolitics of connectivity and containment. XCEPT. doi: https:/www.xcept-research.org/publication/border-as-infrastructure-violence-and-the-technopolitics-of-connectivity-and-containment/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  In recent decades, the expansion of biometric surveillance has displaced and multiplied borders across the world. This is reflective of how border infrastructure – beyond its publicly acknowledged role of enhancing connectivity – operates as a tool of securitisation, legitimising certain forms of exchange and mobility while marginalising others. Drawing on the author’s long‑term ethnographic research along the China–Pakistan and China–Myanmar borders, coupled with analysis of the existing literature, the paper shows how infrastructural assemblages articulate state power, impact the politics of mobility, and animate political violence in borderlands. Whereas border infrastructures refers to the material apparatus through which states manage mobility and project authority in borderlands (e.g. roads, railways, fences, checkpoints, markets, pipelines, biometric databases), the border as infrastructure denotes the wider socio‑technical configuration these elements compose. Crucially, rather than treating infrastructures as passive instruments of state power, the latter lens spotlights the agency exerted by infrastructural arrangements. Border infrastructure enacts various forms of violence, from spectacular episodes of armed conflict to the more insidious ‘slow violence’ of everyday hardship, denial of movement and environmental harm. Despite such infrastructures being presented as neutral vehicles of ‘development’ and connectivity, it is often local communities who bear the brunt of displacement, militarisation and environmental degradation. At the same time, border infrastructures – precisely because they epitomise state power – are often turned into sites of resistance, sabotage and state evasion. In this way, border infrastructures mark both the limits and persistence of state power. The paper’s argument can be summarised as follows. First, border infrastructures are central to a contemporary regime in which connectivity and securitisation are mutually constitutive: roads, corridors and digital networks introduced to enhance flows also lead to new chokepoints, surveillance capabilities and exclusionary practices. Second, these infrastructural arrangements enact forms of violence that are often slow, dispersed and racialised, exposing certain populations to heightened risk and reduced mobility while shielding and enabling others. Third, infrastructural agency means that, once built, these systems shape conflict trajectories in ways not envisaged by planners or states. Recognising the border as infrastructure has real-life policy implications. Beyond legal reform or conventional diplomacy, efforts aimed at reducing border‑related violence must engage with the material layout and ‘technopolitics’ of border infrastructures themselves. A border as infrastructure perspective is vital when it comes to unpacking the material and technological architectures produced by connectivity and securitisation. Only then can we reconfigure these architectures in ways that diminish – not reproduce – the violence characteristic of increasingly infrastructured borders.

• Castellacci., Fulvio; Bugge., Markus & Brinck, Helene Marie (2026). Bruk av kunstig intelligens i salg. En casestudie av hvordan KI brukes, oppleves og implementeres i Telenors salgsavdeling. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Telenor er en av Norges største teknologivirksomheter og en sentral aktør i landets digitale infrastruktur. Selskapet har tatt i bruk kunstig intelligens på flere områder, og salgsavdelingen er en av delene av virksomheten der teknologien gradvis prøves ut. Salgsarbeidet i bedriftsmarkedet kombinerer informasjonsinnhenting, koordinering og tett kontakt med kunder over tid; arbeidsoppgaver der KI både kan effektivisere og utfordre etablerte arbeidsformer. Denne oppgaven undersøker hva KI faktisk brukes til i salgsavdelingen i dag, hva ansatte forventer at teknologien skal kunne bidra med fremover, og hvilke forhold i virksomheten som gjør det enklere eller vanskeligere å ta den i bruk. Studien anvender Unified Teori of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) i kombinasjon med Technology, Organization & People-rammeverket (TOP). Datagrunnlaget består av ni intervjuer med ansatte i ulike salgsroller, supplert med offentlige rapporter og en skriftlig beskrivelse fra avdelingsleder. Funnene viser at KI først og fremst brukes til å hente inn informasjon, lage oppsummeringer og forberede kundemøter. I selve dialogen med kunden, der relasjoner og tillit står sentralt, brukes KI lite. Ansatte ser flere muligheter for at KI kan effektivisere arbeidet videre, men er samtidig tydelige på at teknologien ikke bør erstatte den personlige kontakten med kunden. Denne studien viser at implementeringen drives i stor grad av enkeltledere og kolleger som tar teknologien i bruk og deler erfaringer, mens uklare rutiner, fragmenterte systemer og begrenset tilgang til verktøy bremser den bredere innføringen. Oppgaven viser at det å ta i bruk KI i en stor virksomhet handler om mer enn å gjøre teknologien tilgjengelig for de ansatte. Det handler vel så mye om hvordan arbeidet er organisert, hva ansatte opplever som meningsfullt salgsarbeid, og hvor de selv mener teknologien hører hjemme.

• Kordt, Amund H.; Nymoen, Ragnar & Holm, Martin B. (2026). Essays on Fiscal Policy. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This thesis examines how fiscal policy shapes labour supply, local economic activity and aggregate fluctuations in Norway. It brings together three empirical papers that analyse the effects of income taxation, intergovernmental transfers and pandemic containment policies using rich administrative and national accounts data and dynamic econometric methods. The first paper studies long-run responses of labour income and taxable income to permanent changes in the income tax schedule. Exploiting a series of legislated tax reforms between 1994 and 2019 and using a local projection IV framework, it estimates dynamic elasticities and decomposes them into income and substitution effects. The results point to a sizeable negative long-run response of taxable income to an increase in net-of-tax income, driven by strong income effects and modest substitution effects, with substantial heterogeneity across the consumption distribution. The findings are consistent with non-homothetic preferences of the Boppart–Krusell-type and have direct implications for optimal income tax design. The second paper investigates local permanent fiscal multipliers. Using variation in permanent central-government transfers to municipalities, combined with municipal accounts and firm-level balance-sheet data, it estimates the long-run impact of transfers on local value added and employment. On average, one additional krone of transfers raises local value added by more than one krone, but multipliers are much larger in municipalities where households spend a high share of their consumption locally, highlighting the importance of import leakages and local market structure. The third paper develops a daily econometric model of the joint evolution of public health and economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. By combining “dailylised” GDP with high-frequency health indicators, policy measures and an awareness proxy, it shows that both containment policies and voluntary behavioural responses had large but time-varying effects on economic activity, with the economic costs declining as agents adapted and vaccination reduced disease severity. Together, the three papers provide new evidence on how taxes, transfers and health policies propagate through the economy in normal times and crises.

• Gaarder, Ingvil Benterud; Grindaker, Morten Haabeth; Meling, Tom G.; Mogstad, Magne & Mogstad, Ingvil Gaarder, Morten Grindaker, Tom G. Meling, Magne (2026). Green Waste. National Bureau of Economic Research. doi: 10.3386/w34649. Full text in Research Archive
• Hinrichs, Yannic & Sorrentino, Martina (2026). Coping in the Dark: Blackpill Ideology and Social Identity Management in Online Incel Communities. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  How do male supremacist online communities maintain social identification, even in the face of constant societal stigma and self-derogation? This study employs computational social science methods to examine the themes, group-level emotions and lexical strategies used to maintain social identification in Involuntary Celibate (incel) online communities. The findings reveal that the biological essentialism and inherent system justification of the “blackpill” ideology effectively block cognitive and behavioural exits and render collective social competition unavailable. This specific ideology-driven mechanism, which forces members of incel online communities to rely on social creativity and outgroup derogation to maintain positive distinctiveness, reflects both group boundary impermeability and system justification and will be referred to as “ideological impermeability.” The computational mapping of the emotional spectrum of the two analysed online communities also reveals a profoundly negative collective emotionality, both toward the outgroups and, surprisingly, toward the ingroup members, reinforcing the conclusion of chronically negative social identity maintained through outgroup derogation, social creativity and ideological impermeability that stops individual mobility and social action. Lastly, the low frequency of violent lexicon relative to the systemic dehumanization of outgroups further supports the hypothesis of reliance on passive social creativity and outgroup derogation, instead of violent collective action, challenging the common portrayals of incel communities as violent radicalisation hubs. A new view of the blackpill ideology as a structural barrier that denies the choice of change, and not just a set of extremist beliefs, is fundamental for the development of effective future deradicalization pathways.

• Hjertaker, Ingrid; Riddervold, Marianne & Schwartz, Herman Mark (2026). REBELS WITHOUT A CAUSE? Change, contestation and power in a central banking interregnum. Universitet i Innlandet / University of Inland Norway. ISSN 9788283806366. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Since 2007, the practice of central banking has undergone significant change. The major central banks have engaged in a great deal of policy innovation, rolling out new policy instruments and repurposing older instruments for new uses. Beyond deposit-taking banks that have been the traditional recipients of central bank liquidity, central banks have over the past two decades supported a broad range of financial institutions and financial assets. Many contributions to this field conclude from these events that central banks have become more powerful institutions. Yet these changes have occurred without significant revisions of central bank mandates. In many instances, central bank mandates remain exactly the same. These changes have thus occurred in the absence of explicit legal and political decisions to assign central banks new tasks, new instruments or new powers. This dissertations project investigates these processes of change and asks a three-part researchquestion: 1) What has changed and what explains these changes, 2) how are we to understand these changes in terms of a policy paradigm, and 2) how are we to understand these changes in terms of central bank power. The project consists of theoretically informed but historically oriented case studies of the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The policy-making process has been traced using a broad range of sources, including policy documents, central bank speeches, press conferences, media interviews, autobiographies and secondary sources. The project finds that the observed changes were the result of a complex, nonlinear policymaking process driven by both mechanisms of puzzling and powering. There was no initial desire to change central bank practice, yet central bankers attempted to respond to events with policies that would solve problems, but also be sensitive to legal, political and administrative boundaries. The policymaking was characterized by a great deal of contestation, both within central banks and by external audiences. In some instances, central banks were sought stopped in their innovation, in other instances external actors were pushing the central bank to go further than it was initially willing to do. Central bankers present different arguments for the same policies, and show little consistency, indicating that there is as of yet no new paradigm for monetary policy guiding these actions. The dissertation project contributes to the field of study by detailing the complexity of policymaking and showing how outcomes were contingent upon timing and sequencing, as well as internal and external contestation. Conceptually, I develop a new typology of central bank powers, as consisting of four dimensions: infrastructural power, emergency power, bureaucratic power and ideational power. In applying a more nuanced conception of central bank power, we are able to see that while emergency and bureaucratic powers have increased through the management of these crises, the lack of a policy paradigm has weakened the ideational power of central banks.

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