Background
- Dr. polit. (PhD, political science) from the University of Oslo (2002-2006)
- Joined Dep. of Political Science (ISV), University of Oslo (UiO), in 2008, Professor since 2013, Head of Department since 2024.
- Visiting research fellow, Dep. of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex, spring 2011
- Senior researcher, Institute for Social Research (ISF), Oslo, 2006-2008
- Visiting scholar (doctoral fellow), Dep. of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, USA, spring 2004
- Research assistant/junior researcher Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Oslo, 2000-2002
- Member of the Editorial Board of Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Political Party Database 2023-
- Member of the "Kuratorium of the Düsseldorf Party Research Institute (PRuF)", University of Düsseldorf
- Member of the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) Board of Directors 2013-2022
- Member of the Board of the Department of Political Science, UiO, 2012-2019.
- Coordinator of the department's research methods courses/teaching section 2020-2023.
- Member of EILIN - a faculty-level network for teaching and learning (the pol sci department's contact person) 2022-2023.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Acta Politica 2015-2022
- Co-editor of Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (‘Journal of Social Science’) 2007-2010
Allern's doctoral thesis was shortlisted for the European Consortium for Political Research's Jean Blondel PhD Prize in 2008. In 2014, Allern received a national "starting grant" from the Research Council of Norway/University of Oslo. For information about her research projects the last ten years, see this webpage. For details regarding education and work experience, see CV. For Google scholar-profile, use this link.
Research interests
- Political parties and party systems
- Interest groups
- Political representation
- Public policy making
- Multi-level government
- Political organizations and democratic theory
- Text data, interviews, survey
- Empirical focus on established democracies
Teaching
Currently not teaching as Head of Department, except for supervison of PhD students and mentoring of postdocs within fields of interest.