Morten Egeberg

Academic Interests
My main fields include the role of organisational factors in political-administrative life, the European Commission, EU agencies, national executives, and the relationship between the EU level and the national level in this respect.
Courses taught
Public administration and executive politics; national and EU level. Organisation theory.
Background
I have been a Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo since 1993.
I hold a joint position at the Department of Political Science and at ARENA – Centre for European Studies.
Research group coordinator in the European wide CONNEX Network of Excellence - 'Efficient and Democratic Multilevel Governance in Europe' 2004-2008.
Director of ARENA 2003 - 2007
Head of the Department of Political Science 1990-1992.
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters since 2004. Member of the research council of the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, 2010-2014.
Curriculum vitae (pdf)
updated March 2020
Publications
- Egeberg, Morten (2020). Policy design or organizational design: On the relevance of the study of public policy and administration. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. . doi: 10.1111/padm.12671 Full text in Research Archive.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2020). The Organizational Basis for Public Governance, In William R. Thompson (ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190228637. Chapter 29.
- Egeberg, Morten (2019). The European Commission, In Michelle Cini & Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (ed.), European Union Politics, 6th edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198806530. 10.
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2019). Le recrutement au merite favorise la bonne gouvernance: comment les agences de l’Union europeenne recrutent-elles leur personnel?. Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives. ISSN 0303-965X. 85(2), s 257- 273 . doi: 10.3917/risa.852.0257
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2019). Merit-based recruitment boosts good governance: How do European Union agencies recruit their personnel?. International Review of Administrative Sciences. ISSN 0020-8523. 85(2), s 247- 263 . doi: 10.1177/0020852317691342 Full text in Research Archive.
- Egeberg, Morten & Stigen, Inger Marie (2018). Explaining government bureaucrats’ behaviour: On the relative importance of organizational position, demographic background, and political attitudes. Public Policy and Administration. ISSN 0952-0767. . doi: 10.1177/0952076718814901 Full text in Research Archive.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2017). Researching European Union Agencies: What Have We Learnt (and Where Do We Go from Here)?. Journal of Common Market Studies. ISSN 0021-9886. 55(4), s 675- 690 . doi: 10.1111/jcms.12525 Full text in Research Archive.
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2016). Organization Theory, In Christopher Ansell & Jacob Torfing (ed.), Handbook on Theories of Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781782548492. ch. 2. s 32 - 45
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2016). Why strong coordination at one level of government is incompatible with strong coordination across levels (and how to live with it): The case of the European Union. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 94(3), s 579- 592 . doi: 10.1111/padm.12236
- Egeberg, Morten (2015). EU administration: Center formation and multilevelness, In Michael W. Bauer & Jarle Trondal (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-33988-1. 4.
- Egeberg, Morten (2015). Organisasjonsdesign. De sentrale begreper og sammenhenger., I: Jan Erik Karlsen (red.), Veivisere i norsk organisasjonsforskning. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 978-82-450-1871-4. bokutdrag.
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse; Trondal, Jarle & Johannessen, Mathias (2015). The European parliament administration: Organizational structure and behavioural implications, In Michael W. Bauer & Jarle Trondal (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-33988-1. Chapter 13. s 227 - 245
- Egeberg, Morten; Martens, Maria & Trondal, Jarle (2015). The EU's subordinated agency administration and the rise of executive power at European level, In Michael W. Bauer & Jarle Trondal (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-33988-1. Chapter 19. s 329 - 348
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2015). National administrative sovereignty – under pressure, In Erik Oddvar Eriksen & John Erik Fossum (ed.), The European Union's non-members: Independence under hegemony?. Routledge. ISBN 9781138922457. 10.
- Egeberg, Morten (2014). The European Commission: From agent to political institution. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 92(1), s 240- 246
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2014). A Not So Technocratic Executive? Everyday Interaction between the European Parliament and the Commission. Western European Politics. ISSN 0140-2382. 37(1), s 1- 18 . doi: 10.1080/01402382.2013.832952
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2014). People who run the European Parliament: Staff demography and its implications. Journal of European Integration. ISSN 0703-6337. 36(7), s 659- 675 . doi: 10.1080/07036337.2014.935362
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2014). Nasjonal administrativ suverenitet - myte eller realitet?, I: Erik Oddvar Eriksen & John Erik Fossum (red.), Det norske paradoks: Om Norges forhold til Den europeiske union. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-02100-3. Kapittel 9. s 153 - 173
- Egeberg, Morten; Trondal, Jarle & Vestlund, Nina Merethe (2014). The Quest for Order: Unravelling the relationship between the European Commission and European Union agencies. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. . doi: 10.1080/13501763.2014.976587
- Egeberg, Morten (2013). The European Commission, In Michelle Cini & Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (ed.), European Union Politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-969475-4. 10.
- 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 . doi: 10.1080/13501763.2012.718885
- Egeberg, Morten (2012). Experiments in supranational institution-building: The European Commission as a Laboratory. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. 19(6), s 939- 950 . doi: 10.1080/13501763.2012.681456
- Egeberg, Morten (2012). How bureaucratic structure matters: an organizational perspective, In B.Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration. Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1-4462-0050-6. Chapter 9. s 157 - 168
- Egeberg, Morten; Martens, Maria & Trondal, Jarle (2012). Building executive power at the European level, In Jarle Trondal (ed.), The agency phenomenon in the European Union. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-8554-3. Chapter 2. s 19 - 41
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2012). EU-level agencies: New executive centre formation or vehicles for national control?, In Berthold Rittberger & Arndt Wonka (ed.), Agency Governance in the EU. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-68966-3. 6. s 90 - 109
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2012). Norsk sentraladministrasjon - norsk og europeisk. Forvaltningsmessige konsekvenser av EU. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1285. 89(1), s 29- 50
- Egeberg, Morten (2011). EU-administrasjonen: Senterdannelse og Flernivåforvaltning. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1285. 88(1), s 17- 28
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2011). Agencification and Location: Does Agency Site Matter?. Public Organization Review. ISSN 1566-7170. 11(2), s 87- 108 . doi: 10.1007/s11115-010-0113-8 Show summary
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2011). EU-level agencies: new executive centre formation or vehicles for national control?. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. 18(6), s 868- 887 . doi: 10.1080/13501763.2011.593314 Show summary
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2011). Sentralforvaltningens geografi: Har lokalisering av direktorater og tilsyn betydning?, I: Jarle Trondal (red.), Byråkrati og geografi : geografisk relokalisering av norsk sentraladministrasjon. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-01913-0. 9. s 171 - 185
- Egeberg, Morten (2010). L'administration de l'Union europeenne: niveaux multiples et construction d'un centre. Revue française d'administration publique. ISSN 0152-7401. (133), s 17- 26 . doi: 10.3917/rfap.133.0017
- Egeberg, Morten (2010). The European Commission, In Michelle Cini & Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (ed.), European Union Politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-9548637. 8.
- Egeberg, Morten & Heskestad, Andreas (2010). The Denationalization of Cabinets in the European Commission. Journal of Common Market Studies. ISSN 0021-9886. 48(4), s 775- 786
- Egeberg, Morten (2009). Towards an organization theory of international integration, In Paul G. Roness & Harald Sætren (ed.), Change and Continuity in Public Sector Organizations:Essays in Honour of Per Lægreid. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 978-82-450-0754-1. Chapter 4. s 63 - 82
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2009). NATIONAL AGENCIES IN THE EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE: GOVERNMENT DRIVEN, COMMISSION DRIVEN OR NETWORKED?. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 87(4), s 779- 790 . doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01779.x
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2009). Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Autonomy. Effects of Agencification. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. ISSN 0952-1895. 22(4), s 673- 688 . doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01458.x
- Curtin, Deirdre & Egeberg, Morten (2008). Tradition and innovation: Europe's accumulated executive order. Western European Politics. ISSN 0140-2382. 31(4), s 639- 661 . doi: 10.1080/01402380801905868
- Egeberg, Morten (2008). European government(s): Executive politics in transition?. Western European Politics. ISSN 0140-2382. 31(1-2), s 235- 257
- Egeberg, Morten (2007). Institutions and identity formation: the case of EU committees and national officials, In Paolo Foradori; Simona Piattoni & Ricardo Scartezzini (ed.), European citizenship: theories, arenas, levels. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. ISBN 9783832929404. 7. s 119 - 134
- Egeberg, Morten (2007). The European Commission, In Michelle Cini (ed.), European Union politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-927658-5. 9. s 139 - 153
- Egeberg, Morten (2006). Balancing autonomy and accountability: Enduring tensions in the European Commission's development, In Morten Egeberg (ed.), Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. Chapter 3.
- Egeberg, Morten (2006). Conclusion, In Morten Egeberg (ed.), Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. Chapter 12.
- Egeberg, Morten (2006). Europe's executive branch of government in the melting pot: an overview, In Morten Egeberg (ed.), Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. Chapter 1.
- Egeberg, Morten (2006). Executive politics as usual: role behaviour and conflict dimensions in the College of European Commissioners. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. 13(1), s 1- 15
- Egeberg, Morten (2006). The College of Commissioners: Executive politics as usual?, In Morten Egeberg (ed.), Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. Kap. 4. s 51 - 65
- Egeberg, Morten (2006). The institutional architecture of the EU and the transformation of European politics, In Morten Egeberg (ed.), Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. Kap. 2. s 17 - 30
- Egeberg, Morten; Schaefer, Guenther F. & Trondal, Jarle (2006). EU committee governance between intergovernmental and Union administration, In Morten Egeberg (ed.), Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. Kap. 5. s 66 - 85
- Egeberg, Morten (2005). EU institutions and the transformation of European-level politics: How to understand profound change (if it occurs). Comparative European Politics. ISSN 1472-4790. 3, s 102- 117
- Egeberg, Morten (2005). The EU and the Nordic countries: Organizing domestic diversity?, In Simon Bulmer & Christian Lequesne (ed.), The Member States of the European Union. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925281-5. 9.
- Egeberg, Morten (2004). An organisational approach to European integration: Outline of a complementary perspective. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. 43(2), s 199- 219
- Egeberg, Morten (2003). How bureaucratic structure matters: An organizational perspectice, In Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (ed.), Handbook of Public Administration. Sage Publications. kapittel.
- Egeberg, Morten (2003). Olsen, Johan Peder, I: Jon Gunnar Arntzen (red.), Norsk biografisk leksikon: Njøs-Samuelsen. Kunnskapsforlaget. ISBN 82-573-1009-3. 7.
- Egeberg, Morten (2003). The European Commission, In Michelle Cini (ed.), European Union Politics. Oxford University Press. kapittel.
- Egeberg, Morten; Schaefer, Guenther & Trondal, Jarle (2003). The many faces of EU committee governance. Western European Politics. ISSN 0140-2382. 26(3), s 19- 40
- Egeberg, Morten (2001). EU - mellom internasjonal organisasjon og statsdannelse, I: Harald Baldersheim; Bernt Hagtvet & Knut Martin Heidar (red.), Statsvitenskapelige utsyn : politiske tema og tenkemåter i en oppbruddstid. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget. ISBN 82-7634-333-3.
- Egeberg, Morten (2001). How federal? The organizational dimension of integration in the EU (and elsewhere). Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. 8(5), s 728- 746
- Egeberg, Morten (2000). Mot en europeisk union? Den organisatoriske dimensjonen. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-1285. 81(4)
- Egeberg, Morten; Korez, Silvo; Schaefer, Guenther & Trondal, Jarle (2000). The experience of member state officials in EU committees: A report on initial findings of an empirical study. EIPASCOPE. ISSN 1025-6253. (3), s 29- 35
- Egeberg, Morten (1999). Olsen, Johan P, I: Jon Gunnar Arntzen (red.), Norsk biografisk leksikon: Abel-Bruusgaard. Kunnskapsforlaget. ISBN 82-573-0734-3. Olsen, Johan P.
- Egeberg, Morten (1999). Bridging the gap between theory and practice: the case of administrative policy, In Moshe Maor & Jan-Erik Lane (ed.), Comparative Public Administration, vol. 1. Ashgate.
- Egeberg, Morten (1999). The impact of bureaucratic structure on policy-making. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 77, s 155- 170
- Christensen, Tom; Egeberg, Morten; Lægreid, Per & Trondal, Jarle (2018). Sentralforvaltningen. Stabilitet og endring gjennom 40 år. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215029245. 168 s.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2018). An Organizational Approach to Public Governance. Understanding and Design. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198825072. 192 s.
- Christensen, Tom; Egeberg, Morten; Lægreid, Per; Roness, Paul G. & Røvik, Kjell Arne (2015). Organisasjonsteori for offentlig sektor. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-02574-2. 240 s.
- Christensen, Tom; Egeberg, Morten; Lægreid, Per & Aars, Jacob (2014). Forvaltning og politikk. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215023250. 259 s.
- Christensen, Tom; Egeberg, Morten; Lægreid, Per & Aars, Jacob (2014). Forvaltning og politikk. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215023250. 264 s.
- Christensen, Tom; Egeberg, Morten; Larsen, Helge O.; Lægreid, Per & Roness, Paul (2010). Forvaltning og politikk. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-01620-7. 269 s.
- Curtin, Deirdre & Egeberg, Morten (ed.) (2009). Towards a New Executive Order in Europe?. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-48313-1. 223 s.
- Christensen, Tom; Egeberg, Morten; Larsen, Helge O.; Lægreid, Per & Roness, Paul (2007). Forvaltning og politikk. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-01199-8. 260 s.
- Egeberg, Morten (ed.) (2006). Multilevel Union Administration: The Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-9765-4. 228 s.
- Egeberg, Morten (2019). Det er en myte at det er byråkratene som bestemmer i EU. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Egeberg, Morten (2016). Conceptualizing agencification of the EU administration.
- Egeberg, Morten (2016). Politisk orden: Samfunnets viktigste bestanddel, I: Raino Sverre Malnes (red.), Velkommen til statsvitenskap. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-05-49471-8. kap. 2.
- Egeberg, Morten (2016). The European Commission, In Michelle Cini & Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (ed.), European Union Politics (fifth edition). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198708933. Chapter 9. s 125 - 137
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2016). Merit-based recruitment boosts good governance: How do European Union agencies recruit their personnel?.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2016). Agencification of the EU administration: Connecting the dots.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2016). Agencification of the European Union administration: Connecting the dots. ARENA Working Papers. 3.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2016). Agencification of the European administration.
- Egeberg, Morten (2015). Nasjonale direktorater og tilsyn - også styrt av EU-kommisjonen?.
- Egeberg, Morten (2015). The European Union's emerging multilevel administration and consequences for national governance.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2015). Agencification, In Elisabeth Abdelgawad & Helene Michel (ed.), Dictionary of European Actors. Larcier. ISBN 9782804479602. A. s 17-20
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2015). EUs flernivåforvaltning. Mot en felles europeisk forvaltning?.
- Andersen, Charlotte & Egeberg, Morten (2014). Faren fremfor varen- eller varen fremfor faren? En organisasjonsteoretisk analyse av mat- og helsesektorens utforming av kostholdsråd..
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2014). European Parliament staff: Who are they and does their background influence decision-making?. EUROPP.
- Egeberg, Morten; Gornitzka, Åse & Trondal, Jarle (2014). The technocratic European Commission - a myth?. EUDO CAFE.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2014). En ny form for integrasjon. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Show summary
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2014). Mot en felles europeisk forvaltning?. Stat og styring. ISSN 0803-0103. (2), s 48- 50 Show summary
- Egeberg, Morten; Trondal, Jarle & Vestlund, Nina Merethe (2014). The Quest for Order: Unravelling the relationship between the European Commission and European Union agencies.
- Egeberg, Morten; Vestlund, Nina Merethe & Trondal, Jarle (2014). Quest for Order.
- Egeberg, Morten; Vestlund, Nina Merethe & Trondal, Jarle (2014). Situating EU Agencies in the Political-Administrative Space. ARENA Working Papers. 6.
- Trondal, Jarle & Egeberg, Morten (2014). Flernivåstaten og det norske statsapparatet.
- Egeberg, Morten (2013). En ny statsvitenskap? Replikk til Helge Strand Østtveiten. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 29(1), s 72- 74
- Egeberg, Morten (2013). Er roller og ansvarsdeling mellom politikere og embetsverk i endring, og hvilke konsekvenser har det?.
- Egeberg, Morten & Trondal, Jarle (2011). Forvaltningsmessige konsekvenser av EØS/EU. Sentraladministrasjonen - norsk og europeisk.
- Egeberg, Morten (2009). Leaderless Europe. Western European Politics. ISSN 0140-2382. 32(1), s 228- 229
- Egeberg, Morten (ed.) (2007). Institutional Dynamics and the Transformation of Executive Politics in Europe. Connex Report Series. 03.
- Egeberg, Morten (2007). Olsen, Johan P, I: Øyvind Østerud (red.), Statsvitenskapelig leksikon. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-15-01197-4. O. s 190 - 190
- Egeberg, Morten (2004). Europas politiske (ny-)orden. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 21(2), s 201- 208
- Egeberg, Morten (2002). The European Commission- the evolving EU executive. Working paper / CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo. 30.
- Egeberg, Morten (2000). Book review: Policy-making and diversity in Europe: Escape from deadlock. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 78(3)