Karin Fossheim

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Public policy and administration
  • Representative democracy
  • Governance networks
  • Representation (democratic)
  • Climate and environmental politics
  • Attitudes and social acceptance

Background

  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo (2023-d.d.)
  • PhD-candidate at the Department of Political science, University of Oslo (2018-2023)
  • Researcher at the Institute of Transport Economics (2016-2023)
  • MSc International Business Economics, University of East Anglia (2014-2015)
  • MA Political Science, University of Oslo (2012-2014)
  • BA Political Economy, University of Bergen (2009-2012)

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the project "Energy for Future" at the Department of Psychology. Here we investigate youth attitudes, preferences, and opinions towards climate, environment and energy policy and politics in Norway. In addition to this research my main interests lies with political participation, collaborative arrangements and their democratic potential, (democratic) representation by state and non-state actors and the consequences of non-electoral representation for representative democracy. 

Appointments

PhD representative PhD program Council at the Faculty of Social Science (2019-2022).

Tags: Public Policy and Administration, Democracy, Governance, Representation

Publications

  • Fossheim, Karin & Lund-Tønnesen, Jonas (2023). Digitalization of public sector organizations over time: The applicability of quantitative text analysis. International Review of Administrative Sciences. ISSN 0020-8523. doi: 10.1177/00208523231183569.
  • Fossheim, Karin & Vollaard, Hans (2022). Determining the Democratic Quality of Non-Electoral Representation in Local State–Society Networks, Perspectives on Local Governance Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783031150005. p. 63–84. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-15000-5_4.
  • Fossheim, Karin & Andersen, Jardar (2022). The consequences of institutional design on collaborative arrangements’ power to influence urban freight policymaking. Case Studies on Transport Policy. ISSN 2213-624X. 10(2), p. 1325–1331. doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2022.04.017. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fossheim, Karin (2022). How can non-elected representatives secure democratic representation? Policy & Politics. ISSN 0305-5736. 50(2), p. 243–260. doi: 10.1332/030557321x16371011677734. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fossheim, Karin (2021). The Responsibility of an Audience: Assessing the Legitimacy of Non-elected Representatives in Governance Networks. Representation. ISSN 0034-4893. p. 1–17. doi: 10.1080/00344893.2021.1933150. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bjørgen, Astrid ; Fossheim, Karin & Macharis, Cathy (2021). How to build stakeholder participation in collaborative urban freight planning. Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning. ISSN 0264-2751. 112(Mai), p. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103149. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fossheim, Karin (2020). Local State-Society Relations in Norway. In Teles, Filipe; Gendzwill, Adam; Stanus, Cristina & Heinelt, Hubert (Ed.), Close Ties in European Local Governance : Linking Local State and Society. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-44794-6. p. 275–288. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6_19.
  • Ørving, Tale & Fossheim, Karin (2019). 11 - Public sector facilitation of cargo bike operations to improve city logistics. In Coppola, Pierluigi & Esztergár-Kiss, Domokos (Ed.), Autonomous Vehicles and Future Mobility. Elsevier. ISSN 9780128176962. p. 141–154. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817696-2.00011-1.
  • Fossheim, Karin & Andersen, Jardar (2017). Plan for sustainable urban logistics – comparing between Scandinavian and UK practices. European Transport Research Review. ISSN 1867-0717. 9(52). doi: 10.1007/s12544-017-0270-8. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Bjørgen, Astrid ; Fossheim, Karin & Macharis, Cathy (2018). Criteria for successful stakeholder participation in collaborative urban mobility planning.
  • Fossheim, Karin (2023). Democratic Representation Without Elections? Understanding Non-Elected Representatives in Governance Networks. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 1504-3991.
  • Fossheim, Karin; Knapskog, Marianne & Jordbakke, Guri N. (2021). Kommunale innkjøp: Et virkemiddel for å fremme bærekraftig bylogistikk. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-1791-2.
  • Jensen, Sidsel Ahlmann; Fossheim, Karin & Eidhammer, Olav (2020). Bærekraftig bylogistikk: Veileder for kommuner. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-1280-1.
  • Jensen, Sidsel Ahlmann; Wesenberg, Grunde Haraldsson & Fossheim, Karin (2020). Barrierer og drivere for etablering av samleterminaler – erfaringer fra Stavanger og Drammen. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-2328-9.
  • Fossheim, Karin; Caspersen, Elise; Bjørgen, Astrid; Karlsson, Hampus & Eidhammer, Olav (2019). Hva trenger norske byer for å starte planlegging for bylogistikk? Erfaringer fra Bodø, Drammen, Oslo, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim og Tromsø. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-2208-4.
  • Ørving, Tale; Fossheim, Karin; Weber, Christian & Andersen, Jardar (2018). Evaluering av oppstartsperioden for varelevering med lastesykkel - et pilotprosjekt i Oslo. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-2120-9.
  • Hagen, Oddrun Helen; Tønnesen, Anders & Fossheim, Karin (2017). Bilfrie sentrumsløsninger i tre nordiske byer. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-1871-1.
  • Fossheim, Karin; Andersen, Jardar; Eidhammer, Olav & Bjørgen, Astrid (2017). Faglig grunnlag for bylogistikkplaner i Norge - NORSULP Leveranse 3.1. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-2082-0.
  • Fossheim, Karin & Andersen, Jardar (2016). Planning for Sustainable Urban Logistics in Europe – a Review. Transportøkonomisk institutt. ISSN 978-82-480-1736-3.

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