Research Groups
The Department has four research groups. These groups organise research seminars, student seminars, guest lectures and other activities within their thematic fields:
- Politics, Governance and Innovation
- Knowledge, Politics and Organizations
- Political Organization and Multilevel Governance
- Globalization and Development
Competitive PhD Scholarship for MPA graduates
There will be one competitive PhD scholarship (under the Quota programme) available from January /February 2012 at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen.
Reforming the welfare state
The project Reforming the welfare state: Accountability, democracy and management will run from 2011 and throughout 2014, and is located at the Uni Rokkan Centre in Bergen. The project is financed by the Norwegian Research Council through the VAM programme, and it is headed by Professor Per Lægreid.
COCOPS
The COCOPS project (Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future) seeks to comparatively and quantitatively assess the impact of New Public Management-style reforms in European countries, drawing on a team of European public administration scholars from 11 universities in 10 countries.
What is Administration and Organization Theory?
Administration and Organization Theory is the comparative analysis of politics, administration, and organization. The field is political science and it is founded on political and social theories. Emphasis is placed on developing insight and knowledge in a) the relationship between organization and individual, and b) the relationship between organization and environment.
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New Steering Concepts in Public Management
This new volume in the series Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management is edited by Sandra Groeneveld and Steven Van De Walle. Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid have contributed with the second chapter named "Post-NPM Reforms: Whole of Government Approaches as a New Trend".
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Asian – Norwegian partnerships at a crossroads
The NOMA and NUFU programmes are coming to an end. Norwegian and Asian project participants met in Bangladesh to discuss achievements, challenges and the way ahead.
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MPPG Book Publication
The Master in Public Policy and Governance (MPPG) Program has published a book "Understanding Governance and Public Policy in Bangladesh". The book is jointly edited by Dr. Ishtiaq Jamil, Prof. Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Prof. Steinar Askvik and Dr. Tawfique M. Haque.
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Students and the Governance of Higher Education in Norway
Artikkel av Svein Michelsen og Bjørn Stensaker publsert i Tertiary Education and Management (TEAM). Artikkelen omhandler studentenes rolle i styring av universitetet.
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Explaining the innovative culture and activities of state agencies
Artikkel av Per Lægreid, Paul G. Roness (UiB) og Koen Verhoest (Catholic University Leuven) i det annerkjente tidsskriftet Organizational Studies.
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- Challenges of Coordination in Implementing Urban Policy (11.05.2011)
- Citizens' Trust in Public and Political Institutions in Nepal (24.01.2011)
- New book: The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management (16.12.2010)
- Complexity and Hybrid Public Administration—Theoretical and Empirical Challenges (25.10.2010)
- Book Review of "Change and Continuity in Public Sector Organizations" (30.09.2010)