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Gunnar Grendstad

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  • E-mailGunnar.Grendstad@uib.no
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    Christies gate 15
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    Postboks 7802
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Gunnar Grendstad teaches and conducts research on courts and judicial behavior, especially the Norwegian Supreme Court. He is the principal investigator on the research database Doranoh with information on justices, cases and votes on the Supreme Court, most extensively from 2008 and to the present. His research has been published in International Journal of Constitutional Law, Justice System Journal, Scandinavian Political Studies, Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift, Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, Lov og Rett, and International Journal for Court Administration.

Grendstad is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour together with Lee Epstein, Urska Sadl og Keren Weinshall (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

Together with William R. Shaffer, Eric N. Waltenburg and Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde he has published Policy Making in an Independent Judiciary. The Norwegian Supreme Court (ECPR Press) and Proactive and Powerful. Law Clerks and the Institutionalization of the Norwegian Supreme Court (Eleven International Publishing).

Grendstad also teaches American politics and has published in Presidential Studies Quarterly.

Previously, Grendstad has done research on Cultural Theory with publications in Journal of Theoretical Politics, Party Politics, European Journal of Political Research, Acta Sociologica, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and GeoJournal. Together with Michael Thompson and Per Selle he edited Cultural Theory as Political Science (Routledge). Previous research has also included environmental attitudes and environmental movements with publications in Risk Analysis, Environmental Politics, and Environment and Behavior. Together with Per Selle, Kristin Strømsnes and  Øystein Bortne, he published Unique Environmentalism. A Comparative Perspective (Springer).

Grendstad has been visiting researcher at University of California, Berkeley; Purdue University; and University of Washington, Seattle. Grendstad participates in the research groups Citizen, Opinion, Representation (The department of comparative politics) and The research group on the rule of law (Forskargruppa for rettsstat, The Faculty of Law).

Selected publications

Books

Epstein, Lee, Gunnar Grendstad, Urška Šadl og Keren Weinshall (Eds.). Forthcoming. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Grendstad, G., W.R. Shaffer, J.Ø. Sunde, & E.N. Waltenburg. 2020. Proactive and Powerful. Law Clerks and the Institutionalization of the Norwegian Supreme Court. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing.

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2015. Policy Making in an Independent Judiciary. The Norwegian Supreme Court. Colchester, UK: ECPR Press.

Grendstad, G., Selle, P., Strømsnes, K. & Bortne, Ø. (2006). Unique Environmentalism. A Comparative Perspective. New York. Springer. (BIBSYS)

Bortne, Ø., Grendstad, G., Selle, P., & Strømsnes, K. (2001). Norsk Miljøvernorganisering mellom Stat og Lokalsamfunn. Oslo: Samlaget. (BIBSYS)

Thompson, M., Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (Eds.). (1999). Cultural Theory as Political Science. London: Routledge. (BIBSYS)

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (Eds.). (1996). Kultur som levemåte. Oslo: Samlaget. (BIBSYS)

Articles

Ghavanini, Anna Wallerman, Gunnar Grendstad, and Johan Karlsson Schaffer. forthcoming. "Institutions that Define the Policy-Making Role of Courts: A Comparative Analysis of the Supreme Courts of Scandinavia." International Journal of Constitutional Law. 21 (3): 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moad068  

Skiple, Jon Kåre, Ingvild Misje, & Gunnar Grendstad. 2022. Er Geografisk Representasjon i Høyesterett viktig? Holdninger blant befolkning og eliter i sentrum og periferien av Norge. Norsk statsvitenskaplig tidsskrift, 38 (4): 178-196. https://doi.org/10.18261/nst.38.4.4

Nie, Mintao, Gunnar Grendstad, Eric N. Waltenburg og William R. Shaffer. 2022. «The Impact of Female Leadership in Collegial Courts on Time to Render Merits Decisions: Evidence from the Norwegian Supreme Court», Justice System Journal. 43 (3): 353-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/0098261X.2022.2095944 Replication files: https://doi.org/10.18710/5NP4DG  

Meland, Ida Marie Støp, Welat Akman Westrheim, and Gunnar Grendstad. 2022. "Spørsmål og dialog i muntlige forhandlinger i Norges Høyesterett." Lov og Rett 61 (2):117-128. https://doi.org/10.18261/lor.61.2.5 

Bentsen, Henrik L., Gunnar Grendstad, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2021 "A High Court Plays the Accordion: Validating Ex Ante Case Complexity on Oral Arguments." Justice System Journal. 42 (2):130–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/0098261X.2021.1881667 Replication files: https://doi.org/10.18710/DWIX6Y

Grendstad, Gunnar, and Jon Kåre Skiple. 2021. "Tilfeldighetsprinsippet i Norges Høyesterett: Fordelingen av Saker Mellom Dommere og Fordelingen av Dommere på Avdeling. En empirisk undersøkelse." Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 134 (1):46-76. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3096-2021-01-02 Replication files: https://doi.org/10.18710/6ECTTE

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, , Jørn Ø. Sunde, & Eric N. Waltenburg. (2020). From Backlogs to Quality Assurance. The Development of Law Clerk Units at Norwegian Courts. International Journal for Court Administration 11(3), 1-17. doi:http://doi.org/10.36745/ijca.352 

Bjørnebekk, Olav Laug, Gunnar Grendstad, William R. Shaffer, & Eric N. Waltenburg. 2020. "Case inertia and a better lawyer secure victory in court." Retfærd 43(2):51-70.  (request pdf and replication files)

Arnesen, Petter Kristiansen, Henrik L. Bentsen, and Gunnar Grendstad. 2018. "Internasjonalisering, sakskompleksitet og arbeidsmengde i Norges Høyesterett." Lov og Rett, 57(7):391-411. (request pdf and replication files).

Cappelen, Cornelius, Gunnar Grendstad, and Jon Kåre Skiple. 2016. Avveiningen mellom justismord og falske frifinnelser: en surveyundersøkelse av folks rettsoppfatning. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 129 (2-3):107-137. (request pdf)

Skiple, Jon Kåre, Gunnar Grendstad, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2016. "Supreme Court Justices’ Economic Behavior. A Multi-Level Model Analysis." Scandinavian Political Studies. 39 (1):73-94. (request pdf) [This is an open access article]

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2016. Ideologi og grunnholdninger hos dommerne i Norges Høyesterett. Svar til høyesterettsdommer Clement Endresen. Lov og Rett 55 (7):443-454. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar. 2015. "Norges Høyesterett 1815-2015. Forskning på dommeratferd i Norge." Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 31 (4):273-277. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, Jon Kåre Skiple, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2015. "Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett 1963-2013." Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 31 (4):305-32. (request pdf)

Shaffer, William R., Gunnar Grendstad, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2015. "Is Diversity Just for Show? Diversity and Appointment to the Norwegian Supreme Court 1945-2011." Retfærd. 38(1):18-42. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2014. Høyesterettsdommerne er politisk farget. Svar til Morten Nadim. Lov og Rett 53(2):109-123. (request pdf)

Shaffer, William R., Gunnar Grendstad, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2014. Standards of interpretation. Rejoinder to Føllesdal. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 127(1):77-89. (request pdf)

Skiple, Jon Kåre, Frøy Gudbrandsen, and Gunnar Grendstad. 2013. «..som speiler det samfunnet vi har» Høyesterett, asylbarn og den alminnelige rettsoppfatning. Lov & Rett. 52 (9):609-629. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2013. Høyesterettsdommerne som Grunnlovens voktere. Prøvingsretten i 26 plenumsdommer med dissens, 1925-2010. In Tolkingar av Grunnlova. Om forfatningsutviklinga 1814-2014, edited by Eirik Holmøyvik. Oslo: Unipax/Akademisk Publisering.

Grendstad, Gunnar, Grendstad, Gunnar, and Hilmar L. Mjelde. 2013. Republikanerne vinner i 2016. Stat og Styring 23 (1):57-59. (request pdf)

William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2012. Mellom nøytralitet og aktivisme: Lovene tolker ikke seg selv. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 125 (4):521-534. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg (2012). "Ideologi og grunnholdninger hos dommerne i Norges Høyesterett" Lov og Rett 51(4):240-253. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg (2011). "Ikke til verden av politisk hvite storker." Lov og Rett 50(7): 432-442. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg (2011). "When justices disagree. The Influence of Ideology and Geography on Economic Voting on the Norwegian Supreme Court." Retfærd 32(1): 3-22. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg (2010). "Revealed Preferences of Norwegian Supreme Court Justices." Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 123 (1): 73-101. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, and Jon Dagsland Holgersen (2009). Varighet og Velstand. En prediksjonsmodell for ettermælet og omdømmet til de norske statsministrene i det 20. århundre. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 25 (2): 99-124. (request pdf)

Strømsnes, Kristin, Per Selle and Gunnar Grendstad (2009). Environmentalism between State and Local Community: Why Greenpeace has failed in Norway. Environmental Politics 18 (3): 391-407. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, and Eirik Vestrheim (2008). Prediksjon av amerikanske presidentvalg: 2008 post mortem og 2012 prediksjonen. Stat og Styring 18 (4): 54-56. (request pdf)

Grendstad, Gunnar, and Eirik Vestrheim (2008). Svak økonomi og negativ gjenvalgseffekt svekker McCain. Stat og Styring 18 (3):15-19. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2008). And we will know their greatness by the trail of controversy: Washington, Lincoln, and F. Roosevelt and their increasingly contested successors. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 38(3), 476-490. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2007). Causal Complexity and Party Preference. European Journal of Political Research, 46(1), 121-149. [Reprinted in: W. Paul Vogt, ed 2008 ‘Selecting Research Methods,’ Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Series. Vol. 4: Methods for Analysing and Reporting Results. London: Sage Publications, pp. 159-183. (BIBSYS)] (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2003). Comparing political orientations. Grid-group theory versus the left-right dimension in the five Nordic countries. European Journal of Political Research, 42(1), 1-21. [Reprinted in pp. 365-385: Perri 6 and Gerald Mars, eds, 2008. The Institutional Dynamics of Culture. Aldershot, UK, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Vol I. (BIBSYS)]. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2003). Reconsidering Nordic Party Space. Scandinavian Political Studies, 26(3), 193-217. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G., & Sundback, S. (2003). Sociodemographic Effects on Cultural Biases. A Nordic Study of Grid-Group Theory. Acta Sociologica, 46(4), 289-306. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2001). Nordic Cultural Baselines. Accounting for Domestic Convergence and Foreign Policy Divergence. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 3(1), 5-29. (request pdf)

Olli, E., Grendstad, G., & Wollebæk, D. (2001). Correlates of Environmental Behaviors. Bringing Back Social Context. Environment and Behavior, 33(2), 181-208. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2000). Grid-Group Theory and Political Orientations. Effects of Cultural Biases in Norway in the 1990s. Scandinavian Political Studies, 23(3), 217-244. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (2000). Cultural Myths of Human and Physical Nature: Integrated or Separated? Risk Analysis, 20(1), 27-39. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (1999). A Political Cultural Map of Europe. A Survey Approach. GeoJournal, 47(3), 463-475. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (1999). The New Ecological Paradigm Scale. Examination and Scale Analysis. Environmental Politics, 8(4), 194-205.

Grendstad, G., & Strand, T. (1999). Organizational Types and Leadership Roles. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 15(4), 385-403. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G., & Wollebæk, D. (1998). Greener Still? An Empirical Examination of Eckersley's Ecocentric Approach. Environment and Behavior, 30(5), 653-675. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G., & Rommetvedt, H. (1997). EU-tilhengernes manglende gjennomslagskraft. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 13(1), 77-86.

Grendstad, G. (1995). Party Followership and Leadership in Norway. A Political Culture Approach. Party Politics, 1(2), 221-243. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1995). Cultural Theory and The New Institutionalism. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 7(1), 5-27. (reprinted in: B. G. Peters & J. Pierre (Eds., 2007), Institutionalism. New Dehli: Sage.) (request pdf)

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1994). Kultur som Levemåte. Politica, 26(4), 420-438. (request pdf)

 

Book chapters

Grendstad, Gunnar, William R. Shaffer, and Eric N. Waltenburg (2017) "Norway - Managed Openness and Transparency." pp. 235-254, In Supreme Courts and Reporters: The Global Perspective, ed. R. Davis and D. Taras. Cambridge.

Grendstad, G. & Ninja Næss (forthcoming). ‘Now you see it. Now you don’t. The Norwegian Green Party’. I W.Rüdig (Ed), Green Party Members in Western Europe. Boston: MIT Press.

Grendstad, G. (2008). Causal Complexity and Party Preference, pp. 159-183 in W. Paul Vogt, ed, Selecting Research Methods. Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Series. Vol. 4: Methods for Analysing and Reporting Results. London: Sage Publications. (BIBSYS) [Reprinted from 2007, European Journal of Political Research, 46(1), 121-149 (request pdf)].

Grendstad, G. (2008). ’Velgerne’. I Bjørn Erik Rasch (Ed.), Amerikansk Politikk. Abstrakt Forlag. Pp 142-177. (request pdf)

Grendstad, G. (2008). Comparing political orientations. Grid-group theory versus the left-right dimension in the five Nordic countries. Pp. 365-385 in The Institutional Dynamics of Culture, edited by P. 6 and G. Mars. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited, Vol I. [Reprinted from 2003 European Journal of Political Research, 42(1)].

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (2007). Cultural Theory and The New Institutionalism. pp. 240-260, in B. G. Peters & J. Pierre (Eds.), Institutionalism. New Dehli: Sage [Reprinted from Journal of Theoretical Politics 1995].

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1999). The Formation and Transformation of Preferences. Cultural Theory and Postmaterialism Compared. In M. Thompson, G. Grendstad, & P. Selle (Eds.), Cultural Theory as Political Science (pp. 43-58). London: Routledge.

Thompson, M., Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1999). Cultural Theory as Political Science. In M. Thompson, G. Grendstad, & P. Selle (Eds.), Cultural Theory as Political Science (pp. 1-23). London: Routledge.

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1997). Cultural Theory, Postmaterialism and Environmental Attitudes. In R. J. Ellis & M. Thompson (Eds.), Culture Matters: Essays in Honor of Aaron Wildavsky (pp. 151-168). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Grendstad, G. (1997). Kultur og Ledelse. In H. Byrkjeflot (Ed.), Fra Styring til Ledelse (pp. 123-135). Oslo: Fagbokforlaget.

Grendstad, G., & Rommetvedt, H. (1997). Oljehovedstadens politiske kulturlandskap. En sammenligning av holdninger og verdier i Stavanger-området og Norge. In H. Rommetvedt (Ed.), Verdier og Valg. Oljehovedstadens Politiske Kulturlandskap (pp. 175-231). Oslo: Norges Forskningsråd.

Grendstad, G., & Rommetvedt, H. (1997). Fem Tyver på Samme Marked? En Sammenlikning og en 'Empirisk Syntese' av Fem Perspektiver på Politiske Holdninger. In H. Rommetvedt (Ed.), Verdier og Valg. Oljehovedstadens Politiske Kulturlandskap (pp. 233-254). Oslo: Norges Forskningsråd.

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1996). Introduksjon. In G. Grendstad & P. Selle (Eds.), Kultur som Levemåte (pp. 11-32). Oslo: Samlaget.

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1996). Kulturteorien og den nye institusjonalismen. In G. Grendstad & P. Selle (Eds.), Kultur som Levemåte (pp. 117-137). Oslo: Samlaget.

Grendstad, G., & Selle, P. (1996). Kulturteori, postmaterialisme og haldningar til miljøvern. In G. Grendstad & P. Selle (Eds.), Kultur som Levemåte (pp. 286-313). Oslo: Samlaget.

Grendstad, G., Selle, P., & Strømsnes, K. (1996). Natur og Kultur. In G. Grendstad & P. Selle (Eds.), Kultur som Levemåte (pp. 183-199). Oslo: Samlaget.

Grendstad, G., & Rommetvedt, H. (1996). Fem tyver på samme marked? In G. Grendstad & P. Selle (Eds.), Kultur som Levemåte (pp. 314-329). Oslo: Samlaget.

Book reviews

Grendstad, G. (2009). ‘Republicans and the Black Vote' - M.K.Fauntroy. American Politics Review (xx):yy

Grendstad, G. (2007). ‘Mudslingers: The Top 25 Negative Political Campaigns of All Time Countdown from No. 25 to No. 1’ - K.C. Swint. American Politics Review (48):16.

Grendstad, G. (2000). 'Urban Innovation. Creative Strategies for Turbulent Times;' 'Citizen Politics in Post-Industrial Societies;' 'The New Political Culture' - T.N. Clark et al. eds. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift (2), 149-152.

Grendstad, G. (1997). 'Social Movements and Culture' - H. Johnston and B. Klandermans (eds.). Acta Sociologica, 40(1), 112-114.

Grendstad, G. (1994). 'Inquiry and Change. The Troubled Attempt to Understand and Shape Society' - C.E. Lindblom. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 10(1), 83-85.

Grendstad, G. (1994). 'Energi og Miljø. Nye Stridsspørsmål i Møte med Gamle Strukturer' - B. Aardal. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 10(3), 344-346.

Grendstad, G. (1991). 'Cultural Theory' - M.Thompson, R. Ellis, A. Wildavsky. Norsk Statsviten­skapelig Tidsskrift, 7(4), 320-322.

 

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2023). Institutions that define the policymaking role of courts: A comparative analysis of the supreme courts of Scandinavia. International Journal of Constitutional Law. 770-797.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Impact of Female Leadership in Collegial Courts on Time to Render Merits Decisions: Evidence from the Norwegian Supreme Court. The Justice System Journal. 353-372.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Spørsmål og dialog i muntlige forhandlinger i Norges Høyesterett. Lov og Rett. 117-128.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Is geographical representation in the Supreme Court important? Attitudes among population and elites in the center and the periphery of Norway. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 178-196.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Tilfeldighetsprinsippet i Norges Høyesterett: Fordelingen av saker mellom dommere og fordelingen av dommere på avdeling. En empirisk undersøkelse. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 46-76.
  • Show author(s) (2021). A High Court plays the accordion: Validating Ex Ante case complexity on oral arguments. The Justice System Journal. 130-149.
  • Show author(s) (2020). From Backlogs to Quality Assurance. The Development of Law Clerk Units at Norwegian Courts. International Journal for Court Administration. 1-17.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Case inertia and a better lawyer secure victory in court. Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 51-70.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Internasjonalisering, sakskompleksitet og arbeidsmengde i Norges Høyesterett. Lov og Rett. 391-411.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Supreme court justices' economic behaviour: a multilevel model analysis. Scandinavian Political Studies. 73-94.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Ideologi og grunnholdninger hos dommerne i Norges Høyesterett. Svar til høyesterettsdommer Clement Endresen. Lov og Rett. 443-454.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Avveiningen mellom justismord og falske frifinnelser: en surveyundersøkelse av folks rettsoppfatning. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 107-137.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett 1963-2013. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Norges Høyesterett 1815-2015. Forskning på dommeratferd i Norge. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 273-277.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Is Diversity Just for Show? Diversity and Appointment to the Norwegian Supreme Court 1945-2011. Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 18-42.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Standards of interpretation. Rejoinder to Føllesdal. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 77-89.
  • Show author(s) (2013). «..som speiler det samfunnet vi har» Høyesterett, asylbarn og den alminnelige rettsoppfatning. Lov og Rett. 609-629.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Mellom nøytralitet og aktivisme: Lovene tolker ikke seg selv. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 521-534.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Ideologi og grunnholdninger hos dommerne i Norges Høyesterett. Lov og Rett. 240-253.
  • Show author(s) (2011). When justices disagree. The Influence of Ideology and Geography on Economic Voting on the Norwegian Supreme Court. Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 3-22.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Ikke til verden av politisk hvite storker. Lov og Rett. 432-442.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Revealed preferences of Norwegian Supreme Court justices. Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. 73-101.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Environmentalism between state and local community: why Greenpeace has failed in Norway. Environmental Politics. 391-407.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Duration and prosperity. A prediction model for the greatness and performance of Norwegian Prime Ministers in the 20th century. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 99-124.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The Contemporary Presidency: And we will know their greatness by the trail of controversy: Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt and their increasingly contested successors. Presidential Studies Quarterly. 476-490.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Causal complexity and party preference. European Journal of Political Research. 121-149.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Sociodemographic Effects on Cultural Biases. A Nordic Study of Grid-Group Theory. Acta Sociologica. 289-306.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Reconsidering Nordic Party Space. Scandinavian Political Studies. 193-217.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Comparing political orientations. Grid-group theory versus the left-right dimension in the five Nordic countries. European Journal of Political Research. 1-21.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Nordic Cultural Baselines. Accounting for Domestic Convergence and Foreign Policy Divergence. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. 5-29.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Correlates of Environmental Behaviors - Bringing Back Social Context. Environment and Behavior. 181-208.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Grid-Group Theory and Political Orientations. Effects of Cultural Biases in Norway in the 1990s. Scandinavian Political Studies. 217-- 244.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Grid-Group Theory and Political Orientations. Effects of Cultural Biases in Norway in the 1990s. Scandinavian Political Studies. 217.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Cultural Myths of Human and Physical Nature: Integrated or Separated? Risk Analysis. 27-39.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Cultural Myths of Human and Physical Nature: Integrated or Separated? Risk Analysis. 27-39.
  • Show author(s) (1999). The New Ecological Paradigm Scale. Examination and Scale Analysis. Environmental Politics. 194-205.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Organizational Types And Leadership Roles. Scandinavian Journal of Management. 385-403.
  • Show author(s) (1999). A Political Cultural Map of Europe. A Survey Approach. GeoJournal. 463-475.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Greener Still? An Empirical Examination of Eckersley's Ecocentric Approach. Environment and Behavior. 653-675.
  • Show author(s) (1997). EU-tilhengernes manglende gjennomslagskraft. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 77-86.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Party Followership and Leadership in Norway: A Political Culture Approach. Party Politics. 221-243.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Cultural Theory and the New Institutionalism. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 5-27.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Kultur som levemåte. POLITIKA TYDENIK.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2024). For mange er kalt, men få er utvalgt. Utnevning av dommere til Norges Høyesterett 2004-2023. En grafisk og deskriptiv analyse.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Why do lawyers want to be supreme court justices?
  • Show author(s) (2023). Enabling Complexity: The Impact of Institutional Capacity on Case Complexity.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The impact of judicial leadership on consensus formation: Evidence from the Supreme Court of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour: Contributors’ Conference.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Impact of Diversity in Collegial Courts on Time to Render Merits Decisions.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Predicting case processing time: Machine learning and Norwegian courts.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Predicting Case Processing Time: Machine Learning and Norwegian Courts.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The Impact of Female Leadership in Collegial Courts on Time to Render Merits Decisions: Evidence from the Norwegian Supreme Court.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The Impact of Case Complexity on the Time Allocated to Oral Arguments: A Multilevel Model.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Methodological perspectives and empirical legal research questions.
  • Show author(s) (2021). How legal institutions impact policy-making: A comparative analysis of the Scandinavian supreme courts.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Descriptive representation and career diversity on the Scandinavian Supreme Courts.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The Norwegian Supreme Court Database.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Proactive and Powerful. Law Clerks and the Institutionalization of the Norwegian Supreme Court. Findings from a study on the role of judicial assistants at the Norwegian Supreme Court, compared with the other Nordic countries.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The Norwegian Supreme Court law clerk unit: Toward a more prominent role in the judicial decision-making process.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Interrupted paper trails. Analyzing decision making on the Norwegian Supreme Court .
  • Show author(s) (2018). Diversity and Supreme Court Justices’ Voting When Legislative Intent is Known: The Case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Søkelys på Norges Høyesterett. Statsvitenskapelige og juridiske perspektiver.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Norwegian Supreme Court Law Clerks: The Development of an Institution [“... like ordering soldiers toward a shower of bullets”].
  • Show author(s) (2016). Politikk i siste instans? Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Economic Policy Making on the Supreme Court: The Case of Norway .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Economic Policy Making on the Supreme Court.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Does Judicial Appointment Reform Bolster The Legal Model? The Case of the Norwegian Supreme Court.
  • Show author(s) (2015). The Impact of Legislative Intent on Supreme Court Decision Making: The Case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett 1963-2013.
  • Show author(s) (2014). The Impact of Court Diversification on Judicial Behavior: The Case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Supreme Court Justice's Economic Policy-Making in a Social Democracy: The Case of Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Economic Policy-Making on the Norwegian Supreme Court.
  • Show author(s) (2013). The super legislators. Analyzing judicial dissent on landmark supreme court judicial review decisions.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Socio-Political Fractionalization in the Norwegian Supreme Court.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Politikk, Høgsterett og dissensar.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Socio-Political Experiences of Norwegian Supreme Court Justices.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Public Economic Interests vs. Private Economic Rights: Preferential Voting on the Norwegian Supreme Court, 1948-2011.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Bare er et spill for galleriet? Dommervoteringer i 26 plenumssaker med dissens.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Revisiting “the State Friendliness of the Norwegian Supreme Court” hypothesis.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Policy Making By Appointment. The Composition of the Norwegian Supreme Court 1945-2009.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Judicial behavior on the Norwegian Supreme Court 1945-2009. Determining the effects of extra-legal forces on the justices' votes: The case of ”government friendly” voting.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Politisk atferd i Norges høyesterett. Hvordan kan vi måle effekten av reelle hensyn?
  • Show author(s) (2010). Of Time and Division: A Thick Description of the Non-unanimous Decisions of the Norwegian Supreme Court, 1945 - 2009.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Determinants of Voting Coalitions: The Norwegian Supreme Court 1945-2009.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Presidential Performance in Political Time.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Judicial Ideology and the Norwegian Supreme Court: Individual vs. Collective Goods.
  • Show author(s) (2008). The End of the Activist Executive. Testing the Effects of Congressional Polarization and Divided Party Government on Presidential Performance.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Revealed Preferences of Norwegian Supreme Court Justices.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Forecasting the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Autoritet versus Makt. En Re-typologisering av USAs Presidenter.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Political Parties and Elections.
  • Show author(s) (2007). And we will know the greatness of Washington, Lincoln, and F.Roosevelt by their trail of increasingly contested presidents.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Why Greenpeace Failed in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Velgerne.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Norwegian Environmentalism between State and Local Community: Why Greenpeace Failed in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Derfor vinner republikanerne alt.
  • Show author(s) (2004). A Boolean Approach To Party Preference. A Five Country Study.
  • Show author(s) (2004). A Boolean Approach To Party Preference. A Five Country Study.
  • Show author(s) (2003). A Boolean Approach to Party Preference.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Reconsidering Nordic Party Space.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Reconsidering Nordic Party Space.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Nordic Party Space.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Fem tyver på samme marked.
Book review
  • Show author(s) (2009). Review of Fauntroy, Michael K. 2007. Republicans and the Black Vote. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers. American Politics Review. 19-20.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Review of ‘Mudslingers: The Top 25 Negative Political Campaigns of All Time Countdown from No. 25 to No. 1’ - K.C. Swint. American Politics Review. 16.
Popular scientific article
  • Show author(s) (2021). - Kvinnelige advokater i Høyesterett er likebehandlet. Advokatbladet.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Republikanerne vinner i 2016. Stat og styring. 57-59.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Høyesterett som politisk organ. Stat og styring. 30-31.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Svak økonomi og negativ gjenvalgseffekt svekker McCain. Stat og styring. 15-19.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Prediksjon av amerikanske presidentvalg: 2008 post mortem og 2012 prediksjonen. Stat og styring. 54-56.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2024). Muntlige forhandlinger i 8 dager i Karasjok-saken. Sagat.
  • Show author(s) (2024). Kronikk:Er geografisk underskudd et problem for Høyesterett? Sagat.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Skoghøys avgang undergraver dommeres uavhengighet. Rett24.no.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Nei, BT, det er ikke politisk kaos i Bergen. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Hvorfor har Høyesterett muntlige forhandlinger i fire dager Snøkrabbesaken? Rett24.no.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Hvordan lykkes jurister som søker seg til Høyesterett igjen (og igjen)? Rett24.no.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Er underskuddet på dommere fra periferien et problem for Norges Høyesterett? Nationen.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Vinnere og tapere etter abortdommen i USA. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
  • Show author(s) (2022). Utviklingen som «skapte» president Donald Trump. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). USAs lange linje fra isolasjon til verdensmakt. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Skal Trump endelig bli kvitt Liz Cheney? . Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Når kommer den desentraliserte borgerkrigen? Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Nå får vi enda en test av demokratiet i USA. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Mindre tillit til institusjoner. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Ideologiske motsetninger i USA bremser klimatiltakene. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). I 2020 lovet president­kandidaten Joe Biden bort en høyesteretts­dommer for å vinne Det hvite hus. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Hvorfor stiller dommerne i Høyesterett så få spørsmål? Rett24.no.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Godkjenning av høyesteretts­dommere i USA: Fra anbefaling og samtykke til halvsannheter og skittkasting. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Femti år med fri abort i USA kan snart være over. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Biden ligger dårlig an. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Å krympe en hovedstad. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). «Til helvete med Grunnloven!». Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Trump krever troskap til «den store løgnen» for å gi sin viktige støtte. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Skal Magnus Matningsdal utpeke sin egen etterfølger? Rett24.no.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Nå må Kongressen starte ryddejobben etter Trump. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Neste gang er valgkuppet «lovlig». Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Har USA egentlig noen sjel? . Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Er det enklere å jukse på søndager? Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Donald Trump ble frikjent, men alle vet at han skyldig. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Dommer Matningsdal går til SCOTUS. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Biden har en historisk mulighet til å reformere USA. Dagens næringsliv.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Bare mirakler kan levere nye klima­lover i USA. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). «Valget i USA ikke over, Biden kan fortsatt tape». Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Valgmedarbeiderens bønn i USA: «Kjære Gud, gi oss et valgskred!». Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). USAs krise – et sammenfall av ulykksalige hendelser. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Trump har sløst bort en god krise. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Trump har bare tiden og veien til å fylle plassen etter Ruth Bader Ginsburg i USAs høyesterett. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Nå trenger president Trump hjelp, men vil ikke ha den. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Koronakrisen setter valgkampen i karantene. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Kompromiss er kapitulasjon. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Hvor mye betyr det å ha en bedre advokat enn motparten? Rett24.no.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Etter Trump må Det republikanske partiet bygges opp på nytt. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Donald Trump i et makabert teater. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Demokratiet i USA stadig mer svekket. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Betyr alt og ingenting. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Vanskelig å hjelpe Boris nå. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2019). USAs arvesynd – rasismen. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Trump ikke lenger trygg. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Trump er blitt ufeilbarlig. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Trump blir gjenvalgt i 2020. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Madam President. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Løslatt uten stemmerett. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Ingen kan rokke ved fri abort i USA. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Et splittet Washington og polariserte velgere kan redde Trump. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
  • Show author(s) (2019). Elefanten og de 25 eslene. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Dypere ned i gjeldshullet. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Økt verdipolarisering i USA. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Å bli kvitt presidenten i USA. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2017). USA revner på begge sider. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Trump ble ingen Roosevelt. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Politikere velger folket. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Låst i revers. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Et demokratisk øyeblikk. Stavanger Aftenblad.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Valgkampen, vinneren og vetokratiet. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). B18-B19.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Stortinget og justitiarius bør møtes. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). B2.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Stemmer for staten. Klassekampen.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Statsvennlighet i Norges Høyesterett. Rett på sak: Aktualitetsmagasin for domstolene. 32-33.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Høyesterett er også politisk. Klassekampen.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Hva blir Obamas ettermæle? Bergens Tidende. B24.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Obama blir gjenvalgt. Dagsavisen. 4.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Åpenhet om dommerne. Dagens næringsliv. 3.
  • Show author(s) (2008). McCain er dømt til å tape. Dagens næringsliv. 3.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Her er USAs neste president. Bergens Tidende. 14.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Demokratisk valgvind i USA. Bergens Tidende. 13.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Viktigere enn Bush. Fædrelandsvennen. 1 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Viktigere enn Bush. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Bilder fra Slagmarken. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Republikanerne beholder Kongressen. Bergens Tidende. 27.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Bush vinner presidentvalget. Fædrelandsvennen.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Bush Vinner. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Arven etter Strom Thurmond. Morgenbladet. 9.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Karakterer - korkje tilfeldig eller innvikla. Bergens Tidende. 24.
  • Show author(s) (2000). 'Urban Innovation. Creative Strategies for Turbulent Times;' 'Citizen Politics in Post-Industrial Societies;' 'The New Political Culture' T.N. Clark et al. eds. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. 149-152.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Mål og mening i en valgkamp. Bergens Tidende.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Mål og mening i en valgkamp. Bergens Tidende. 24.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2008). Velgerne. 37 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Comparing Political Orientations. Grid-Group Theory versus the Left-Right Dimension in the 5 Nordic Countries. 21 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Causal Complexity and Party Preference. 25 pages.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Kultur og Ledelse. 13 pages.

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