Per Lægreid

Emeritus

Department of Government

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5020 Bergen

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Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2021). The changing politics of vaccines – main principles and challenges of actual allocation.
Show author(s) (2021). Crisis Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Nordic Way.

Show author(s) (2020). Organisering for samfunnssikkerhet og krisehandtering. Styringskapasitet og styringslegitimitet.

Show author(s) (2019). the future of Governance for societal security and crisis management.
Show author(s) (2019). ICT use in central government. Scope, predictors and effect on coordination quality.

Show author(s) (2018). Administrative accountability and reputation: The Case of Norwegian Central Agencies.

Show author(s) (2017). The co-evolution of reputation management, governance capacity, legitimacy and accountability in crisis management.
Show author(s) (2017). Reputation Management, Governance Capacity, Legitimacy and Accountability in Crisis.
Show author(s) (2017). Orgnizing for societal security and crisis management. Building governance capacity and legitimacy.
Show author(s) (2017). Nordic administrative reforms: Reform processes, trends, content, management instruments and their perceived effects on performance.
Show author(s) (2017). Nordic Administrative Reforms.
Show author(s) (2017). How to Balance individual rights and societal Security? The view of civil servants.
Show author(s) (2017). How to Balance Individual Rights and Societal Security? The View of Civil Servants.
Show author(s) (2017). Crisis management capacity in central government: The perceptions of civil servants in Norway.
Show author(s) (2017). Bulding a National Emergency Center for the Police. Instrumentality, Garbage can and Attention Shifts.

Show author(s) (2016). Reforming the Norwegian Police Between Structure and Culture. Community or Emergency Police?
Show author(s) (2016). Progress and pitfalls in the adaption of performance management.
Show author(s) (2016). Organizing for Crisis Management: Building Governance Capacity and Legitimacy.
Show author(s) (2016). Organizing for Crisis Management. The Police reform in Norway - between strudture and culture.
Show author(s) (2016). Departementsendringar og regjeringsskifte 1946-2015. Politis design eller robuste byråkrati?
Show author(s) (2016). An Organizational Approach to Public Administration.
Show author(s) (2016). Accountability in Unsettled situations: Reforms and Crises.
Show author(s) (2016). A Nordic Administrative Reform Model seen from the top - active reformers and high performing public administrations.

Show author(s) (2015). Performance management and accountability. Challenges, dilemmas and ambiguitets.
Show author(s) (2015). Administrative Reforms in the Nordic Countires - processes, trends and content.
Show author(s) (2015). Accountability relations i unsettled situations - crises.
Show author(s) (2015). A new nordic model? Administrative reform in the Nordic Countries - Processes, trends and content.

Show author(s) (2014). The quest for coordination in European central government.
Show author(s) (2014). Reputation Management in times of crisis - how the police handled the Norwegian terrorist atack in 2011.
Show author(s) (2014). Organizing for societal security and crisis management.
Show author(s) (2014). Organizational innovations and accountability - hybrid forms in the post-New public Management era.
Show author(s) (2014). Organizational innovations and accountability - hybrid forms in the post-New Public Management era.
Show author(s) (2014). Norwegian administrtive reforms seen frm the top- in an European perspective.
Show author(s) (2014). In search of the Holy Grail - accountability and performance in welfare administration reforms.
Show author(s) (2014). Governance of wicked issues. A comparative analysis of coordination for societal security in Europe.
Show author(s) (2014). Governance for complexity - How to organize for the handling of wicked issues. Comparing the case of internal security and welfare administration in Norway.
Show author(s) (2014). Crisis management organization. Building governance capacity and legitimacy.
Show author(s) (2014). Collaboration in a multolevel health service system - Challenges of accountability.
Show author(s) (2014). Administrative reforms and accountability relations in the welfare state. comparing health and labour administration in Norway, Denmark and Germany.

Show author(s) (2013). Utviklingen av Justisdepartementets samordningsansvar for samfunnssikkerhet.
Show author(s) (2013). Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil service systems: Robustness and Flexibility.
Show author(s) (2013). Organizational innovations and accountability - hybrid forms in the post-New Public Management era.
Show author(s) (2013). New Public Management revisited. A public manaement for all seasons or a special case?
Show author(s) (2013). Coordination Quality in Norwegian Central government.
Show author(s) (2013). Coordinating quality i Norwegian central government.
Show author(s) (2013). Ambiguities of accountability - analyzing the failure of a preventive project in Norway.

Show author(s) (2012). Welfare Reforms and Wicked Issues - from coupling to decoupling.
Show author(s) (2012). The many faces of accountability - comparing reforms inwelfare, hospitals and immigration.
Show author(s) (2012). Joined-Up Government: Reform Challenges, Experiences and Accountability Relaions.
Show author(s) (2012). Innovation in public management and gaming the system: The case of activity based funding in Norwegian hospitals.
Show author(s) (2012). How to cope with a terrorist attack? - A challenge for the political and administrative leadershp.
Show author(s) (2012). Governance and administrative reforms.
Show author(s) (2012). Context and Administrative Reform. A Tansformative Approach.
Show author(s) (2012). Antiterrortiltak mellom personvern og samfunnsvern: Befolkningens holdninger til antiterrortiltak 2006 og 2011.
Show author(s) (2012). Agencification and Coporatization in Norway 1947-2011.

Show author(s) (2011). The Reorganisation of Internal Security and Crisis Management in Norway.
Show author(s) (2011). Reorganizing for internal security and crisis management. The case of Norway.
Show author(s) (2011). Organizing for internal security and emergency reparedness. Lessons from Norway”.
Show author(s) (2011). Competing principles of agency organization – the reorganization of a reform.
Show author(s) (2011). Changing accountability relations – the forgotten side of public sector reform.
Show author(s) (2011). Changing accountability relations in a welfare state – an assessment based on a study of welfare reforms.
Show author(s) (2011). Changing Accountability Relations in Welfare State reforms: Lessons from Norway.
Show author(s) (2011). Administrative reform and central government capacity development.
Show author(s) (2011). A System under Stress – the Icelandic Volcano ash Crisis.

Show author(s) (2010). Working across boundaries: Collegial admijistration in central government - scope, variation amnd effects.
Show author(s) (2010). Whole-of-Gvoernment approaches.
Show author(s) (2010). State under pressure: Institutional adaptation to new policy challenges.
Show author(s) (2010). Reorganizing the modenr state in comparative perspecitve: Specialization and integration in Norway and France.
Show author(s) (2010). Post NPM as a New Trend.
Show author(s) (2010). Europeanization and transnational networks. A study of the Norwegian Competetion Authority.
Show author(s) (2010). Boundary spanning activities. Collegial central government admministration - a multi-level analysis.
Show author(s) (2010). A special breed? A longitudional and cross sectional study of Norwegian budgeting and financial civil servants.

Show author(s) (2009). The role of trust, religion, and political affiliation in attitudes to anti-terror measures.
Show author(s) (2009). The New Public Managment and Beyond: Towards a Whole of Government or a Neo-Weberaian Model?
Show author(s) (2009). Rewards for High Public Office - the Case of Norway.
Show author(s) (2009). Public Policy and Governance.
Show author(s) (2009). NPM-related regulatory reforms: The problem of putting the new regulatory orthodoxy into practice.
Show author(s) (2009). Ethics, NPM and psot-NPM a study of patterns and tensions in the central civil service.
Show author(s) (2009). Draconian measures in the fight against terror – demography, trust and political attitudes.
Show author(s) (2009). Democracy and adminsitrative policy: Contrasting elements of NPM and post-NPM.
Show author(s) (2009). Coordination and hybrid governance - theoretical and empirical challenges.
Show author(s) (2009). Contracts and performance arrangements for top civil servants in Norway.

Show author(s) (2008). Transnational regulation: Europeanization of Nordic central governments.
Show author(s) (2008). Transcening New Public Management - A transformative approach to increased complexity and the challenge of balancing autonomy and control.
Show author(s) (2008). Transcending New Public Management - The increasing complexity of balancing control and autonomy.
Show author(s) (2008). The Structural Anatonomy of the Norwegian State 1985-2007.
Show author(s) (2008). The New Public Management and Beyond: Towards a Whole of Government or a Neo-Weberian model?
Show author(s) (2008). Samordning., fleirnivåstyringas store utfordring - illustrert ved NAV.
Show author(s) (2008). Reorganization of the Welfare State Administration. Partnerships, networks and accountability.
Show author(s) (2008). Moderne organisasjonsoppskrifter i norske direktorat. Frå ledelse til styring?
Show author(s) (2008). International trends in public management. Are there any?
Show author(s) (2008). Increased complexity in public organizations - the challenges and implications of combining NPM and post-NPM features.
Show author(s) (2008). Implementation of merger: lessons form the Norwegian Welfare Bureeaucracy.
Show author(s) (2008). ICT-tools in central government: Scope, effects and driving forces.
Show author(s) (2008). Challenges and effects of administrative reform - the Norwegian reform of labour and welfare administration.
Show author(s) (2008). Beyond International Transformations. Regulation and reform in the public sector.
Show author(s) (2008). Administrative reforms and competenses in central government organizations.
Show author(s) (2008). Administrativ tilpassing til EU og EØS.

Show author(s) (2007). The regulatory orthodoxy in practice.
Show author(s) (2007). The Challenge of coordination in central government organizations.
Show author(s) (2007). Samordning - fleirnivåstyringens store utfordring.
Show author(s) (2007). New Public Management in a Comparative Perspective.
Show author(s) (2007). NPM and beyond - leadership, culture and demography.
Show author(s) (2007). Living in the past? Tenure, roles and attitudes in central civil service.
Show author(s) (2007). Fleirnivåstyring i spenningsfeltet mellom funksjonell og georgafisk spesialsiering.
Show author(s) (2007). Crisis management - the case of internal security in Norway.

Show author(s) (2006). Whole-of-government approach to public reform - regulation or performance inside government?
Show author(s) (2006). Whole of Government Approach to Modernization.
Show author(s) (2006). The Norwegian Hospital Reform - Balancing Political Control and Enterprise Autonomy.
Show author(s) (2006). Rewards for High Public Office - The Case of Norway.
Show author(s) (2006). Regulatory reforms and agencification.
Show author(s) (2006). Regulation inside government: Modern management tools in Norwegian state agencies.
Show author(s) (2006). Organizing Immigration - A comparison of New Zealand and Norway.
Show author(s) (2006). NPM and beyond: The Second Generation of Reforms.
Show author(s) (2006). Modern Regulatory Agencies - Professional and Judicial Objectivity or Increased Complexity in Decision-making?
Show author(s) (2006). Modern Management Tools in Norwegian State Agencies: Regulation Inside Government or Shopping Basket?
Show author(s) (2006). Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with Agencies in the Modern State.

Show author(s) (2005). The regulatory state and the executing municipality - Consequences of public sector reform in Norway.
Show author(s) (2005). Still Fragmented or Reassertion of the Centre?
Show author(s) (2005). Regulatory reforms, agencificaton and autonomization.
Show author(s) (2005). Regulatory reforms and agencification in the state. An organizational perspective.
Show author(s) (2005). Regulatory reforms and agencification.
Show author(s) (2005). Regulatory reform, agencification and autonomization.
Show author(s) (2005). Regulatory Reforms and Autonomous Agencies.
Show author(s) (2005). Regulating regulatory Organizations. Controlling Norwegian Civil service Organizations.
Show author(s) (2005). Public sector reforms: The Fragmentation of the State and the Challenge of Combining Diffrent Values.
Show author(s) (2005). Performance Management in Practice - The Norwegian Way.
Show author(s) (2005). Europeanization of Nordic Central governments: Towards a regulatory State?
Show author(s) (2005). Current International Issues in Public Managment and Regulation.
Show author(s) (2005). Corporative Bureaucratic Governance.
Show author(s) (2005). Blame-Avoiding in Central Government. The Pitfalls of Organizing the Regulatory Side of Immigration Policy.
Show author(s) (2005). Balancing Control and Autonomy of Regulatory Agencies.
Show author(s) (2005). Autonomy and control in the Norwegian Civil service: Does agency form matter?
Show author(s) (2005). Autonomy and control in the Norwegian Civil serice: Does agency form matter?
Show author(s) (2005). Agencification and regulatory reform.

Show author(s) (2004). The Fragmented State - the Challenge of Combining Efficiency, Institutional Norms and Democracy.
Show author(s) (2004). State organizations and agencies: A description of the Norwegian survey on organizational autonomy, steering and control.
Show author(s) (2004). Regulatory agencies.
Show author(s) (2004). Politicans and public sector reform: How to balance political control and autonomy.
Show author(s) (2004). Organizing for Homeland Security: The Case of Norway.
Show author(s) (2004). Autonomy and control in Norwegian state organizations: Preliminary results from the Norwegian survey on organizational autonomy, steering and control.

Show author(s) (2003). Trust in government - the significance of modernism, political cynicism and integration.
Show author(s) (2003). Trust in government - the significance of attitudes towards democracy, the public sector and public sector reforms.
Show author(s) (2003). The Structural Anatonomy of the Norwegina State 1947-2003.
Show author(s) (2003). The Norwegian Hospital Reform - balancing political control and enterprise autonomy.
Show author(s) (2003). Stat og marked - same styringsredskap?
Show author(s) (2003). Robust and Flexible States: The Europeanization of Nordic Central Administration.
Show author(s) (2003). Revitalisering av tilsyn og kontroll i offentlig virksomhet.
Show author(s) (2003). Regulatory reforms in Norway.
Show author(s) (2003). New Public Management in comparative perspective.
Show author(s) (2003). New Public Managemenent, mål- og resutatstyring, utfordringer og implikasjonar.
Show author(s) (2003). National strategies for public sector reforms.
Show author(s) (2003). Klare offentlige roller - fragmentering eller bedre styring?
Show author(s) (2003). Governmental autonomization and control - the Norwegian way.
Show author(s) (2003). Fristillingas pris - om å ri fleire hestar samtidig.
Show author(s) (2003). Europeanization of Central Government Administration in the Nordic Countries.
Show author(s) (2003). Autonomization and policy capacity - the dilemmas and challenges facing political executives.
Show author(s) (2003). Autonomi og politisk styring i praksis.
Show author(s) (2003). Administrative Change: New Public Management and Europeanization.
Show author(s) (2003). Adapting to the EU: Robust and flexible states.
Show author(s) (2003). Accountability and power the effects of "autonomization" of governmental bodies.

Show author(s) (2002). Trust in Government - the relative importance of service satisfaction, political factors and democracy".
Show author(s) (2002). Revitalisering av Riksrevisjonen i spenningsfeltet mellom regjering, forvaltning og parlament.
Show author(s) (2002). Public administration Research in Norway.
Show author(s) (2002). Omstilling og fornyelse i offentlig sektor.
Show author(s) (2002). Omstilling i den utøvende makt. Reformer og lederskap.
Show author(s) (2002). New Public Management in Comparative Perspective.
Show author(s) (2002). Mål- og rammestyring i offentlig virksomhet generelt og universitetet spesielt.
Show author(s) (2002). Increasing parliamentary Controlof the Executive? New Instruments and Emerging Effects.
Show author(s) (2002). Implication of Europeanization on central governemnt administration in the Nordic states.
Show author(s) (2002). Implication of Europeanization on Central Government administration in the Nordic Countries.
Show author(s) (2002). Fristilling og mål- og resultatstyring i staten.
Show author(s) (2002). Fra plan til reform?
Show author(s) (2002). Forvaltningsrevisjon i spenningsfeltet mellom regjering, forvaltning og Storting.
Show author(s) (2002). Forvaltningspolitikk og New Public Management.
Show author(s) (2002). Europeanization of Public Administration: Effects of the EU on the central adminsitration in the Nordic States.
Show author(s) (2002). Europeanization of Public Administration: Changes and effects of Europeanization on the central administration in the nordic states.
Show author(s) (2002). Complex patternsd of interaction and influence among political and administrative leaders.
Show author(s) (2002). Complex patterns of interaction and influence among political and adminsitrative leaders.
Show author(s) (2002). Changing Government Control in Norwy: High Civil Service, Universities and Prisons.
Show author(s) (2002). Changing Government Control in Norway: High Civil Service, Universities and Prisons.

Show author(s) (2001). Transforming States: Continuity and Change in the Europeanisation of the Nordic Central Governments.
Show author(s) (2001). Transforming States. Continuity and Change in the Europeanization of the Nordic Countries.
Show author(s) (2001). New Public Management. Transforming Governance and Civil Servant Systems.
Show author(s) (2001). New Public Management på norsk.
Show author(s) (2001). New Public Management og Europeisering av nasjonal forvaltning.
Show author(s) (2001). Mål- og resultatstyring i staten.
Show author(s) (2001). Increasing Parliamentary Control of the Executive? New Instruments and Emerging Effects.
Show author(s) (2001). Gruppeleder, discussant, Round table.
Show author(s) (2001). Gruppeleder.
Show author(s) (2001). Fristilling i staten.
Show author(s) (2001). Fristilling i offentlig sektor.
Show author(s) (2001). Forvaltningspolitikk og New Public Management.
Show author(s) (2001). Forvaltnignspolitikk og administrative reformer.
Show author(s) (2001). Divergent Roads to Europe.
Show author(s) (2001). Discussant.
Show author(s) (2001). Coping with Modern Leadership Roles. The Problematic Redefinition of Public Companies.
Show author(s) (2001). Changing Government Control and Regulation in Norway.
Show author(s) (2001). Administrative Reform Policy: Challenges of Turning Symbols into Practice.

Show author(s) (1995). Modernisering og administrative reformer.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

News:

SOG review on 'Change and Continuity in Public Sector Organizations'

Publikasjonar og forskningsaktivitet 2009

Monographs and edited books:

2007

Transcending New Public Management. The Transformation of Public Sector Reforms.(with T. Christensen, eds.) Aldershot: Ashgate.

Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument, Culture and Myth (with T.Christensen, P.G. Roness and K.A. Røvik). London: Routledge.

Forvaltning og politikk (Administration and politics) (with T. Christensen, M. Egeberg, H.O. Larsen and P.G. Roness). Second edition. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

2006

Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. (with T. Christensen, eds.) Cheltenhan: Edward Elgar.

Styring og autonomi. Organisasjonsformer på utlendingsfeltet (Control and autonomy. Organizational Forms on Immigration) (with T. Christensen and A.R. Ramslien). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

2005

Organisationsteori för offentlig sektor (Organization theory for public sector) (with T. Christensen, P.G. Roness og K.A. Røvik). Stockholm: Liber.

2004

Europeanization and Transnational States: Comparing Nordic Central Governments (with B. Jacobsson and O.K. Pedersen). London: Routledge.

Organisasjonsteori for offentlig sektor. Instrument, kultur, myte.(Organization theory for public sector, Instrument, culture, myth) (with T. Christensen, P.G. Roness and K.A. Røvik) Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

2002

Forvaltning og politikk (Administration and politics) (with T. Christensen, M. Egeberg, H.O. Larsen and P.G. Roness). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

Reformer og lederskap. Omstilling i den utøvende makt. (Reforms and leadership. Change in the Executive) (with T. Christensen). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

2001

New Public Management. The Transformations of Ideas and Practice (with T. Christensen, eds.) London: Ashgate. 2. paperback edition 2002.

Europaveje. EU i de nordiske centralforvaltninger. (Roads to Europe. The EU in the Nordic Central Government) (with B. Jacobsson and O.K. Pedersen, eds.) Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

1999

Fra opbygning til ombygning i staten. Organisationsforandringer i tre nordiske lande (From construction to reconstruction in the state. Organizational change in three Scandinavina Countries) (with O.K. Pedersen, eds.) Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

Organizing Political Institutions. Essays for Johan P. Olsen (with M. Egeberg, eds.) Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

1998

Den moderne forvaltning. Om reformer i sentralforvaltningen. (The Modern Administration. Reforms in Civil Service) (with T. Christensen). Oslo: Tano Aschehoug.

1996

Integration og Decentralisering. Personale og forvaltning i Skandinavien. (Integration and Decentralisation. Personell and Administration in Scandinavia) (with O. K. Pedersen, eds.). Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets forlag.

1995

Lønnspolitikk i offentlig sektor (Pay Policy in the Public Sector) (ed.). Oslo: TANO.

Nordiske forvaltningsreformer (Administrative reforms in the Nordic Countries) (with O.K. Pedersen, eds.). Copenhagen: Danmark Forvaltningshøjskoles forlag.

1994

Forvaltningspolitik i Norden (Administrative Policy in the Nordic Countries) (with O. K. Pedersen, eds.) Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets Forlag.

1993

Organisering av offentlig sektor (Organizing the Public Sector) (with J. P. Olsen, eds.) Oslo: TANO.

1991

Målstyring og virksomhetsplanlegging i offentlig sektor (Management‑by‑objectives and operational planning in the public sector) (ed.) Bergen: Alma Mater.

1989

Sentralstyring og insitusjonell autonomi, (Central Government and Institutional Autonomy) (with H. Baldersheim, T. Grønlie, H.W. Lorentzen, J.P. Olsen, I.J. Sand and P. Selle). Bergen: Alma Mater.

1988

Oljebyråkratiet (The Petroleum Bureaucracy) Oslo: TANO.

1983

Sentraladministrasjonen (The Civil Service) (with P. G. Roness).Oslo: Tiden.

1978

Byråkrati og beslutninger (Bureaucracy and Decision Making) (with J. P. Olsen) Bergen: Universitetsforlaget.

Selected chapters in books, articles in journals:

2010

"Civil Servants' Perceptions Regarding ICT Use in Norwegian Central Governmen" (with T. Christensen). Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Volume 7, Issue 1 January 2010

“How to assess administrative reform? Investigating the adoption and preliminary impacts of the Norwegian welfare administration reform” (with J. Askim, T. Christensen and A.L. Fimreite). Public Administration

2009

ICT tools in central government: Scope, effects and driving forces

Challenges and effects of administrative reform - Reorganizing the Norwegian welfare administration

Administrative reforms and competenses in central government organizations

Byråkrati og partnerskap hånd i hånd? Om partnerskapsutfordringer i NAV

Living in the past - tenure, roles and attitudes in the central civil service

Crises management - the case of internal security in Norway

“Development of the Norwegian civil service system: Gradual transformation of the centralized state” (with T. Christensen). In R.J. Mathur, ed. Administrative set-up and approaches to reform in small and medium countries: A civil service approach. Hyderabad: IFAI University Press.

“Public Management Reform in Norway – Reluctance and Tensions” (with T. Christensen) In S. Goldfinch and J. Wallis (eds.) International Handbook of Public Management Reform. (Forthcoming).

“Organizing Immigration Policy – The Unstable Balance between Political Control and Agency Autonomy” (with T. Christensen). Policy and Politics, 37 (2): 161-177.

“Living in the Past? – tenure, roles and attitutdes in the central civil service” (with T. Christensen). Public Administration Review (Forthcoming)

“Reorganization of the Welfare State Adminstration: Partnerships, networks and accountability” (with A.L. Fimreite). Public Management Review, 11 (3): 281-297.

”Moderne organisasjonsoppskrifter i norske direktorat. Frå ledelse til styring” (with P.G. Roness and K. Rubecksen). Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier, 11 (2) (Forthcoming).

“New Public Management”. In Badie, B., D. Berg-Schlossen and L. Morlino, eds. Enclycopedia of Political Science. London: Sage (Forthcomming).

2008 “Modern Regulatory Policy – Ideas and Practice” (with T. Christensen). Policy & Society, 6(4): 19-39.

“The Challenge of Coordination in Central Government Organizations: The Norwegian Case” (with T. Christensen). Public Organization Review. A Global Journal, 8 (2): 97-116.

The Governance, Autonomy and Coordination of Public Sector Organizations, (with K. Verhoest and W. Jann). Public Organization Review. A Global Journal, 8 (2): 93-96.

"Transnational Regulation: Europeanization of Nordic Central Governments” (with R. Steinthorsson and B. Thorhallsson), in P. Nedergaard & J. L. Campbell (eds.) Institutions and Politics. DJOEF Publishing. Copenhagen.

"The regulatory orthodoxy in practice" (with T. Christensen), in U. Sverdrup and J. Trondal (eds) The Organizational Dimension of Politics, Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

“The Study of Public Administration and Management in Norway. Combining Organizational Theory and political Science ” (with T. Christensen). In W. Kickert, ed. The Study of Public Management in Europe and the US. London: Routledge.

“Reorganizing for Homeland Security: The Case of Norway” (with S. Serigstad). In J. Pinkowsky, ed. Homeland Security Handbook. CRL Press/Taylor & Francis.

“Nyinstitusjonalisme, aktørar og autonomi innafor statsvitskapen”. (Neo-institutionalism, actors and autonomy in political science” (with P.G. Roness). Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 24 (1-2): 135-144..

“Regulation for Safe Food. A Comparison of Five European Countries” (with K.T.Elvbakken, and L. H. Rykkja), Scandinavian Political Studies, 31 (2): 109-132.

“Beyond New Public Management: Agencification and regulatory reform in Norway”. (with T. Christensen and A. Lie). Financial Accountability & Management, 24 (1): 15-30.

“Controlling Regulatory Agencies” (with P.G. Roness and K. Rubecksen). Scandinavian Political Studies, 31 (1): 1-26.

“NPM and beyond – leadership, culture and demography” (with T. Christensen). International Journal of Administrative Sciences, 74 (1): 5-21.

“Performance Information and Performance Steering” (with P.G. Roness and K. Rubecksen). In S. van der Walle and W. van Dooren (eds.) Utilizing Public Sector Performance Information. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmilan.

“Samordning – flernivåstyringens store utfordring” (coordination- the big challenge of multi-level-governance) (with A.L. Fimreite). In I. Helgøy and J. Aars (eds.) Flernivåstyring og demokrati. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

“Post New Public Management Reforms – Exploring the Whole-of-Government Approach to Public Sector Reform” (with T. Christensen). In A.M. Bissessar, ed. Rethinking the Reform Question. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholar Press.

2007

“Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil Service Systems”. (with L. Wise). In F. van der Meer, T. Thoonen and J. Raadschelders, eds. Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21th Century. London: Palgrave, pp 169-182.

“Introduction – Theoretical Approach and Research Questions” (with T. Christensen). In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Transcending New Public Management. The Transformation of Public Sector Reforms. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 1-17.

“Still Fragmented Government or Reassertion of the Centre?” (with T. Christensen and A. Lie In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Transcending New Public Management. The Transformation of Public Sector Reforms. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 17-42.

“Organizing Immigration – a Comparison of New Zealand and Norway”. (with T. Christensen and R. Norman). In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Transcending New Public Management. The Transformation of Public Sector Reforms. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 110-134.

“Reform of Employment and Welfare Administration – the challenge of coordinating diverge public organizations”. (with T. Christensen and A.L. Fimreite). International Review of Administrative Science, 73 (3) (September): 389-408.

“Introduction” (with W. Jann and K. Verhoest). International Review of Administrative Sciences 73 (3): 323-324.

“Regulatory agencies – the challenge of balancing agency autonomy and political control”. (with T. Christensen). Governance, 20 (3): 497-519.

“Organization Theory – the Scandinavian Way”. Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier, 9 (1): 77-82.

“The Whole-of-Government Approach to Public Sector Reform” (with T. Christensen). Public Administration Review, 67 (6): 1057-1064.

“Reformas Post Nueva Gestion Publica” (with T. Christensen). Gestion y Politica Publica, 16 (2): 539-564.

“Modern management tools in state agencies: The case of Norway” (With P.G. Roness and K. Rubecksen). International Public Management Journal, 10 (4): 387-413.

”Etatsstyring og IKT på utlendingsfeltet” (with Arne R. Ramslien) In T. Tranvik (ed.) Digital teknologi og organisasjonsendring. Studier av offentlig og frivillig sektor (Digital technology and organizational change. Studies of public and civil society sectors). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, pp. 79-117.

"The Whole of Government Approach to Modernization”. (with T. Christensen). In H. Hill, ed. Modernizing Government in Europe. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag.

“Garbage can modellen” (The Gargbage Can Model), in Ø. Østerud, ed. Statsvitenskapelig Leksikon. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

“New Public Management”, in Ø. Østerud, ed. Statsvitenskapelig Leksikon. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

2006

“Framing the field of Homeland Security: The Case of Norway”. (with S. Serigstad) Journal of Management Studies, 43 (6): 1395-1413.

“Globalization of Administrative Reforms: The Dilemmas of Combining Political Control and Increased Institutional Autonomy”. (with T. Christensen) I A. Farazmand and J. Pinkowski, eds. Handbook of Globalization, Governance and Public Administration. New York: Taylor and Francis.

“Introduction” (with T. Christensen) In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

“Agencification and regulatory reform” (with T. Christensen) In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

“Autonomy and control in the Norwegian Civil Service: Does agency form matter?” (with P.G. Roness and K. Rubecksen). In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

“Rebalancing the State: Reregulation and Reassertion of the Centre”. In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid, eds. Autonomy and Regulation. Coping with agencies in the modern state. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

“Performance management in practice – The Norwegian Way” (with P.G. Roness and K. Rubecksen). Financial Accountability and Management, 22 (3): 251-270.

“Performance Management and Public Sector Reform: The Norwegian Hospital Reform”. (With T. Christensen and I. M. Stigen). International Public Management Journal, 9 (2): 1-27.

“Hou xin gonggong guanli gaige” , (Reforms in Post-New Public Management) (with T. Christensen) Zhongguo xingzheng guanli (Chinese Public Administration), nr. 9, pp 83-90.

“A transformative perspective on administrative reforms” (with T. Christensen). In P.J. Shak and M. Bakore, eds. Handbook of New Public Governance. New Dehli: Centre for Civil Society.

“New Public Management - Undermining Political Control?” (with T. Christensen). In P.J. Shak and M. Bakore, eds. Handbook of New Public Governance. New Dehli: Centre for Civil Society.

2005

“Autonomization and Policy Capacity – the Dilemmas and Challenges Facing Political Executives” (with T. Christensen). In M. Painter and J. Pierre, eds. Challenges to State Policy Capacity Global Trends and Comparative Perspectives. London: Palgrave

"Statlig samordning, spesialisering og kommunalt selvstyre" (Central governmental coordination, specialization and local self governance). (With A.L. Fimreite) In NOU 2005: 6 Samspill og tillit. Om staten og lokaldemokratiet, vedlegg 4, pp 175-192.

“Trust, quality measurement models, and value chain monitoring: symposium introduction” (with G. Bouckaert and S. Van de Walle). Public Performance & Management Review, 28 (4): 460-64.

“Trust in Government – the relative importance of service satisfaction, political factors and demography” (with T. Christensen). Public Performance & Management Review, 28 (4): 487-511.

"Den norske sykehusreformen. Mer politisk styring enn fristilling?" (The Norwegian Hospital reform. More political steering than local autonomy?). (with I. Stigen and S. Opedal). Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier 3(2): 19-36.

“The Norwegian Hospital Reform – Balancing political control and enterprise autonomy” (with S. Opedal and I.M. Stigen), Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 30 (6):1035-1072.

“El estado fragmentado: Los retos de combiner efficiencia, normas institucionales y democracis”. (with T. Christensen).Gestion y Politica Publicia, (Mexico), 16 (3):557-598.

“Los politicos y la reforma de la administracion publicia en la era de la Nuvea Gestoin Publica: el caso noruego”. Foro Internacional (Mexico), 45 (4): 705-733.

2004

“The Europeanization of central government administration in the Nordic states” (with R.S. Steinthorsson and B. Thorhallsson). Journal of Common Market Studies, 42 (2): 347-369.

“Robust and Flexible States: The Transnationalization of Nordic Central Administration” (with B. Jacobsson and O.K. Pedersen). Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, 2 (1): 32-55.

“Public Administration Research in Norway: Organization Theory, Institutionalism and Empirical Studies in a Democratic Context” (with T. Christensen). Public Administration 83 (3), 679-690.

“Governmental Autonomization and Control – The Norwegian Way“. (with T. Christensen). Public Administration and Development, 24: 129-135.

“Norway: managerialism and parliamentary oversight in lock-step?” In C. Hood et al., eds. Controlling Modern Government. Variety, Communality and Change. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

“Norway: a stable oversight/mutuality hybrid amid limited diversification of professional mutuality” (with M.H. Wik). In C. Hood et al., eds. Controlling Modern Government. Variety, Communality and Change. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

2003

“Administrative Reform Programs and Institutional Response in Norwegian Central Government” (with P. G. Roness). In J.J. Hesse, C. Hood and B.G. Peters (eds.) Paradoxes in Public Sector Reform. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.

“Coping with modern leadership roles – the problematic redefenition of public companies”. (with T. Christensen) Public Administration 81 (4): 803-831.

“Evaluating Public Management Reforms in Central Government: Norway, Sweden and the United States of America” (with T. Christensen and L. Wise). In H. Wollmann (ed.) Evaluating Public Sector Reform. N.Y.: E. Elgar.

“Administrative Reform Policy: The Challenge of Turning Symbols into Practice” (with T. Christensen). Public Organization Review, 3 (1): 3-27.

“Europuvvæding, stjornsyslunnar: Ahrif Evropusamvinnunnar a stjornsyslu Nordulanda” (with R.S. Steinthorsson and B. Thorhallsson), In F.H. Jonsson (ed.) Rannsokning i felagsvisindum IV. Reykjavik: Islands University.

”Ahrif Evropusamvinnunnar a stjornsysly Islands og Noregs”. (with R.S. Steinthorsson and B. Thorhallsson), In F.H. Jonsson (ed.) Rannsokning i felagsvisindum IV. Reykjavik: Island University.

”Ahrif Evropusamvinnunnar a stjornsyslu ESD rikjanna Svirjodar, og Finnlands og EFTA/EES rikjanna Islands og Noregs”. (with R.S. Steinthorsson and B. Thorhallsson) In F.H. Jonsson (ed.) Rannsokning i felagsvisindum IV. Reykjavik: Island University.

”Politisk styring og privatisering. Holdninger i elitene og i befolkningen”. (Political steering and privatization. Attitudes among the citizens and in the elites) (with T. Christensen). Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 19 (4):385-411.

”Complex interaction and influence among political and administrative leaders”(with T. Christensen). International Review of Administrative Sciences, 69 (3): 385-400.

2002

New Public Management – Puzzles of Democracy and the Influence of Citizens”. (with T. Christensen) Journal of Political Philosophy, 10 (3): 267-296.

“Increasing Parliamentary Control of the Executive? New Instruments and Emerging Effects”. (with T. Christensen and P.G. Roness). Journal of Legislative Studies, 8 (1): 37-62

“Transforming Administrative Policy” (with T.Christensen and L. Wise). Public Administration, 80 (1): 153-170.

2001 “New Public Management: The Effects of Contractualism and Devolution on Political Control”. (with T. Christensen). Public Management Review, 3 (1): 73-94.

“La nueva administracion publicia: el equlibrio entre la gobernanza administrativa” (with T. Christensen). Gestion y Politica Publicia, (Mexico) 10 (1): 55-100. Also printed in Revista do Serviso Publicio (Brasil) 52 (2): 69-110.

“Introduction” (with T. Christensen). In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid (eds.) New Public Management. The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, 1-12. Aldershot: Ashgate.

“A Transformative Perspective on Administrative Reforms” (with T. Christensen). In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid (eds.) New Public Management. The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, 13-42. Aldershot: Ashgate.

“New Public Management - Undermining Political Control?”. (with T. Christensen). In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid (eds.) New Public Management. The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, 193-120. Aldershot: Ashgate.

“Transforming Top Civil Servant Systems”. In T. Christensen and P. Lægreid (eds.) New Public Management. The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, 145-172. Aldershot: Ashgate.

“Europeisering och de nordiska statsförvaltningarna” (Europeanization and Nordic civil service) In B. Jacobsson, P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.) Europaveje. EU i de nordiske centralforvaltninger, 11-42. Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

“Organisasjonsformer: robusthet og fleksibilitet” (Organization forms: Robustness and flexibility). In B. Jacobsson, P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.) Europaveje. EU i de nordiske centralforvaltninger, 43-68. Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

“Innvevd og segmentert” (Embedded and segmented). In B. Jacobsson, P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.) Europaveje. EU i de nordiske centralforvaltninger, 69-94. Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

“Ulike veger til Europa” (Different roads to Europe). (with B. Jacobsson and O.K. Pedersen). In B. Jacobsson, P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.) Europaveje. EU i de nordiske centralforvaltninger, 239-276. Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

“Administrative Reforms in Scandinavia - Testing the Cooperative Model”. In B. Noland (ed). Public Sector Reform: An International Perspective, 66-82. London: Palgrave.

“Mål- og resultatstyring i offentlig sektor - erfaringer og utfordringer (Management by objective and results in the public sector - experiences and challenges). In A.L. Fimreite, H.O. Larsen and J. Aars (eds.) Lekmannstyre under press. Festskrift til Audun Offerdal. Oslo: Kommuneforlaget.

“New Public Management i norsk sentralforvaltning” (New public managment in Norwegian civil service) (with T. Christensen). In B.S. Tranøy and Ø. Østerud (eds.) Den fragmenterte staten. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.

“En revitalisert Riksrevisjon “ (A revitalized Audit Office). (with T. Christensen and S.B. Helgesen). In B.S. Tranøy and Ø. Østerud, (eds.) Den fragmenterte stat. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.

“Profesjonspluralisme, statsmodeller og forvaltningsatferd” (Pluralism of professions, models of state and administrative behavior” (with T. Christensen and H.R. Zuna) . In B.S. Tranøy and Ø. Østerud (eds.) Den fragmenterte stat. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.

“Assessing public management reform in Norway, Sweden and the USA”.(with T. Christensen and L. Wise). International Journal of Political Studies, September (01): 41.70

“Diverging Roads to Europe” (with B. Jacobsson and O.K. Pedersen). In K. Ståhlberg (ed.) The Nordic Countries and Europe II. Social Sciences. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. NORD 2001:23.

2000

“Las tendencias en el desarrollo del sector publico: el caso de Noruega”. Gestion y politicia publicia (Mexico), 9 (1):63-86.

“Europeisering og forvaltningstilpasning i Norden” (Europeanizaton and changes in Civil Service in the Nordic countries). In K. Ståhlberg (ed.) Kontinuitet og fornyelse. Europeisk integration och nordisk förvaltningstilpasning. København: NORD 2000:3

“Top Civil Servants Under Contract”. Public Administration, 78 (4): 879-896.

1999

”Administrative Reform as Organized Attention” (with P.G. Roness) In M. Egeberg and P. Lægreid (eds.) Organizing Political Institutions. Essays for Johan P. Olsen, 301-329. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

“Johan P. Olsen: His Career, Professional Roles and Publications” (with M. Egeberg). In M. Egeberg and P. Lægreid (eds.) Organizing Political Institutions. Essays for Johan P. Olsen, 3-22. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.

“Endringer i statlige organisasjonsformer i Skandinavia - forvaltningspolitikk, europeisering og historiske bindinger” (Changes i governmental organization in Scandinavia - administrative policy, Europeanization and historical constraints) (with B. Jacobsson and O.K. Pedersen). In K. Ståhlberg (ed.) Den nordiske modellen i en brytningstid, 23-42. København: Nordisk Ministerråd, Nord 1999:12

"New Public Management - Design, Resistance, or Transformation” (with T. Christensen) Public Productivity & Management, 23(2) (December 1999): 169-193

1998

“Frå einskap til mangfald. Eit perspektiv på indre fristilling i sentraladministrasjonen”(From unity to flexibility. A perspective on internal devolution in the Civil Service) (with P. G. Roness). In T. Grønlie and P. Selle (eds.) Ein stat? Fristillingas fire ansikt. Oslo: Samlaget.

“Administrative Reform Policy: the Case of Norway”. (with T. Christensen). International Review of Administrative Sciences, 6, 457-475.

“Public Administration in a Democratic Context - A Review of Norwegian Research”. (with T. Christensen). In N. Brunsson and J.P. Olsen (eds.) Organizing Organizations, 147-172. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

“Organisasjonsformer og reformprogram” (Organization Forms and Reform Programs) (with O.K. Pedersen). In P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.) Fra opbygning til ombygning i staten. Organisationsforandringer i tre Nordiske lande, 11-42. Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbudnets forlag.

“Fra opbygning til ombygning” (From growth to reorganization) (with O.K. Pedersen). In P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.) Fra opbygning til ombygning i staten. Organisationsforandringer i tre Nordiske lande, 345-372. Copenhagen: Jurist- og Økonomforbundets forlag.

1997

"Modernisering og forvaltningsreformer". (Modernization and administrative reforms). Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 13 (2):99‑120

"Sentralforvaltning og offentlig politikk”(Civil Service and Public Policy) (with T. Christensen). Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 13 (3): 245‑268

"Forvaltningspolitikk ‑ mot New Public Management"? (Administrative Policy - Towards New Public Management?) (with T. Christensen). In T. Christensen and M. Egeberg (eds.) Forvaltningskunnskap, 367‑404. Oslo: Tano Aschehoug.

Forvaltningspolitikk i Norden ‑ samarbeidsmodellen på prøve. (Administrative policy in the Nordic Countries ‑ testing the cooperative model). Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, 78(1):5‑15

1996

"Leiarløn i Staten ‑ marknad og management" (Pay for Top Civil Servants ‑ Market and Management). Praktisk økonomi og ledelse, no. 2 (1996) : 97‑104.

"Forvaltningspolitikk, partsorganisering og institusjonell endring" (Administrative policy, organization and institutional change) (with O.K.Pedersen). In P.Lægreid and O.K.Pedersen (eds.) Integration og decentralisering. Personale og Forvaltning i Skandinavia'; 9‑24, Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets forlag.

"Lokal lønn i Norge" (Local Pay in Norway). In P.Lægreid and O.K.Pedersen (eds.) Integration og decentratlisering. Personale og Forvaltning i Skandinavia ; 207‑230. Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets forlag.

"Forvaltningspolitikkens institusjonelle spor" (The instituional paths of administrative policy) (with O.K.Pedersen and D.Pedersen). In P.Lægreid and O.K.Pedersen (eds.) Integration og decentratlisering. Personale og Forvaltning i Skandinavia, 257‑280. Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets forlag.

"Political Parties, Bureaucracy, and Corporatism". (with P. G. Roness). In L. Svaasand and K. Strøm (eds.) Challenges to Political Parties, 167‑190. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

1995

"Feminization of the central public administration". In L. Karvonen and P. Selle (eds.): Women in Nordic Politics, 229‑248. Aldershot: Dartmouth.

”Forvaltningspolitikk i teori og praksis" (Administrative policy in theory and practice) (with O.K. Pedersen). In P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.): Nordisk forvaltningsreformer, 7‑15. Copenhagen: DFH‑forlag.

"En nordisk modell for forvaltningspolitikk?" (A Nordic model for administrative policy?) (with O.K. Pedersen). In P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.): Nordiske forvaltningsreformer, 16‑23. Copenhagen: DFH‑forlag.

"Perspektiv på lønspolitikken i staten'". (Perspective on salary policy in the state). In P. Lægreid (ed.): Lønnspolitikk i offentlig sektor, 11‑33. Oslo:TANO.

"Lønspolitiske reformforsøk i staten”. (Salary policy reform attempts in the civil service). In P. Lægreid (ed.): Lønnspolitikk i offentlig sektor, pp. 34‑55. Oslo: TANO.

"Lønnspolitiske problemoppfatninger og løsningsforslag" (Pay policy: problems and solutions) (with K. Helgesen). In P. Lægreid (ed.): Lønnspolitikk i offentlig sektor, 56‑78.Oslo: TANO.

"Lokal lønnspolitikk" (Local pay policy)(with M. Aarre). In P.Lægreid (ed.): Lønnspolitikk i offentlig sektor, 236‑252. Oslo: TANO.

1994

"En nordisk modell?" (A Nordic modell?)(with O.K. Pedersen). In P. Lægreid og O.K. Pedersen (eds.): Forvaltningspolitik i Norden, 249‑282. Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets forlag.

"Norge: Forvaltningspolitikkens utvikling" (Norway: the development of administrative policy) (with V. W. Rolland). In P.Lægreid and O. K. Pedersen (eds.): Forvaltningspolitik i Norden, 85‑116.Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og Økonomforbundets forlag.

"Rewards for High Public Office: The case of Norway". In C.Hood and G. Peters (eds.): Rewards at the Top, 133‑145. London: Sage.

"Forvaltningspolitikk" (Administrative policy) (with O. K. Pedersen). In P. Lægreid and O.K. Pedersen (eds.): Forvaltningspolitik i Norden, 9‑28. Copenhagen: Jurist‑ og økonomforbundets forlag.

1993

"Opinion og offentleg sektor". (Public opinion and public sector). In P. Lægreid and J.P. Olsen (eds.): Organisering av offentlig sektor, 93‑118. Oslo: Tano.

"Tendensar i utviklinga av offentleg sektor" (Trends in the development of the public sector). Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, 74(3): 317337.

"Løns‑ og personalreformer". (Pay‑ and Personnel Reforms). In P. Lægreid and J.P. Olsen (eds.) Organisering av offentlig sektor, 133‑154. Oslo: TANO.

1992

"Prestasjonslønsystemet i offentleg sektor". (Pay‑for‑performance system in public sector). Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift, 8(2): 87‑111.

"Leiaratferd i offentleg sektor: Institusjon og profesjon'".(Leadership behaviour in the public sector) Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, 73: 281-293.

Dr.philos Per Lægreid (1949) is professor in public administration and organization theory at the University of Bergen since 1992. He is currently heading the research group on “Political organization and multi-level governance” at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory. He has served as research director and is currently a part time senior researcher at Stein Rokkan Centre. He has also been head of department and research leader at the Norwegian Research Centre in Organization and Management. He has been involved in several big research programs on administrative reforms and public administration in general in Norway such as the first and second Norwegian Power Study. In 2007 Lægreid was elected as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letter.

Lægreid has been central in international public administration research. He has been member of the board of the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (Scancor) at Stanford University. He is a visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School, has had fellowship at Karholike Universiteit in Leuven and has several times been visiting scholar at Stanford University. He has been co-editor of Scandinavian Political Studies, and is editorial member of several leading international journals. He is member of the governing board of the IPSA’s Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government (SOG). He has been co-chair of the EGPA Study Group on Performance in the Public Sector and is currently co-chair of the EGPA study group of Governance of Public Sector Organizations.

In his research, Lægreid has generally concerned himself with the study of public management and administration, and particularly the central administration, administrative reform, management policy and institutional change in a Norwegian, Nordic and European perspective. He has also been engaged with issues related to multi-level governance, and challenges concerning democratic governance and accountability and in particular NPM reforms in an international comparative perspective.

He has run and been a key participant in several international research projects and programs such as a Nordic Comparative Project on Administrative Reforms and European Integration, The Comparative Public Organization Data Base for Research and Analysis (COBRA), COST - Comparative Research Into Current Trends in Public Sector Organizations (CRIPO), where he serves as a vice-chair. He has also been involved in arranging several international workshops and conferences and is a very active participant in such networks.

Lægreid has a very comprehensive scientific production and has published extensively on public sector reform from a comparative perspective. His recent books have been published at Edward, Elgar, Ashgate, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge and Universitetsforlaget. His recent journal articles have been published in Governance, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, International Journal of Public Administration, Public Organization Review. A Global Journal, Public Performance & Management Review, International Public Management Journal, International Review of Administrative Science, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Financial Accountability and Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Policy and Politics. Scandinavian Political Studies and Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier.

CV Per Lægreid