Simon Neby
Professor, affiliate to the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET)
- E-mailsimon.neby@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 83 44
- Visitor AddressChristies gate 175007 Bergen
- Postal AddressPostboks 78025020 Bergen
I generally work with questions related to public organizations, politics and governance in different sectors, typically focusing on institutional change, reforms, accountability, application of knowledge, and questions concerning coordination, capacity and legitimacy. Recurring themes in my research are the challenges that come with handling particularly unruly societal challenges and the tensions that arise where both our understanding of the problem and our alternatives for action are unclear.
Currently I mainly work with questions regarding different aspects of climate policy and climate transformations, across the distinction between mitigation and adaptation. This research interest has three pivotal elements - firstly, how knowledge about the climate and climate change is applied to political and administrative practices; secondly, how the public sector seeks to establish and sustain governance capacity in situations marked by complexity and uncertainty; and, thirdly, how questions of climate risk are handled by public organizations and how our academic understanding of climate risk can be improved and expanded.
Academic article
- (2021). Using collaborative hackathons to coproduce knowledge on local climate adaptation governance. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. 9 pages.
- (2020). Coordinating wickedness: a comparative analysis of how Norway and Sweden organize for climate policies. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. 593-611.
- (2019). Trials, errors and improvements in co-production of climate services. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS). 1419-1428.
- (2019). Gjenstridige problemer og tverretatlig samordning: Et analytisk rammeverk. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift. 28-50.
- (2019). Climate Adaptation and Preparedness in Norway: Third Order Effects, Small-Scale Wickedness and Governance Capacity. International Public Management Review (IPMR). 26-46.
- (2016). Gaming, accountability and trust: DRGs and activity-based funding in Norway. Financial Accountability and Management. 57-79.
- (2015). Quasi-Marketization’s Effects on Accountability: Lessons from Norwegian Health Care Reforms. International Journal of Public Administration. 997-1008.
- (2015). Fra ansvar til "accountability" og tilbake: Ansvarsutkreving i forvaltningen av den norske velferdsstaten. Nordiske organisasjonsstudier. 3-24.
- (2015). Bending the Rules to Play the Game: Accountability, DRG and Waiting List Scandals in Norway and Germany. European Policy Analysis. 127-148.
- (2014). Implementation and governance: Current and future research on climate policies. Public Policy and Administration. 106-130.
- (2013). Reshaping public accountability: hospital reforms in Germany, Norway and Denmark. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 249-270.
- (2013). La réorganisationde l'imputabilité publique: les réformes hospitalières en Allemagne, en Norvège et au Danemark. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 259-282.
- (2012). Changing accountability regimes in hospital governance: Denmark and Norway compared. Offentlig förvaltning. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 3-23.
- (2008). The end of the decentralized model of healthcare governance? Comparing developments in the Scandinavian hsopital sectors. Journal of Health Organisation and Management. 331-349.
Report
- (2021). Hordaflom rapporten – Klima og flom. .
- (2020). Utvikling av kartleggingsmetoder og estimat for oppryddingskostnader for makroplast i strandsonen. .
- (2019). Smartare rapportering! Innovasjon gjennom nye modellar for rapportering mellom kommunar og stat. .
- (2017). Work-related crime in Norway: Cross-departmental and inter-organisational measures in a multilevel governance setting. .
- (2016). Innsats mot arbeidslivskriminalitet. Kartlegging og evaluering av hvordan det tverretatlige statlige samarbeidet fungerer. .
- (2013). same cheat, different wrapping: DRG scandals and accountability in Germany and Norway. 4-2013. 4-2013. .
- (2013). Soft sanctioning, real relationships: Accountability, media and public sector interaction in German employment administration and Norwegian hospitals. 6/2013. 6/2013. .
- (2012). Uni Rokkansenterets bidrag til prosjektet "Slagbehandlingskjeden Bergen". 9. 9. .
- (2012). Klimatiltak på Vestlandet. En innledende kartlegging. 1. 1. .
- (2012). Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsarbeidets rolle i det reformerende sykehusvesenet - en diskusjon. 11. 11. .
- (2012). Gaming the system and accountability relations: Negative side-effects of activity based funding in the Norwegian hospital system. 10. 10. .
- (2010). Kartlegging av familievernets og barnevernets tjenestetilbud til lesbiske, homofile, bifile og transpersoner. 6. 6. .
- (2009). Mellom lokalisme og kompetanse. Evaluering av familieverntjenesten i Bufetat, region vest. 1. 1. .
- (2004). The Decentralized Path Challenged? Nordic Health Care Reforms in Comparison. 2. 2. .
- (2003). Politisk styring og institusjonell autonomi - tre illustrasjoner. 10/03. 10/03. .
- (2003). Interessekonflikt, kommunikasjonssvikt og kulturkollisjon. En studie av fusjonen mellom Telia og Telenor. 11/03. 11/03. .
Lecture
- (2023). Klimatilpasning i Norge: Mellom risiko, beredskap og normalsituasjon .
- (2022). Grenseoverskridende klimarisiko: Bergens sårbarhet og alternativer for håndtering.
- (2021). Fra strukturell kompleksitet til tidsproblem.
- (2020). Frå to til eitt klimatilpassingsfylke - og litt til. Nokre funn og utvalde refleksjonar om planlegging og klimatilpassing.
- (2017). User and stakeholder involvement for relevant, reliable and robust local-scale climate projections in Norway .
- (2017). Highlights from the Norwegian case. Cross-agency measures to combat work-related crime and undeclared work.
- (2016). Statlig, tverretatlig samarbeid mot arbeidslivskriminalitet. Rapporten i korte trekk.
- (2016). Smartare rapportering! Oppsummering fra prosjektet så langt.
- (2016). Kriser, samfunssikerhet og klima. Utfordringer, muligheter og noen forskningserfaringer.
- (2015). Hordaklim - samfunnsforskningens bidrag.
- (2015). Hordaklim - fra Rokkansenterets side.
- (2014). Marketization and accountability: Lessons from the quasi-markets of the reforming Norwegian healthcare system.
- (2014). DRG som organisasjonsreform: Konsekvenser for ansvar og legitimitet.
Popular scientific lecture
- (2020). Samfunnsfaglig klimamyteknusing: Omstilling, tilpasning, olja og slikt.
- (2019). Oppsummering - klimathon II 2019.
- (2019). Hvorfor er det så vanskelig å bruke kunnskap? Om organiseringen av norsk klimapolitikk.
- (2017). HordaKlim, HordaPlan, HordaFlom og R3 - den samfunnsvitenskapelige og tverrfaglige klimaforskningen ved Rokkansenteret.
- (2016). Hvorfor gjør vi ikke noe, når vi vet?
- (2013). Sykehusreform - hva er problemet?
- (2013). Reforming the welfare state: Accountability, democracy and management.
- (2012). Hvorfor reformer ikke virker! Om reformer i norsk helsevesen fra et statsvitenskapelig/organisasjonsteoretisk ståsted.
- (2009). Årsmøte i Nettverk for organisasjonsforskning i Norge.
- (2009). Sykehusreformen: Hvorfor reformer ikke alltid virker...
- (2008). Ledelse og organisasjon i helsetjenestene.
Academic lecture
- (2023). Klimautfordringa - eit spesielt gjenstridig problem?
- (2023). Den nasjonale klimatilpasningspolitikken i Norge: mellom risiko, sektorgrenser og umodenhet.
- (2022). The state as marketizer vs. the marketization of the state: Two organizational models of corporatization in Norway and Sweden.
- (2022). Higher education and strategic communication in Scandinavia: Creating "the university experience"?
- (2021). Time and climate governance: multi-level cooperation as a multi-temporal problem.
- (2019). R3: Funn erfaringer, status fra WP1.
- (2019). Possible roles of performance indicators for governance legitimacy in wicked policy areas - climate change and public safety.
- (2018). Work-related crime, wickedness, and coordination.
- (2018). Organizing for the small-scale wickedness of climate-related events: diverging approaches to capacity between municipalities and state agencies in western Norway.
- (2018). Noen funn fra HordaPlan - og HordaKlim, R3 og COCAL...
- (2018). Hvor er vi med klimaservice?
- (2018). From carbon accounting to climate accountability? The role of knowledge production systems for coordinating wicked climate policies.
- (2018). Coordinating the anthropocene: Governance of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Norway and Sweden.
- (2018). Coordinating the Anthropocene: Governance of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Norway and Sweden.
- (2018). A hackathon-like workshop to inspire dialogue and find solutions to improve climate services in Norway.
- (2017). Possible role of performance indicators for governance legitimacy in wicked policy areas – climate change and the police.
- (2017). Catch and release? Attributing and assuming accountability.
- (2016). The Coordination of Wicked Problems - Climate Change, Police and Immigration. Novel practices for governance capacity and legitimacy.
- (2015). The audit society - et blikk på rapportering, kontroll og informasjon.
- (2015). Leadership logics and NPM reform: does leadership influence performance?
- (2015). Leadership logics and NPM reform: does leadership influence hospital performance?
- (2014). Marketization and accountability: Lessons from the reforming Norwegian healthcare system.
- (2013). Soft sanctioning, real relationships: Accountability, media and public sector interaction in German welfare administration and Norwegian hospitals.
- (2013). Soft sanctioning, real relationships: Accountability, media and public sector interaction in German and Norwegian hospitals and welfare administration.
- (2013). Ansvar og (mis)tillit: Styring, demokrati og velferdsreformer.
- (2012). NPM vs. WoG in Norwegian healthcare: Accountability issues arising from a decade of health sector reforms.
- (2012). Innovation in public management and gaming the system: The case of activity based funding in Norwegian hospitals.
- (2011). The Development and Implementation of Climate Change Policies: Current Research and Future Perspectives.
- (2011). Presentasjon: Kartlegging av familie- og barnevernets tilbud til lesbiske, homofile, bifile og transpersoner.
- (2011). Accountability dynamics in hospital reform: Norway and Denmark compared.
- (2011). Accountability and the media: Single-case patterns and lessons from Norwegian healthcare.
- (2010). The Development and Implementation of Climate Change Policies: Current Research and Future Perspectives.
- (2009). Samhandlingsreformen fra et forskningsperspektiv.
- (2009). Samhandling og reform.
- (2009). Reforms and their spillover effects: A theoretical framing of reform based on lessons from the Norwegian hospital reform.
- (2009). Reformer i spesialisthelsetjenesten: Skandinaviske tradisjoner, forskjeller og (uventede) effekter.
- (2009). Comparing hospital systems: The end of the decentralized model?
- (2008). The end of the decentralized model of healthcare governance? Comparing developments in the Scandinavian hospital sector.
- (2008). The Governance of the Scandinavian Hospital Systems: Developments and Reforms, Accountability and Control.
- (2008). Skandinaviske løsninger på styringsproblematikk - noen eksempler.
- (2008). Problems and Solutions in the Governance and Organization of the Scandinavian Hospital Fields.
- (2007). Årsmøte i Nettverk for organisasjonsforskning i Norge.
- (2007). The end of the decentralized Nordic model? Comparing developments in the Scandinavian hospital sectors.
- (2006). Audit logics: Structures and practices in the Scandinavian hospital fields.
- (2006). Audit in the Scandinavian hospital sectors: Retrospection in Governance?
- (2005). The Scandinavian hospital system: New governance mechanisms, new principles?
Popular scientific article
- (2017). Arbeidslivskriminalitet. Komplekst problem som kan håndteres, men neppe løses. Stat og styring. 58-61.
- (2003). Farvel til den decentrale model? Den norske sygehusreform i komparativt perspektiv. FLOS-nytt.
Feature article
- (2022). Vi må lære av Voss! Bergens Tidende.
- (2022). Klimakrisen, naturkrisen og energikrisen er en og samme sak. Forskersonen.no.
- (2021). Norge trenger en ny politikk for å ruste samfunnet mot klimaendringene . Forskning.no.
- (2021). Et gigantisk etterslep. Dagbladet. 69-70.
- (2019). BT taler klimafornekternes sak. Bergens Tidende.
- (2018). Vi må lære å leve med flom. Bergens Tidende.
- (2017). Kriminell organisering? Dagens Perspektiv.
- (2017). Ikke trekk konklusjoner før støvlene er tømt. Bergens Tidende. 1 pages.
- (2014). Reform uten innhold. Bergens Tidende. 33-33.
- (2012). Når ansvaret tynger. Bergens Tidende.
- (2008). Blant verdens beste helsesystem. Bergens Tidende.
Doctoral dissertation
- (2009). Institutional reform and governance in the Scandinavian hospital fields. The dynamics of and between change and control.
- (2009). Institutional reform and governance in the Scandinavian hospital fields : the dynamics of and between change and control.
Interview
- (2016). Superenhet skal knuse kriminalitet i arbeidslivet.
Programme participation
- (2020). Reflections on how to change society.
- (2016). Avbyråkratiserings- og effektiviseringsreformen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- (2018). Rapportering som organisatorisk aktivitet. Paradokser i offentlige organisasjoner. 18 pages.
- (2017). Sykehuspolitisk styring i Norge: mellom politikk og forvaltning. 19 pages.
- (2016). Marketization and Accountability: Lessons from the Reforming Norwegian Healthcare System. 25 pages.
- (2005). Norge i Norden: Fra etternøler til pioner i reformering av sykehussektoren. 15 pages.
Poster
- (2018). #Klimathon - A hackathon-like workshop to inspire dialogue and improve climate services in Norway. .
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