Scientific Publications in Political Science and Management: Recent submissions
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De facto differentiation in the European Union - Circumventing rules, law, and rule of law
(Chapter, 2022)Differentiation has become a common feature in European integration and attracts considerable scholarly attention. The vast majority of academic literature focuses on formal (de jure) differentiation, in which opt-outs or ... -
Improving the efficiency of research proposals evaluation: A two-stage procedure
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)An important share of research funding is allocated via competitive programs, which entail considerable direct and indirect costs, such as to develop and evaluate the proposals. The goal of this article is to explore whether ... -
International public administration on the tip of the tongue: language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West African States
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Recent scholarship shows increasing interest in gender, ethnic or national representation within regional and international organizations. In contrast, language as a criterion of representation has rarely been scrutinized. ... -
Is There a Proper Way to Teach Design Thinking? Empirical Evidence from Design Thinking in Education
(Journal article, 2020)Since about a decade ago, design thinking has become a prominent topic in the scientific and business world. In order to keep up with global competition, design thinking has proven to be a valuable concept for assisting ... -
Regional and sectoral variations in the ability to attract funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program and Horizon 2020
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The funding from the European Union’s Framework Programs for Research and Innovation (EU FPs) is skewed across European countries and institutions. The goal of this article is to deepen our understanding of this skewness ... -
Organizational Persistence in Highly Institutionalized Environments: Unpacking the Relation Between Identity and Resilience
(Chapter, 2022)Despite growing academic interest in understanding the conditions under which resilient organizations adapt to challenging circumstances, little attention to date has been paid to the role played by ‘soft’ factors such as ... -
Emergent Strategies and Tensions between Decoupled University Structures and Management Initiatives
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter investigates the ways in which a Norwegian university located in a region facing a series of socio-economic challenges devised and implemented a new strategy. More specifically, we examine the dilemmas and ... -
Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic has afected all domains of human life, including the economic and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health throughout the pandemic has been through persuasive ... -
The Conflict in Eastern Ukraine and International Support for the Decentralization Reform (2014–2022): Theory-Guided Observations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article explores Western donors’ support for the decentralization reform in post-Euromaidan Ukraine prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, with a focus on the relationship between ... -
(Tapte) muligheter for kritisk tenkning: Post- og dekoloniale perspektiver i samfunnsfag
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this article, we explore what opportunities post-and decolonial perspectives may provide for critical thinking in social studies education. Post-and decolonial perspectives include a broad variety of theoretical approaches ... -
Collaborating for Competition? Unpacking Ambiguities and Paradoxes Across the Academic Profession
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper unpacks the complexities, ambiguities and paradoxes associated with the concepts of competition and collaboration, using the academic profession in the Nordic countries as an empirical case. We relied on paradox ... -
Delicate dining with a date and burger binging with buddies: impression management across social settings and consumers’ preferences for masculine or feminine foods
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Consumers often use their food choices as an impression management strategy to signal desirable aspects about themselves to others, especially in public places like restaurants and cafeterias, where the presence of others ... -
De facto differentiation in the European Union. Circumventing rules, law, and rule of law
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; No. 465, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Europeisk integrasjon er ikke en ensrettet, ensartet prosess mot en stadig tettere union. På grunn av ulike politiske preferanser og administrativ kapasitet blant de 27 medlemslandene er det blitt vanlig praksis å tillate, ... -
Scaling up evidence-based digital early life nutrition interventions in a county setting: an implementation trial – protocol for Phase 2 of the Nutrition Now project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: Few effective health interventions transition from smaller efficacy or effectiveness studies to real-world implementation at scale, representing a gap between evidence and practice. Recognising this, we have ... -
Born Globals and Born Sustainables: Motives of Accumulating Wealth and of Making a Difference in the World
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background/Purpose: This study investigates the distinct entrepreneurial motivations driving export activities andsustainability pursuits in Slovenian businesses, with a particular focus on differences between newborns and ... -
Access, capacity and influence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Different forms of integration into the European Union (EU) call for studies of the consequences of multilevel access structures. Similar to EU member-states, government officials from associated states interact closely ... -
COVID-19 and the institutional fabric of higher education
(Chapter, 2023)This edited book comprises a number of chapters analysing the impact of COVID-19 in countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The theme of the book relates to an analysis of the interplay between ‘macro’, ... -
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Institutional Fabric of Higher Education
(Chapter, 2023)COVID-19 has provided a historical opportunity to test the resilient nature of higher education (HE) systems and institutions (HEIs) around the world. This at a time when the sector experiences profound structural changes, ... -
Public Service Resilience in a Post-COVID-19 World: Digital Transformation in Nordic Higher Education
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter draws on seminal contributions from the crisis management and resilience literature to develop and test a new framework for organisational resilience in higher education in the context of digital transformation. ...