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Customary nationalism in crisis: protest, identity and politics in eSwatini
(Journal article, 2023)The Kingdom of eSwatini is undergoing its worst political and humanitarian crisis in postcolonial times. In June-July 2021, the indiscriminate killing and torturing of pro-democracy protesters by the military and the police ... -
Fremtidens Havvind – Utfordringer og muligheter for regional verdiskaping på Agder
(Report, 2023)Utbygging av havvind posisjoneres som fremtidens fornybare energikilde i Norge og globalt. Internasjonale, nasjonale og regionale aktører posisjonerer nå Agder, som nøkkelregion for den norske havvindsatsningen. Hvis ... -
Project report : Lessons learned from terminology harmonisation
(Research report, 2022)A common understanding of language and the meaning of concepts is needed for communications in general, and can be crucial to save lives in large rescue operations. Redningshåndboka (the National Rescue handbook) provides ... -
Project report : Evaluering av INSITU skogbrannøvelse
(Research report, 2021)Rapporten presenterer resultater fra evaluering av en digital tabletop-øvelse arrangert av INSITU-prosjektet i april 2021, der scenarioet omfattet 3 samtidige skogbranner i Agder. Hensikt med øvelsen var å gi erfaring med ... -
Project report : Methodology for terminology harmonisation
(Research report, 2020)A common understanding of language and concepts used is essential for any meaningful communication. For large rescue operations effective communication is crucial to save lives. Such operations can require cooperation among ... -
Project report : Requirements specification
(Research report, 2020)The SAMRISK project “Sharing incident and threat information for common situational understanding“ (INSITU) commenced in May 2019. The INSITU project develops solutions for establishing a common situational understanding ... -
The Commission and the challenges of differentiation post-Brexit : its role and the new inter-institutional balance
(ISL Working Papers, Working paper, 2018-01)Over the last few years the process of European integration has been challenged by several crises. The prompt responses given to them often led the governments of the Member States rather than by EU institutions to take ... -
Differentiated integration and disintegration in the European Union : State-of-the-art and ways for future research
(ISL Working paper; no 1, Working paper, 2017)Following the United Kingdom (UK)’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) on 23 June 2016, the process of European integration is now at a critical juncture. Leaving aside Greenland’s departure from the European Community ... -
DISECTING INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(Working paper, 2016-04-14)As an area of research, specifying crucial conditions under which international public administration (IPA) may enjoy independence from member-state governments has become an increasingly vibrant research area. This special ... -
The European Ombudsman : A Resilient Institution in a Turbulent, Evolving Administrative Order
(2015, Working paper, 2016-01-08)One relatively unstudied development in the European Union’s evolving multilayered administrative system is the development of the ombudsman as a core institution of governance. At the national level, nearly all EU Member ... -
EU Foreign Relations after Lisbon : Tackling the Security-Development Nexus?
(ISL Working Papers; no. 3, Working paper, 2015-11-13)The 2009 Lisbon Treaty sought to enhance the coherence of EU foreign policies by improving the conditions for collective action in the EU-level foreign relations system, including its interaction with member states. Several ... -
Humboldt meets Schumpeter? Interpreting the ‘Entrepreneurial Turn’ in European Higher Education
(ISL Working Papers; no 2, Working paper, 2015)Universities are increasingly pressurized to respond to external imperatives and demands, while, at the same time, being expected to enhance both their efficiency and accountability. This is leading to the local adoption ... -
SHAPING A COLLABORATION: THE SPITZENKANDIDATEN PROCEDURE AS A TRANSPARENT BEST PRACTICE
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2015)ABSTRACT: The spitzenkandidaten procedure has been described as a coup d’état of the parliament against the council; a counter-revolution of the S&D against the PPE; something short of an illegal move against the treaties. ... -
EISS 2014 Keynote speech: The election of the Commission President in 2014: What does it tell us about democracy in the European Union?
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2014)On 15 July 2014 the European Parliament elected Jean Claude Juncker, the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, as the next President of the European Commission. It was the final act in a process which had proved more ... -
Strategizing Identity in Higher Education
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2014)There is a growing body of literature shedding light on processes of strategy making within public universities. Yet, to date, only a handful of studies have analysed the role that organizational identity plays in such ... -
Conceptualizing the European Multilevel Administrative Order. Capturing variation in the European administrative system
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2014)Departing from the observation that both analysts and practitioners face problems of meaningful categorization of social order in general and the European political-administrative system in particular, this paper suggests ... -
Briefing note - The Emerging Core of the EU’s Macro-regional Governance Architecture: Mapping the Roles, Tasks and Self-Perceptions of Priority Area Coordinators and Horizontal Action Leaders in the EU Strategies for the Baltic Sea and the Danube Regions
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2014)Macro-regional strategies of the European Union (EU), such as the ones for the Baltic Sea and the Danube Regions, are relatively new elements of EU cohesion policy. Targeting EU member and partner countries alike, these ... -
Bureaucratic structure, geographical location and the autonomy of administrative systems. Evidence from the European External Action Service
(ISL Working Papers;2013:7, Working paper, 2013)Formulating and implementing public policy in Europe has historically been a prerogative of national administrations. This paper explores how these prerogatives may have become challenged with the ‘autonomization’ of the ... -
European Union Foreign Policy after the Treaty of Lisbon:Chartering the Contours of the European External Action Service
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2013)The EU’s newly established diplomatic service, the European External Action Service (EEAS), has attracted research interest from several sub-disciplines in political science and law. Two gaps in the contemporary literature, ...
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