Read more about our doctoral candidates and the projects they work on.
Time in Governance.
Education inspectorates in Europe during the pandemic: role, responsibilities, resilience, and research impact.
Political seniority – explaining gender gaps in political endurance among Norwegian local representatives and parties.
My dissertation examines how people’s tolerance of disagreement is influenced by their knowledge and appraisals of the arguments of political opponents.
Local and Indigenous Knowledge Use in Environmental Conservation Governance in Sápmi.
My research project investigates women's role, participation and challenges in specific public sectors in Algeria, focusing on health, courts, parliaments, and education—areas historically marked by significant female involvement.
Investigating the nexus of issue alignment and societal cohesion amidst mounting concerns over division and consensus challenges in Western societies, this PhD project scrutinizes the role of climate change perceptions as a linchpin for opinions on pressing issues.
The research project aims to identify conditions and mechanisms for sustaining legitimacy in the child protection service, and to gain understanding of the debates about children’s rights, child protection and family values.
The main objective in my project is to understand student`s political agency and critical events at Makerere University
My PhD project aims at understanding which regulating actors influence shipping companies to reduce emissions, how regulation works and what kind of regulation is more effective.
Through the use of a theoretical framework that combines top-down and bottom-up approaches, the aim of this study is to understand and explain the importance of public leaders in implementing public reforms.
Through comparison of (perceptions of) public opinion in Norway, Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands, and Sweden, this dissertation advances our knowledge of opportunities for disputed policies.
How do crises impact Norway's autonomy and strategies as a nom-member of the European Union navigating its supranational frameworks?
The policy capacity of interest groups representing professions, users and providers of education services in Norway.
Following the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Article 12, children have a right to express their views in administrative proceedings. In child protection court proceedings, children can be heard directly or indirectly through representatives.
