���ϳԹ���Դ

• Relationship between central and local government
• Local democracy
• Regionalisation
• Governance
• Multilevel governance
• Homeland Security

Selected publication last five years:

• «Reform of the employment and welfare administrations – the challenges of coordinating diverse public organizations» (with Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid) in International Review of Administrative Sciences vol 73 (3) 2007.
• «Reorganizing the Welfare State Administration. Partnership, networks and accountability» (with Per Lægreid) in Public Management Review vol 11 (3) 2009.
• “How to Carry Out Joint-Up Government Reforms: Lessons from the 2001-2006 Norwegian Welfare Reform” (with Jostein Askim, Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid) in International Journal of Public Administration, no 32: 1006-1025 (2009).
• “How to Assess Administrative Reform? Investigating the Adoption and Preliminary Impacts of the Norwegian Welfare Administration Reform” (with Jostein Askim, Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid) in Public Administration Volum 88.(1) s. 232-246 (2010)
• “One-stop shops for social welfare: The adaptation of an organizational form in three countries”. (with Jostein Askim, Alice Moseley and Lene Holm Pedersen. Public Administration 2011;Volum 89.(4) s. 1451-1468
•  “Crisis management: the perceptions of citizens and civil servants in Norway” (with Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid) Administration & Society 2011 ;Volum 43.(5) s. 561-594
• Attitudes towards anti-terror measures: the role of trust, political orientation and civil liberties support (with Lise Rykkja, Peter Lango and Per Lægreid) Critical Studies on Terrorism 2011;Volum 4.(2) s. 219-237
• Organisering, samfunnssikkerhet og krisehåndtering (with Lise Rykkja, Peter Lango og Per Lægreid) Universitetsforlaget 2011
• “Reform strategies matter: explaining the perplexing results of regional government reforms in Norway and Denmark” (with Jens Blom-Hansen, Peter M. Christiansen, and Per Selle) Local Government Studies 2012 ;Volum 38.(1) s. 71-90 
• “Understanding Organizational Reforms in the Modern State: Specialization and Integration in Norway and France” (with Philippe Bezes, Patrick Le Lidec and Per Lægreid) Governance, august 2012,
• «22. juli kommisjonen. Organisering, styring og ansvar». (with Per Lægreid, P. Lango and L.H. Rykkja). Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier, 14 (4), 49-58.