EUROLOC Programme

Room: JU - 071.
Building J (Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences)

Tuesday 22 June: Opening Day

1200-1330 Registration and lunch (Lilletunstova. University Canteen)

1330-1400 Welcome by the local organizers. (Room JU-071)

1400-1500 Professor Harald Baldersheim

New trends in local government studies I
1500-1530 Break

1530-1630 Professor Harald Baldersheim

New trends in local government studies II

1630-1700 Questions and discussions

1800 Opening reception hosted by Southern Norway European Office
and University of Agder

Welcome by Dean Dr. Jon P. Knudsen:

How can local government studies become an important factor
in local and regional development?

Wednesday 23 June: Size and local democracy (Part I)

0915-1115 Prof. Poul Erik Mouritzen

Does size matter? Comparing and miscomparing

1130-1300 Lunch

Student session 1 PhD: Opponent:

1300-1400 Paper presentation. Aase Marthe J. Horrigmo Joanna Krukowska

1400-1500 Paper presentation. Bjørn Ervik Morten Jakobsen

1700 Social Program:

Midsummer Night. Kristiansand seen from the sea
We want to show you our beautiful coastline.

Thursday 24 June: Size and local democracy (Part II)

1015-1115 Prof. Lawrence E. Rose

Changes in citizens view on local government through time and space

1130-1300 Lunch

Student session 2 PhD: Opponent:

1300-1400 Paper presentation. Johannes E. Gregersen Caroline Jacot-Descombes

1400-1500 Paper presentation. Susan T. Furrebø Ellen Olislagers

1500-1530 Coffee Break

1530-1630 Paper presentation. Caroline Jacot-Descombes Aase Marthe J. Horrigmo

1800 Excursion toThe Municipality of Kristiansand (to be confirmed)

Friday 25 June: Design and Methodology

0915-1115 Professor Kristof Steyvers, Ghent & Professor Henk van der Kolk

Design and methodology challenges in a PhD projects

- Experiences and recommendations

1130-1300 Lunch

Student session 3 PhD: Opponent:

1300-1400 Paper presentation. Rebecca Plassa Susan T. Furrebø

1400-1500 Paper presentation. Asmus Leth Olsen Elina Ramsell

1500-1530 Coffee Break

1530-1630 Paper presentation. Tord Willumsen Rebecca Plassa

1630-1700 Coffee brake

Evening session

1700 – 1830 Professor Ulrik Kjaer
Can local politics be measured?

Elite-interviewing in municipal research
Professor Lawrence E. Rose
16 years with EUROLOC Summer school -
Methodological progress and sophistication?

Friday evening, at your leisure:
11 pm Concert: Mongo Ninja + Djerv + Obliteration
See your folders for information.

Sunday 27 June: Excursion

12.00 Boat leaves for "Bragdøya" a wonderful Coastal Heritage senter close to Kristiansand
It is a nice place for walking and swimming.
We will have a barbecue, and just generally have a good time together.

Information about “how to get there” will follow

Monday 28 June: Working across boundaries.
Managing and measuring a new institutional order

0915-1115 Professor Helen Sullivan

The added value of network theory in the study
of Local Governance.

1130-1300 Lunch

Student session 4 PhD: Opponent:

1300-1400 Paper presentation. Kamil Svec Bjørn Ervik

1400-1500 Paper presentation. Ellen Olislagers Asmus Leth Olsen

1500-1530 Coffee Break

1530-1630 Paper presentation. Joanna Krukowska Johannes E. Gregersen

Tuesday 29 June: Research in practice

0915-1115 Professor Dag Ingvar Jacobsen

Mapping inter-municipal collaboration.

Reports from an ongoing research project in Norway.

1130-1300 Lunch

Student session 5 PhD: Opponent:

- Quantitative and qualitative research

- Legal and political contexts

- International comparative challenges

- Methodological and topographical challenges

1300-1400 Paper presentation. Elina Ramsell Tord Willumsen

1400-1500 Paper presentation. Morten Jakobsen Kamil Svec

1500-1530 Coffee Break

1530-1630 General Discussions.

1900 Dinner invitation by the Department of Political Science and Management
at the restaurant: Måltid.

Wednesday 30 June: Conclusions

1000-1200 Summary, evaluation and concluding remarks from
Local Organizer and Steering Committee

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STUDENT SESSIONS:

The papers will be distributed to all students, and it will be expected that all papers are read before sessions.

The session will be divided into three parts:

1. Presentation (approx 15 minutes)
   a short presentation of yourself and your institution (2-3 min)
   A sketch of your PhD-dissertation (2-3 min)
   A presentation of your paper (10 min)
2. Discussant. (approx 30 min)
3. Open discussion (approx 15 min)

Every paper will have one student opponent

WELCOME TO KRISTIANSAND

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