Senior Adviser
Welcome to the annual National Conference in Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Management of the University of Agder (UiA), 9-11 January 2023.
Time and place: 9-11 January 2023
Radisson Blu Caledonien - Kristiansand
The annual Norwegian political science conference is primarily conceived as a venue for scholars from Norwegian universities, colleges and research institutes – but open to participation from other colleagues from inside or outside the country, too. Participation is conditional on submission of a draft article. One aim of the conference is to provide younger, as well as established researchers, the opportunity to present, and receive feedback, on forthcoming papers. Papers and presentations are welcome in Norwegian or English.
Programme
Monday 9 January
Kl. 12.00-13.00 Arrival and registration
Kl. 13.00-14.00 Lunch
Kl. 14.00-15.30 Plenary session
Kl. 16.00-18.00 Group work
Kl. 18:45-23.00 Aperitif og festive dinner
Tuesday 10 January
Kl. 09.00-13.00 Group work
Kl. 13.00-14.00 Lunch
Kl. 14.00-18.00 Group work
Wednesday 11 January
Kl. 09.00-11.30 Group work
Kl. 11.30-12.30 Lunch and departure
Plenary session
This year's plenary session will be a keynote from Associate Professor Anne Pintsch and Maryna Rabinovych .
Anne Pintsch is the head of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at UiA.
The topic will be the ongoing war in Ukraine (tba).
Working groups
The conference is organized into sessions of five working groups as indicated below. Upon registering for he conference, you need state which working group you’d prefer to join, the title of your article and a short abstract/summary (up to 250 words). The article can be written in both Norwegian or English, but you must be prepared to present and discuss in English if one or more participants do not speak Norwegian. It is expected that each conference participant will act as an opponent of at least one article.
The link to registration is below.
Papers should be sent directly to the group leaders by 2 January at the latest.
1. International politics
The group welcomes theoretical and empirical papers on international relations and politics, the function and operation of international organizations, internationalization and globalization, security policy and international conflicts.
Group leaders: Anne Pintsch and Maryna Rabinovych
Mandag, 9/01/2023
| Tidspunkt |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
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| 16:00 – 16:50 |
Fabian Hoffmann |
Conventional Means, Strategic Effects: A Framework for Analysis |
Ellen J. Ravndal |
| 17:00-17:50 |
Hasini Ransala Liyanage |
Allegiance or Non-Allegiance? A Tri-Pronged Choice for the Junior Allies under Nuclear Security Guarantees |
Cristina Parau |
| Tirsdag, 10/01/2023 |
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| 09:00-09:50 |
Alexander Dannerhäll |
Nativism and populism – making sense of RRP trade-policies |
Eric G. E. Nilsen |
| 10:00-10:50 |
Dilan Gunes |
Transitional Justice and Foreign Direct Investment in Post-Conflict Countries: The Role of Natural Resources |
Sverke R. Saxegaard |
| 11:00-11:50 |
Cristina Parau |
Green Technocrats and Global Libertarians: The Transnational Power Struggle over Net Zero |
Hasini Ransala Liyanage and Fabian Hoffmann |
| 12:00-12:50 |
Eric G. E. Nilsen |
Liberal Values and Willingness to fight in Situations of Insecurity |
Dilan Gunes |
| 13:00-14:00 Lunch |
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| 14:00-14:50 |
Ellen J. Ravndal |
FNs generalsekretær og krisehåndtering i det 21. århundre |
Amalie Hoffman |
| 15:00-15:50 |
Solveig Bjørkholt, Eric G.E Nilsen, Jonas W. Schmid & Amalie Nilsen |
Introducing the OSINT Telegram. A comprehensive, continuous and geocoded content analysis of pro-war Russian Telegram bloggers |
Maryna Rabinovych and Anne Pintsch |
| 16:00-16:50 |
Sverke R. Saxegaard |
The Peacekeepers’ Dilemma: Rethinking the relationship between peace operations and conflict recurrence |
Alexander Dannerhäll |
| Onsdag, 11/01/2023 - Ingen paper presentasjon |
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Presentation: max. 15 min; Discussant: max. 10 min; Discussion: max. 25 min
2. Comparative politics
The group welcomes papers within comparative politics, broadly defined. This includes, but is not limited to, works dealing with political behavior (public opinion, media, parties and voters, and the interaction between these), institutions and regimes (systems of governance, democratization) and conflict (civil war, protests, social movements).
Group leader: Gjermund Haslerud
Program KP gruppe A
Mandag, 9/01/2023 Gruppeleder; Gjermund Haslerud
| Tidspunkt |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 16:00 – 16:40 |
Tor Syrstad (UiO), Bernt Aardal (UiO) |
Politiske følelser I krisetider: Klimaangst og stolthet over pandemihåndteringen |
Åsta Dyrnes Nordbø (NORCE) |
| 16:40 – 17:20 |
Kari Tove Elvebakken (UiB) |
Tre lovarbeid – forskjellige resultater: Hvorfor fikk de skandinaviske landene forskjellig abortlovgivning på 1930-tallet |
Jonas Stein (UiT) |
Tirsdag, 10/01/2023
| Tidspunkt |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 09:00 – 09:40 |
Toril Aalberg (NTNU), Rune Karlsen (UiO), Atle Haugsgjerd (ISF) |
Is gender stereotyping of political candidates coming to an end? An experimental study of political communication in Norway |
Torill Stavenes (UiB) |
| 09:40 – 10:20 |
Runa Falck (UiB) |
Explaining public support for climate change mitigation policies (new developments) |
Signe Bock Seegard (ISF) |
| 10:20 – 11:00 |
Jo Saglie (ISF) |
Sentrum-periferi: en skillelinje i endring? |
Marta Eidheim (UiB) |
| 11:00 – 11:40 |
Åsta Dyrnes Nordbø (NORCE), Atle Haugsgjerd (ISF) |
Do inclusive integration policies soften immigration skepticism |
Tor Syrstad (UiO) |
| 11:40 – 12:20 |
Ingrid Kvåle Faleide (UiB), Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (UiB), Paul M. Sniderman (Stanford) |
Out of touch? When and why core democratic actors misread public opinion about Muslim minority inclusion |
Rune Karlsen (UiO) |
| 12:20 – 13:00
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Marta Eidheim (UiB) |
Rural and working-class voters’ view on state intervention in the economy in Norway |
Jo Saglie (ISF) |
| LUNCH (13:00-14:00) |
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| 14:00 – 14:40 |
Jonas Stein (UiT), Per Selle (UiB og UiT) |
Nordkalottfolkets gjennombrudd i sametingsvalget 2021 – Et utfordrerparti til konsensus i samepolitikken |
Kari Tove Elvebakken (UiB) |
| 14:40 – 15:20 |
Signe Bock Segaard (ISF), Ditte Shamshiti-Petersen (AaU) |
Cross-pressured voters: The issue of environment and climate in the wealthy oil nation of Norway |
Runa Falck (UiB) |
| 15:20 – 16:00 |
Ragnhild Muriaas (UiB), Torill Stavenes (UiB) |
Parliamentary stayers in Western democracies: Mind the gender-gap in political endurance |
Toril Aalberg (NTNU) |
| 16:00 – 16:40 |
Atle Haugsgjerd (ISF), Rune Karlsen (UiO), Toril Aalberg (NTNU) |
Election campaigns and political knowledge |
Ingrid Kvåle Faleide (UiB) |
Onsdag, 11/01/2023
Ingen paper presentasjon
Program KP gruppe B
Mandag, 9/01/2023 Gruppeleder; Gunnar Grendstad
| Tid |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 16:00 – 16:40 |
Lise Rødland (UiO) |
Part-interest group interaction and consequences for political representation |
Andrea Vik (UiB) |
| 16:40 – 17:20 |
Lise Bjånesøy (UiB), Peter Esaiasson (UoG), Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (UiB), Paul M. Sniderman (Stanford) |
Extreme value conflicts and political backlash |
Georg Picot (UiB) |
Tirsdag, 10/01/2023
| Tittel |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 09:00 – 09:40 |
Soran Hajo Dahl (UiB) |
Uncovering the value-expressive content of immigration attitudes using open-ended questions: A mixed methods approach |
Alexander Verdoes (UiB) |
| 09:40 – 10:20 |
Palina Kolvani (UiO), Marina Nistotskaya (UoG) |
On mechanisms of meritocratic bureaucracy: competence and autonomy |
Berkay Alica (UiB) |
| 10:20 – 11:00 |
Henrik Litleré Bentsen (NORCE), Jon Kåre Skiple (NORCE), Mark McKenzie (TTU), Gunnar Grendstad (UiB) |
The impact of judicial leadership on consensus formation: evidence from the supreme court of Norway |
Oda Nordheim (NTNU) |
| 11:00 – 11:40 |
Jana Belschner (UiB), Jacob Aars (UiB), Jo Saglie (ISF) |
Does suffrage increase representation? Voting age reforms and the recruitment of young politicians |
Lise Rødland (UiO) |
| 11:40 – 12:20 |
Alexander Verdoes (UiB) |
Throwing the regional rascals out? A study on economic voting in regional elections |
Andre Sønstevold (INN) |
| 12:20 – 13:00 |
Andrea Vik (NTNU) |
The appeal of representative claims by unelected representatives: Presenting a conjoint experiment assessing new routes of representation |
Jana Belchner (UiB) |
| LUNCH (13:00-14:00) |
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| 14:00 – 14:40 |
Berkay Alica (UiB), Arjan H. Schakel (UiB) |
Public opinion towards multilevel government: similar or different across federal and non-federal countries |
Palina Kolvani (UiO) |
| 14:40 – 15:20 |
Michal Kozák (UiO), Georg Picot (UiB) |
The politics of the minimum wage: explaining introduction and levels |
Lise Bjånesøy (UiB) |
| 15:20 – 16:00 |
Andre Sønstevold (INN) |
Den demokratiske velferdsmodellen fremdeles unik? |
Soran Hajo Dahl |
| 16:00 – 16:40 |
Oda Nordheim (NTNU) |
Social functioning and personal development among individuals with low literacy skills; the role of active labour market policy |
Gunnar Grendstad (UiB) |
Onsdag, 11/01/2023
Ingen paper presentasjon
3. Public policy and administration
The group welcomes papers on all aspects of public policy and administration. This includes (but is not limited to) various aspects of supranational, national, regional or local political and administrative institutions, as well as attitudes to, design of, or consequences of public policy.
Group leaders: Dag Ingvar Jacobsen, Charlotte Kiland and Jarle Trondal
Program OPA gruppe A
Mandag, 9/01/2023 Gruppeleder; Jarle Trondal
| Tidspunkt |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 16:00 – 16:45 |
Tobias Bach & Pierre Squevin, UiO |
The consequences of sector-switching for public administrators´ values |
Nadja Kühn, NORCE |
| 16:45 – 17:30 |
Therese Birkeland, UiA |
The European Commission’s consultation regime - consultative contraction and detraction |
Espen D.H.Olsen, OsloMet |
Tirsdag, 10/01/2023
| Tidspunkt |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 09:00 – 09:45 |
Ole Andreas Danielsen, NIBR/ OsloMet |
Differentiated integration and the sub-national mobilization of organizational capacities for European affairs |
Morten Egeberg, Arena/ UiO |
| 09:45 – 10:30 |
Espen D. H. Olsen, OsloMet |
Public Administration and Citizenship: What, Why, and How |
Tobias Bach, UiO |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
Morten Egeberg, Arena/ UiO |
International organizations, the European Union and peace: Bringing organization structure in |
Ole Andreas Danielsen, NIBR/ OsloMet |
| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Bjørn Forum, UiO |
Political Change and Top Civil Servant Turnover in Norway 1884-2021 |
Therese Birkeland, UiA |
| 12:00 – 12:45 |
Jonas W. Schmid, UiO |
There’s no gratitude (in dictatorships): Economic performance and finance minister removal across regime type |
Solveig Bjørkholt, UiO/ Jarle Trondal, UiA |
| LUNCH |
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| 14:00 – 14:45 |
Solveig Bjørkholt, UiO |
Too good to be true? Machine learning in survey data of official statistics organizations |
Jonas W. Schmid, UiO |
| 14:45 – 15:30 |
Vilde Hernes, OsloMet |
The responsibility to integrate during pandemic times |
Simon Neby, UiB |
| 15:30 – 16:15 |
Nadja Kühn, NORCE |
Bridging the behavioral – institutionalist gap. A study of government civil servants |
Pierre Squevin, UiO |
| 16:15 – 17:30 |
Betina Slagnes, FFI |
Never give in. Understanding the will to defend in a total defence perspective |
Vilde Hernes, OsloMet |
| 17:30 – 18:15 |
Simon Neby, UiB |
Nasjonal klimapolitikk i Norge: mellom risiko, sektorgrenser og umodenhet |
Bjørn Forum, UiO |
Onsdag, 11/01/2023
Ingen paper presentasjon
Program OPA gruppe B
Mandag, 9/01/2023 Gruppeledere; Dag Ingvar Jacobsen og Charlotte Kiland
| Tid |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 16:00 – 16:45 |
Ann Karin Tennås Holmen, UiS/ NTNU |
Transforming open policy networks towards sustainable collaborative platforms: the development of institutions for digital collaborative governance (DIGI networks) in Norway. |
Vemund Vestre, UiB |
| 16:45 – 17:30 |
Pål Erling Martinussen, NTNU |
Heaven knows I’m miserable now: a comparative study of free market capitalism, health and well-being in European countries |
Marco Seeber, UiA |
Tirsdag, 10/01/2023
| Tittel |
Presentasjon |
Tittel |
Discussant |
| 09:00 – 09:45 |
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen UiA |
Service quality and capacity in intermunicipal cooperation: the case of Norwegian child welfare services |
Thomas Myksvoll, NORCE |
| 09:45 – 10:30 |
Leif E. Kårtvedt, UiO; |
Coordination within government administrations: does structure matter? |
Jacob Aars, UiB |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
Thomas Myksvoll, NORCE |
Public Discourse, Issue Saliency, and Amalgamation Preferences Among Local Representatives |
Pål Erling Martinussen, NTNU |
| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Jostein Vik; NTNU |
Changing animal-welfare regimes. The Norwegian case |
Rukia Mohammed Pazi, UiA |
| 12:00 – 12:45 |
Barbara Zyzak, NTNU |
Coordination complexity in meta-organization across government levels |
Gro Kvåle, UiA |
| LUNCH |
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| 14:00 – 14:45 |
Rukia Mohammed Pazi, UiA |
(De)stabilizing the Transnational Soft laws in a national context. A case of the Adoption and Translation of WHO declarations in Tanzanian Health policies and Strategies |
Barbara Zyzak, NTNU |
| 14:45 – 15:30 |
Vemund Vestre, UiB |
Looking down from above: a review of centre-local relations and local autonomy. |
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen, UiA |
| 15:30 – 16:15 |
Ådne Erling Stafseth, USN |
Lessons Learnt from a Pilot Study of Qualitative Data Collection Interviews |
Charlotte Kiland |
| 16:15 – 17:30 |
Jacob Aars, UiB |
Changing legislative-executive relations in local government |
Ann Karin Tennås Holmen, UiS/ NTNU, Leif E.Kårtvedt, UiO |
Onsdag, 11/01/2023
Ingen paper presentasjon
4. Political theory
The group welcomes works within normative political theory, political ethics and history of ideas, as well as fundamental problems within political science. There are no requirements for specific methodological approaches.
Group leader: Hallvard Hodne Sandven
Monday 9 January 2023
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Presenter |
Title |
Discussant |
| 16.00–16.55:
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Magnus Hoel, UiO
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‘Justifications for freedom of expression in a digital class society’
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Frans af Malmborg, UiA
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| 17.00–17.55:
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Hilde Bjørnå, UiT
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‘Lokal mikro-deliberasjon om vekst og vern’
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Johan Erik Andersen, UiA
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| Tuesday 10 January |
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| 10.00–10.55:
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Robert Huseby, UiO
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Paper on facts and principles’ |
Hallvard Sandven, UiO
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| 11.00–11.55:
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Sofia Wiman, Göteborgs universitet
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The viceful voter’ |
Fredrik D. Hjorthen, UiO |
| 12.00–12.55:
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Frans af Malmborg, UiA
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Decision-making in the face of uncertainty: The role of AI-narratives within the Swedish Parliament’
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Raino Malnes, UiO |
| 14.00–14.55:
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Johan Erik Andersen, UiA
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‘Stuck between a rock and a hard place: Exit, voice, and loyalty within a populist party organization’
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Robert Huseby, UiO
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| 15.00–15.55:
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Raino Malnes, UiO
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‘Paper on intuitions and reasoning in normative inquiry’
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Sofia Wiman, Göteborgs universitet
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| 16.00–16.55:
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Fredrik D. Hjorthen, UiO
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‘Democracy and liability to intervention’
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Magnus Hoel, UiO |
5. European Integration
The group welcomes theoretical and empirical articles that shed light on all aspects of European (dis)integration and European politics, including the EU's structure and functioning, its influence on member states and "third countries", its role in global politics, its crisis management.
Group leader: Tobias C. Hofelich and Stefan Gänzl
rogramme overview
Monday, 9 January 2023
| Time |
Presenter |
Title |
Discussant |
| 16:00 – 16:50 |
Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske University of Oslo |
External democratisation in hybrid regimes in the EU’s neighbourhood |
Stefan Gänzle University of Agder |
| 16:50 – 17:40 |
Laszlo Bugyi University of Agder |
Behavioural logics in trilogues: the case of authoritarian MEPs |
Arild Farsund University of Bergen |
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
| Time |
Presenter |
Title |
Discussant |
| 09:00 – 09:50 |
Arild Farsund University of Bergen |
EFTA’s new free trade agreements: between autonomy from the EU and national constrains |
Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen University of Copenhagen |
| 09:50 – 10:40 |
Stefan Gänzle University of Agder |
Differentiated Disintegration in and beyond the European Union: Towards a Comparative Regionalism Perspective |
Louisa Boulaziz University of Oslo |
| 11:00 – 11:50 |
Sina Özdemir NTNU Trondheim |
Twitter audience of EU executives’ discursive legitimation: an inductive typology using digital trace data |
Bjørn Høyland University of Oslo |
| 11:50 – 12:40 |
Andreas Goldberg NTNU Trondheim |
EU referendum support unpacked – General and specific referendum support and the role of issue-specific factors |
Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske University of Oslo |
| LUNCH |
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| 14:00 – 14:50 |
Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen University of Copenhagen |
Judicious judging: The effects of political division on decision making in the European Court of Justice |
Sina Özdemir NTNU Trondheim |
| 14:50 – 15:40 |
Louisa Boulaziz University of Oslo |
Towards a theory of judicial agency in international settings: Government input and litigant success before the European Court of Justice |
Andreas Goldberg |
| 16:00 – 16:50 |
Bjørn Høyland University of Oslo |
The Dance of European Integration: Ideology and Responsiveness |
Laszlo Bugyi University of Agder |
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
No presentations on this day.
Registration and deadlines
Important dates
- 1. December 2022: Deadline to sign up (extended from Nov 15)
- 8 Desember 2022: Deadline to reserve a room at Radisson Blu Caledonien - Kristiansand
- 2 January 2023: Deadline for submitting papers to the group leader(s)
- 9- 11 January 2023: The conference!
Accommodation
Participants must book accommodation themselves.
We have reserved rooms at the Radisson Blu Caledonien for NOK 1295 per night. If you wish to benefit from this discounted offer, you need to book your room before 8 December.
Bookings to be made by e-mail to: guest.kristiansand@radissonblu.com or by phone: +47 38 11 21 00.
State "STATSVITERKONFERANSEN" in your email upon registraion.
Organising Committee
Registration
