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Sara Blåka

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Email
sara.blaka@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 16 16
Mobile phone
+47 99 77 77 03
Office
HU006 (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Areas of responsibility

I work as an Associate Professor in Public Policy and Administration at the Department of Political Science and Management. I am the programme coordinator for the Master's programme in Political Science and Management.

Teaching

I teach topics related to public policy and administration, research design, and quantitative methods. I also supervise PhD and Master's students within the department's programmes.

Research

My research focuses on studies of politics and administration, particularly at the local and regional levels of governance.

Publications

  • Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Blåka, Sara & Geys, Benny Frans Amelia (2026). Who benefits from cooperation (if any)? Asymmetrical distribution of costs and benefits in intermunicipal collaborations. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. p. 1–21. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2026.2717092. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara; Magnussen, Erik; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Leknes, Einar & Brandtzæg, Bent Aslak (2025). What's in It for the Big Ones? How City- and Suburban Municipalities Vary in Their Motivation to Collaborate. Urban Affairs Review. ISSN 1078-0874. 61(6), p. 1608–1638. doi: 10.1177/10780874251327098. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2024). Is buying cheaper than sharing? A study of the effect stand-alone contracting out versus public co-production has on cost in Norwegian local auditing services. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2024.2393101. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara & Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (2023). Does shared service delivery affect cost? A study of the cost-capacity relation in Norwegian local child protection services. Journal of Economic Policy Reform. ISSN 1748-7870. doi: 10.1080/17487870.2023.2281645. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bel, Germà; Bischoff, Ivo; Blåka, Sara; Casula, Mattia; Lysek, Jakub & Swianiewicz, Pawel [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Styles of inter-municipal cooperation and the multiple principal problem: a comparative analysis of European economic area countries. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. doi: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2041416. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Morken, Tone (2021). Service quality and the optimum number of members in intermunicipal cooperation: The case of emergency primary care services in Norway. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 1(16). doi: 10.1111/padm.12785. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara (2017). Does cooperation affect service delivery costs? Evidence from fire services in Norway. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. 95(4), p. 1092–1106. doi: 10.1111/padm.12356. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara (2017). Service Quality, Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Optimum Scale of Operation: The case of local fire departments in Norway. In Trondal, Jarle (Eds.), The Rise of Common Political Order. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781786434999. p. 233–251. doi: 10.4337/9781786435002.00021. Full text in Research Archive
  • Saglie, Jo; Winsvold, Marte Slagsvold & Blåka, Sara (2016). Ansvarsutkreving i lokaldemokratiet: i eller mellom valg? Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 32(1), p. 59–81. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-2936-2016-01-03. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Blåka, Sara (2016). Does Cooperation Increase Service Delivery Costs? A comparative Study of Municipal and Inter-Municipal Fire Services in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara (2014). A comparative study of inter municipal cooperation in Norway: organizational form, efficiency, and local democracy. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara (2014). Grasping Governance Networks: Towards a theoretical framework for conceptualizing organizational structure at the network level. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara; Saglie, Jo & Winsvold, Marte Slagsvold (2013). Ansvarsutkreving i lokaldemokratiet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Selvik, Lisa-Marie; Christensen, Dag Arne; Ervik, Rune; Saglie, Jo; Erdvik, Irina Burchard & Blåka, Sara (2024). Evaluering av assistansebestemmelsen i valgloven. NORCE Research AS. ISSN 9788284083360. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara (2024). Behovet for interkommunalt samarbeid i Norge – en kunnskapsoppsummering. NORCE Research AS. ISSN 9788284083544. Full text in Research Archive
  • Arnesen, Sveinung; Blåka, Sara; Broderstad, Troy Saghaug; Saglie, Jo; Selvik, Lisa-Marie & Winsvold, Marte Slagsvold (2024). Evaluering av lokaldemokratitiltak i foregangskommuner. NORCE Research AS. ISSN 9788284083476. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara; Brantzæg, Bent Aslak; Leknes, Einar & Magnussen, Erik (2023). Storbyenes rolle i generalistkommunesystemet. NORCE Research AS. ISSN 9788284082721. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar & Geys, Benny (2022). Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 9788284270777. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myrvold, Trine; Zeiner, Hilde Hatleskog; Blåka, Sara; Renå, Helge; Winsvold, Marte Slagsvold & Klausen, Jan Erling (2013). Framtidens kommune – kriterier for politisk oppslutning. By- og regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR. ISSN 9788270719921. Full text in Research Archive

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