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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
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ISV - Institutt for statsvitenskap, UiO
University of Oslo, Norway
https://www.sv.uio.no/isv/
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📢 New article
👥 Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social (ISV) and 3 others
👉 Indian election data for polling stations and villages: National elections 2009–2019
📗 Open Access in Scientific Data
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Indian election data for polling stations and villages: National elections 2009–2019 - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Indian election data for polling stations and villages: National elections 2009–2019
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December 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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📢 New article
👥 Mathilde B. Mjelva (ISV), Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social (ISV) and 2 others
👉 Beyond Hate Speech: Online Rumors and Out-Group Resentment in Divided Societies
📗 Open Access in Comparative Political Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Congratulations to @torewig.bsky.social on receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant!🌟His project, "Authoritarian Threats to Scientific Knowledge (AutoKnow)," will examine how authoritarian rule affects scientific knowledge production.
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Large EU-grant to Tore Wig to study the state of science in autocracies - Department of Political Science
Will scientific progress slow down if more countries in the world become autocratic? That is one of the questions political science professor Tore Wig will seek to answer with two million euros from t...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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📢 New book chapter
👥 Kristoffer Kolltveit (ISV) & Jarle Trondal
🔎 The Norwegian Central Government: A Robust Yet Adaptive Apparatus
📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics
Abstract. This handbook provides a comprehensive examination of Norway’s political institutions, electoral politics, public policymaking, and international
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December 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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📢 New book chapter
👤 Ari Mamshae
🔎 Persistent patronage and a dynamic regime: bureaucratic politicization in Iraq.
📖 Published in Handbook of Politicization and Political Patronage
🔗 doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Book cover Handbook of Politicization and Political Patronage
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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📢 New article
👥 Johan Lindholm, Mattias Derlén og Daniel Naurin @dnaurin.bsky.social (ISV)
👉 A Source-Based Theory of Variation in Judicial Reasoning: Evidence from Sweden
📗 Open Access in Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2755...
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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📢 New article
👥 Jacob Aars, Tobis Bach @tobiasbach.bsky.social (ISV), & Jarle Trondal
👉 The value of paired and longitudinal surveys in public administration research
📗 Open Access in International Review of Administrative Sciences
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0020...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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On December 11, 2025, Sofi Granö will defend her PhD thesis “Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based study on the effects of contextual factors and economic disparities in Norwegian neighbourhoods”. For time and place, see 👇
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Disputation Sofi Granö - Department of Political Science
Master of Social Sciences in Political Science Sofi Granö will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based st...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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On December 10, 2025, Tor Syrstad will defend his PhD thesis “Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian Electorate”. For time and place, see 👇
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Disputation Tor Syrstad - Department of Political Science
Master in Political Science and Cand. Psychol. Tor Syrstad will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science:Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian E...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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📢 New Article
👥 Daniel Alexander Novick Goldstein @daniel-a-n-goldstein.com (ISV) & Drew Stommes
👉 Who Should Fight? Experimental Evidence on Policy Corrections to the Unequal Costs of US Wars
📗 Open Access in International Studies Quarterly
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Who Should Fight? Experimental Evidence on Policy Corrections to the Unequal Costs of US Wars
Abstract. The physical costs of war—who fights and experiences casualties—are borne unequally in the USA. However, little is known about how informing indi
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December 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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📢 New Article
👥 Eli Sofie Baltzersen @elibaltz.bsky.social (ISV), Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social (ISV), & Øyvind Søraas Skorge
👉 State Action and Moral Attitudes toward Sexual Consent
📗 Published in The Journal of Politics
🔗 doi.org/10.1086/737554
State Action and Moral Attitudes toward Sexual Consent | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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December 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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📢 New article
👥 Rune Karlsen, Kristoffer Kolltveit (ISV), and Øyvind Bugge Solheim
👉 Balancing Acts: The Communicative Roles of Cabinet Ministers on Social Media
📗 Open Access in Media and Communication
🔗 doi.org/10.17645/mac...
Balancing Acts: The Communicative Roles of Cabinet Ministers on Social Media | Article | Media and Communication
Rune Karlsen, Kristoffer Kolltveit, Øyvind Bugge Solheim
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November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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📢 New Article
👥 Vegard Tørstad @vegardtorstad.bsky.social (ISV), Jon Hovi, & Håkon Grøn Sælen
👉 Does Distributive Conflict Explain Variation in Green Stimulus Spending?
📗 Published in Regulation & Governance
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/rego...
Does Distributive Conflict Explain Variation in Green Stimulus Spending? Evidence From 40 Major Economies During the Global Financial Crisis and the Covid‐19 Recession
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic triggered large economic stimulus packages in most countries. While aimed primarily at saving the domestic economy from widesprea....
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November 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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📢 New article 🌟
👤 Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social
👉 From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong
📗Open Access in: Democratization
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...
From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong
Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Ser frem til å innlede til dette frokostmøtet sammem med @chknutsen.bsky.social om demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme i regi av @crexuio.bsky.social og CIR forskergruppen ved @statsvitenskap.bsky.social

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Demokratiets motstandskraft i møte med det ekstreme - C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Hvordan designe et robust demokrati og beskytte det mot voldelig ekstremisme? Innledninger ved professor og statsviter Carl Henrik Knutsen og professor og statsviter Jacob Aasland Ravndal.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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On November 11, 2025, @kaeggen.bsky.social will defend her PhD thesis “Russia’s Contemporary Grand Strategy: The Use of Information and Other Unconventional Means Towards the Nordic Region”. The defense is open to anyone interested. For time and place, see 👇
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Disputation Karen-Anna Eggen - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)
Master in Political Science Karen-Anna Eggen will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: Russia’s Contemporary Grand Strategy: The Use of Information and Other Unconven...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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On November 7, 2025, Solveig Bjørkholt @sunny369.bsky.social will defend her PhD thesis “The Politics of International Standardization”. The defense is open to anyone interested. For time and place, see 👇
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Disputation Solveig Bjørkholt - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)
Master in Political Science Solveig Bjørkholt will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: The Politics of International Standardization
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October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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📣CfA for 1-2 Postdoctoral Fellow Positions in political science (3-4 years) as part of the ERC project “Governing elites since the dawn of modern democracy” (GETGOV) - PI Jacob Nyrup. The application deadline is November 17, 2025.

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
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October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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📣CfA for 1-2 PhD Research Fellow Positions (3-4 years) in political science as part of the ERC project “Governing elites since the dawn of modern democracy” (GETGOV) - PI Jacob Nyrup. The application deadline is November 24, 2025.

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PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (3-4 years) (288543) | Universitetet i Oslo
Stillingstittel: PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (3-4 years) (288543), Arbeidsgivar: Universitetet i Oslo, Søknadsfrist: måndag 24. november 2025
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October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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📢 New article 🌟
👥 Tom Christensen (ISV) & Per Lægreid
👉 Cabinet Turbulence and Political Scandals— Accountability Under Pressure
📗 Published in Scandinavian Political Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.70014
Cabinet Turbulence and Political Scandals—Accountability Under Pressure
This article adds to studies of why ministers lose their posts due to political scandals while a government is still in office. It examines the ministerial resignation process in terms of accountabil....
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October 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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📢 New article
👥 Tian Xiaolong, Ma Liang & Tom Christensen (ISV)
👉 Why did China persist with a zero-COVID policy? A cultural interpretation of Confucianism
📗 Published in Public Policy and Administration
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/09520767251360124
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October 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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📢 New article
👥 Meng Qingguo, Chen Xiaoyang, Chen Sicheng & Tom Christensen (ISV)
👉 Reputation management and communication under political control: The case of China’s central bank
📗 Published in International Public Management Journal
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2025.2503830
Reputation management and communication under political control: The case of China’s central bank
Central banks, under political influence, employ nuanced communication strategies within the framework of bureaucratic reputation to navigate external risks. This study of the People’s Bank of Chin...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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On October 13, 2025, Palina Kolvani @palinakolvani.bsky.social will defend her PhD thesis “The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics”. The defense is open to anyone interested. For time and place, see 👇
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Disputation Palina Kolvani - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)
Master of Science in Political Science Palina Kolvani will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics
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October 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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ISV’s Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social receives 12 million NOK from the RCN program 'Welfare and Education' for the research project 'Struggling Women and Men: Political-Democratic Gender Gaps in a High-Trust Welfare State.'🌟👏Congratulations!
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Staffan Kumlin får Forskingsrådsmidler for å se på politiske og demokratiske kjønnsforskjeller - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)
Med 12 millioner kroner fra Forskningsrådet vil Staffan Kumlin på Institutt for statsvitenskap forske på politiske og demokratiske kjønnsforskjeller. Han vil blant annet ta for seg hvordan utdanning, ...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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📢 New article 🌟
👥 Ma Liang, Liu Weixing, Chen Sicheng & Tom Christensen (ISV)
🔎 Where you are matters: Network position, designed network, and central government agency termination
📗 Published in Public Administration
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/padm...
Where you are matters: Network position, designed network, and central government agency termination
This study synthesizes insights from collaborative network and agency termination theories to investigate how agencies' positions in designed networks impact their survival probability. Using longitu...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM