About

Ivar Bleiklie is Professor of political science at the Department of Administration and Organization theory, University of Bergen. Bleiklie has published on public policy and administration with an emphasis on comparative studies in higher education and health policy. Among his publications are: - “Making European Political Science Matter: Policy Advice by European Political Scientists”, (with M. Bans and S. Michelsen) Chapter 11 in T. Boncourt, I. Engeli and D. Garzia (eds.) Political Science in Europe: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects. London, New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. - “Scandinavian Higher Education Governance – Pursuing Similar Goals through Different Organizational Arrangements”, (with S. Michelsen) in European Policy Analysis 2019, 5 (2): 190-209, DOI: 10.1002/epa2.1056 - “New Public Management or Neo-liberalism”, in J. C. Shin and P. Teixeira (eds.) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Dordrecht: Springer 2018. - “Changing Notions of the Governance – Creativity Nexus”, European Review 26 (1)., 1–14 © 2017 Academia Europæa doi:10.1017/S1062798717000503 - Managing Universities: Policy and Organizational Change from a Western European Comparative Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2017 (ed. with J. Enders and B. Lepori). - "Organizations as penetrated hierarchies. Institutional pressures and variations in patterns of control in European universities" 2015, (with Jürgen Enders and Benedetto Lepori), Organization Studies, 36 (7): 873-896. - University Governance: Western European Comparative Perspectives, Dordrecht: Springer 2009 (ed. with C. Paradeise, E. Reale & E. Ferlie); - From Governance to Identity. Dordrecht: Springer 2008 (ed. with Alberto Amaral and Christine Musselin); - Transforming Higher Education. A Comparative Study (2nd edition). Dordrecht: Springer 2006. (ed. with M. Kogan, M. Bauer, & M. Henkel); - Governing Knowledge: a study of continuity and change in higher education. Dordrecht: Springer 2005 (ed. with Mary Henkel); - Comparative Biomedical Policy: Governing Assisted Reproductive Technologies. London: Routledge 2004. (ed. with Malcolm Goggin & Christine Rothmayr); and - Policy and Practice in Higher Education: Reforming Norwegian Universities. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley 2000 (with R. Hostaker & A. Vabo¸).

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Governance, Public Administration, Public Policy

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Knowledge Politics and Policies