About

I am Professor in Political Science @ the Department of Government, Bergen University (Norway). Before joining GOV in 2021, I have been Interim Professor of Comparative Political Sciences @ Kassel University (Germany) and a post-doc in an EU-funded Open Research Area project on the politics of risk-based regulation in Europe (HowSAFE) @ Bielefeld University (Germany). I was a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow @ Harvard's Center for European Studies in 2017/18. My research focuses on comparative public policy governance and public administration, with empirical expertise in migration/mobility governance, risk regulation and algorithmic decision-making in the public sector. Inspired by critical policy studies and cultural political economy, my research explores how institutions, norms and (social, legal and techno-analytical) categorisations co-evolve and interact in policymaking, and to what effect for those governed. My recent books include: the "Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence" (Elgar, co-edited), "Varieties of Risk Analysis in Public Administrations" (Routledge), and the "Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration" (Elgar, co-edited). I am an Editor of Critical Policy Studies and Founder of a research network on critical policy studies and AI.

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Democracy, European Union, Executives, Federalism, Governance, Government, Institutions, Migration, Policy Analysis, Political Economy, Public Administration, Public Policy, Regulation, Social Policy, Knowledge, Political Sociology, Constructivism, Critical Theory, Global, Immigration, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative, Race, Asylum, Comparative Perspective, Decision Making, Europeanisation through Law, Mixed Methods, Narratives, Policy Change, Policy Implementation, Power, State Power, Technology, Big Data, Capitalism, Member States, Policy-Making, Refugee

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Knowledge and Governance
• Knowledge Politics and Policies
• Regulatory Governance
• Political Economy and Welfare State Politics
• Politics and Technology