Governance, public policy and administration – Research – Department of Sociology and Political Science
Strategic area
Governance, Public Policy and Administration
Our scientific staff conduct research on important problems related to public policy and the organisation of the public sector. This research analyses policy, as well as its implementation and effect at the local, national and European levels. This includes studies of the leadership, organisation and management of the public sector, of modified models of public and private financing, and of the supply of services.
Research Groups and Projects
- Public Policy and Administration (OPA)
- Professor Pål Erling Martinussen is in the management team of NTNU Health
Publications
Here are some selected relevant publications. Please see the researchers' NTNU-profiles for more.
- Pål Erling Martinussen and Jon Magnussen (2019): Is having private health insurance associated with less support for public healthcare? Evidence from the Norwegian NHS. Health Policy.
- Oda Norheim and Pål Erling Martinussen (2019): Happiness and the role of social protection: how types of social spending affected individuals’ life satisfaction in OECD countries, 1980–2012. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy.
- Liubov V. Borisova, Pål. E. Martinussen, Håvard T. Rydland and more (2017): Public evaluation of health services across 21 European countries: The role of culture. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
- Jon Magnussen and Pål E. Martinussen (2013): From Centralization to Decentralization, and Back: Norwegian Health Care in a Nordic Perspective. In Joan Costa-Font og Scott L. Greer (eds): Federalism and Decentralization in European Health and Social Care. Palgrave.
- Hanne Marlene Dahl and Bente Rasmussen (2012): Paradoxes in Elderly Care: The Nordic Model. In Anette Kamp og Helge Søndergaard Hvid (eds) Elderly Care in Transition. - Management, Meaning and Identity at Work. A Scandinavian Perspective. Copenhagen Business School Press.
Courses
Courses offered at the Department:
Bachelor level:
- POL1002 Introduction to Political Science - Public Policy and Administration
- POL2017 Specialization in Political Science: Public Policy and Administration.
Master level:
- POL3507 Policy Analysis
- POL3513 Political Economy - Governance
- POL3516 The European Union - Rural and Regional Political Economy
- POL3523 Comparativ Health Policy
- POL3801 Eksperts in teamwork: Growth and Development - Political and Economic Factors
Phd: