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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
Main research or teaching areas
• Leadership in the public sector.
• Local democracy.
• Organizational theory.
Current research and teaching
I work within the research program Contested administrations: Conflict resolution and the improvement of democracy, funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR). My main interest is to investigate the role of public administration/civil servants in transforming conficts in cities with a violent past. I am Co-director in the EGPA study group on "Local governance and democracy". Within this framweork my interest is foremost to study the conditions for local autonomy. I teach the introduction course of the Master programme in political science and a leadership course in the Master programme in Welfare Policies and Management (WPM). I am chairman in the steering committee of this programme.
UKÄ subject classification
- Social Sciences
- Political Science
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Between lockdown and calm down. Comparing the COVID-19 responses of Norway and Sweden
Askim, J. & Bergström, T., 2022, In: Local Government Studies. 48, 2, p. 291-311Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Future Outlook and Scenarios
Bergström, T., Franzke, J., Kuhlmann, S. & Wayenberg, E., 2021, The Future of Local Self-Government.: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations.. Bergström, T., Franzke, J., Kuhlmann, S. & Wayenberg, E. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 277-286 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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The Essence and Transformation of Local Self-Government in Western Europe.
Kuhlmann, S., Wayenberg, E., Bergström, T. & Franzke, J., 2021, The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. Bergström, T., Franzke, J., Kuhlmann, S. & Wayenberg, E. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-14 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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The Future of Local Democracy: A Somewhat Dystopic View
Bergström, T., 2021, The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations. Bergström, T., Franzke, J., Kuhlmann, S. & Wayenberg, E. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 17-30 (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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The Future of Local Self-Government: European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations
Bergström, T. (ed.), Franzke, J. (ed.), Kuhlmann, S. (ed.) & Wayenberg, E. (ed.), 2021, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 291 p. (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Contested Administrations: Conflict resolution and the improvement of democracy
Björkdahl, A., Strömbom, L., Bergström, T., Gusic, I., Agger, A. & Poulsen, B.
2012/01/01 → 2015/12/31
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Journal editor
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Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift (Journal)
Tomas Bergström (Guest editor), Louise Bringselius (Guest editor), Irvine Lapsley (Guest editor) & Anna Thomasson (Guest editor)
2015 Sep 25 → 2017 Jan 31Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal editor