Workshops, NOPSA-Conference 2008 in Tromsø Number of Workshops: 33 No. Title Workshop leaders Institutional affiliations 1 Parlament och Regeringar Matti Wiberg Åbo Academy University Parliament and Governments 2 Valg og demokrati i den tredje verden Elections and Democracy in the Third World Bjørn Erik Rasch Jørgen Elklit Lars G. Svåsand University of Bergen 3 The Politics of the Past Tuija Parvikko University of Jyväskylä 4 Statsbildning och demokratisering State Building and Democratization 5 Political Communication: Antecedents, Contents and Effects of Political Information 6 Different Perspectives on Autonomy Arrangements Thomas Denk Daniel Silander Claes de Vreese Jesper Stromback Rune Slothuus Maria Acrén Pär M. Olausson Åbo Academy University University of Växjö University of Amsterdam Mid Sweden University Åbo Akademi University Mid Sweden University
7 Crisis Management in Democracies: Leadership, Policy-Making and Institutional Design Fredrik Bynander Lisa Ekevärn Swedish National Defense College Swedish National Defense College 8 The Impact of Nordic- EU Cooperation 9 Valg og politisk atferd - nye utfordringer, nye modeller Elections and Political Behavior - New Challenges, New Models Ian Manners Catharina Sørensen Hanne Marthe Narud Bernt Aardal Danish Institute for International Studies Danish Institute for International Studies 10 Populism Marta Reuter Ann-Cathrine Jungar Södertörn University College Södertörn University College 11 Politik och könsrelationer Politics and Gender Relations 12 Demokrati och oenighet Democracy and Disagreement 13 Nordic Welfare States Responding to the Challenges of Globalization and Ageing Christina Bergqvist Anette Borchorst Eva Erman Sofia Näsström Axel West Pedersen Jørgen Goul Anderen University of Uppsala University of Stockholm University of Stockholm NOVA, Norway
14 Offentlig korruption och politisk etik Staffan Andersson Linnaeus University Corruption in the Public Sector and Political Ethics 15 Reformpolitik i velfærdsstaten Mats Sjölin Michael Baggesen Klitgaard Linnaeus University Reform Policy in the Welfare State Anders Lindbom 16 Trust and the State Sven Oskarsson Staffan Kumlin University of Uppsala University of Uppsala 17 Statsborgerskap: Status og utfordringer Citizenship: Status and Challenges 18 Fra ledelse til styring av og i moderne organisasjoner From Leadership to Governance in Modern Organizations 19 Förnyelsen av säkerhetsstaten The Renewal of the Security State John Erik Fossum Hans-Kristian Hernes Kjell Arne Røvik Michael Karlsson University of Tromsø University of Tromsø Södertörn University
20 Nordisk helsepolitikk i støpeskjeen: Mot nye roller for politikerne, pasientene og profesjonene? Karsten Vrangbærk Nordic Health Policy in the Making: Towards new Roles for the Politicians, the Patients and the Professions? 21 Education and Research: Democracy and Governance 22 Regulatory Reform and Policy Changes 23 European Models of Capitalism Between Europeanization and Globalization 24 The Nordic Concept of Democracy, European Judicial Integration and Judicial Human Rights Review Ståle Opedal Ingrid Helgøy Maria Jarl Susan Marton Catharina Bjørkquist Hanne Foss Hansen Claudio Radaelli Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen Christilla Roederer-Rynning Marlene Wind Andreas Føllesdal International Research Institute, Stavanger University of Bergen University of Karlstad and Østfold University College and University of Karlstad University of Exeter
25 Institutionel forandring, samspillet mellem velfærdsstat og forvaltning, konsekvenser for relationen mellem forvaltning og borger Institutional Change, Interaction between Welfare State and Management, Consequences for the Relation Between Management and Citizen Sanne Lund Clement Bente Bjørnholt 26 Den politiska utveckling i postkommunistiska staterna: Transitioner till demokrati och diktatur The Political Development in the Post-Communist Countries: Transitions to Democracy and Dictatorship 27 Komparativ og international politisk økonomi Comparative and International Political Economy 28 Økonomiske incitamenter i den offentlige sector Economic Incentives in the Public Sector Elisabeth Bakke Karin Hilmer Pedersen Jonas Linde Morten Ougaard Urban Strandberg Thomas Pallesen Mads Leth Jacobsen University of Örebro Copenhagen Business School
29 Parliament in Perspective of Rhetoric and Conceptual History Björn Hammar Suvi Soininen University of Gävle University of Jyväskylä 30 Green Politics, Institutions and Bureaucracy 31 Security Studies and Geopolitics 32 Globalization as Individualization and Destabilization 33 Narratives of Europe and Europeans Ylva Noren-Bretzer Sverker Jagers Sten Rynning Anders Wivel Ulf Bjereld Marie Demker Ann-Marie Ekengren Henri Vogt University of Helsinki