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Åse Gornitzka

Åse Gornitzka

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Political Science
Norway
2026

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Political Science

D-Index
33
Citations
4768
World Ranking
935
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Åse Gornitzka is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including political science and international relations, infectious diseases, health, sociology and political science, and information systems. This interdisciplinary approach reflects a focus on understanding complex societal dynamics from various academic perspectives.

The scientist's research covers key topics such as higher education governance and development, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, viral infections and outbreaks research, international science and diplomacy, risk perception and management, and European Union policy and governance.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Åse Gornitzka are:

  • "A step backwards in the fight against global vaccine inequities," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Tracing scientisation in the EU Commission's expert group system," 2020, Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research
  • "Players or Pawns? University Response to the Introduction of Plan S," 2024, European Review
  • "In the shadow of the EU's crises: the changing dynamics of the European knowledge area, 2014-25," 2025, Journal of European Integration

Åse Gornitzka has published articles in venues including:

  • The Lancet
  • Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research
  • European Review
  • Journal of European Integration

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Peter Maassen (3 publications)
  • Bjørn Stensaker (2 publications)
  • Ernest Aryeetey (1 publication)
  • Eivind Engebretsen (1 publication)
  • Svein Stølen (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Governmental policies and organisational change in higher education

    Åse Gornitzka

  • Towards professionalisation? Restructuring of administrative work force in universities

    Åse Gornitzka;Ingvild Marheim Larsen

  • Hybrid steering approaches with respect to European higher education

    Åse Gornitzka;Peter Maassen

  • Who consults? The configuration of expert groups in the European union

    Åse Gornitzka;Ulf Sverdrup

  • Reform and Change in Higher Education

    Åse Gornitzka;Maurice Kogan;Alberto Amaral

  • Access of Experts: Information and EU Decision-making

    Åse Gornitzka;Ulf Sverdrup

  • The Bureaucratisation of Universities

    Åse Gornitzka;Svein Kyvik;Ingvild Marheim Larsen

  • “Europe of Knowledge:” Search for a New Pact

    Åse Gornitzka;Peter Maassen;Johan P. Olsen;Bjørn Stensaker

  • Implementation Analysis in Higher Education

    Åse Gornitzka;Svein Kyvik;Bjørn Stensaker

  • Bologna in Context: a horizontal perspective on the dynamics of governance sites for a Europe of Knowledge

    Åse Gornitzka

  • The Open Method of Coordination as practice - A watershed in European education policy?

    Åse Gornitzka

  • Reform and change in higher education : analysing policy implementation

    Åse Gornitzka;Maurice Kogan;Alberto Amaral

  • The Lisbon Process: A Supranational Policy Perspective

    Åse Gornitzka

  • Internationalisation of Higher Education: The Gap between National Policy-Making and Institutional Needs.

    Bjørn Stensaker;Nicoline Frølich;Åse Gornitzka;Peter Maassen

  • Contract arrangements in the Nordic countries - solving the efficiency/effectiveness dilemma?

    Åse Gornitzka;Bjørn Stensaker;Jens-Christian Smeby;Harry F. de Boer

  • Coordinating policies for a "Europe of knowledge" Emerging practices of the "Open Method of Coordination" in education and research

    Åse Gornitzka

  • Change in university governance structures in continental Europe

    Åse Gornitzka;Peter Maassen;Harry de Boer

  • Networking Administration in Areas of National Sensitivity - The Commission and European Higher Education

    Åse Gornitzka

  • Parliament staff: unpacking the behaviour of officials in the European Parliament

    Morten Egeberg;Åse Gornitzka;Jarle Trondal;Mathias Johannessen

  • University governance reforms, global scripts and the „Nordic Model”. Accounting for policy change?

    Åse Gornitzka;Peter Maassen

  • Building the knowledge economy in Europe : new constellations in European research and higher education governance

    Meng-Hsuan Chou;Åse Gornitzka

  • University reform and institutional autonomy: A framework for analysing the living autonomy

    Peter Maassen;Åse Gornitzka;Tatiana Fumasoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Maassen
Peter Maassen University of Oslo
Jarle Trondal
Jarle Trondal University of Agder
Bjørn Stensaker
Bjørn Stensaker University of Oslo
Morten Egeberg
Morten Egeberg University of Oslo
Tom Christensen
Tom Christensen University of Oslo
Svein Kyvik
Svein Kyvik Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
Alberto Amaral
Alberto Amaral University of Porto
Johan P. Olsen
Johan P. Olsen University of Oslo
Maurice Kogan
Maurice Kogan Brunel University London

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