2026 Christopher Ansell: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	48	268	237	153	129	173	21571

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Christopher Ansell is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions to Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations, Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science, and Strategy and Management.

The main topics addressed in Ansell's work cover Public Policy and Administration Research, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Service and Product Innovation, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Management and Organizational Studies, Policy Transfer and Learning, and Local Government Finance and Decentralization.

Ansell has published extensively in the following venues:

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
Policy and Society
Policy & Politics
Public Administration Review
European Policy Analysis

Frequent co-authors include:

Jacob Torfing (38 joint publications)
Eva Sørensen (15 joint publications)
Scott Douglas (4 joint publications)
Paul 't Hart (3 joint publications)
Jarle Trondal (3 joint publications)

Recent papers by Christopher Ansell include:

"The COVID-19 pandemic as a game changer for public administration and leadership? The need for robust governance responses to turbulent problems," 2020, Public Management Review
"Understanding inclusion in collaborative governance: a mixed methods approach," 2020, Policy and Society
"Co-creation: the new kid on the block in public governance," 2021, Policy & Politics
"Public administration and politics meet turbulence: The search for robust governance responses," 2022, Public Administration
"Rising to Ostrom's challenge: an invitation to walk on the bright side of public governance and public service," 2021, Policy Design and Practice

Ansell has contributed to several book publications through Edward Elgar Publishing and Cambridge University Press. Key titles include:

"Handbook on Theories of Governance" (2022)
"Handbook of Collaborative Public Management" (2021)
"Rethinking Theories of Governance" (2023)
"Public Governance as Co-creation" (2021)
"Robust Governance in Turbulent Times" (2024)

Christopher Ansell has been recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

Collaborative governance in theory and practice

Chris Ansell;Alison Gash

8420
Citations
Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434'

John F. Padgett;Christopher K. Ansell

2960
Citations
Managing Transboundary Crises: Identifying the Building Blocks of an Effective Response System

Chris Ansell;Arjen Boin;Arjen Boin;Ann Keller

743
Citations
The Networked Polity: Regional Development in Western Europe

Chris Ansell

692
Citations
Collaborative Platforms as a Governance Strategy

Chris Ansell;Alison Gash

448
Citations
The COVID-19 pandemic as a game changer for public administration and leadership? The need for robust governance responses to turbulent problems

Christopher Ansell;Eva Sørensen;Jacob Torfing

387
Citations
Handbook on Theories of Governance

Christopher Ansell;Jacob Torfing

348
Citations
Pragmatist Democracy: Evolutionary Learning as Public Philosophy

Christopher K. Ansell

326
Citations
What's the beef? : the contested governance of European food safety

Christopher K. Ansell;David Vogel

313
Citations
Stewards, Mediators, and Catalysts: Toward a Model of Collaborative Leadership1

Chris Ansell;Alison Gash

269
Citations
Improving policy implementation through collaborative policymaking

Christopher Ansell;Eva Sørensen;Jacob Torfing

268
Citations
Strengthening political leadership and policy innovation through the expansion of collaborative forms of governance

Jacob Torfing;Christopher Ansell

245
Citations
Symbolic networks : The realignment of the French working class, 1887-1894

Christopher K. Ansell

220
Citations
Dual Networks in European Regional Development Policy

Christopher K. Ansell;Craig A. Parsons;Keith A. Darden

211
Citations
Taming Deep Uncertainty: The Potential of Pragmatist Principles for Understanding and Improving Strategic Crisis Management:

Chris Ansell;Arjen Boin

211
Citations
Varieties of experimentalism

Christopher K. Ansell;Martin Bartenberger

209
Citations
Public Innovation through Collaboration and Design

Christopher K. Ansell;Jacob Torfing

197
Citations
Governance in Turbulent Times

Christopher K. Ansell;Jarle Trondal;Morten Øgård

184
Citations
PERSPECTIVE—Pragmatism in Organization Studies: Meeting the Challenges of a Dynamic and Complex World

Moshe Farjoun;Christopher Ansell;Arjen Boin

176
Citations
Restructuring territoriality : Europe and the United States compared

Christopher K. Ansell;Giuseppe Di Palma

171
Citations
Understanding inclusion in collaborative governance: a mixed methods approach

Christopher Ansell;Carey Doberstein;Hayley Henderson;Saba Siddiki

145
Citations
Organizing International Politics: Sovereignty and Open Systems:

Christopher K. Ansell;Steven Weber

128
Citations
Governing Turbulence: An Organizational-Institutional Agenda

Jarle Trondal;Jarle Trondal;Christopher Ansell

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Torfing Roskilde University

Arjen Boin Leiden University

Eva Sørensen Roskilde University

Jarle Trondal University of Agder

Paul 't Hart Utrecht University

David Vogel University of California, Berkeley

Donald P. Moynihan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

B. Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh

Matthew Flinders University of Sheffield

Yacov Y. Haimes University of Virginia

External Links

Personal website of Christopher Ansell

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