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Erik Oddvar Eriksen

Erik Oddvar Eriksen

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Political Science

D-Index
26
Citations
3906
World Ranking
1519
National Ranking
28

Overview

Erik Oddvar Eriksen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and works primarily within the social sciences. Their research focuses extensively on political science and international relations, as well as related subfields such as sociology and political science, public administration, education, and general health professions.

Their body of published work includes 18 publications predominantly in social sciences. Among these, 13 focus on political science and international relations, with additional contributions to sociology and political science, and public administration. The main research topics in their work cover European Union policy and governance, European and international law studies, public policy and administration research, global peace and security dynamics, ombudsman and human rights, political philosophy and ethics, as well as religious education and schools.

Eriksen's recent publications include:

  • Three modes of administrative behaviour: differentiated policy implementation and the problem of legal certainty (2022, Journal of European Public Policy)
  • Justifying the Imperfect: Differentiated Integration and the Problem of the Second Best (2022, Ratio Juris)
  • Demokratisk overskudd i Europa (2022, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift)

They also appear as a co-author in works authored by Andreas Eriksen, such as:

  • Multilevel Reasoning: Conciliation and Deference in Complex Administrative Orders (2024, International Journal of Public Administration)
  • Rettssikkerhet gjennom begrunnelse (2023, Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning)

Frequent co-authors include Andreas Eriksen, with whom Erik Oddvar Eriksen has collaborated on multiple publications.

Their work has been published in various venues, including:

  • Stat & Styring
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • International Journal of Public Administration
  • Ratio Juris
  • Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning

Best Publications

  • Democracy in the European Union: Integration Through Deliberation?

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum

  • Europe in Search of Legitimacy: Strategies of Legitimation Assessed:

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum

  • Democracy through Strong Publics in the European Union

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum

  • An Emerging European Public Sphere

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • Understanding Habermas: Communicative Action and Deliberative Democracy

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;Jarle Weigard

  • Making The European Polity : Reflexive integration in the EU

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • Developing a constitution for Europe

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum;Agustín José Menéndez

  • Professional Discretion and Accountability in the Welfare State

    Anders Molander;Harald Grimen;Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • The Unfinished Democratization of Europe

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • The EU – a cosmopolitan polity?

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum

  • "Europe in Transformation: How to Reconstitute Democracy?"

    Erik O. Eriksen;John Erik. Fossum

  • Conceptualizing Politics: Strategic or Communicative Action?

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;Jarle Weigård

  • Conceptualizing European Public Spheres General, Segmented and Strong Publics

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • The European Union's non-members : independence under hegemony?

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum

  • ERIKSEN, ERIK O.

    Erik O. Eriksen

  • Political differentiation and the problem of dominance: segmentation and hegemony

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • Reflexive integration in Europe

    Erik O . Eriksen

  • The Chartering of Europe: The European Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Constitutional Implications

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum;Agustín José Menéndez

  • Leadership in a Communicative Perspective

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • Governance between expertise and democracy: the case of European Security

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen

  • Bringing European Democracy Back In—Or How to Read the German Constitutional Court's Lisbon Treaty Ruling

    Erik Oddvar Eriksen;John Erik Fossum

  • The Normativity of the European Union

    Erik O. Eriksen

Frequent Co-Authors

John Erik Fossum
John Erik Fossum University of Oslo
Christian Joerges
Christian Joerges Hertie School

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