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Overview

Ivar Bleiklie is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their academic work primarily focuses on the social sciences, with emphases on political science and international relations as well as business, management, and accounting. Bleiklie's research explores topics related to higher education governance and development, global educational policies and reforms, and political science research and education.

The scientist has contributed to the field of higher education studies through publications in renowned venues. Their recent papers include:

  • "Norwegian higher education futures," 2023, published in Higher Education
  • "Investigating the dynamics of managerial dialogue in HE merger reform," 2024, published in Higher Education
  • "Out of the ivory tower: an explanation of the policy advisory roles of political scientists in Europe," 2023, published in European Political Science (co-authored)
  • "Leadership communication during organizational transformation," 2025, published in European Journal of Higher Education (co-authored)

Collaborations form a significant part of Bleiklie's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Svein Michelsen, Åsmund Borgen Gjerde, Magnus Vollset, Gjert Kristoffersen, and Jan Heiret. These professional interactions have contributed to developing multidisciplinary insights spanning various subfields such as strategy and management, education, public administration, and accounting.

Bleiklie's work also includes book publications, with a notable contribution being a multi-volume set titled Vitenskap og vitenskapshistorier, bind 1-3, published by Fagbokforlaget eBooks in 2022. This adds a scholarly dimension to their research in social sciences and history of science.

In terms of research themes, the principal topics addressed in their publications are:

  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Higher Education Learning Practices
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political Science Research and Education
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

Bleiklie regularly publishes in high-impact academic journals, prominently featuring in "Higher Education," which accounts for the majority of their articles, and also in journals such as "European Political Science" and the "European Journal of Higher Education."

Best Publications

  • Organization and Governance of Universities

    Ivar Bleiklie;Maurice Kogan

  • Justifying the Evaluative State : New Public Management ideals in higher education

    Ivar Bleiklie

  • Policy and Practice in Higher Education: Reforming Norwegian Universities

    Ivar Bleiklie;Roar Hostaker;Agnete Vabo

  • Organizing higher education in a knowledge society

    Ivar Bleiklie

  • European universities as complete organizations? Understanding identity, hierarchy and rationality in public organizations

    Marco Seeber;Benedetto Lepori;Martina Montauti;Jürgen Enders

  • New public management, network governance and the university as a changing professional organization

    Ivar Bleiklie;Jürgen Enders;Benedetto Lepori;Christine Musselin

  • Changing knowledge regimes: Universities in a new research environment

    Ivar Bleiklie;Haldor Byrkjeflot

  • Comparing HE Policies in Europe.

    Ivar Bleiklie;Svein Michelsen

  • Organizations as Penetrated Hierarchies: Environmental Pressures and Control in Professional Organizations

    Ivar Bleiklie;Jürgen Enders;Benedetto Lepori

  • Transforming Higher Education

    Maurice Kogan;Mary Henkel;Marianne Bauer;Ivar Bleiklie

  • From Governance to Identity

    Alberto Amaral;Ivar Bleiklie;Christine Musselin

  • Comparative biomedical policy : governing assisted reproductive technologies

    Ivar A. Bleiklie;Malcolm L. Goggin;Christine Rothmayr

  • Changing Government Control in Norway: High Civil Service, Universities and Prisons

    Ivar Bleiklie;Per Lægreid;Marjoleine Hooijkaas Wik

  • Reform Policies and Change Processes in Europe

    C. Paradeise;I. Bleiklie;Jürgen Enders;G. Goastellec

  • Norway: From Tortoise to Eager Beaver?

    Ivar Bleiklie

  • Comparison and Theories

    Ivar Bleiklie;Maurice Kogan

  • Universities Steering between Stories and History

    Catherine Paradeise;Emanuela Reale;Gaële Goastellec;Ivar Bleiklie

  • Hierarchy and Specialisation: on the institutional integration of higher education systems1

    Ivar Bleiklie

  • Governing knowledge : a study of continuity and change in higher education, a festschrift in honour of Maurice Kogan

    Ivar Bleiklie;Mary Henkel

  • Comparing university organizations across boundaries

    Ivar Bleiklie

  • Taking Power from Knowledge. A Theoretical Framework for the Study of Two Public Sector Reforms

    Ivar Bleiklie;Haldor Byrkjeflot;Katarina Østergren

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Enders
Jürgen Enders University of Bath
Maurice Kogan
Maurice Kogan Brunel University London
Bjørn Stensaker
Bjørn Stensaker University of Oslo
Alberto Amaral
Alberto Amaral University of Porto
Walter W. Powell
Walter W. Powell Stanford University
Donald F. Westerheijden
Donald F. Westerheijden University of Twente
Per Lægreid
Per Lægreid University of Bergen

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