2026 Jarle Trondal: 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	42	438	394	8	7	232	6462

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Norway Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Norway Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Norway Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Jarle Trondal is affiliated with the University of Agder in Norway. Their research spans several main fields including Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting. The scientist has a strong focus on subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, and Development.

Their research topics primarily cover Public Policy and Administration Research, European Union Policy and Governance, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Political Systems and Governance, European and International Law Studies, and Regulation and Compliance Studies.

Recent publications by Jarle Trondal include:

"Let's organize": The organizational basis for stable public governance (2022), Public Administration
People who run African affairs: staffing and recruitment in the African Union Commission (2020), The Journal of Modern African Studies
Discursive framing and organizational venues: mechanisms of artificial intelligence policy adoption (2021), International Review of Administrative Sciences
The rift between executive contraction and executive detraction: the case of European Commission battery policy-making (2022), Journal of European Public Policy
A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities (2024), SSRN Electronic Journal

Jarle Trondal frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Marianne Riddervold, Akasemi Newsome, Rómulo Pinheiro, Stefan Gänzle, and Robyn Keast. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships in research projects spanning related fields and topics.

The scientist has published in various academic venues with multiple contributions in Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Politics and Governance, Comparative European Politics, and Stat & Styring.

Jarle Trondal has authored books published by well-known academic publishers, including Cambridge University Press and Springer International Publishing. The titles include "Robust Governance in Turbulent Times" (2024) and "Governing the Contemporary Administrative State" (2023).

Best Publications

An Emergent European Executive Order

Jarle Trondal

324
Citations
NATIONAL AGENCIES IN THE EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE: GOVERNMENT DRIVEN, COMMISSION DRIVEN OR NETWORKED?

Morten Egeberg;Jarle Trondal

287
Citations
The many faces of EU committee governance

Morten Egeberg;Günther Schaefer;Jarle Trondal

285
Citations
Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Effects of Agencification

Morten Egeberg;Jarle Trondal

281
Citations
Unpacking international organisations: The dynamics of compound bureaucracies

Jarle Trondal;Martin Marcussen;Torbjörn Larsson;Frode Veggeland

219
Citations
EU-level agencies: new executive centre formation or vehicles for national control?

Morten Egeberg;Jarle Trondal

187
Citations
Governance in Turbulent Times

Christopher K. Ansell;Jarle Trondal;Morten Øgård

184
Citations
The public administration turn in integration research

Jarle Trondal

183
Citations
Globalisation or Europeanisation? International Contact among University Staff.

Jens-Christian Smeby;Jarle Trondal

181
Citations
Differentiated Integration in Europe: The Case of EEA Country, Norway

Morten Egeberg;Jarle Trondal

181
Citations
THE RISE OF EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE: LESSONS LEARNED

Jarle Trondal;B. Guy Peters

181
Citations
How Nation States 'Hit' Europe: Ambiguity and Representation in the European Union

Jan Beyers;Jarle Trondal

176
Citations
Researching European Union Agencies: What Have We Learnt (and Where Do We Go from Here)?

Morten Egeberg;Jarle Trondal;Jarle Trondal

147
Citations
Is there any social constructivist-institutionalist divide? Unpacking social mechanisms affecting representational roles among EU decision-makers

Jarle Trondal

130
Citations
Governing Turbulence: An Organizational-Institutional Agenda

Jarle Trondal;Jarle Trondal;Christopher Ansell

121
Citations
The Compound Machinery of Government: The Case of Seconded Officials in the European Commission

Jarle Trondal;Caspar Van Den Berg;Semin Suvarierol

114
Citations
Exploring Differentiated Disintegration in a Post-Brexit European Union

Benjamin Leruth;Stefan Gänzle;Jarle Trondal

113
Citations
The Europeanisation of Research and Higher Educational Policies: Some Reflections

Jarle Trondal

108
Citations
The Palgrave handbook of the European administrative system

Michael W. Bauer;Jarle Trondal

96
Citations
Beyond the EU membership-non-membership dichotomy? Supranational identities among national EU decision-makers

Jarle Trondal

95
Citations
WHY STRONG COORDINATION AT ONE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH STRONG COORDINATION ACROSS LEVELS (AND HOW TO LIVE WITH IT): THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Morten Egeberg;Jarle Trondal

95
Citations
Images of Agency Governance in the European Union

Jarle Trondal;Lene Jeppesen

64
Citations
The Rise of European Adminstrative Space: Lessons Learned

Jarle Trondal;B. Guy Peters

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten Egeberg University of Oslo

Åse Gornitzka University of Oslo

Benny Geys BI Norwegian Business School

Christopher Ansell University of California, Berkeley

B. Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh

Michael W. Bauer European University Institute

Bjørn Stensaker University of Oslo

Jan Beyers University of Antwerp

Peter Maassen University of Oslo

External Links

Personal website of Jarle Trondal

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