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Jens Blom-Hansen

Jens Blom-Hansen

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Political Science

D-Index
30
Citations
3060
World Ranking
1206
National Ranking
25

Overview

Jens Blom-Hansen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and focuses on research within the social sciences, primarily in political science and international relations. Their work spans several subfields including strategy and management, sociology and political science, public administration, and law.

The main topics of Blom-Hansen's research encompass:

  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • European and International Law Studies
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • EU Law and Policy Analysis

Selected recent papers by Jens Blom-Hansen include:

  • "How bureaucrats shape political decisions: The role of policy information" (2020), published in Public Administration
  • "The Commission in EU Policy Preparation" (2020), published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies

Co-authorship patterns show frequent collaborations with:

  • Søren Serritzlew
  • Gijs Jan Brandsma
  • Roman Senninger
  • Martin Bækgaard
  • Kody Moodley

Blom-Hansen's work has appeared in several academic journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Governance
  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Public Administration

Their book publications are associated with King's College London and include:

  • "Offentlig forvaltning - et politologisk perspektiv" (2024)
  • "Det nationale råderum:ved gennemførelse af EU-regler" (2021)

This profile reflects Blom-Hansen's engagement in analyzing European Union policies, political decision-making processes, and the administrative mechanisms behind governance.

Best Publications

  • Jurisdiction Size and Local Government Policy Expenditure: Assessing the Effect of Municipal Amalgamation

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Kurt Houlberg;Søren Serritzlew;Daniel Treisman

  • Size, Democracy, and the Economic Costs of Running the Political System

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Kurt Houlberg;Søren Serritzlew

  • A ‘New Institutional’ Perspective on Policy Networks

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Principals, agents, and the implementation of EU cohesion policy

    Jens Blom-hansen

  • Still Corporatism in Scandinavia? A Survey of Recent Empirical Findings

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Municipal Amalgamations and Common Pool Problems: The Danish Local Government Reform in 2007

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Is private delivery of public services really cheaper? Evidence from public road maintenance in Denmark ∗

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Experiments in Public Management Research

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Rebecca Morton;Søren Serritzlew

  • The EU comitology system: intergovernmental bargaining and deliberative supranationalism?

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Gijs Jan Brandsma

  • Theories of coalition formation: An empirical test using data from Danish local government

    Asbjørn Skjæveland;Søren Serritzlew;Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Ballot position and election results: Evidence from a natural experiment

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Jørgen Elklit;Søren Serritzlew;Louise Riis Villadsen

  • Organized Interests and the state: A disintegrating relationship? Evidence from Denmark

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Do Parties Matter for Local Revenue Policies? A comparison of Denmark and Norway

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Lars Christian Monkerud;Rune Sørensen

  • Avoiding the 'joint-decision trap': Lessons from intergovernmental relations in Scandinavia

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Conducting Experiments in Public Management Research: A Practical Guide

    Martin Baekgaard;Caroline Baethge;Jens Blom-Hansen;Claire A. Dunlop

  • Reform Strategies Matter: Explaining the Perplexing Results of Regional Government Reforms in Norway and Denmark

    Jens Blom-Hansen;Peter Munk Christiansen;Anne Lise Fimreite;Per Selle

  • The origins of the EU comitology system: a case of informal agenda-setting by the Commission

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Debate: Advancing public service motivation research

    Donald P. Moynihan;Wouter Vandenabeele;Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Policy-Making in Central-Local Government Relations: Balancing Local Autonomy, Macroeconomic Control, and Sectoral Policy Goals

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • THE EU COMITOLOGY SYSTEM: TAKING STOCK BEFORE THE NEW LISBON REGIME

    Jens Blom-Hansen

  • Countering bias? The EU Commission’s consultation with interest groups

    Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz;Jens Blom-Hansen;Roman Senninger

  • The EU Comitology System in Theory and Practice: Keeping an Eye on the Commission?

    Jens Blom-Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren Serritzlew
Søren Serritzlew Aarhus University
Martin Baekgaard
Martin Baekgaard Aarhus University
Patrick J. Wolf
Patrick J. Wolf University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Claire A. Dunlop
Claire A. Dunlop University of Exeter
Daniel Treisman
Daniel Treisman University of California, Los Angeles
Donald P. Moynihan
Donald P. Moynihan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Per Selle
Per Selle University of Bergen

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