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D-Index
50
Citations
24159
World Ranking
228
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jon Pierre is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and public administration.

Their research spans multiple subfields including:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Public Administration
  • Strategy and Management
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Jon Pierre's main topics of study include:

  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Regulation and Compliance Studies
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

The scientist has published notable papers such as:

  • "Nudges against pandemics: Sweden's COVID-19 containment strategy in perspective" (2020), published in Policy and Society
  • "Bringing political science back into public administration research" (2022), published in Governance
  • "Politicisation of the public service during democratic backsliding: Alternative perspectives" (2022), published in Australian Journal of Public Administration
  • "The Nordic governments' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic: A comparative study of variation in governance arrangements and regulatory instruments" (2022), published in Regulation & Governance
  • "A typology of populism: understanding the different forms of populism and their implications" (2020), published in Democratization

Frequent co-authors have included:

  • B. Guy Peters
  • Eva Sørensen
  • Jacob Torfing
  • Baron Peters
  • Daniel Carelli

Jon Pierre's work has appeared in several key publication venues such as:

  • Regulation & Governance
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Governance
  • Public Administration
  • European Journal of Public Health

Additionally, the scientist has authored books published by Edward Elgar Publishing, including "How collaborative governance can make political systems more democratic and effective" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Governance, Politics and the State

    Jon Pierre;B. Guy Peters

  • Debating Governance: Authority, Steering, and Democracy

    Jon Pierre

  • Governance without government? Rethinking public administration

    B. Guy Peters;John Pierre

  • Models of Urban Governance The Institutional Dimension of Urban Politics

    Jon Pierre

  • The Politics of Path Dependency: Political Conflict in Historical Institutionalism

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre;Desmond S. King

  • Interactive Governance: Advancing the Paradigm

    Eva Sørensen;Jacob Torfing;B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre

  • Governing Complex Societies: Trajectories and Scenarios

    J. Pierre;B. Peters

  • Handbook of public administration

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre

  • Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective : the quest for control

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre

  • Multi-level Governance and Democracy: A Faustian Bargain?

    Jon Pierre;B. G. Peters

  • Comparative Urban Governance: Uncovering Complex Causalities

    Jon Pierre

  • Interactive GovernanceAdvancing the Paradigm

    Jacob Torfing;B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre;Eva Sørensen

  • Developments in intergovernmental relations: towards multi-level governance

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre

  • Partnerships in urban governance : European and American experience

    Jon Pierre

  • The Politics of Urban Governance

    Jon Pierre

  • The membership of political parties in European democracies, 1960-1990

    Richard S. Katz;Peter Mair;Luciano Bardi;Lars Bille

  • Unpacking Policy Capacity: Issues and Themes

    Martin Painter;Jon Pierre

  • Bureaucracy in the modern state : an introduction to comparative public administration

    Jon Pierre

  • Handbook of Public Policy

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre

  • The Politics of Urban Governance

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  • Challenges to state policy capacity : global trends and comparative perspectives

    Martin Painter;Jon Pierre

  • Global Financial Crisis, Public Administration and Governance: Do New Problems Require New Solutions?

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre;Tiina Randma-Liiv

  • Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform

    B. Guy Peters;Jon Pierre

  • Governing Complex Societies

    B. Peters;Jon Pierre

  • Interorganizational Relations in Implemetation

    Laurence J. O'Toole

Frequent Co-Authors

B. Guy Peters
B. Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh
Jacob Torfing
Jacob Torfing Roskilde University
Eva Sørensen
Eva Sørensen Roskilde University
Gerry Stoker
Gerry Stoker University of Southampton
Martin Painter
Martin Painter City University of Hong Kong
Desmond King
Desmond King University of Oxford
Richard S. Katz
Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Peter Mair
Peter Mair European University Institute
Victor Galaz
Victor Galaz Stockholm University

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