2026 Per Lægreid: 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	62	99	87	1	1	305	18487

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

Per Lægreid is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, particularly focusing on political science, public administration, and international relations. Their scholarly work encompasses a range of topics within public policy, governance, and crisis management.

The researcher's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences

Within this broad area, the following subfields have been a focus:

Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Strategy and Management
Communication

Lægreid's main topics of research are:

Public Policy and Administration Research
Policy Transfer and Learning
Public Relations and Crisis Communication
Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Disaster Management and Resilience
Corporate Identity and Reputation

Their recent papers include:

"Balance Governance Capacity and Legitimacy: How the Norwegian Government Handled the COVID-19 Crisis as a High Performer" (2020), published in Public Administration Review
"The coronavirus crisis-crisis communication, meaning-making, and reputation management" (2020), published in International Public Management Journal
"Accountability and inter-organizational collaboration within the state" (2021), published in Public Management Review
"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
"Understanding Felt Accountability" (2020), published in Governance

Lægreid has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

Tom Christensen
Lise H. Rykkja
Zuzana Murdoch
Thomas Schillemans
Sjors Overman

Their work has appeared regularly in the following publication venues:

Public Administration Review
Public Organization Review
International Journal of Public Administration
Public Administration
Public Management Review

In addition to articles, Lægreid has authored books published by academic presses including:

Organising and Governing Governmental Institutions (2022) published by Fagbokforlaget eBooks
The Co-evolution of Reputation Management, Governance Capacity, Legitimacy and Accountability in Crisis Management (2020) published by the University of Bergen

Best Publications

The Whole‐of‐Government Approach to Public Sector Reform

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

1669
Citations
New public management : the transformation of ideas and practice

T. D. Christensen;Per Lægreid

1546
Citations
Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument, Culture and Myth

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid;Kjell Arne Røvik

995
Citations
Trust in Government – the Relative Importance of Service Satisfaction, Political Factors and Demography

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

940
Citations
Transcending New Public Management: The Transformation of Public Sector Reforms

Per Lægreid

642
Citations
Complexity and Hybrid Public Administration—Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

615
Citations
Organizing for Crisis Management: Building Governance Capacity and Legitimacy

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid;Lise H. Rykkja

518
Citations
Government agencies : practices and lessons from 30 countries

Koen Verhoest;Sandra van Thiel;Geert Bouckaert;Per Lægreid

515
Citations
Autonomy and regulation : coping with agencies in the modern state

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

508
Citations
The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management

T. D. Christensen;Per Lægreid

448
Citations
Balancing governance capacity and legitimacy - how the Norwegian government handled the COVID-19 crisis as a high performer.

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

406
Citations
NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: The effects of contractualism and devolution on political control

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

388
Citations
New Public Management: Puzzles of Democracy and the Influence of Citizens

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

311
Citations
Regulatory Agencies—The Challenges of Balancing Agency Autonomy and Political Control

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

267
Citations
Performance Management In Practice – the Norwegian Way

Per Lægreid;Paul G. Roness;Kristin Rubecksen

256
Citations
New Public Management: Design, Resistance, or Transformation? A Study of How Modern Reforms Are Received in a Civil Service System

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

253
Citations
COMPARING COORDINATION STRUCTURES FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN SIX COUNTRIES

Tom Christensen;Ole Andreas Danielsen;Per Lægreid;Lise H. Rykkja

241
Citations
The Challenge of Coordination in Central Government Organizations: The Norwegian Case

Tom Christensen;Per Lægreid

237
Citations
Governance of Public Sector Organizations: Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance

Per Lægreid;Koen Verhoest

235
Citations
Reform of the employment and welfare administrations — the challenges of co-coordinating diverse public organizations

Tom Christensen;Anne Lise Fimreite;Per Lægreid

221
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Christensen University of Oslo

Koen Verhoest University of Antwerp

Geert Bouckaert KU Leuven

Carsten Greve Copenhagen Business School

Yannis Papadopoulos University of Lausanne

Matthew J.A. Wood University of Oxford

Sandra van Thiel Erasmus University Rotterdam

Steven Van de Walle KU Leuven

Matthew Flinders University of Sheffield

Philippe Bezes Sciences Po

External Links

Personal website of Per Lægreid

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