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Bjørn Mo Forum

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PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Oslo | Interested in cabinets, parliaments, and bureaucracy | bjornforum.github.io

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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory @jpart1991.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have you ever wondered what happens to senior bureaucrats when a new government takes office? Bjørn Mo Forum examines 140 years of Norwegian bureaucracy and finds that political and bureaucratic layers can shape who stays, who leaves, and how deeply political change reaches into the civil service.
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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📢 New article 🌟 👤 Bjørn Mo Forum @bjornforum.bsky.social (ISV) 👉 Bureaucratic turnover under new governments: the moderating effect of bureaucratic and political layering 📖 Open access in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jopa...
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Bureaucratic turnover under new governments: the moderating effect of bureaucratic and political layering
Abstract. Politically motivated personnel turnover affects government bureaucracy’s legitimacy and performance. To understand the conditions of meritocracy
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Bjørn Mo Forum @bjornforum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Excited to see the first article from my PhD out in @jpart1991.bsky.social!🧵 In it I use career data on senior bureaucrats in Norwegian ministries 1884–2024 to examine how the hierarchical distance between bureaucrats and political leadership moderates turnover after leadership changes 1/
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Bjørn Mo Forum @bjornforum.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New book chapter out! 🧵1/12 With Bjørn Erik Rasch & Cristina Bucur: "Parliamentary institutions and portfolio allocation in coalition governments" in Democracy at the Crossroads – Challenges for Governance and Representation: Essays in Honour of Thomas Saalfeld 📖 doi.org/10.4324/9781003660248
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Democracy at the Crossroads – Challenges for Governance and Representa
This book examines the complex challenges confronting modern democratic systems. Amid rising political fragmentation, polarisation, societal diversity,
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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📢 New book chapter 🌟 👥 Tobias Bach @tobiasbach.bsky.social (ISV), Bjørn Mo Forum @bjornforum.bsky.social (ISV) & Stine Hesstvedt 🔎 Norway: formal and informal politicization in a merit bureaucracy 📗 Published in Handbook of Politicization and Political Patronage. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
📢 New book chapter 🌟 👥 Jostein Askim, Bjørn Mo Forum @bjornforum.bsky.social, Bent Sofus Tranøy @bentsofus.bsky.social 🔎 The party politics of policy endurance: parliamentary settlements in Norway 📖 Open Access in Pathways to Positive Public Administration, Edward Elgar 🔗 doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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Chapter 21: The party politics of policy endurance: parliamentary settlements in Norway, 1980-2021
This chapter moves the scope of positive public administration by connecting it to legislative performance and the role of party politics. It studies parliamentary settlements, defined as single-issue...
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