Research

Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Forum, B. M. (Forthcoming). Norway: Minister or Messenger? Two Career Paths in the Executive Triangle (COST Action CoREx, WG-2 on Careers, Norway Country Report).

  2. Rasch, B.E., Forum B. M. & Bucur C. (2026). Parliamentary institutions and portfolio allocation in coalition governments. In Democracy at the Crossroads– Challenges for Governance and Representation: Essays in Honour of Thomas Saalfeld, edited by Jorge M. Fernandes, Javier Martínez-Cantó. Routledge.

  3. Bach, T., Forum, B. M., & Hesstvedt, S. (2025). Norway: Formal and informal politicization in a merit bureaucracy. In Handbook of Politicization and Political Patronage, edited by B. Guy Peters, Colin Knox, Francesco Panizza, Conrado Ramos, and Katarína Staroňová. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035326242.00012

  4. Askim, Jostein; Forum, Bjørn Mo & Tranøy, Bent Sofus (2024). The party politics of policy endurance: parliamentary settlements in Norway, 1980-2021. I Lucas, Patrick; Nabatchi, Tina; O’Flynn, Janine & ’t Hart, Paul (Red.), Pathways to Positive Public Administration. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781803929163. doi: 10.4337/9781803929170.00034

Working Papers

  1. Askim, J., Forum, B. M., & Høyland, B. Pattern of Deliberation in Norwegian Cabinet Conferences 1945–1985.

  2. Forum,B.M. Meritocracy under Political Arbitration: Cabinet Discussions of Bureaucratic Appointments in Norway 1945-1985. (presented at EGPA 2025).

  3. Forum, B. M. & Hesstvedt, S. Party Representation on Government Advisory Commissions. Version presented at Nasjonal Fagkonferanse i Statsvitenskap 2026

  4. Forum, B. M., Askim, J., & Mangset, M. Constraining the Prince: The Architecture of Merit-Based Recruitment. (Under review) Version presented at EGPA 2025

  5. Forum, B. M. Bureaucratic Turnover Under New Governments: The Moderating Effect of Bureaucratic and Political Layering. (Under review) Version presented at PhD Seminar in 2024

Master’s Thesis

  • Forum, B. M. (2022). The Political Dynamics of Administrative Turnover: The effects of political change on the careers of top civil servants in Norwegian ministries 1884-2021 Master’s Thesis, Universitetet i Oslo. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-98325