Research

Articles and Book Chapters

  1. Bach, T., Forum, B. M., & Hesstvedt, S. (Forthcoming). 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. Palgrave Macmillan.

  2. 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. Forum, B. M. & Hesstvedt, S. Partisan Appointees to Government Commissions in Norway 1972-2018.

  2. Forum, B. M., Askim, J., & Mangset, M. Restraining Politics: The development of a meritocratic appointment system, Norway 1660-2023. Working paper version presented at NoPSA 2024

  3. Rasch, B.E., Forum B. M. & Bucur C. Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Governments. Working paper version presented at ECPR 2023

  4. Forum, B. M. Bureaucratic Turnover Under New Governments: The moderating effects of organizational buffering. Working Paper