About
Åge Johnsen is Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Public Management, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. He has previously worked as Researcher at Agder Research in Kristiansand, Research Fellow at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen, Senior Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh, and Associate Professor at Oslo University College. His research interests are public policy and public administration, in particular public management reforms, strategic planning and management, performance measurement and management, and performance audit and evaluation in the public sector.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Business Public and private administration Political science and organisational theory
Subject areas
Public administration Evaluation School management Administration reforms Leadership Strategy Management by objectives and result Intergovernmental relations Organizational theory Public sector accounting Control and audit Municipal amalgamation Contracting out Public sector management control Performance audit Strategic leadership Military Administration Innovation in public management Change management
Research groups
Research projects
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Improving trust-based management in Nordic urban governance and management education
This project explores how ongoing management reforms are conceptualised and put into practice in two Nordic cities.
Collaborations
University of Agder Oslo University, Department of Political Science Copenhagen Business School University of Edinburgh, School of Management, Institute of Public Sector Accounting Research (IPSAR) University of Tampere Ghent University Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Johnsen, Åge (2021). Organizing municipal audit: Contracting out and audit costs in Norway. International Journal of Public Sector Management .
Johnsen, Åge; Abrahamsen, Ina Marie (2021). Endringsstrategier og forpliktelse til endring i offentlig sektor. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse . Vol. 24.
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Johnsen, Åge (2020). Alignment of strategy and structure in local government. Public Money & Management . Vol. 40.
Grebstad, Kåre Birger; Johnsen, Åge (2019). Forskjellen mellom militært lederskap og styring. Johansen, Rino Bandlitz; Fosse, Thomas Hol; Boe, Ole (Ed.). Militær ledelse. Kapittel 2. p. 39-61. Fagbokforlaget.
Johanson, Jan-Erik; Johnsen, Åge; Pekkola, Elias; Reid, Stephen
(2019).
Strategic Management in Finnish and Norwegian Government Agencies.
Administrative Sciences
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Vol. 9.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2690112
Johnsen, Åge (2019). Does formal strategic planning matter? An analysis of strategic management and perceived usefulness in Norwegian municipalities. International Review of Administrative Sciences . Vol. 87.
Johnsen, Åge (2019). Public sector audit in contemporary society: A short review and introduction. Financial Accountability and Management . Vol. 35.
Johnsen, Åge; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin; Carrington, Thomas; Jeppesen, Kim Klarskov; Taro, Külli; Vakkuri, Jarmo (2019). Supreme audit institutions in a high-impact context: A comparative analysis of performance audit in four Nordic countries. Financial Accountability and Management . Vol. 35.
Johnsen, Åge (2018). Impacts of strategic planning and management in municipal government: An analysis of subjective survey and objective production and efficiency measures in Norway. Public Management Review . Vol. 20.
Johnsen, Åge (2017). Nye styringsverktøy og modeller – redskap eller legitimering? Strategisk planlegging og styring i kommunene. Praktisk økonomi & finans . Vol. 33 [i.e. 34].
