About
Are Vegard Haug is a Research Professor and political scientist (Dr. Polit.), and a former Director of Research at NOVA as well as an Associate Professor at the Department of Law and Governance at BI Norwegian Business School. He has previously served as Head of Department at the Department of Political Science and Management at the University of Agder. His research interests relate to studies of municipal and regional development, emergency preparedness, welfare states, media and culture, political economy, innovation, organization and leadership, democracy, and law. Among other topics, he has researched various organizational models in public administration, Nordic regional development, the organization and management of ICT-driven innovations, social exclusion, privacy, and security. Haug has extensive experience in teaching and public lecturing, as well as holding various board positions, including Chair of the Norwegian Political Science Association (NSF), board member of the Nordic Political Science Association (NoPSA), member of the reference group for the RIDE research program (Linköping University), and member of the Global Editorial Committee for the International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS).
Field of study
Democracy Political Economy Multicultural societies Local administration and policy Minicipality Information and communication technology Nordic welfare states
Administrative field of work
Project management Staffing Management development Equal opportunity Employee participation Reorganisation Organisational development Staff policy Recruitment Welfare
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Strategies for Competence Integration and Lifelong Learning in European Destinations. Female Migrant Healthcare Workers in Scandinavia (SCILLED)
SCILLED will study professional development and lifelong learning among female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavia.
Completed research projects
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Crisis Management in a Polycentric Nordic Local Democracy: Different Governance Structures – Different Results? (POLYGOV)
The overall goal of the project is to identify the differences in the Nordic countries’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcomes thereof and to relate these differences to policy, governance, organisation and management.
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Evaluation of the The Grant Scheme for Humanitarian Measures to Arriving EEA Citizens who Subsist as Beggars
NOVA was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security to evaluate activities and measures for arriving EEA citizens who subsist as beggars.
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Humanitarian Report 2019: Between the Welfare State and Voluntary Work
This project aims to give a comprehensive picture of what services are available for certain vulnerable groups in Norway.
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Under Pressure? Migration and Labor Market Integration in Norway (UPMIN)
The overarching research question in the UPMIN project is: What institutional and contextual factors enhance immigrants’ and refugees’ employment participation?
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sefton, Therese
;
Haug, Are Vegard
(2025).
The Price of Safety: Assessing the Acceptance of COVID-19 Measures in Nordic Countries.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA).
https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.34399
Baldersheim, Harald;
Haug, Are Vegard
; Hye, Linda; Øgård, Morten
(2024).
Norway: decentralised crisis management.
Haug, Are Vegard (Ed.).
Crisis Management, Governance and COVID-19 : Pandemic Policy and Local Government in the Nordic Countries. p. 86-96.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035336531.00019
Haug, Are Vegard
(2024).
Crisis Management, Governance and COVID-19 : Pandemic Policy and Local Government in the Nordic Countries.
ISBN: 9781035336524.
272 p.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035336531
Haug, Are Vegard
; Baldersheim, Harald;
Sefton, Therese
(2024).
How (un)reasonable were the pandemic measures according to citizens?.
Haug, Are Vegard (Ed.).
Crisis Management, Governance and COVID-19 : Pandemic Policy and Local Government in the Nordic Countries.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035336531
Haug, Are Vegard
(2022).
Collaborative Management in Norwegian Municipalities: Do Middle Managers Make a Difference?.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA).
Vol. 26.
https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v26i2.7024
Baldersheim, Harald; Øgård, Morten;
Haug, Are Vegard
; Hye, Linda
(2021).
Den kommunale mellomlederen - selvstendig lagspiller.
ISBN: 9788245035612.
249 p.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3821288
Haug, Are Vegard
(2018).
Innovation and network leadership: The bureaucracy strikes back?.
Information Polity.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-170052
Haug, Are Vegard
; Salte, Hilde
(2016).
Medias dekning av tilreisende romfolk i Norge: En kamp om sannhet?.
Alm, Kristian; Brown, Richard Mark; Røyseng, Sigrid (Ed.).
p. 329-360.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4022902
Haug, Are Vegard
; Jenssen, Julie Bodd
(2016).
Kommune-Norge AS:
Skilsmissen, oppgjøret og nye ekteskap.
Anderssen, Harald B; Bråthen, Tore (Ed.).
Moderne Forretningsjus III. p. 229-242.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4210466
Haug, Are Vegard
(2014).
Innovasjonsteori og framveksten av digital forvaltning – hvorfor noen kommuner går foran og andre kommer etter.
Baldersheim, Harald; Rose, Lawrence E (Ed.).
Det kommunale laboratorium: Teoretiske perspektiver på lokal politikk og organisering, 3. utgave. p. 153-175.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3774185
