About
Political scientist, Dr. Polit from the University of Oslo (2020). Since 2007, researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR). Research interests include public policy and administration, multi-level governance, environmental policy with a particular emphasis on ecosystem-based management and spatial planning, as well as the EU administrative system.
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Mind the gap: Bridging knowledge and decision-making across sectoral silos and levels of governance in ecosystem based management (EcoGaps)
EcoGaps addresses apparent gaps between ecosystem science knowledge and its use in regional and local policy-decisions in land-use planning and water management.
Completed research projects
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Municipalities in the European Multilevel Union Administration: Towards Multi-Hatted Local Governments?
The project addresses today's developments in the EU's multi-level Union administration, where administrative bodies located across different levels of governance are increasingly interconnected in the implementation and application of EU legislation.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Indset, Marthe ; Ruud, Audun (2025). Hvor skal vi bygge og hvor skal det gro? Konsekvensutredninger som bindeledd mellom fag og politikk i kommuneplanens arealdel. Kart og Plan.
Indset, Marthe ; Tvedt, Kristian (2025). Grønne tall i kommunal planlegging: Kan regnskap for arealbruk og naturtyper styrke naturhensyn?. Kart og Plan. Vol. 118.
Indset, Marthe
(2022).
When multilevel water management meets regional government: the differential impacts on administrative integration.
Environmental Politics.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2066344
Indset, Marthe
; Tjerbo, Trond; Hansen, Tore
(2021).
The Role of the Norwegian County Governor: Agent with a Wide Scope or Servant of the State Authorities?.
Tanguy, Gildas; Eymeri-Douzans, Jean-Michel (Ed.).
Prefects, Governors and Commissioners. Territorial representatives of the State in Europe. p. 275-302.
Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59396-4
Indset, Marthe
(2018).
Building bridges over troubled waters: Administrative change at the regional level in European, multilevel water management.
Regional & Federal Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2018.1512976
Indset, Marthe
(2017).
The Changing Organization of Multilevel Water Management in the European Union. Going with the Flow?.
International Journal of Public Administration.
Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2016.1274325
Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær
;
Hovik, Sissel
;
Indset, Marthe
; Klausen, Jan Erling; Stokke, Knut Bjørn
(2016).
Implementing EUs Water Framework Directive in Norway: Can the New River Basin Districts Ensure Environmental Policy Integration?.
International Journal of Water Governance.
Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.7564/15-IJWG87
Indset, Marthe
; Stokke, Knut Bjørn
(2014).
Layering, Administrative Change and National Paths to Europeanization: The Case of the Water Framework Directive.
European Planning Studies.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2014.915014
Stokke, Knut Bjørn; Indset, Marthe (2012). Møtet mellom EUs vanndirektiv og statlig sektoransvar. Helhetlig vannforvaltning gjennom konsensusbygging og nettverk?. Kart og Plan. Vol. 72, årg. 105.
Tjerbo, Trond; Indset, Marthe ; Hansen, Tore (2011). Fylkesmannens rolle i det norske styringssystemet. Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift. Vol. 88.
