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Trym Nohr Fjørtoft

Trym Nohr Fjørtoft

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 35, 0166 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 467 47 936
E-mail
  • trymnf@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

I'm a political scientist interested in the relationship between democracy and bureaucracy, expertise, knowledge, and markets. I study democratic legitimacy and delegation, market governance, border control and asylum, approaching the topics both from normative political theory and empirical angles.  

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Block, Elena Beatriz Escalante; Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2026). Softening the oligarchy: the normalization of Big Tech power. Science as Culture.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2026.2716724

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2026). Delegation without a coherent nation: non-majoritarianism in EU and US single market governance. Comparative European Politics. Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-026-00488-1

Fossum, John Erik; Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2026). Demokratiets stilling i Europa – hva gjør EU? Hva er Norges rolle?. Internasjonal Politikk. Vol. 84.
https://doi.org/10.23865/intpol.v84.7632

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2026). Technical Legitimacy. Political Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217251409057

Andrejuk, Katarzyna; Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr ; Parsons, Craig Alexander; Schmidt, Susanne; Smith, Andy; Trondal, Jarle (2025). American Services in European Perspective: Why Do Americans Not Care about Interstate Barriers in Construction?. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. Vol. 55.
https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf027

Andrejuk, Katarzyna; Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr ; Parsons, Craig Alexander; Schmidt, Susanne; Smith, Andy; Trondal, Jarle (2025). Federal Spirits: Single Markets in Goods in the United States and the European Union and the Case of Spirits Drinks. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. Vol. 55.
https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf033

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2024). Inductive Risk and the Legitimacy of Non-Majoritarian Institutions. British Journal of Political Science. Vol. 54.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123423000200

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr ; Sandven, Hallvard Hodne (2023). Symmetry in the Delegation of Power as a Legitimacy Criterion. Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 61.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13429

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2022). More power, more control: The legitimizing role of expertise in Frontex after the refugee crisis. Regulation & Governance. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12373

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr ; Michailidou, Asimina (2021). Beyond expertise: the public construction of legitimacy for EU agencies. Political Research Exchange (PRX). Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2021.2018266



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Research reports

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2022). Borders of Technocracy: Expertise, democracy, and the legitimacy of unelected bodies. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/10852/97305



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Dissemination

Veiby, Gry Elisabeth; Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2025). Spør Ekko: Studentopprør i Europa.
https://doi.org/https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/ekko_

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2024). The Politics of European and American Single-Market Governance (Europe’s development and challenges: Snapshots from ARENA’s research). ARENA’s 30th anniversary conference. ARENA Centre for European Studies.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5562364

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2023). Presentation to the Delegation of the European Union to Norway on history of EU-Norway relations, EU referendums and the EEA agreement, and the SINGLEMARKETS project. Presentation for trainees from the European embassies to Norway. Delegation of the European Union to Norway.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3795993

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2020). Teknisk ekspertise kan være en politisk ressurs. Stat & Styring. Vol. 30.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3825879

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2019). Frontex, Expertise and the Refugee Crisis. Making non-majoritarian institutions safe for democracy. ARENA Senter for Europaforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3903437

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2018). The Role of Expertise in Frontex. The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy: Experts, Elites and the People. ECPR Joint Sessions.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3789684

Fjørtoft, Trym Nohr (2016). Coping or Hoping Mechanisms: Evaluating The Effectiveness of National Human Rights Institutions. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4872227



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.
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