My research focuses on the role of the body in social transformation and the reproduction of power, especially as this occurs through the materials of everyday life. How do material relations mediate state governance, contestation, and alternative forms of belonging within and beyond national boundaries?

I currently lead the Norwegian Research Council project Arctic Silk Road: Imagining Global Infrastructures and Community Boundaries in Sápmi and the Russian North, which follows the social lives of railways, ports...

Offentlig politikk med særlig vekt på samhandlingen mellom det sentrale og lokale styringsnivået, helsesamhandling, beslutningsprosesser og vilkårene for lokaldemokrati i kommunene.

Deltar i instituttets forskningsgruppe Local Democracy Research Group (LDR)

Prosjektdeltakelse
- Kommunale vekstvedtak, NAVF-prosjekt
- Beslutningsstruktur og fordelingsutfall ved innføring av Nytt Inntektssystem, NAVF-prosjekt (Kommunelovprogrammet)
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• General theory: A concept of collective rationality

My main interest is in a theory of collective action in modern society. The assumption is that the dynamics of collective action is poorly understood in the social sciences because they lack concepts to account for the rational aspects of collective action. The development of the three concepts of collective rationality, solidarity as a medium and collective power is central to this undertaking.

• Theory of society: Solidarity as a medium of integration in functionally differentiated societi...

The politics and foreign policy of China; Northeast Asian politics and political economy (China, Japan, North and South Korea, Russian Far East); Arctic foreign policy and regional relations, including Asia-Arctic diplomacy; international relations theory and practice; security studies including economic and non-traditional security.

Current Research Interests

• Comparative Chinese politics and foreign policy / international relations, including local and regional institution-building, security and political economy
• Comparative international and regio...