I am a political scientist who takes an interest in democratic behavior, public opinion, and elections, with a main methodological focus on survey experiments. Currently I lead the projects Can Fair Decision Making Procedures Increase The Legitimacy of Democracies?, and Democratic innovation in practice. I am also the Norwegian National Coordinator of the European Social Survey.
Sveinung Arnesen
Research Professor, leader Democratic Behavior and Governance
sarn@norceresearch.no
+47 56 10 76 03
+47 995 32 496
Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Division
Health & Social Sciences
Research Groups
Restructuring of the Public Sector
More information about Sveinung
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Projects
Publications
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Conference lectureWho Deserves a Sick Day? A Conjoint Study on Sickness Absence Legitimacy– Nasjonal fagkonferanse i statsvitenskap 2025
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Academic articleKnowledge and support for AI in the public sector: a deliberative poll experiment– AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication 2024
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Academic articleBeyond the Ballot: The Impact of Voting Margin and Turnout on the Legitimacy of Referendum Outcomes in Europe– Political Studies 2024
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Conference lectureVelgernes preferanse for kommunestyre- og stortingskandidater: betydningen av kandidatenes sosiale bakgrunn– NoPSA. Workshop ‘Local elections, participation, and representation’ 2024
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Research reportEvaluering av lokaldemokratitiltak i foregangskommuner– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2024
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Conference lectureHow Partisan Selective Exposure May Not Be What You Think It Is– The American Political Science Association’s annual conference (APSA) 2023
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Feature articleLite å hente for Ap på et linjeskift– Dagensnæringsliv 2023
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Academic articleLook to Denmark or not? An experimental study of the Social Democrats’ strategic choices– Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy 2023
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Academic articleBeyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe– Comparative Political Studies 2023
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Research reportHvordan gjennomføre borgerpanel– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2022
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Academic articleHow to be Gracious about Political Loss—The Importance of Good Loser Messages in Policy Controversies– Comparative Political Studies 2022
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Research reportDemokratiske algoritmer– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2022
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Research reportDeliberativ meningsmåling i Bergen– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2021
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Academic chapterLoddet er kastet: Om bruken av innbyggerpaneler i lokalpolitikken– 2021
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Academic articleSupport for electoral system reform among voters and politicians: Studying information effects through survey experiments– Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy 2021
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Non-fiction chapterDemokratisk legitimitet – betydning av representasjon og prosess– 2020
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Academic articlePåvirker det å bli informert om konsekvenser av endringer i stortingvalgordningen velgernes holdninger til den? En surveyeksperimentell tilnærming– Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift 2019
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Academic articleDo immigration scenarios influence Norwegians’ attitudes towards immigrants? A survey experiment– Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS) 2019
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Conference lectureThe Bounded Legitimacy of Majority Rule– 2019 MPSA conference, April 4-7, Chicago 2019
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Academic articleDo citizens make inferences from political candidate characteristics when aiming for substantive representation?– Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy 2019
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Academic articleConditional Legitimacy: How Turnout, Majority Size and Outcome Affect Perceptions of Legitimacy in EU Membership Referendums– European Union Politics 2019
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Research reportFrivillighetens grunnfjell: Hvem gir mest tid og penger til frivillige organisasjoner?– Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor 2019
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Academic articleExplaining variance in the accuracy of prediction markets– International Journal of Forecasting 2018
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Conference lectureBy What Authority? Uncovering the Conditional Mandate from Referendums– ECPR General Conference, Hamburg 2018
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Conference lectureBy What Authority? Uncovering the Conditional Mandate from Referendums– Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, USA 2018
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Research reportNorwegian Citizen Panel 2018: Study Documentation and data set– Universitetet i Bergen 2018
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Research reportOrganisasjonsengasjement blant innvandrarar– Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor 2018
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Academic articleCould information about herd immunity help us achieve herd immunity? Evidence from a population representative survey experiment– Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2018
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Academic articleThe Legitimacy of Representation: How Descriptive, Formal, and Responsiveness Representation Affect the Acceptability of Political Decisions– Comparative Political Studies 2017
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Conference lectureReferendums as the wiggle room of democracy– Annual conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA) 2017
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Academic articleDo Polls Influence Opinions? Investigating Poll Feedback Loops Using the Novel Dynamic Response Feedback Experimental Procedure– Social science computer review 2017
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Academic chapterHar kommunevalgkampen noen betydning?– 2017
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Academic articleLegitimacy from Decision-Making Influence and Outcome Favourability: Results from General Population Survey Experiments– Political Studies 2017
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Research reportDo Polls Influence Opinions? Testing the Spiral of Silence using a Dynamic Response Feedback Algorithm– DIGSSCORE DIGITAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CORE FACILITY 2017
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Academic articleSosial forankring og aktivt medlemskap i frivillige organisasjoner– Nordiske organisasjonsstudier 2016
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Academic articleUsing prediction market data for measuring the expected closeness in electoral research– Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy 2016
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Conference lectureNot only measuring but also shaping the opinion? A time-series surey experiment on the effect of polls on public opinion– American Political Science Conference 2015
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Conference lectureOpinion Polls' Effect on Political Attitudes - Results from a time-series survey experiment in a general population web panel– ECPR General Conference 2015 2015
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Feature articleValgets egentlige helter– Bergens Tidende 2015
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Conference lectureOpinion Polls’ Effect on Public Opinion - Presentation of A Time Series Survey Experiment Design– Norsk statsvitenskapelig fagkonferanse 2015
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Conference lectureThe legitimacy of collective decisions – Results from a real money experiment in a general population survey.– Norwegian Citizen Panel Conference 2014
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Conference lectureThe legitimacy of collective decisions – A survey experimental approach to the micro foundations of political legitimacy– NOPSA Conference 2014 2014
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Conference lectureThe legitimacy of collective decisions – A survey experimental approach to the micro foundations of political legitimacy– 8th ECPR General Conference 2014
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Academic articlePrediction Markets vs Polls – an Examination of Accuracy for the 2008 and 2012 Elections.– The Journal of Prediction Markets 2014
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Research reportMedvirkning med virkning? Innbyggermedvirkning i den kommunale beslutningsprosessen– Norsk institutt for by- og regionforskning, Uni Rokkansenteret 2013
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Academic articleACCURACY AND BIAS IN EUROPEAN PREDICTION MARKETS– Statistica Applicata 2013
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Research reportMedvirkning med virkning? Innbyggermedvirkning i den kommunale beslutningsprosessen– Norsk institutt for by- og regionforskning 2013
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Research reportFrivillig deltakelse i Norden : Et komparativt perspektiv– Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor 2013
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Research reportValgdeltagelsen ved kommunestyrevalget 2011– Institutt for samfunnsforskning 2013
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Academic chapterDeltakelsen ved kommunestyrevalget 2011– 2013
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Academic articleForecasting Norwegian elections: Out of work and out of office– International Journal of Forecasting 2012
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Conference lectureValgdeltakelsen ved kommunestyrevalget 2011– Den XXI. nordiske kommunekonferansen 2012
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Academic chapterKonsekvenser av organisasjonsaktivitet for yrkesdeltakelse– 2012
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Academic chapterSosial forankring og aktivt medlemskap i frivillige organisasjoner– 2012
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Academic articleHow prediction markets help us understand events‵ impact on the vote in US Presidential Elections– The Journal of Prediction Markets 2011
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Academic articleInformasjon, motivasjon, prediksjon: Eit forsøk med prediksjonsmarknad før stortingsvalet 2009– Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS) 2011
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Conference lectureHow prediction markets can help us understand events´impact on the vote in presidential elections– Third International Conference on Prediction and Information Markets 2011
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Research reportPenger og politikk– Minerva 2009
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Conference lectureKan man forutsi valgresultater? Resultater fra de amerikanske presidentvalgene i 2004 og 2008– Faglig-pedagogisk dag ved UiB 2009
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Academic literature reviewAlways with the drama– Stat og styring 2008
