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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

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

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Restructuring of the Public Sector

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Publications
Look 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
Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe – Comparative Political Studies 2023
How to be Gracious about Political Loss—The Importance of Good Loser Messages in Policy Controversies – Comparative Political Studies 2022
Demokratiske algoritmer – NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2022
Deliberativ meningsmåling i Bergen – NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2021
Loddet er kastet: Om bruken av innbyggerpaneler i lokalpolitikken – 2021
Support 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
Demokratisk legitimitet – betydning av representasjon og prosess – 2020
Påvirker det å bli informert om konsekvenser av endringer i stortingvalgordningen velgernes holdninger til den? En surveyeksperimentell tilnærming – Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2019
Do immigration scenarios influence Norwegians’ attitudes towards immigrants? A survey experiment – Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 2019
Do 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
Conditional Legitimacy: How Turnout, Majority Size and Outcome Affect Perceptions of Legitimacy in EU Membership Referendums – European Union Politics 2019
Frivillighetens grunnfjell: Hvem gir mest tid og penger til frivillige organisasjoner? – Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor 2019
Explaining variance in the accuracy of prediction markets – International Journal of Forecasting 2018
Norwegian Citizen Panel 2018: Study Documentation and data set – Universitetet i Oslo 2018
Organisasjonsengasjement blant innvandrarar – Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor 2018
Could information about herd immunity help us achieve herd immunity? Evidence from a population representative survey experiment – Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2018
The Legitimacy of Representation: How Descriptive, Formal, and Responsiveness Representation Affect the Acceptability of Political Decisions – Comparative Political Studies 2017
Do Polls Influence Opinions? Investigating Poll Feedback Loops Using the Novel Dynamic Response Feedback Experimental Procedure – Social science computer review 2017
Har kommunevalgkampen noen betydning? – 2017
Legitimacy from Decision-Making Influence and Outcome Favourability: Results from General Population Survey Experiments – Political Studies 2017
Do Polls Influence Opinions? Testing the Spiral of Silence using a Dynamic Response Feedback Algorithm – DIGSSCORE DIGITAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CORE FACILITY 2017
Sosial forankring og aktivt medlemskap i frivillige organisasjoner – Nordiske organisasjonsstudier 2016
Using prediction market data for measuring the expected closeness in electoral research – Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy 2016
Valgets egentlige helter – Bergens Tidende 2015
Prediction Markets vs Polls – an Examination of Accuracy for the 2008 and 2012 Elections. – The Journal of Prediction Markets 2014
Medvirkning med virkning? Innbyggermedvirkning i den kommunale beslutningsprosessen – Norsk institutt for by- og regionforskning, Uni Rokkansenteret 2013
ACCURACY AND BIAS IN EUROPEAN PREDICTION MARKETS – Statistica Applicata 2013
Medvirkning med virkning? Innbyggermedvirkning i den kommunale beslutningsprosessen – Norsk institutt for by- og regionforskning 2013
Frivillig deltakelse i Norden : Et komparativt perspektiv – Senter for forskning på sivilsamfunn og frivillig sektor 2013
Valgdeltagelsen ved kommunestyrevalget 2011 – Institutt for samfunnsforskning 2013
Deltakelsen ved kommunestyrevalget 2011 – 2013
Forecasting Norwegian elections: Out of work and out of office – International Journal of Forecasting 2012
Konsekvenser av organisasjonsaktivitet for yrkesdeltakelse – 2012
Sosial forankring og aktivt medlemskap i frivillige organisasjoner – 2012
How prediction markets help us understand events‵ impact on the vote in US Presidential Elections – The Journal of Prediction Markets 2011
Informasjon, motivasjon, prediksjon: Eit forsøk med prediksjonsmarknad før stortingsvalet 2009 – Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 2011
Penger og politikk – Minerva 2009
Always with the drama – Stat og styring 2008
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