As the privatisation of the public sector has grown rapidly in Sweden in the last decade,
private companies have become an imperative part of education. Private companies sell …

In the high-choice media landscape, satire has the potential to help news and politics break
through information apathy barriers and reinvigorate democratic debate. While scholarly …

This chapter is a tour of the Scandinavian lobbying landscape providing the state of the art
for research on a contested and necessary activity. We discuss the particular context of the …

This paper offers insights into how public affairs practitioners perceive their often-debated
role in the political process. By examining the specific group of public affairs practitioners …

Public affairs is a rising field of practise; at the same time, it is reputationally complicated. In
view of the widespread concern about the impact of its practise on democracy, this study …

Over the past two decades the issue of gender imbalance in teaching has been the subject
of media and political discussion. Researchers have yet to draw definitive conclusions as to …

In Finland the use of public relations (PR) agencies and consultants in political decision
making has increased in the last two decades. The development of the Finnish political …

I løpet av kort tid har Arendalsuka utviklet seg til en av de viktigste møteplassene i norsk
politikk. Denne rapporten ser på hvem som deltar på Arendalsuka, hvorfor de deltar og hva …

Da den norske regjeringen høsten 2022 foreslo innføring av grunnrenteskatt i havbruket,
ofte omtalt som lakseskatten, skapte dette stort engasjement. Til tross for at grunnrenteskatt i …

Lobbyism in Swedish school and education. Page 1 Lobbyism in Swedish school and
education. NERA conference, Malmö University, March 7th, 2024. Anna Jobér, Jakob Billmayer …