Anders Molander

Anders Molander is a Part-Time Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Oslo Metropolitan University. His research spans multiple disciplines, including Economics, Media Studies, General Law, Public and Private Administration, and Ethics, with a focus on expertise, discretion, and normative governance.

Key research themes include:

• Expertise and Democracy: Critique of epistemic asymmetry in policy-making, biases in economic expertise, and democratic legitimacy.
• Welfare and Ethics: Conditional welfare, paternalistic justification, and sanction policies in activation programs.
• Political Philosophy: Hobbesian reasoning, Kantian ethics, and rational choice theory.
• Public Administration: Discretion in bureaucratic judgment, juridification processes, and institutional design.

His collaborations with scholars like Cathrine Holst, Gaute Torsvik, and Lars Inge Terum highlight interdisciplinary work on EU crises, social dilemmas, and activation programs. Publications include peer-reviewed articles in Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie and Journal of Social Policy, as well as textbooks and research reports.

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