Asbjørn Røiseland

Asbjørn Røiseland is a Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University's Business School, Department of Public Administration and Governance. His research integrates Urban Governance and Public Administration, focusing on collaborative models like co-creation, innovation, and political leadership in Scandinavian municipalities. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Nordic Journal of Innovation in the Public Sector and supervises bachelor's, master's, and PhD students.

Research interests include:

• Collaborative governance networks and co-creation dynamics
• Public sector innovation and administrative reform
• Political leadership in local governments
• Institutional design for public-private partnerships

His recent publications (2024-2025) predominantly explore tensions between traditional bureaucracy and emerging co-creation paradigms, analyzing coping strategies, value conflicts, and hybridization in local governance. Key themes include emergency management networks, welfare service models, and institutional redesign.

He leads the research group Organization and Management in the Public Sector (ORGOFF) and has directed projects including:

• ECCO: Co-creation challenges in Norwegian local governments
• VOLEM: Voluntary-public emergency collaboration in Scandinavia