Therese Reitan

Therese Reitan is a Professor at Södertörn University's Department of Social Sciences, specializing in public administration, organizational theory, and health policy. She earned her PhD in 1997 from the University of Bergen, examining interorganizational dynamics in substance abuse care systems. Her career includes research leadership at Statens institutionsstyrelse (SiS) and foundational work with the Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (SCOHOST), focusing on Baltic and Eastern European public health transitions.

Research Focus: Reitan investigates governance structures in public services, particularly:

• Compulsory care systems for pregnant substance abusers
• Alcohol/drug policy evolution in post-Soviet states
• Co-production models with involuntary service users
• Leadership development across life stages
• Bureaucratic-professional tensions in welfare states

Publication Trends: Her recent work (2016-2019) emphasizes empirical studies of compulsory care outcomes, maternal substance abuse interventions, and leadership emergence patterns, employing longitudinal and cross-national methodologies. Earlier scholarship centered on alcohol policy transformations in transitional societies.

Academic Service: She coordinates undergraduate courses in public administration and contributes to external professional training for Swedish governmental agencies. From 2019-2020, she conducted part-time fieldwork at Ekonomistyrningsverket (Swedish Financial Management Authority) examining bureaucratic practices.