Angelica Börjesson

Angelica Börjesson serves as a Senior Lecturer in Public Administration at the Department of Working Life and Welfare within the Academy of Care, Working Life and Welfare at the University of Borås. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Gothenburg, awarded in 2019 following her thesis on ideological and institutional transformations in Swedish health insurance policy (1995-2015).

Education

• PhD in Public Administration, University of Gothenburg (2019)

Prior to her academic career, she worked as an investigator and researcher at the Social Insurance Inspectorate and served as a reference person in government health insurance investigations.

Her research centers on welfare policy through normative and ideological lenses, examining bureaucracy-democracy tensions, competing knowledge claims in welfare institutions, and critical perspectives on non-sanctioning public scrutiny mechanisms. She explores how softer forms of bureaucratic accountability without sanctioning rights impact democratic oversight, with specific focus on Swedish social security systems and health insurance evolution. Her work bridges theoretical public administration debates with empirical policy analysis.

Analysis of her 2013-2019 publications reveals a cohesive research trajectory examining institutional change in Swedish welfare state apparatuses. Key themes include health insurance policy revolutions, public administration's identity crisis, and accountability mechanisms in municipal auditing and teacher certification reforms. Her scholarship consistently interrogates how bureaucratic practices navigate democratic legitimacy within welfare institutions.

Scientific Awards

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Dr. Börjesson teaches public scrutiny, accountability frameworks, ethics, policy instruments, and qualitative methods in the Bachelor's Program in Public Administration and Master's Program in Sustainable Organization and Health-Promoting Leadership. Her advisory contributions extend to government investigations, demonstrating applied policy expertise. While specific research grants aren't detailed, her work critically engages with welfare bureaucracy governance and accountability structures.

No dedicated research laboratories or institutional teams were specified in available documentation.