Hallbera Friða West

Hallbera Friða West serves as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. Her academic work centers on parliamentary oversight and accountability within parliamentary systems, with additional expertise in self-governing territories and Arctic regional dynamics.

Her research spans comparative politics, public administration, and foreign policy, emphasizing political parties, parliamentary roles, and institutional design. She investigates how political elites navigate oversight mechanisms, particularly in the North Atlantic and Arctic regions, including the Faroe Islands. Her work examines accountability frameworks, partisan incentives in committee assignments, and the evolution of parliamentary scrutiny systems.

West's publications reveal a strong focus on subnational governance in Nordic territories, analyzing critical junctures in Faroese self-government and parliamentary functionality. Her research consistently connects institutional design to practical oversight outcomes, with recurring themes in Arctic policy development and international parliamentary diplomacy.

She leads three major research initiatives: "Partially Independent Nation Territories in Northern Europe" (2021-2024), "Self-governance in the Arctic" (2021-2024), and "PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL: HOW TO MOVE BEYOND PARTISAN BEHAVIOR?" (2020-2025), addressing governance models and oversight mechanisms in evolving political landscapes.