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Nils Hertting is a Professor at Uppsala University's Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) and holds a concurrent position as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at the Department of Government. His research centers on local governance, urban politics, and public sector evaluation practices, with specific expertise in deliberative and participative network governance, civil society dynamics, ethnic associations, public space, and policy implementation challenges across Swedish and European contexts.
His primary research domains include
- Local Governance
- Urban Politics
- Network Governance
- Public Sector Evaluation
- Civil Society
- Ethnic Associations
- Public Space
- Implementation
Analysis of his 2020-2025 publications reveals consistent thematic focus on participatory governance in urban settings, particularly neighborhood renewal programs and energy community development. His work demonstrates growing emphasis on equity dimensions, institutional dilemmas in collaborative governance, and the normalization of urban entrepreneurialism through subtle de-politicization tactics in city center developments.
Hertting co-founded the Seminar for Qualitative Methods at Uppsala's Department of Government, significantly contributing to methodological development in qualitative political science research and advancing rationalistic generalization approaches from single-case studies.
