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Sara Blåka is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder (UiA). Her research focuses on inter-municipal cooperation, public administration, and governance networks in the context of Norwegian and European local government systems.
- Department: Political Science and Management (UiA)
- Email: sara.blaka@uia.no
- Office: HU006, Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway
- Research Groups: Governance and management in a changing public sector
Research Interests: Blåka investigates how inter-municipal collaboration affects service delivery costs, efficiency, and democratic accountability. Her work addresses organizational structures in governance networks, optimal scale of public service operations, and the political implications of cooperative arrangements.
Recent Publications: Her research analyzes cost dynamics in fire departments, auditing services, and child protection systems. She explores accountability mechanisms in local democracy and comparative models of inter-municipal cooperation across the European Economic Area.
