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The third issue (Vol.30 No.3) of 2026 is now out!

2026-09-24

The third issue (Vol.30 No.3) of 2026 is now out!

The issue includes the following contributions:

Coping With the Who’s, What’s and How’s of Co-Creation, by Asbjørn Røiseland

The Bright Side of Recurrent Reorganisations – Increased Coordination, New Policy Tools and Bottom-up Agenda Setting: The Case of Recurrent Ministerial Transfers of the Integration Field in Norway, by Tilda Persson & Vilde Hernes

Use of Administrative Data for Management and Development of Norwegian Child Welfare Services, by Svein Arild Vis, Torill Moe, Bodil Olsvik, Heidi Linnerud, Gro Sannes, Erik Skjeggestad, Marina Snipsøyr Sletten & Tone Strømolt

Developing Local Detailed Planning Processes Under Institutional Constraints: Evidence From a Finnish Municipality, by Kimmo Sulonen & Jukka Puhto
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The second issue (Vol.30 No.2) of 2026 is now out!

2026-06-15

The second issue (Vol.30 No.2) of 2026 is now out!

The issue includes the following contributions:

The Public Administration of Public Art: Situated Practices in Swedish Municipalities, by Jonathan Metzger, Catharina Gabrielsson, Eva Arnqvist, Anna Wignell, Per Hasselberg

Data Transparency as a Tool for Accountability: Norwegian Municipalities’ Approaches to Elderly Care Information, and Broader Implications, by Fabrizio Palumbo, Roy Krøvel

From Teacher to Manager: Hybridization as a Pathway Towards a New Profession, by Maria Blomgren

Challenges in Changing Healthcare Resource Allocation – Separation, Integration, or Diversification of Institutional Logics, by Villy Angelsen, Solrun Holm
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The first issue (Vol.30 No.1) of 2026 is now out!

2026-03-16

The first issue (Vol.30 No.1) of 2026 is now out!

The issue includes the following contributions:

Exploring the Complexity of Decision-Making in Urban Development: A Comparative Case Study of Turku and Tampere Light Rail Projects, by Jaakko Stenhäll

(Not) Just Another Brick in the Wall: How Middle Managers in Swedish Local Education Administrations Exercise Various Forms of Power, by Linn Antonsson

Transforming the Nordic Welfare Regime – Tracing Friction in Introducing Welfare Technology, by Antti Hämäläinen, Joni Jaakola, Doris Lydahl, Hilde Thygesen, Kristín Bjornsdottir, Niels Christian Mossfeldt Nickelsen

Giving Coronavirus a Face: Municipal Storytelling as Discursive Legitimation, by Hanna Sofia Rehnberg, Maria Grafström
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The final issue (Vol.29 No.4) of 2025 is now out!

2025-12-19

The final issue (Vol.29 No.4) of 2025 is now out!

This is a special issue titled “Exploring Current Themes, Future Trends, and Challenges in Scandinavian Public Management”, guest edited by Tom S. Karlsson, Sara Brorström, Kirsi-Mari Kallio, and Kari Nyland

We would like to thank the guest editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions and wish you all a happy festive season!

The issue includes the following contributions:

-Exploring Current Themes, Future Trends, and Challenges in Scandinavian Public Management, by Tom S. Karlsson, Sara Brorström, Kirsi-Mari Kallio, and Kari Nyland

-Positive Impacts of Trust-Based Leadership and Governance on School Outcomes. A Literature-Based Impact Study, by Lykke Mose

-Between Solidarity and Anomie: A Study of a Collaboration With a Pooled Budget, by Anna Villaume Silberstein, Gunilla Eklöv Alander, and Mikael Holmgren Caicedo

-Context Adaptation in Public Administration Change Processes: A Case Within the Swedish Transport Administration, by Paulina Ekendahl, Izabella Bäckström, and Andreas Norrman

-Stress Testing a Quasi-Market: Unintended Consequences of the Swedish School Voucher System, by Andreas Bergh and Joakim Wernberg

-Contested, Impractical, and Easily Forgotten? Analysing National-Level Decision-Makers’ Interpretations of Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Qualitative Follow-up Study, by Kristiina Janhonen, Marjaana Viita-aho, Henna Paananen, Laura Kihlström, Soila Karreinen, and Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen

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Season’s Greetings and Editorial Transition Notice for 2026

2025-12-12

Season’s greetings to all our readers, reviewers, editors, and friends of SJPA!

As we reach the end of the year and the festive season approaches, I want to take a moment to share an important update and to reflect on what we have accomplished together. Beginning in early 2026, after serving as Editor-in-Chief since 2023, I will hand over the flag to SJPA’s new Co-Editors-in-Chief, Sanna Eklund and, from April 2026, Andreas Asplén Lundstedt. I am confident that they will continue to guide the journal with energy, vision, and dedication.
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New Issue Available

2025-09-24

The latest SJPA issue (Vol. 29, No. 3) is now online! Read it directly on our website, or access it here.
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Web of Science Indexing

2025-02-19

SJPA has been accepted for indexing in Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
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Planned Maintenance and Service Interruptions on 31 January and 12 February

2025-01-23

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New issue is available

2024-06-26

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Planned maintenance and disruptions

2024-01-26

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Call for Papers: Exploring Current Themes, Future Trends, and Challenges in Scandinavian Public Management

2023-11-09

SJPA invites you to contribute to a dynamic and forward-thinking discussion on the contemporary issues that Scandinavian public organizations are facing. For information regarding the call please follow this link. Read more about Call for Papers: Exploring Current Themes, Future Trends, and Challenges in Scandinavian Public Management
Special Issue: Making Sense of Institutional Changes in the Welfare Professions

2023-09-15

A new issue (Vol. 27 No. 3) edited by Johan Alvehus & Henrik Loodin is now avaliable for our readers!
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New issue is avaliable!

2023-06-16

The latest issue (Vol. 27 No. 2) is avaliable for our readers! We would like to thank all of the contributors and wish you all a great summer!
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Viewpoint articles

2023-05-19

SJPA has now a new paper category!

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International Advisory Board

2023-04-18

SJPA welcomes new members of the international advisory board!
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New issue is now avaliable!

2023-03-17

Special issue Vol. 27 No. 1 (2023): What Has Changed and What Remains? Institutional Shifts in Nordic Higher Education in the 2000s is now avaliable online!
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New Editor-in-Chief

2023-02-11

SJPA has C. Eren Fırtın as the new editor-in-chief.
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Journal Indexing

2023-02-01

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Welcome to the new online platform for Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration

2023-02-01

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