Announcements

• 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 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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