Kristin Strømsnes is a Professor and Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Comparative Politics. Her most important research interests are political participation and mobilization, voluntary organizations and social capital, environmentalism, as well as Sámi citizenship. Currently she serves as the Director of Research at the department. She has authored or co-authored/co-edited 8 books and around 50 journal articles and book chapters. In 2012-2015 and 2019-2021 she was coordinator of the CORE Research group (Citizens, Opinion, Representation, and Elections), which achieved the highest score and was rated Excellent in the evaluation of the social sciences in Norway in 2018. The group was also rewarded network funds from the Norwegian Research Council for the period 2020-2024. Among the groups' activities are the CORE Lecture Series and the Rokkan Symposium 

Kristin Strømsnes is currently teaching courses in Political Mobilization at the Bachelor level (sampol107) and is responsible for for the Master’s seminar in Comparative Politics (sampol306). For eight years Strømsnes was director of the PhD program at the Department of Comparative Politics (2013-2021), and she has also served as faculty at the PhD-seminar arranged by the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR, 2022) and been a part of the Arctur Online Mentoring Programme (2021-2022). 

During the 2018-19 academic year, Kristin Strømsnes was a Visiting Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, Ash center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. She has also had shorter research stays at Uppsala University, Aalborg University and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Kristin Strømsnes has held a full-time position at the University of Bergen since 2008. In addition, she has long experience from various research institutes (LOS Centre, Stein Rokkan Centre, Uni Research, Norce).

Strømsnes is a co-founder of the Centre for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector in cooperation with the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, and she headed the Bergen branch of the center during the first five years (2008-2013). She was involved in the establishment of the Citizen Panel in Bergen and has been a member of the scientific committee of Panel of Elected Representatives. She was also one of the research leaders in the proposed Visions of the Arctic Centre of Excellence, and she is part of the research project Indigenous people and governance in the Arctic. In 2023 she was a member of the programme committee for the annual SDG Conferense in Bergen, and she has also been a member of the Management Committee for the European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network (ENTAN, 2019-2023).

In 2013, Strømsnes was the leader of the Women’s suffrage centenary at the University of Bergen, and she has also led the gender equality committee (2021) and the womens network (2022-2023) at the Department of Comparative Politics. She was the 1^st deputy to the Board at the Faculty of Social Sciences for two periods (2013-2021), and is currently a representative on the Department Council at the Department of Comparative Politics, a representative for the local branch of The Norwegian Association of Researchers in Bergen, member of the Stein Rokkan Prize jury, and deputy representative to the board of the Norwegian University Center in Paris.

Teaching

Masters seminar in comparartive politics (Sampol306) - course director (fall).

Politisk mobilisering (Sampol107) - course director (spring).

 

Former teaching responsibillities:

Masterseminar i samanliknande politikk (Sampol306) (2020-)

Masteroppgaven (Sampol350) (2019-2021)

Politisk mobilisering (Sampol107) (2014-)

Arctic Politics (Sampol371) (2022) 

Politisk engasjement: Praktisk, empirisk forsking (Sampol324) (2017-2020)

Bacheloroppgave i sammenliknende politikk (Sampol260) (2016)

Politisk engasjement: Endringer og utfordringer (Sampol324) (2015-2016)

Samfunnsvitenskapelig metode (Met102) (2008-2014)

Changes and Challenges in Political Engagement (Sampol341) (2013)

Velferd og demokrati: Sametinget og den nye samiske offentligheten (Sampol345) (2012)

Velferd og demokrati: Sivilsamfunnets rolle (Sampol322) (2009-2010)

Rettigheter og representasjon i den skandinaviske velferdsmodellen (Sampol322) (2008)

Prosjektarbeid (Sampol303) (2006)

Forprøven i samfunnsvitenskapelig metode (Mesaf) (1993-1996)

 

Single lectures:

"Norsk og skandinavisk frivillighet i et internasjonalt perspektiv" - Politikk, styring og endring i helse- og velferdssektoren (SA6-409), Politikk, styring og endring i utdanningssektoren (SA6-410), Politikk, styring og endring i offentlig sektor (SA6-411)

"Politikk i Norden" - Examen facultatum: Innføring i sammenliknende politikk (Sampol100)

"Alternative forms of civil society participation" - Political Mobilization: Social Movements, Organizations and Political Parties (Sampol212)

"Social Capital in Scandinavia", "Ethnic minorities", "Social capital and gender equality" - Scandinavian Politics and Government (Sampol120)

"Sosial kapital og regional utvikling" - Region og regionalisering (GEO327)

"Universelt demokrati: Likestilling" - Stats- og nasjonsbygging: Institusjoner og aktører (Sampol110)

 

PhD-disertations supervised:

Diaspora Mobilization for Justice During Conflict. The Case of Syria - Espen Ringkjøb Stokke, 2021

Consistent Citizens? Exploring and Explaining Mechanisms of Opinion Change - Åsta Dyrnes Nordø, 2019

Creating Democratic Citizens? An analysis of Mock Elections as Political Education in School - Julie Ane Ødegaard Borge, 2016

Climate Change: Challenging democracies, challenging parties - Sondre Båtstrand, 2015

Non-governmental participation within authoritarian constraints. Twenty years of organizational growth and institutional development around AIDS in China - Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr, 2015

 

PhD-coordinator (2014-2021)

 

Master-theses supervised:

Maktfordeling og beslutningsprosesser i flernivåstyringssystem. En analyse av kommunesammenslåingsprosessen mellom Ballangen, Hamarøy, Narvik og Tysfjord - Kristine Amalie Fagerli Torbergsen, 2024

Between local needs and geopolitics in Longyearbyen: how a unique political context affects adaptation to climate change and increased tourism - Erlend Bjerke Otterå, 2023

Makt og innflytelse eller resultat av symbolpolitikk? En studie av kommunale ungdomsråd og deres følelse av innflytelse - Benjamin Jakobsen, 2022

The Norwegian labour market, a gender equality paradox? A qualitative case study of Norway from the 1970s until today - Kaja Eriksrød, 2021

Bompengeopprøret i Rogaland. Hets, truslar og bompengar - Agnes Hoshovde Bernes, 2020

Skandalepolitikk og medienes rolle. En emnemodellering av mediedekningen av metoo-kampanjen - Vilde Smedsvik, 2020

Climate and Conflict: A logistic multilevel analysis of the relationship between climate variability and violent conflict - Ola Nestvold Grendal, 2020

Kjønnsperspektiv i norsk asylforvaltning. En casestudie av UDIs tolkning av kjønnsperspektivet i asylvurderingen - Lena Aastrøm, 2019

Mange politiske mål på få mål jord – ein analyse av partipolitikkens rolle i forvaltninga av norske jordressursar - Lina Hamre, 2017

Bosetting av flyktninger: Kommunene i et krysspress? - Hege Gotteberg Eide, 2017

Changing narratives? An analysis of the Effects of the European Debt Crisis on the European Integration Narratives of the SPD and the CDU/CSU - Marte Utgård Malones, 2016

Miljøpartiet de Grønne på Stortinget: En studie av et partipolitisk gjennomslag - Bjørn Siem Knudsen, 2016

"Balansekunstnerne" - Utforskende casestudie av ideologiske tankesmier i Norge - Maria Dyrhol Sandvik, 2015

Veien til økt kvalitet. Internasjonalisering av norsk høyere utdanning - Belinda Gloppen Helle, 2015

Motiv for fiskeribistand. En kvalitativ analyse av to norske bistandsprosjekt til fiskerisektoren - Amalie Statland Fantoft, 2015

Hva skyldes forskjellene? – En vekstkurveanalyse av politisk representasjon av kvinner i 20 demokratier over tidsperioden 1970-2013 - John Martin Roaldset, 2014

To sider av same sak. Ein kvantitativ casestudie av kommunesamanslåingar og politisk legitimitet - Marius Myklebust, 2013

Det regionale nivåets framtid. En komparativ studie av holdninger til forvaltningsordningen blant fylkestingspolitikere på Vestlandet - Torben Tøsse Blindheim, 2013

The Development of Political trust. A multilevel analysis of cross-curtain differences in State-citizen relationships - Fredrik Herdlevær Sagafos, 2011

The Norwegian Voluntary Sector in Change. The Impact of Changes in Organizational Type, Structure, and Membership on Local Voluntary Associations' Political Involvement - Karoline Garshol, 2011

Explaining Compliance: What makes the polluter turn green? An event history analysis of member state compliance with the Montreal Protocol - Åsta Dyrnes Nordø, 2010

Norske nasjonale ekspertar – ein kanal for innverknad eller gratis arbeidskraft til Brussel? - Marte Nes, 2009 

”Om ikke akkurat grasrot, så nesten litt” Miljøverndepartementets bruk av ’sivilsamfunnsinitiativer’ som virkemidler for økt folkelig miljøengasjement - Ingrid Sælensminde, 2008

Sivilsamfunns demokratiske rolle. Er Norge og Danmark så ulike? - Marit Jacobsen, 2007

Grøn politisk ideologi og den norske miljøvernrørsla - Heidi Kristin Reppen, 1998

 

2024

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2024). frivillig organisasjon. (external link)

2023

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2023). Indigenous People’s Self-governing Bodies and the Role of Civil Society: The Case of the Norwegian Sámi. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2023). Civic engagement. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Ervik, Rune; Reymert, Ingvild (2023). Frivillige organisasjoners sivilsamfunnsrolle: En studie av klima- og miljøfeltet og velferdsfeltet. (external link)

2022

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin; Kuhnle, Stein (2022). Scenarios for Civil Society Impact in Norway. (external link)
• Rommetvedt, Hilmar; Strømsnes, Kristin (2022). Organisasjonenes kontakt og påvirkning sett fra myndighetenes og medienes synsvinkel. (external link)

2021

• Strømsnes, Kristin; Skov Henriksen, Lars (2021). Volunteering in Scandinavia. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2021). Det samiske sivilsamfunnet i Sametinget og i samepolitikken . (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2021). Rokkan, Stein (1921 - 1979). (external link)

2020

• Selle, Per; Semb, Anne Julie; Strømsnes, Kristin (2020). Urbanisering av det samiske elektoratet: En fremvoksende skillelinje i den moderne samepolitikken?. (external link)

2019

• Henriksen, Lars Skov; Strømsnes, Kristin; Svedberg, Lars (2019). Understanding Civic Engagement in the Scandinavian Context. (external link)
• Henriksen, Lars Skov; Strømsnes, Kristin; Svedberg, Lars (2019). Comparative and Theoretical Lessons from the Scandinavian Case. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin; Svedberg, Lars et al. (2019). The Scandinavian Organizational Landscape: Extensive and Different. (external link)
• Henriksen, Lars Skov; Strømsnes, Kristin; Svedberg, Lars (2019). Civic Engagement in Scandinavia: Volunteering, Informal help and Giving in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Skov Henriksen, Lars; Svedberg, Lars (2019). Forskere: En omfattende stat giver et omfattende civilsamfund. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2019). Sterk velferdsstat fremmer frivillig arbeid. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2019). The Challenging Position of Civil Society Service Production within the Norwegian Welfare State. (external link)

2018

• Enjolras, Bernard; Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). The Reconfiguration of the Norwegian Voluntary Sector. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). Omfattende stat, omfattende sivilsamfunn. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Gjerde, Steinar (2018). Politiske aksjoner i Norge: Hvilken rolle spiller organisasjonene?. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). Aktivisme før og nå. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). Mange hindre for amerikanske velgere. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). Lite forpliktende klimastøtte. (external link)
• Enjolras, Bernard; Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). The Transformation of the Scandinavian Voluntary Sector. (external link)
• Enjolras, Bernard; Strømsnes, Kristin (2018). Scandinavian Civil Society and Social Transformations : The Case of Norway. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin; Loga, Jill M (2018). State and Civil Society: A Regime Change?. (external link)

2017

• Nilsen, Heidi Rapp; Strømsnes, Kristin; Schmidt, Ulla (2017). A broad alliance of civil society organizations on climate change mitigation: political Strength or legitimizing support?. (external link)
• Falch, Torvald; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2017). The Sámi: 25 Years of Indigenous Authority in Norway. (external link)

2016

• Falch, Torvald; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2016). The Sámi: 25 Years of indigenous authority in Norway. (external link)

2015

• Folkestad, Bjarte; Christensen, Dag Arne; Strømsnes, Kristin et al. (2015). Hovedfunn: Frivillig innsats i Noreg 1998-2014. (external link)
• Folkestad, Bjarte; Christensen, Dag Arne; Strømsnes, Kristin et al. (2015). Frivillig innsats i Noreg 1998-2014 : Kva kjenneteikner dei frivillige og kva har endra seg?. (external link)
• Båtstrand, Sondre; Strømsnes, Kristin (2015). Climate change: Challenging democracies, challenging parties. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2015). Betydelsen av kyrkobesök och medlemskap i religiösa frivilligorganisationer för skapandet av socialt kapital. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Semb, Anne Julie; Strømsnes, Kristin et al. (2015). Den samiske medborgeren. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2015). Sivilsamfunnet og Sametinget som 'støvsuger'. (external link)
• Gåsemyr, Hans Jørgen; Kuhnle, Stein; Strømsnes, Kristin (2015). Non-governmental participation within authoritarian constraints: Twenty years of organizational growthand institutional developmentaround AIDS in China. (external link)

2014

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2014). En arena for gateslag og sultestreik. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Selle, Per (2014). Aksjoner i det representative demokrati. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2014). Christian Albrekt Larsen: The Rise & Fall of Social Cohesion. (external link)
• Eimhjellen, Ivar; Wollebæk, Dag; Strømsnes, Kristin (2014). Associations online: barriers for using web-based communication in voluntary associations. (external link)

2013

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2013). Norsk frivillighetspolitikk - ny och enhetlig?. (external link)
• Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth; Strømsnes, Kristin (2013). Inequality, Diversity and Social Trust in Norwegian Communities. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Semb, Anne Julie; Strømsnes, Kristin (2013). Citizenship identity among Norwegian Sami in core Sami areas. (external link)
• Enjolras, Bernard ; Strømsnes, Kristin (2013). Frivillighet i Norge : Senterets sluttrapport etter 5 år. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2013). Medlemmene mindre viktige. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2013). Frivillig arbeid. (external link)

2012

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2012). Sosial kapital og frivillighet. (external link)
• Loga, Jill; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin et al. (2012). Klemt mellom staten og markedet. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2012). Innledning. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2012). Organisasjonene og det offentlige : Har vi fått en ny frivillighetspolitikk?. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Selle, Per (2012). En ny og helhetlig frivillighetspolitikk?. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2012). Samer i parti og valg. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2012). Sápmelaččat bellodagain ja válggain. (external link)

2011

• Selle, Per; Semb, Anne Julie; Strømsnes, Kristin (2011). Sosial kapital blant norske samer. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Aars, Jacob (2011). Pendling og sosial kapital innenfor norske storbyregioner. (external link)
• Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth; Strømsnes, Kristin (2011). Etnisk mangfold, økonomisk ulikhet og sosial kapital. (external link)
• Christensen, Dag Arne; Strømsnes, Kristin; Wollebæk, Dag (2011). Organisasjonene i Hordaland 1999-2009. (external link)
• Christensen, Dag Arne; Strømsnes, Kristin (2011). Organisasjonslivet i Hordaland under lupen. (external link)

2010

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2010). Sami Citizenship: Marginalisation or Integration?. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Christensen, Dag Arne (2010). Online Political Activism: The Use of new information and communication technology during phases of political mobilization. (external link)
• Wollebæk, Dag; Strømsnes, Kristin (2010). Is commuting bad for civil life? Evidence from three Norwegian cities. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Wollebæk, Dag (2010). The Strange Coexistence of Passive Memberships and High Social Capital in Scandinavia. (external link)
• Christensen, Dag Arne; Strømsnes, Kristin (2010). Democracy or Do-ocracy: The Activist Group "Byen Vår" and the Mobilisation against Clear Channel in Bergen. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2010). Sámi citizenship marginalisation or integration?. (external link)

2009

• Strømsnes, Kristin; Selle, Per; Grendstad, Gunnar (2009). Environmentalism between state and local community: why Greenpeace has failed in Norway. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2009). Political Consumerism - A Substitute for or Supplement to Conventional Political Participation?. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Christensen, Dag Arne (2009). The Activist Group ‘Byen Vår’ and the use of ICT in the Mobilization against Advertisement-Financed Public Furnishings in Bergen. (external link)

2008

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2008). The Importance of Church Attendance and Membership of Religious Voluntary Organizations for the Formation of Social Capital. (external link)
• Wallace, Claire; Strømsnes, Kristin (2008). Introduction: European Identities. (external link)
• Wollebæk, Dag; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2008). Endringsprosesser i norsk frivillighet: En kunnskapsoversikt. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2008). Marginalisering eller integrering? Samisk politisk interesse og deltakelse. (external link)
• Wollebæk, Dag; Strømsnes, Kristin (2008). Voluntary associations, trust, and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. (external link)

2007

• Strømsnes, Kristin; Wollebæk, Dag (2007). Mapping Voluntarism – Scandinavia in Comparison. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Selle, Per; Grendstad, Gunnar (2007). Norwegian Environmentalism Between State and Local Community: Why Greenpeace Failed in Norway. (external link)
• Aars, Jacob; Strømsnes, Kristin (2007). Contacting as a channel of political involvement: Collectively motivated, individually enacted. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2007). Politisk forbruk - et alternativ til konvensjonell politisk deltakelse?. (external link)
• Christensen, Dag Arne; Strømsnes, Kristin (2007). IKT i aktivistnettverk. Aksjonsgruppen Byen Vår og mobiliseringen mot reklamefinansiering av bymøbler i Bergen. (external link)

2006

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2006). Citizenship: The History of an Idea, by Paul Magnette. (external link)
• Grendstad, Gunnar; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin et al. (2006). Unique Environmentalism. A Comparative Perspective. (external link)

2005

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2005). Political Consumption in Norway: Who, why - and does it have any effect?. (external link)

2004

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2004). Kirkegang og medlemskap i religiøse organisasjoner: Den brede vei til sosial kapital?. (external link)

2003

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2003). Miljøvern uten grenser. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2003). Det vanskelige dyrevernet. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2003). "Politikk i aksjonsform". (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (2003). Folkets makt. Medborgerskap, demokrati, deltakelse. (external link)

2002

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2002). Samspillet mellom frivillig organisering og demokrati: Teoretiske argument og empirisk dokumentasjon. (external link)
• Bortne, Øystein; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2002). Miljøvern uten grenser?. (external link)

2001

• Strømsnes, Kristin (2001). Demokrati i bevegelse. (external link)
• Bortne, Øystein; Grendstad, Gunnar; Selle, Per et al. (2001). Norsk miljøvernorganisering mellom stat og lokalsamfunn. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (2001). Membership and Democracy. (external link)

1999

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (1999). 組織メンバーシップと民主主義 : 受動的なメンバーを深刻に考えなければならないか?. (external link)

1998

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (1998). Organized Environmentalists: Democracy as a Key Value?. (external link)

1997

• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (1997). Medlemskap og demokrati: Må vi ta passivt medlemskap på alvor?. (external link)

1996

• Midtbø, Tor; Strømsnes, Kristin (1996). Voter turnout in Norway: Time, Space and Causality. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Selle, Per (1996). Miljøvernpolitikk og miljøvernorganisering mot år 2000. (external link)
• Grendstad, Gunnar; Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (1996). Natur og kultur. (external link)
• Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin (1996). Norske miljøvernorganisasjoner: En demokratisk folkebevegelse?. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Selle, Per (1996). Miljøvernpolitikk og miljøvernorganisering. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin; Grendstad, Gunnar; Selle, Per (1996). Miljøvernundersøkelsen 1995. Dokumentasjonsrapport. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (1996). Preferansedanning og rasjonalitet. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (1996). Mario Dianis Green Networks. A Structural Analysis of the Italian Environmental Movement. (external link)

1995

• Strømsnes, Kristin (1995). Kjønn og politisk kunnskap. (external link)
• Strømsnes, Kristin (1995). En bedre organisert offentlig sektor. Forskning ved LOS-senteret i perioden 1987 - 1994 innen området 'En bedre organisert offentlig sektor'. (external link)

1994

• Strømsnes, Kristin (1994). Rettferdighet som det rasjonelle? En diskusjon av forutsetningenen bak Rawls' teori om rettferdighet. (external link)

1992

• Strømsnes, Kristin (1992). Politikk - fra økonomi til kultur. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Most recent book: 

Civic Engagement in Scandinavia. Volunteering, Informal Help and Giving in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. (Henriksen, Strømsnes & Svedberg (Eds.), Springer 2019)

About Civic Engagement in Scandinavia:

• "Civic Engagement in Scandinavia offers a solid, data-driven, fascinating, and valuable discussion of the commonly applied theories of volunteering and civic engagement by emphasizing the need to contextualize our knowledge." Liv Egholm in Acta Sociologica.
• "To those with a keen interest in the interaction between voluntarism and social democratic governance, this is essential reading." Lawrence Cumming in Voluntas. 

 

 

Protesting Controversial Climate Policies: Avenues of Opposition, 2025-2028, The Research Council of Norway

Network-CORE, 2020-2024, The Research Council of Norway

Sametingsvalgundersøkelsen 2021, 2021-2025, The Sami Parliament

Centre for research on civil society and voluntary sector, 2020-2025, Ministry of Culture