- ruben.mathisen@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55582632
- +47 94 84 95 34
- Visitor address
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Christies gate 15
5007 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7802NO-5020 BergenNorway
Short info
I study how well democracy works in practice by comparing public policy with public opinion—do politicians listen to the people? I also do research on inequality, political economy, and polarization.
Publications
Academic article
- Ruben Berge Mathisen (2024). The Influence Gap: Unequal Policy Responsiveness to Men and Women. (external link)
- Atle Hennum Haugsgjerd; Jonas Linde; Ruben Berge Mathisen (2025). Populist radical right party representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe. (external link)
- Ruben Berge Mathisen (2022). Affluence and Influence in a Social Democracy. (external link)
- Ruben Berge Mathisen (2023). Taxing the 1 per cent: Public Opinion vs Public Policy. (external link)
Conference lecture
- Ruben Berge Mathisen; Jonas Linde; Andrej Kokkonen (2024). The impact of radical right government policies on perceptions of representation: Evidence from survey experiments in Norway and Sweden. (external link)
- Ruben Berge Mathisen; Jonas Linde; Andrej Kokkonen (2022). The impact of radical right government policies on perceptions of representation: Evidence from a survey experiment in Norway. (external link)
Academic book chapter
- Mari Skåra Helliesen; Ruben Berge Mathisen; Yvette Peters (2025). The Fairest of Them All?: Political Representation and Equality in Norway. (external link)
- Ruben Berge Mathisen; Yvette Peters (2023). Political Participation and Unequal Representation: Addressing the Endogeneity Problem. (external link)
- Ruben Berge Mathisen; Wouter Schakel; Svenja Hense et al. (2023). Unequal Responsiveness and Government Partisanship in Northwest Europe. (external link)