I generally work with questions related to public organizations, politics and governance in different sectors, typically focusing on institutional change, reforms, accountability, application of knowledge, and questions concerning coordination, capacity and legitimacy. Recurring themes in my research are the challenges that come with handling particularly unruly societal challenges and the tensions that arise where both our understanding of the problem and our alternatives for action are unclear.

Currently I mainly work with questions regarding different aspects of climate policy and climate transformations, across the distinction between mitigation and adaptation. This research interest has three pivotal elements - firstly, how knowledge about the climate and climate change is applied to political and administrative practices; secondly, how the public sector seeks to establish and sustain governance capacity in situations marked by complexity and uncertainty; and, thirdly, how questions of climate risk are handled by public organizations and how our academic understanding of climate risk can be improved and expanded.

2026

• Jonas Lund-Tønnesen; Simon Neby (2026). Reputational Threats and Controversial Issues: Comparing Reputation Management Approaches in Three State-Owned Enterprises. (external link)

2025

• Simon Neby; Ole Andreas Hegland Engen; Claudia Morsut et al. (2025). Legitimation of Climate Change Adaptation Policies in Norway: Intersections Between Societal Planning, Technological-Administrative, and Societal Security Discourses. (external link)
• Kjetil Børhaug; Simon Neby (2025). Hvor står klimapolitikken?. (external link)

2012

• Kari Ludvigsen; Simon Neby (2012). "Slagbehandlingskjeden Bergen". (external link)
• Simon Neby (2012). Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsarbeidets rolle i det reformerende sykehusvesenet. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Lise Hellebø Rykkja; Kristin Lofthus Hope et al. (2012). Klimatiltak på Vestlandet. En innledende kartlegging. (external link)
• Per Lægreid; Simon Neby (2012). Innovation in public management and gaming the system: The case of activity based funding in Norwegian hospitals. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2012). Når ansvaret tynger. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2012). NPM vs. WoG in Norwegian healthcare: Accountability issues arising from a decade of health sector reforms. (external link)
• Haldor Byrkjeflot; Simon Neby; Karsten Vrangbæk (2012). Changing accountability regimes in hospital governance: Denmark and Norway compared. (external link)

2011

• Simon Neby; Haldor Byrkjeflot; Karsten Vrangbæk (2011). Accountability dynamics in hospital reform: Norway and Denmark compared. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Kristin Lofthus Hope (2011). Presentasjon: Kartlegging av familie- og barnevernets tilbud til lesbiske, homofile, bifile og transpersoner. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2011). Accountability and the media: Single-case patterns and lessons from Norwegian healthcare. (external link)

2016

• Per Lægreid; Simon Neby (2016). Gaming, accountability and trust: DRGs and activity-based funding in Norway. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Torstein Nesheim; Jostein Ryssevik et al. (2016). Innsats mot arbeidslivskriminalitet. Kartlegging og evaluering av hvordan det tverretatlige statlige samarbeidet fungerer. (external link)
• Lise H. Rykkja; Simon Neby (2016). The Coordination of Wicked Problems - Climate Change, Police and Immigration. Novel practices for governance capacity and legitimacy. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Lise H. Rykkja (2016). Kriser, samfunssikerhet og klima. Utfordringer, muligheter og noen forskningserfaringer.. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2016). Avbyråkratiserings- og effektiviseringsreformen. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2016). Hvorfor gjør vi ikke noe, når vi vet?. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2016). Marketization and Accountability: Lessons from the Reforming Norwegian Healthcare System. (external link)

2023

• Simon Neby; Elisabeth Angell; Claudia Morsut et al. (2023). Den nasjonale klimatilpasningspolitikken i Norge: mellom risiko, sektorgrenser og umodenhet. (external link)
• Elisabeth Angell; Simon Neby; Hanna Kvamsås (2023). Climate adaptation and risk- The Bergen case. (external link)
• Elisabeth Angell; Ole Andreas Hegland Engen; Claudia Morsut et al. (2023). Er beredskap og klima­tilpasning to sider av samme sak?. (external link)
• Carlo Aall; Halvor Dannevig; Eivind Andre Brendehaug et al. (2023). Er Norge forberedt på tørkesommeren?. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Elisabeth Angell; Ole Andreas Hegland Engen et al. (2023). Klimatilpasning i Norge. Mellom risiko, beredskap og normalsituasjon.. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2023). Klimaomstilling og -tilpasning. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Ole Andreas Hegland Engen; Claudia Morsut et al. (2023). Klimakrisen, klimarisiko og innrammingen av norsk klimapolitikk. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Håvard Haarstad (2023). Bergen trenger en klimaetat. (external link)
• Hogne Lerøy Sataøen; Daniel Lövgren; Simon Neby (2023). Creating the “University experience”: promotional and multimodal video productions in Scandinavian higher education. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Elisabeth Angell; Hanna Kvamsås (2023). Climate adaptation in Bergen (Norway): an embedded approach?. (external link)
• Claudia Morsut; Ole Andreas Hegland Engen; Simon Neby et al. (2023). RISKSEC2.0 Local Stakeholders Workshop. (external link)
• Mark Charles Thomas Rhinard; Claudia Morsut; Elisabeth Angell et al. (2023). Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: Securitization in focus. (external link)

2018

• Simon Neby; Erik Wilhelm Kolstad (2018). Hvor er vi med klimaservice?. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2018). Rapportering som organisatorisk aktivitet. Paradokser i offentlige organisasjoner.. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2018). Noen funn fra HordaPlan - og HordaKlim, R3 og COCAL.... (external link)
• Mathew Alexander Stiller-Reeve; Hanna Kvamsås; Erik Wilhelm Kolstad et al. (2018). A hackathon-like workshop to inspire dialogue and find solutions to improve climate services in Norway. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2018). Work-related crime, wickedness, and coordination. (external link)
• Hanna Kvamsås; Mathew Alexander Stiller-Reeve; Stefan Pieter Sobolowski et al. (2018). #Klimathon - A hackathon-like workshop to inspire dialogue and improve climate services in Norway.. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Mathias Zannakis (2018). Coordinating the Anthropocene: Governance of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Norway and Sweden. (external link)

2009

• Simon Neby (2009). Sykehusreformen: Hvorfor reformer ikke alltid virker.... (external link)
• Kristin Lofthus Hope; Jill M Loga; Simon Neby (2009). Mellom lokalisme og kompetanse. Evaluering av familieverntjenesten i Bufetat, region vest. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2009). Reformer i spesialisthelsetjenesten: Skandinaviske tradisjoner, forskjeller og (uventede) effekter. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2009). Comparing hospital systems: The end of the decentralized model?. (external link)
• Kristin Lofthus Hope; Simon Neby (2009). Årsmøte i Nettverk for organisasjonsforskning i Norge. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2009). Reforms and their spillover effects: A theoretical framing of reform based on lessons from the Norwegian hospital reform. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2009). Samhandling og reform. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2009). Samhandlingsreformen fra et forskningsperspektiv. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2009). Institutional reform and governance in the Scandinavian hospital fields. The dynamics of and between change and control. (external link)

2024

• Karina Barquet; Claudia Morsut; Mark Charles Thomas Rhinard et al. (2024). Variations of riskification: Climate change adaptation in four European cities. (external link)
• Claudia Morsut; Ole Andreas Hegland Engen; Simon Neby et al. (2024). Translations of climate change consequences at the local level: Climate change adaptation in Bergen and Stavanger municipalities in Norway. (external link)

2014

• Lise H. Rykkja; Simon Neby; Kristin Lofthus Hope (2014). Implementation and governance: Current and future research on climate policies. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2014). Marketization and accountability: Lessons from the quasi-markets of the reforming Norwegian healthcare system. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2014). Marketization and accountability: Lessons from the reforming Norwegian healthcare system. (external link)

2015

• Simon Neby; Martinussen Pål Erling (2015). Leadership logics and NPM reform: does leadership influence performance?. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Tord Skogedal Lindén (2015). Fra ansvar til "accountability" og tilbake: Ansvarsutkreving i forvaltningen av den norske velferdsstaten. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2015). The audit society - et blikk på rapportering, kontroll og informasjon. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Martinussen Pål Erling (2015). Leadership logics and NPM reform: does leadership influence hospital performance?. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2015). Hordaklim - fra Rokkansenterets side. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2015). Quasi-Marketization’s Effects on Accountability: Lessons from Norwegian Health Care Reforms. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2015). Hordaklim - samfunnsforskningens bidrag. (external link)

2013

• Simon Neby; Bastian Jantz (2013). Soft sanctioning, real relationships: Accountability, media and public sector interaction in German employment administration and Norwegian hospitals. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Bastian Jantz (2013). Soft sanctioning, real relationships: Accountability, media and public sector interaction in German welfare administration and Norwegian hospitals. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Per Lægreid; Paola Mattei et al. (2013). same cheat, different wrapping: DRG scandals and accountability in Germany and Norway. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Bastian Jantz (2013). Soft sanctioning, real relationships: Accountability, media and public sector interaction in German and Norwegian hospitals and welfare administration. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2013). Ansvar og (mis)tillit: Styring, demokrati og velferdsreformer. (external link)
• Paola Mattei; Mahima Mitra; Karsten Vrangbæk et al. (2013). Reshaping public accountability: hospital reforms in Germany, Norway and Denmark. (external link)

2003

• Simon Neby (2003). Interessekonflikt, kommunikasjonssvikt og kulturkollisjon. En studie av fusjonen mellom Telia og Telenor. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2003). Politisk styring og institusjonell autonomi - tre illustrasjoner. (external link)
• Haldor Byrkjeflot; Simon Neby (2003). Farvel til den decentrale model? Den norske sygehusreform i komparativt perspektiv. (external link)

2022

• Simon Neby (2022). Grenseoverskridende klimarisiko: Bergens sårbarhet og alternativer for håndtering. (external link)
• Carlo Aall; Hanne Margrethe Lund Kvitsand; Jan Ketil Rød et al. (2022). Klimakrisen, naturkrisen og energikrisen er en og samme sak. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2022). Vi må lære av Voss!. (external link)
• Hogne Lerøy Sataøen; Daniel Lövgren; Simon Neby (2022). Higher education and strategic communication in Scandinavia: Creating "the university experience"?. (external link)

2019

• Simon Neby; Svein Ølnes (2019). Smartare rapportering! Innovasjon gjennom nye modellar for rapportering mellom kommunar og stat. (external link)
• Erik Wilhelm Kolstad; Oda Nærland Sofienlund; Hanna Kvamsås et al. (2019). Trials, errors and improvements in co-production of climate services. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Lise H. Rykkja (2019). Possible roles of performance indicators for governance legitimacy in wicked policy areas - climate change and public safety. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2019). Hvorfor er det så vanskelig å bruke kunnskap? Om organiseringen av norsk klimapolitikk. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Erik Wilhelm Kolstad (2019). BT taler klimafornekternes sak. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2019). Climate Adaptation and Preparedness in Norway: Third Order Effects, Small-Scale Wickedness and Governance Capacity. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2019). R3: Funn erfaringer, status fra WP1. (external link)

2008

• Haldor Byrkjeflot; Simon Neby (2008). The end of the decentralized model of healthcare governance? Comparing developments in the Scandinavian hsopital sectors. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Haldor Byrkjeflot (2008). The end of the decentralized model of healthcare governance? Comparing developments in the Scandinavian hospital sector. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2008). The Governance of the Scandinavian Hospital Systems: Developments and Reforms, Accountability and Control. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2008). Blant verdens beste helsesystem. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2008). Problems and Solutions in the Governance and Organization of the Scandinavian Hospital Fields. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2008). Skandinaviske løsninger på styringsproblematikk - noen eksempler. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2008). Ledelse og organisasjon i helsetjenestene. (external link)

2020

• Simon Neby; Mathias Zannakis (2020). Coordinating wickedness: a comparative analysis of how Norway and Sweden organize for climate policies. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2020). Samfunnsfaglig klimamyteknusing: Omstilling, tilpasning, olja og slikt. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2020). Frå to til eitt klimatilpassingsfylke - og litt til. Nokre funn og utvalde refleksjonar om planlegging og klimatilpassing.. (external link)

2021

• Øyvind Paasche; Kolbjørn Engeland; Eivind Wilhelm Nagel Støren et al. (2021). Hordaflom rapporten – Klima og flom. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2021). Time and climate governance: multi-level cooperation as a multi-temporal problem. (external link)
• Hanna Kvamsås; Simon Neby; Håvard Haarstad et al. (2021). Using collaborative hackathons to coproduce knowledge on local climate adaptation governance. (external link)

2017

• Simon Neby (2017). Work-related crime in Norway: Cross-departmental and inter-organisational measures in a multilevel governance setting. (external link)
• Stefan Pieter Sobolowski; Simon Neby (2017). User and stakeholder involvement for relevant, reliable and robust local-scale climate projections in Norway. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2017). Highlights from the Norwegian case. Cross-agency measures to combat work-related crime and undeclared work.. (external link)
• Simon Neby; Lise H. Rykkja (2017). Possible role of performance indicators for governance legitimacy in wicked policy areas – climate change and the police. (external link)
• Erik Wilhelm Kolstad; Simon Neby (2017). Ikke trekk konklusjoner før støvlene er tømt. (external link)
• Simon Neby (2017). Catch and release? Attributing and assuming accountability. (external link)

2007

• Kristin Lofthus Hope; Simon Neby; Rubecksen Kristin et al. (2007). Årsmøte i Nettverk for organisasjonsforskning i Norge. (external link)

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