Lise Rakner er professor i statsvitenskap ved Institutt for Politikk og Forvaltning Universitetet i Bergen. Forskningsinteressene spenner fra studier av demokrati, med fokus på demokratisk sammenbrudd, menneskerettigheter, partisystem og valg. Rakner's forskning er også knyttet til politisk økonomi, med særlig vekt på økonomiske reformer, utvikling av skattesystem og bistand. Hun har utført en rekke analyser og utredninger for organisasjoner som DFID, SIDA; DFID, Verdensbanken og norsk UD. Hun leder forskningsprosjektet "Breaking BAD: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy in Africa" (Frihumsam 2017-2021) og "Autocratization Dynamics" (Inpart/NFR 2022-2025). Hun er ansatt som Forsker II Chr. Michelsen Institutt (CMI), Bergen.

 

Courses

Sampol 105: States and nationbuilding (10 ECTS) (Spring semester)

Sampol 100: Introduction to Comparative Politics (10 ECTS) (Fall semester)

Sampol 219: Politics in the Developing World (10 ECTS) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 329: Political Parties in the Developing World (10 ECTS)  (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 315: Elections and representation (10 ECTS) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 314: Elections in New democracies (10 ECTS Master level) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 335. Elections and Representation in democracies (10 ECTS Master level) (not on a regular schedule)

Sampol 338: Breaking Bad: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy (10 ECTS Spring 2019)

 

PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC WORKS (selected)

Boniface Dulani, Lise Rakner, Lindsay Benstead, Vibeke Wang (2021):  Do women face a different standard? The interplay of gender and corruption in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi. Women's Studies International Forum, Volume 88, 102501 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2021.102501.

Rakner, Lise, 2021: “Don ́t touch my constitution! The role of pro-democracy movements in
African democratic trajectories”. Global Policy Volume12, Issue S5, July 2021, pp 95-105.

Arriola LR, Choi DD, Davis JM, Phillips ML, Rakner L., 2021: «Paying to party: Candidate resources
and party switching in new democracies». Party Politics. February 2021.
doi:10.1177/1354068821989563

Rakner, Lise and Siri Gloppen, 2020: “LGBT Rights in Africa”. Research Handbook on
Gender, Sexuality and the Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Rakner, Lise. 2019. “Democratic Rollback in Africa”. In Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.887

Muriaas, Ragnhild L., Vibeke Wang, Lindsay Benstead, Boniface Dulani, and Lise Rakner 2019. “Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women’s Rights Advocacy in Malawi.” Comparative Political Studies, (forthcoming). doi:10.1177/0010414018774369.

Lust, Ellen and Lise Rakner, 2018. “The Other Side of Taxation: Extraction and Social Institutions in the Developing World“, Annual Review of Political Science, 21:1

Ballen, C., Lee, D., Rakner, L., & Cotner, S. 2018. “Politics a “Chilly” Environment for Undergraduate Women in Norway”, PS: Political Science & Politics, 1-6. doi:10.1017/S1049096518000045

Rakner, Lise and Vicky Randall, 2017. “Institutions”, in Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5^th edition.

Rakner, Lise, 2017: “Democracy and Regime Change”, in Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5^th edition.

Rakner, Lise 2017,: “Governance”, in Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5^th edition.

Helle, Svein Erik and Lise Rakner, 2017. “The impact of elections. The case of Uganda”, in Gerschewski, Johannes and Christoph Stefes (eds.). Crisis in Autocratic Regimes, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 111-134.

Rakner, Lise, 2017. “Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes”. The Extractive Industries and Society (4), pp. 525-538.

Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise, Lise Rakner, and Ingvild Skage, 2016. “Political capital of ruling parties after regime change: Contrasting successful insurgencies to peaceful pro-democracy movements. Civil Wars, Vol. 18(2) pp. 175-191.

Gloppen, Siri and L. Rakner 2015. «Norske klimaparadokser», Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, Vol 31, No. 3, pp  246-256.

Gloppen, L. Rakner og V. Vibe 2014. ”Stortingsklima: Klima som valgkamptema og norske politikeres syn på klimautfordringene”, i, Klima, Medier og Politikk. Oslo: Abstrakt Forlag.

O.L.M. Ferraz, S. Gloppen, O. Mæstad, L. Rakner, 2014. “Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation” I H.S. Aasen, S. Gloppen, A-M Magnussen, E. Nilssen: Juridification and Social Citizenship in the Welfare State. Edward Elgar Publishing

Helle Svein-Erik and Lise Rakner, 2014. “Grabbing an election: Abuse of state resources in the 2011 elections in Uganda” in Tina Søreide and Aled Williams (eds.): Corruption, Grabbing, and Development. Real World Challenges. London and Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 164-174.

Rakner, Lise and Lars Svåsand, 2013. “Competition and participation, but no democracy: The politics of elections in Africa´s feckless regimes” Statsvetenskapelig Tidskrift, Vol 115, No 4, pp. 365-384.

Rakner, Lise, Mette Bakken, 2013. “Elections”, in Nadini Patel and Lars Svåsand (eds.), Government and Politics in Malawi, 2^nd edition. Zomba: Kachere Books.

Rakner, Lise, 2013: ”Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia” in Resnick, Danielle and Nicolas van de Walle (eds.): Democratic Trajectories in Africa: Unravelling the Impact of Foreign Aid. Oxford University Press.

Rakner, Lise and Lars Svåsand, 2012. “Foreign aid, democracy promotion and democratic progress”, in Jens Blom-Hansen, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Svend-Erik Skaaning(eds.): Democracy, Elections and Political Parties. Aarhus: Politica, pp. 39-49.

Rakner, Lise, 2011. “Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's Movement for Multiparty Democracy”, Democratization, Vol. 18 (5) pp. 1106-1124.

Rakner, Lise and Lars Svåsand, 2010. “In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared”, Democratization, Vol. 17(6) pp. 1250-1274.

Rakner, Lise and Nicolas van de Walle, 2009. “Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Africa”, in Staffan Lindberg (ed.) Democratization by Elections. A New Mode of Transition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 202-225.

Makara, Sabiti, Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand, 2009. “Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Reintroduction of Multiparty-Party System in Uganda, International Political Science Review, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 185-204.

Rakner, Lise and Nicolas van de Walle, 2009. “Opposition Weakness in Africa”, Journal of Democracy, Vol 20 (3), pp. 108-121.

Rakner, Lise, Lars Svåsand and Nixon Khembo, 2007. “Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system restructuring in the 2004 elections in Malawi”, Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 40 (9), pp. 1112-1137.

 

Books

Burnell, Peter, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner (eds.), 2017. Politics in the Developing World. Oxford University Press, 5^th edition.

Elgesem, D., E. Eide, S. Gloppen, and L. Rakner (red.), 2014. Klima, Medier og Politikk. Oslo: Abstrakt Forlag

Gloppen, Siri and Lise Rakner (eds.), 2007: Globalization and Democratisation: Challenges for Political Parties. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

Kiiza, Julius, Sabiti Makara and Lise Rakner (eds.), 2008. Electoral Democracy in Uganda: Understanding the Institutional Dynamics, Processes and Outcomes of the 2006 Multiparty Elections. Kampala: Fountain Publishers.

Rakner, Lise, 2003: Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia. Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute.

2024

• Rakner, Lise; Tønnessen, Liv; Ossome, Lyn et al. (2024). Labour, autocratization and resistance. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Ossome, Lyn; Knutsen, Carl Henrik et al. (2024). The political economy of autocratization. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Gloppen, Siri (2024). A perfect storm for Zimbabwe´s civil society. (ekstern lenke)
• Arriola, Leonardo; Choi, Donghyun Danny; Davis, Justine M. et al. (2024). Framing the Fight for LGBT Rights: How Human Rights and Public Health Narratives Shape Policymaker Support. (ekstern lenke)
• Arriola, Leonardo R.; Donghyun, Danny Choi; Davis, Justine M. et al. (2024). Policymakers’ Abortion Preferences: Understanding the Intersection of Gender and Wealth. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Rakner, Lise (2024). Lobbying in tax policy making: The case of VAT-reform in Tanzania. (ekstern lenke)

2022

• Rakner, Lise (2022). Democratic backsliding. Analytical perspectives. Roundtable . (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Dupuy, Kendra E; Wang, Vibeke (2022). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, contention and resillience. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Bjelland, Caroline Borge (2022). Divine Intervention: The democratic ethics of pentecostalism in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). "Hvilket lands ledere er de aller verste" Samtale mellom Lise Rakner og Carl Henrik Knutsen. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). Ufahumu-Africa, season 6, episoed 145: Rachel Riedl in A conversation with Leo Arriola, Lise Rakner and Nic van de Walle on democratic backsliding. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). In Pursuit of Development, Season 3, episode 20. Lise Rakner in conversation with Dan Banik on democratic backsliding in Africa. . (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). Verdens verste leder anno 2021. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Contention and Recillience. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). "Hatespeech"- en trussel for ytringsfriheten?. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2022). "The politicization of LGBT rights in Africa". (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Van de Walle, Nicolas (2022). International Strategies: Sovereignty Claims and Selective Compliance. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Van de Walle, Nicolas; Hinfelaar, Marja (2022). Zambia: Backsliding in a Presidential Regime. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Gloppen, Siri; Hinfelaar, Marja (2022). Zimbabwe: Contested Autocratization. (ekstern lenke)
• Dupuy, Kendra E; Arriola, Leonardo; Rakner, Lise (2022). Political Participation and Regime Responses. (ekstern lenke)
• Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem; Rakner, Lise (2022). Taxing Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Kao, Kristen; Lust, Ellen; Rakner, Lise (2022). Vote-buying, anti-corruption campaigns, and identity in African elections. (ekstern lenke)
• Gichohi, Matthew Kiragu; Rakner, Lise; Shen-Bayh, Fiona et al. (2022). Legal Strategies in Democratic Backsliding and Resistance in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Shen-Bayh, Fiona; Wang, Vibeke et al. (2022). Legal Strategies in Democratic Backsliding and Resistance in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Shen-Bayh, Fiona; Dupuy, Kendra E et al. (2022). Legal Strategies in Democratic Backsliding and Resistance in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Khalaf Allah, Samah; Soumano, Moumouni et al. (2022). Human Rights Activism in Challenging Circumstances. (ekstern lenke)
• Hinfelaar, Marja; Rakner, Lise; Sishuwa, Sishuwa et al. (2022). Legal autocratisation ahead of the 2021 Zambian elections. (ekstern lenke)

2021

• Arriola, Leonardo; Choi, Danny; Davies, Justine Ina et al. (2021). Paying to party: Candidate resources and party switching in new democracies . (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2021). Democratic Backsliding in Poland and Hungary. (ekstern lenke)
• Hinfelaar, Marja; Kaaba, O'Brien; Zhou, Tony et al. (2021). Comparing legal activism in Zimbabwe and Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2021). Noen blir absurd rike. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2021). Zambia 2011-2021: Presidentialism, Legal Autocratisation and Democratic Backsliding Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of CapeTown. . (ekstern lenke)
• Bjelland, Caroline Borge; Rakner, Lise (2021). Divine Intervention: The Influence of Pentecostal Sermons on Democratic Values Evidence from Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2021). Don’t Touch My Constitution! Civil Society Resistance to Democratic Backsliding in Africa´s Pluralist Regimes. (ekstern lenke)
• Dulani, Boniface; Rakner, Lise; Benstead, Lindsay et al. (2021). Do women face a different standard? The interplay of gender and corruption in the 2014 presidential elections in Malawi,. (ekstern lenke)
• Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth; Rakner, Lise; Mjelde, Hilmar (2021). Utfordringer for demokratiet. (ekstern lenke)
• Selvik, Lisa-Marie; Rakner, Lise; Wang, Vibeke et al. (2021). Autocratization dynamics in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo (2021). Same Rules, Higher Costs: Women’s Pathways to Candidacy in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2021). Carl Henrik Knutsen: Demokrati og Diktatur. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Gichohi, Matthew Kiragu; Arriola, Leonardo (2021). Elite Responses to Policy Reforms in Autocratic Settings. Pre-Analysis Plan. . (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Rakner, Lise (2021). Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania. (ekstern lenke)

2020

• Rakner, Lise (2020). Lise Rakner and Nic van de Walle: Opposition parties in non-institutionalized party systems: Zambia Elections Research Network: ZERN workshop and analyses of 2021 Zambian elections. (ekstern lenke)
• Ariansen, Anja Maria Steinsland; Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise et al. (2020). Time for global health diplomacy. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2020). Don´t touch my constitution! The role of pro-democracy movements in African democratic trajectories. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo (2020). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and Contention . (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2020). Autocratization and the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic . (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo; Phillips, Melanie et al. (2020). Partisanship, Gender, and the Structure of Politician Networks in Zambia . (ekstern lenke)
• Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (2020). LGBT Rights in Africa. (ekstern lenke)

2019

• Rakner, Lise (2019). Kvinner som gjør oppgjør. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2019). Demokrati i tilbakegang i Afrika . (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo; Phillips, Melanie et al. (2019). The Business of Politics. Campaign Costs and Party Switching in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Gloppen, Siri; Gichohi, Matthew et al. (2019). Roundtable: Researching Backlash against Democracy. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2019). Democratic Rollback in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2019). Den gode fienden: Fra flytninger til seksuelle minoriteter. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Gloppen, Siri (2019). The perfect enemy: From migrants to sexual minorities. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo; Donghyun, Danny Choi et al. (2019). Working paper: Women’s Household Bargaining Power and Abortion Policy Preferences: Evidence from Zambian Politicians. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2019). Political corruption and corruption as a political strategy. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2019). Kvinner som protesterer. (ekstern lenke)
• Selvik, Lisa-Marie; Rakner, Lise (2019). Breakfast for Democracy: Military coups of today . (ekstern lenke)

2018

• Ballen, Cissy J.; Lee, Dahsol; Rakner, Lise et al. (2018). Politics a “Chilly” Environment for Undergraduate Women in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo; van de Walle, Nicolas (2018). WORLD AFFAIRS: Threats to Democracy in Africa. . (ekstern lenke)
• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Wang, Vibeke; Benstead, Lindsay et al. (2018). Why the Gender of Traditional Authorities Matters: Intersectionality and Women’s Rights Advocacy in Malawi. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2018). Don´t touch my constitution. Civil society resistance and political turnovers in African pluralist regimes.. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2018). Den demokratiske snarveien. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2018). Breaking Bad: Understanding Backlash Against Democracy in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Rakner, Lise (2018). Tax bargains in poorly regulated countries: Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania. (ekstern lenke)
• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Wang, Vibeke; Benstead, Lindsay et al. (2018). Why campaigns to stop child marriage can backfire. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2018). Diktatorens lærebok: Kapittelet om Tanzania. . (ekstern lenke)
• Wang, Vibeke; Benstead, Lindsay; Dulani, Boniface et al. (2018). Traditional Authority, Gender and Political Engagement in Malawi. (ekstern lenke)
• Selvik, Lisa-Marie; Rakner, Lise (2018). Breakfast for Democracy: Plunging into a new civil War? Political crisis in Burundi. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2018). Understanding Democratic Backsliding in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Lust, Ellen; Rakner, Lise (2018). The other side of taxation: extraction and social institutions in the developing world. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo (2018). The business of politics: Party defection and candidate selection in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2018). The International Dimension of Backlash Against Democracy. (ekstern lenke)

2017

• Benstead, Lindsay; Dulani, Boniface; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise et al. (2017). The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) in Malawi: Selected Findings on Gender. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Skage, Ingvild Aagedal; Arriola, Leo (2017). The politization of LGBT and abortion rights in Zambia: Preliminary findings from survey and qualitative interviews. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leo (2017). LGBT rights in Zambia: Analyzing politicization and contentious episodes. (ekstern lenke)
• Gloppen, Siri; Skage, Ingvild Aagedal; Tadele Tefera, Getnet et al. (2017). Political determinants of sexual & reproductive health (Globvac project). (ekstern lenke)
• Helle, Svein-Erik Hansen; Linde, Jonas; Rakner, Lise (2017). Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Governance. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Randall, Vicky (2017). Institutional Perspectives. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Democratization and Regime Change. (ekstern lenke)
• Helle, Svein-Erik; Rakner, Lise (2017). The Impact of Elections: The Case of Uganda. (ekstern lenke)
• Skage, Ingvild Aagedal; Rakner, Lise; Rosario, Carmeliza Soares Da Costa et al. (2017). Africa’s legalized politics of homosexuality: dynamics & effects of criminalization. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). “Understanding Backlash against democracy in Africa”.. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). “Slaget om menneskerettighetene. Om demokratiets tilbakegang”. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Understanding Backlash against democracy in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Breaking BAD: Understanding backlash Against Democracy in Africa.. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). “Politician defection in Zambia”,. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). demokrati i forfall. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Fundanga, Caleb; Rakner, Lise (2017). The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Breaking BAD: Understanding the Backlash Against Democracy in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2017). Vafler for demokratiet. (ekstern lenke)

2016

• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Wang, Vibeke; Rakner, Lise et al. (2016). Using traditional leaders to end child marriage: Evidence from a survey experiment in Malawi. (ekstern lenke)
• Skage, Ingvild Aagedal; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Rakner, Lise (2016). The urban poor as citizens and clients. Enacting political agency through political parties and social movements in Kenya and Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Benstead, Lindsay; Dulani, Boniface et al. (2016). Using traditional leaders to end child marriage: Evidence from a survey experiment in Malawi. (ekstern lenke)
• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Rakner, Lise; Skage, Ingvild Aagedal (2016). Political capital of ruling parties after regime change: contrasting successful insurgencies to peaceful pro-democracy movements. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Fundanga, Caleb; Rakner, Lise (2016). Lessons from Zambia - Recommendations for a more sustainable mining tax regime. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Fundanga, Caleb; Rakner, Lise (2016). Lessons from Zambia – From a profit-based tax system, to a revenue-based tax system. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Fundanga, Caleb; Rakner, Lise (2016). Lessons from Zambia … for a more sustainable mining tax regime. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Fundanga, Caleb; Rakner, Lise (2016). The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia.. (ekstern lenke)

2015

• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Rakner, Lise; Skage, Ingvild Aagedal (2015). Explaining Variation in Government Parties’ Willingness to Build Party Organization in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leo (2015). Reconceptualizing African Party Systems. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Gloppen, Siri (2015). Norske klimaparadokser. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2015). “Don’t touch my constitution! Civil society resistance and political turnovers in Africa´s pluralist regimes” (with I. Skage). (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Ngowi, Prosper; Rakner, Lise (2015). Shaping the tax agenda: Public engagement, lobbying and tax reform in Tanzania.. (ekstern lenke)

2014

• Rakner, Lise; Randall, Vicky (2014). Institutional Perspectives. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Burnell, Peter (2014). Democracy. (ekstern lenke)
• Helle, Svein-Erik Hansen; Rakner, Lise (2014). Grabbing’ an election: Abuse of state resources in the 2011 elections in Uganda. (ekstern lenke)
• Eide, Elisabeth; Elgesem, Dag; Gloppen, Siri et al. (2014). Norske paradokser. (ekstern lenke)
• Andreassen, Bård A.; Langford, Malcolm; Rakner, Lise (2014). Memorandum:Overview of research findings regarding aid in support of democratization and human rights observance. (ekstern lenke)
• Ferraz, Octavio L. Motta; Gloppen, Siri; Mæstad, Ottar et al. (2014). Judging the price of life: cons considerations in right-to-health litigation. (ekstern lenke)
• Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise; Vibe, Vegard Furustøl (2014). Stortingsklima. Klima som valgkamptema og norske politikeres syn på klimautfordringene. (ekstern lenke)
• Vibe, Vegard Furustøl; Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (2014). Klimabistand: god bistandspolitikk?. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Johnsøn, Jesper Stenberg; Rakner, Lise (2014). The role of institutions in capital flight, lobbyism and tax evasion. (ekstern lenke)

2013

• Rakner, Lise (2013). Electoral mobilization in Uganda and Zambia for the 2011 elections: The interplay between opposition weakness, incumbent strength and the urban/rural electoral divide. (ekstern lenke)
• Gloppen, Siri; Ferraz, Octavio L. Motta; Rakner, Lise et al. (2013). ”Prioritization of healthcare: Comparative perspectives”. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2013). “Competition and participation, but no democracy: The politics of elections in Africa´s feckless regimes”. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2013). Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)

2012

• Rakner, Lise (2012). WP/016 Foreign Aid and Democratic Consolidation in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Svåsand, Lars G; Rakner, Lise (2012). Foreign aid, democracy promotion and democratic progress. (ekstern lenke)
• Linde, Jonas; Rakner, Lise (2012). Elections in hybrid regimes: Assessing the Formal and Informal Underpinnings of Electoral Contests in Africa, Post-Communist Eurasia and the Middle East. (ekstern lenke)
• Helle, Svein-Erik Hansen; Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (2012). I pose og sekk? Klima i norsk utviklingspolitikk etter 2005. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Helle, Svein-Erik Hansen (2012). The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and regime stability in Uganda and Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2012). Taxation, elections and populism: The salience of taxation Zambian election campaigns 2001-2011. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Helle, Svein-Erik Hansen (2012). The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and Uganda. (ekstern lenke)

2011

• Mæstad, Ottar; Rakner, Lise; Ferraz, Octavio L. Motta (2011). Assessing the impact of health rights litigation : a comparative analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and South Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Burnell, Peter (2011). Governance and Aid Conditionality in a Globalizing World. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2011). In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2011). Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's Movement for Multiparty Democracy. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Vicky, Randall (2011). Institutional Perspectives. (ekstern lenke)

2010

• Rakner, Lise (2010). The Management of the 2009 Electoral Process. The Role of the Malawi Electoral Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2010). In search of the impact of international support for political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared. (ekstern lenke)

2009

• Rakner, Lise; Van de Walle, Nicolas (2009). Opposition Parties and Incumbent Presidents: The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Makara, Sabiti; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2009). Turnaround: The national resistance movement and the reintroduction of a multiparty system in Uganda. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2009). Valgets politikk: Betydningen av legale og administrative virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Van de Walle, Nicolas (2009). Opposition weakness in Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2009). Valgets politikk: Betydningen av administrative og legale virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Mæstad, Ottar (2009). How do we measure the impact of health right litigation?. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Mæstad, Ottar (2009). When and why do judges consider the costs of health right litigation?. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2009). The administration of the 2009 elections: The role of the Malawi Electoral Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2009). "An aid exit strategy for Zambia". (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2009). The impact of international party support to political parties in new democracies: Malawi and Zambia compared. (ekstern lenke)

2008

• Rakner, Lise (2008). “Opposition parties and incumbent presidents. The New Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Sub Saharan Africa” (with Nic van de Walle)”. (ekstern lenke)

2007

• Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (2007). Introduction: Coming to grips with the current predicaments of political parties. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; van de walle, nicloas (2007). Opposition parties in sub-saharan Africa. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G; Khembo, Nixon S. (2007). Fissions and fusions, foes and friends - Party system restructuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections. (ekstern lenke)

2005

• Rakner, Lise (2005). Figthing Poverty in Africa: are PRSPs making a difference. (ekstern lenke)
• Svåsand, Lars G; Rakner, Lise (2005). Stuck in Transition: Electoral Processes in Zambia 1991-2001. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise; Wang, Vibeke (2005). The accountability function of supreme audit institutions in Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania. (ekstern lenke)
• Rakner, Lise (2005). Stuck in Transition: Electoral Processes in Zambia 1991-2001. (ekstern lenke)
• Svåsand, Lars G; Rakner, Lise (2005). Fissions and fusions, friends and foes: Party system restructuring in Malawi. (ekstern lenke)

2003

• Bwalya, Eddie; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars G (2003). The PRSP process in Zambia. (ekstern lenke)
• Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Rakner, Lise (2003). Taxation and tax reforms in developing countries: Illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa. (ekstern lenke)

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2021-2024        Autocratization Dynamics: Innovations in Research-Embedded Learning INTPART Internasjonale partnerskap for fremragende utdanning, forskning og innovasjon  (PI)     

2021-2024      Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct) (FRIHUMSAM)

2017- 2021      Research Council of Norway (FRIHUMSAM): Breaking BAD: Explaining Backlash Against Democracy (PI).

2016-2020       Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council): Social Institutions and Governance: Lessons from Sub-Sahara Africa (Gothenburg University, co PI with Ellen Lust

2015 – 2016    Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study (UC Berkeley) grant 2015-2016: “The Bergen-Berkeley Research Program on Political Parties in the Developing World.” Co-PI with Leo Arriola (UC Berkeley)

2016- 2017      Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study (UC Berkeley) grant 2016-2017: “The Bergen-Berkeley Research Program on Political Parties in the Developing World.” Co-PI with Leo Arriola (UC Berkeley)

 

 

• Democratization
• Political parties
• Electoral processes 
• Human rights, rights litigation
• Development, development aid
• Africa (Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Southern Africa)