Zuzana Murdoch er professor i offentlig administrasjon og medlem av forskningsgruppen "Kunnskap, politikk og organisering" ved Universitetet i Bergen. Zuzana forsker blant annet på hvordan tidsrelaterte karakteristikker påvirker komplekse kollaborative styringsnettverk, sosialisering-prosesser i (inter)nasjonale byråkrater, samt spørsmål knyttet til organisatorisk stigma.

Professor Murdoch har utgitt i en rekke tidsskrifter, blant annet American Political Science Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Journal of Politics, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Public Administration Review, Public Administration, Governance, Journal of European Public Policy, European Union Politics, European Journal of Political Research, og European Journal of International Relations. Hennes ORCID profil finner du her.

Hun har 'temporality', representativt byråkrati, sosialisering, offentlig styring, og EU-politikk som sine hovedfelt.

Utvalgte publikasjoner:

Geys, Benny; Lægreid, Per, Murdoch, Zuzana & Yackee, Susan Webb (2024)
I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification. American Political Science Review, forthcoming.

Vantagiatto, F., Z. Murdoch, H. Kassim, B. Geys and S. J. Connolly (2024), Intra-organizational Mobility and Employees’ Work-related Contact Patterns: Evidence from Panel Data in the European Commission,Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, forthcoming.

Geys, B., P. Lægreid, Z. Murdoch and J. Trondal (2023), Organizational Stability and Resocialization in Public Administration: Theory and Evidence from Norwegian Civil Servants (1986-2016). Public Administration, forthcoming.

Murdoch, Z., M. MacCarthaigh, and B. Geys (2023), It's About Time! Temporal Dynamics and Longitudinal Research Designs in Public Administration. Public Administration Review, 83(6), 1727- 1736.

Geys, B., P. Lægreid, Z. Murdoch and J. Trondal (2023), The Impact of Terrorism on Civil Servants: Longitudinal Evidence from the 22 July, 2011 Attack in Norway. Public Administration Review, 83(6), 1772- 1784.

Geys, B. Z. Murdoch and R. Sørensen (2023), Public Employees as Elected Politicians: Assessing Direct and Indirect Substantive Effects of Passive Representation. The Journal of Politics, 86(1), 170- 182.

Geys, B., S. Connolly, H. Kassim and Z. Murdoch (2023), Staff Reallocations and Employee Attitudes Towards Organizational Aims: Evidence Using Longitudinal Data from the European Commission. Public Management Review, 25(12), 2323- 2343.

Geys, B., Z. Murdoch and R. J. Sørensen (2022), Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32 (2), 326-241.

Kvåle, G. and Z. Murdoch (2022), Shame On You! Unpacking the Individual and Organizational Implications of Engaging with a Stigmatized Organization. Journal of Management Studies, 59 (8), 2024-2066.

Kvåle, G. and Z. Murdoch (2022), Making Sense of Stigmatized Organizations: Labelling Contests and Power Dynamics in Social Evaluation Processes. Journal of Business Ethics, 178, 675-693.

Murdoch,Z., S. Connolly, H. Kassim and B. Geys (2022), Legitimacy Crises and the Temporal Dynamics of Bureaucratic Representation. Governance, 35 (1), 65-82.

Murdoch, Z., M. Gravier and S. Gänzle (2022), International public administration on the tip of the tongue: Language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West African States. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 88 (4), 1086-1104.

Geys, B., S. Connolly, H. Kassim and Z. Murdoch (2020), Follow the Leader? Leader Succession and Staff Attitudes in Public Sector Organization, Public Administration Review, 80 (4), 555-564.

Murdoch, Z., H. Kassim, S. Connolly and B. Geys (2019), Socialization and Attitude Change in Intergovernmental Organizations: Evidence from a Two-wave Survey in the European Commission. European Journal of International Relations, 25(3), 852-877.

Murdoch, Z., S. Connolly and H. Kassim (2018), Administrative Legitimacy and the Democratic Deficit of the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(3), 389-408.

Murdoch, Z. (2015), Organisation Theory and the Study of EU Institutions: Lessons and Opportunities, Organization Studies, 36(12), 1675-1692.

Kursutvikling og undervisning

Zuzana Murdoch underviser emner på både bachelor – og masternivå i organisasjonsteori (GOV320), kvantitative og kvalitative metoder (GOV321 og GOV323). I tillegg er Zuzana emneansvarlig for et masternivå ‘state-of-the-art’ emne i kunnskap, politikk og styring (GOV327). Tidligere har hun undervist emner om EUs utenrikspolitikk, EUs institusjoner og politikk, samt transnasjonal governance.

Phd - Veiledning

Professor Murdoch er for tiden veileder for en doktorand, Vibeke Kroken. Hennes prosjekt analyserer hvordan tidsrelaterte karakteristikker påvirker komplekse kollaborative styringsnettverk.

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Francesca P. Vantaggiato; Zuzana Murdoch; Hussein Kassim et al. (2024). Intraorganizational mobility and employees’ work-related contact patterns: evidence from panel data in the European Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Sara Jane Connolly; Hussein Kassim et al. (2021). Legitimacy Crises and the Temporal Dynamics of Bureaucratic Representation. (ekstern lenke)
• Michelle Hollman; Zuzana Murdoch (2018). Lobbying cycles in Brussels: Evidence from the rotating presidency of the Council of the European union. (ekstern lenke)
• Gro Kvåle; Zuzana Murdoch (2021). Shame On You! Unpacking the Individual and Organizational Implications of Engaging with a Stigmatized Organization. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Zuzana Murdoch (2010). Measuring the 'Bridging' versus 'Bonding' Nature of Social Networks: A Proposal for Integrating Existing Measures. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2018). How pre- and post-recruitment factors shape role perceptions of European Commission officials. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch (2012). Negotiating the European External Action Service (EEAS): Analyzing the External Effects of Internal (Dis)Agreement. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Per Lægreid; Zuzana Murdoch et al. (2023). The impact of terrorism on civil servants: Longitudinal evidence from the July 22, 2011 attack in Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Colin Kuehnhanss; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys et al. (2017). Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants’ policy preferences: Evidence from the European Parliament. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Hussein Kassim; Sara Connolly et al. (2018). Do international institutions matter? Socialization and international bureaucrats. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Sara Jane Connolly; Hussein Kassim et al. (2020). Follow the Leader? Leader Succession and Staff Attitudes in Public Sector Organizations.. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Zuzana Murdoch (2012). Instrumental Calculation, Cognitive Role-Playing, or Both? Self-Perceptions of Seconded National Experts in the European Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2015). The Autonomy of National Officials in the European Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Jarle Trondal (2013). Contracted Government: Unveiling the European Commission's Contracted Staff. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Zuzana Murdoch; Rune Jørgen Sørensen (2023). Public Employees as Elected Politicians: Assessing Direct and Indirect Substantive Effects of Passive Representation. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Per Lægreid; Zuzana Murdoch et al. (2024). I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Jarle Trondal; Stefan Gänzle (2014). Building foreign affairs capacity in the EU: The recruitment of member state officials to the European External Action Service (EEAS). (ekstern lenke)
• Vibeke Kroken; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Frans Amelia Geys (2025). Time tactics in public administration: evidence from a survey experiment. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Sara Connolly; Hussein Kassim (2018). Administrative legitimacy and the democratic deficit of the European Union. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys; Rune Jørgen Sørensen (2023). Political Representation of Public Sector Employees. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Zuzana Murdoch (2008). How to make head or tail of ‘bridging’ and ‘bonding’?: addressing the methodological ambiguity. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2015). On Trojan Horses and revolving doors: Assessing the autonomy of national officials in the European Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Jarle Trondal; Benny Geys (2016). Representative bureaucracy and seconded national government officials in the European Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2015). National officials working for the Commission display a surprising amount of independence from their own governments. (ekstern lenke)
• Gro Kvåle; Zuzana Murdoch (2021). Making Sense of Stigmatized Organizations: Labelling Contests and Power Dynamics in Social Evaluation Processes. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Zuzana Murdoch; Rune Jørgen Sørensen (2021). Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019). (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Muiris MacCarthaigh; Benny Geys (2023). It's about time! Temporal dynamics and longitudinal research designs in public administration. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Per Lægreid; Zuzana Murdoch et al. (2023). Organizational Stability and Resocialization in Public Administrations: Theory and Evidence from Norwegian Civil Servants (1986-2016). (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2015). Representative Bureaucracy and the Role of Expertise in Politics. (ekstern lenke)
• Benny Geys; Sara Connolly; Hussein Kassim et al. (2023). Staff reallocations and employee attitudes towards organizational aims: evidence using longitudinal data from the European Commission. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Magali Gravier; Stefan Gänzle (2021). International Public Administration on the Tip of the Tongue: Language as a Feature of Representative Bureaucracy in ECOWAS.. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Sara Jane Connolly; Hussein Kassim (2018). JEPP blog post: Administrative legitimacy and the democratic deficit of the European Union. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2014). Institutional dynamics in international organisations: Lessons from the recruitment procedures of the European External Action Service. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch (2015). Organization Theory and the Study of European Union Institutions: Lessons and Opportunities. (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseforedrag

• Alfa Sefland Winge; Zuzana Murdoch (2021). Workshop til AORG326 - politisk organisering og flernivåstyring. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys; Susan Webb Yackee (2024). Malleable Partianship: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification. (ekstern lenke)
• Laila Nordstrand Berg; Zuzana Murdoch (2017). Likestillingsbyråkratiene: Europeisering i nordisk kontekst?. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig bokkapittel

• Zuzana Murdoch; Jarle Trondal (2015). The temporary Commission bureaucrat. (ekstern lenke)
• Charlotte Kiland; Zuzana Murdoch (2021). Leadership of organisations: Theory and evidence from the development of Norwegian scenic routes. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Jarle Trondal (2015). The advance of a European executive order in foreign policy? Recruitment practices in the European External Action Service. (ekstern lenke)
• Laila Margaret Nordstrand Berg; Zuzana Murdoch (2019). Bureaucracy of Gender Equality: Europeanisation in Nordic Context?. (ekstern lenke)

Populærvitenskapelig artikkel

• Gro Kvåle; Zuzana Murdoch (2021). "The Dos and Don'ts of Engaging with a Stigmatized Organization". (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Jarle Trondal; Stefan Gänzle (2013). 'Making the Grade, Keeping the Gate': The recruitment of member-state diplomats to the European External Action Service (EEAS). (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys; Rune Jørgen Sørensen (2023). Political Representation of Public Sector Employees. (ekstern lenke)
• Øivind Johnsen Bogen; Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys (2023). The Bigger, the Better? Population Size and Satisfaction with Municipal Services. (ekstern lenke)

Forskningsrapport

• Jarle Trondal; Zuzana Murdoch; Stefan Gänzle (2013). The Origins of Common Action Capacities. Observations on the recruitment of Member States’ diplomats and officials to the European External Action Service (EEAS). (ekstern lenke)

Forelesning

• Zuzana Murdoch (2021). Introduction and Q& A. (ekstern lenke)
• Zuzana Murdoch; Benny Geys; Susan Webb Yackee (2024). I’m a Survivor: Political Dynamics in Bureaucratic Elites’ Partisan Identification. (ekstern lenke)

Se en full oversikt over publikasjoner i Cristin

Zuzana Murdoch leder en Work Package i et HorizonEurope prosjekt ("DemoTrans"; 2.7 mill EUR; 2022-2026), samt et prosjekt finansert av Norsk Forskningsråd: "Longitudinal perspectives on local, central and supranational public bureaucracies" (ADM-IN-TIME; 1,070 mill. NOK; 2021-2023). Arbeidet hennes i det førstnevnte prosjektet konsentrerer seg om hvordan tid påvirker nettverksstyring, mens det siste prosjektet tar en eksplisitt longitudinell tilnærming til studiet av offentlige byråkratier.

Hun også forsker i følgende pågående forskningsprosjekter:

• Et prosjekt omhandler måling av, samt mekanismer bak, sosialiseringsprosesser i (inter) nasjonale byråkrater. Dette prosjektet er i samarbeid med Hussein Kassim (University of East Anglia), Sara Connolly (Norwich Business School), Benny Geys (BI Norwegian Business School), og Susan Webb Yackee (University of Wiconsin-Madison).
• Et annet prosjekt – i samarbeid med Magali Gravier (Copenhagen Business School) – undersøker offentlige ansatte gjennom teorien om representativt byråkrati.
• Et tredje prosjekt – sammen med Gro Kvåle (Universitetet of Agder) – undersøker sosiale forhandlingsprosessene som ligger bak stigma og stigmatisering av marginaliserte organisasjoner.