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JOHN ERIK FOSSUM

PhD/Professor: ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo

P.O.Box 1143 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway (Sognsveien 68)

Ph.: +47 2285 8881 Fax: +47 2285 8710

E-mail: j.e.fossum@arena.uio.no http://www.reconproject.eu/

http://www.arena.uio.no/

Personal Data

Born: May 7, 1956, Stavanger, Norway

Education 1983-90 PhD in Political Science, UBC.

Dissertation title: “Assessing State Intervention: Federal Oil Policies 1973-84.” Dissertation supervisor: Alan C. Cairns

1982-83 Master of Arts in Political Science at the University of California, Santa

Barbara. 1977-81 Cand.Mag. (BA-equiv.) at the University of Bergen, Norway, majored in

Political Science and History.

Publications Co-editor (with Erik Eriksen) of the Routledge series on Democratizing Europe (which is based on the output of the CIDEL and RECON European Commission funded framework projects) Books

2011 Agustín José Menéndez and John Erik Fossum (eds.) Law and Democracy in

Neil D. MacCormick’s Legal and Political Theory. The Post-Sovereign Constellation, Dordrecht: Springer Law, forthcoming

Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez The Constitution’s Gift – A Constitutional Theory for a Democratic European Union, Boulder, Co.: Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming

2009 Fossum, J.E., Poirier, J. and P. Magnette (eds.) The Ties that bind – Managing

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Diversity in the EU and Canada, Peter Lang. 2007 Fossum, J. E. and P. R. Schlesinger (eds.) The European Union and the Public Sphere: A communicative space in the making? London: Routledge, (fourth volume in Routledge series) 2004 Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) Developing a

Constitution for Europe, London: Routledge (first volume in Routledge series)

2003 Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) En förfatning för Europa, Göteborg: Daidalos

Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) The Chartering of

Europe: The Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Constitutional Implications, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden.

2000 Eriksen, E. O. and J. E. Fossum (eds.) (2000): Democracy in the European Union - Integration through Deliberation?, London: Routledge, 310p. 1997 Fossum, J.E. Oil, the State, and Federalism: The Rise and Demise of Petro-

Canada as a Statist Impulse University of Toronto Press, August 1997, 368p. 1990 Fossum, J.E. “Assessing State Intervention: Federal Oil Policies 1973-84. PhD

dissertation, UBC, Vancouver, Canada Articles (in peer-reviewed journals)

a) Editor of special journal issues/symposia 2008 Fossum, J.E. and H. Sjursen (eds.) “Norge og EU”, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, 4,

2008:311-2. 2006 Fossum, J.E. (guest editor) “Is there a gidsland? Mentor states in world

politics”, International Journal, Vol. LXI, No.4, Autumn 2006. 2005 Closa, C. and J.E. Fossum (eds.) “'Deliberative Constitutional Politics”,

Symposium Issue of European Law Journal, Vol.11, No. 4, July 2005:379.

b) Articles 2011 Eriksen, E. O and J.E. Fossum “Bringing European democracy back in – or how

to read the German Constitutional Court’s Lisbon Treaty ruling’, European Law Journal, Vol. 17, forthcoming

2010 Fossum, J.E. “Norway’s European ‘gag rules’,” European Review, Vol. 18, No.

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1, 73-92. 2009 Crum, B. and J.E. Fossum “The Multilevel Parliamentary Field -A Framework

for Theorising Representative Democracy in the EU”, European Political Science Review, 1:2, 249–271.

Fossum, J.E. “Europe’s American Dream”, European Journal of Social Theory,

12(4):483-504.

Fossum, J.E. og C. Holst, ”Norske intellektuelles syn på EU”, Internasjonal Politikk, 67,3:441-52.

2008 Fossum, J.E. and D. Haglund “Is there a Norway in Quebec’s Future? 1905 and All That”, Quebec Studies, Vol. 45, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2008, pp. 167-189 2007 Fossum, J.E. “On democratizing European Constitution Making: Possible

lessons from Canada’s experience”, Supreme Court Law Review, 37:343-381. Also available in Mitchell, G., Peach, I., Smith, D. and J.D. Whyte (eds.) A Living Tree – The Legacy of 1982 in Canada’s Political Evolution, Markham, Ontario: LexisNexis, pp.707-745.

2006 Fossum, J. E. “Introduction”, Gidsland Issue of International Journal Vol. LXI, No.4, Autumn 2006: 783-91.

Fossum, J.E. “Gidsland and human security - Cosmopolitan vehicles?”, International Journal, Vol. LXI, No.4, Autumn 2006:813-828.

Fossum, J.E. “Conceptualizing the European Union Through Four Strategies of Comparison”, Comparative European Politics, 4:94-123.

Fossum, J.E. and H.J. Trenz “The EU's fledgling society: From deafening silence to critical voice in European constitution making”, Journal of Civil Society, Vol. 2, No. 1, 57–77. Fossum, J.E. and H.J. Trenz “When the people come in: Constitution-making and the belated politicisation of the European Union”, European Governance Papers 2006(3):1.16.

2005 Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez “Democratic constitution-making –

Reflections on the European Experiment”, Austrian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 2005/3: 249-62.

Fossum, J.E. “Conceptualising the EU’s Social Constituency”, European Journal of Social Theory, vol. 8, no. 2, 2005:123-147. Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez ” The Constitution’s Gift? A Deliberative Democratic Analysis of Constitution Making in the European Union”,

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European Law Journal, Vol.11, No. 4, July 2005:380-410. 2004 Eriksen, E.O. and J.E. Fossum “Europe in Search of Legitimacy: Strategies of

Legitimation Assessed”, International Political Science Review, October, 2004, Vol 25, No. 4:435–459.

2003 Fossum, J.E. “The European Union – In Search of an Identity”, European Journal of Political Theory, Volume 2, No.3, 2003:319-340.

2002 Eriksen, E.O. and J.E. Fossum “Democracy through strong publics in the EU?”,

Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 40, Number 3, pp.401-23.

2001 Fossum, J.E. “Identity-politics in the European Union”, Journal of European Integration, Vol.23, 2001, pp.373-406.

Fossum, J.E. “Deep Diversity versus Constitutional Patriotism: Taylor, Habermas and the Canadian Constitutional Crisis”, Ethnicities, Vol. 1, No.2, August 2001, pp.179-206.

1999 Fossum, J. E. and P. S. Robinson, "A Phoenix Arises: The Social

Reconstruction of Europe," Policy, Organisation and Society (Australia) 17 Summer 1999, pp.1-22.

1994 Fossum, J.E. Nasjonalisme, Føderalisme og Konstitusjonalisme: Tre Sentrale

Metaforer i Kanadisk Politikk", Internasjonal Politikk, nr.3 September 1994, pp.363-90.

Book Chapters: J. E. Fossum and C. Holst “Progressive Nationalism? Norwegian Intellectuals and Europe”, in Justine Lacroix and Kalypso Nicolaides (eds.) European Stories - Intellectual Debates on Europe in National Contexts , Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming Fossum, J. E. “The transformation of the nation-state: the EU and Canada compared”, in Maduro, M. and D. Halberstam (eds.) The Constitutional Challenge: People, Power and Politics in Europe and America, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming. Fossum, J.E. “The European Union and Canada Compared”, in Jaumain, S. (ed), ..., Peter Lang, forthcoming

2010 Fossum, J.E. “The Future of the European Order”, in Birkinshaw, P. And M. Varney (eds) The European Union Legal Order after Lisbon, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law, 33-56.

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2009 Fossum, J.E. “Citizenship, democracy and public sphere”, in Rumford, C. (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of European Studies, London: SAGE, 347-64.

2008 Fossum, J.E. “Constitutional patriotism: Canada and the European Union” in

Mouritsen, P. and K. E. Jørgensen (eds.) Constituting Communities - Political Solutions to Cultural Difference, London: Palgrave, 138-161.

Eriksen, E. O. and J.E. Fossum “A done deal? The EU's legitimacy conundrum revisited”. In Eriksen, E.O., Joerges, C. and F. Roedl (eds) Law, Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union: The unsettled political order of Europe. Routledge, pp. 230-248.

2006 Fossum, J. E. “The Struggle for Recognition – Conceptual Framework” in Lithman, Y. and H. Sicakkan (eds.) Envisioning Togetherness. Politics of Identity and Modes of Belonging, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. 175-215.

2005 Fossum, J.E. “The Balance of Power Theory”, in Larsen, S.U. (ed.) Theory and Methods in Political Science, Boulder: Columbia University Press, pp.184-204.

Fossum, J.E. “Obsessed with federalism?”, in Thomsen, R. & N. Hale (eds.) Canadian Environments, Peter Lang, pp. 173-94.

Fossum, J.E. “Contemporary European Constitution-making – Reflexive or constrained?”, in Eriksen, E.O. (ed.) Making the European Polity – Reflexive integration in Europe, London: Routledge, pp. 143-66. Eriksen, E.O., Fossum, J. E. and H. Sjursen, ”Widening or reconstituting the EU?”, in Eriksen, E.O. (ed.) Making the European Polity – Reflexive integration in Europe, London: Routledge, pp. 237-52.

2004 Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez “Introduction: a constitution

in the making?” in Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) Developing a Constitution for Europe, London: Routledge, pp.1-15.

Fossum, J. E. “Still a Union of deep diversity? The Convention and the Constitution for Europe”, in Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) Developing a Constitution for Europe, London: Routledge, pp.226-247.

Fossum, J.E. “Charters and Constitution-making - Comparing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights”, in Resnick, P. and G. Kernerman, Insiders and Outsiders: Alan Cairns and the Reshaping of Canadian Citizenship, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2004, pp. pp.148-62.

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Claes, D.H. and Fossum, J.E. “Norway, the EEA and Neo-liberal globalism”, in Clarksen, S. and Cohen, M. Governing Under Stress, London: Zed Books, pp. 51-69. McBride, S. and Fossum, J.E. “The Rule of Rules: International Agreements and the Semi-Periphery”, in Clarksen, S. and Cohen, M., Governing Under Stress, London: Zed Books, pp. 239-59. Eriksen, E.O. and Fossum, J.E. “Europe at a Crossroads - Government or Transnational Governance?” in Joerges, C., Sand, I. and Teubner, G. (eds.) Transnational Governance and Constitutionalism, London: Hart, 2004, pp. 115-146.

Fossum, J.E. “Why Compare Canada and the European Union - and how?”, in Crowley, P. (ed.) Crossing the Atlantic: Comparing the European Union and Canada, London: Ashgate, pp.11-33.

2003 Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez ”The Charter of Fundamental

Rights in Context” in Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) The Chartering of Europe: The Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Constitutional Implications, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden; pp:17-29.

Fossum, J. E. “The European Charter – Between Deep Diversity and Constitutional Patriotism“ in Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) The Chartering of Europe: The Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Constitutional Implications, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden; pp.228-255.

Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez „Inledning“, i Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) En förfatning för Europa, Göteborg: Daidalos, pp.7-17.

Fossum, J.E. „Konstitusjonsbyggande och demokratisk legitimitet i Europeiska unionen“, i Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) En förfatning för Europa, Göteborg: Daidalos, pp.173-197.

Fossum, J. E. “Maktbalanse-prinsippet. Stabilitet og makt i internasjonale relasjoner”, i Ugelvik Larsen, S. (red.) Teori og metode i statsvitenskap, Fagbokforlaget, ss.148-64.

1999 Fossum, J. E. “Citizenship, Diversity and Pluralism: The Case of the European

Union”, in Cairns, A.C., Courtney, J.C., MacKinnon, P., Michelmann, H., and D.E. Smith (eds.): Citizenship, Diversity and Pluralism: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives, McGill-Queen’s Press, pp.202-30.

1998 Fossum, J.E. "Executive Influence in the EU and Canada - A Brief Comparative

Assessment", in Easingwood, P., Gross, K. and H. Lutz: Informal Empire?

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Cultural Relations Between Canada, The United States and Europe, published in Schriftenreihe des Zentrums fur Kanada Studien an der Universitat Trier, I&f Verlag, Kiel, Germany, pp.339-70.

1997 Fossum, J. E. “Maktbalanse-prinsippet”, Lov og Struktur, 64, Universitetet i Bergen: 1997, pp.1-23.

Reports 2008 Menéndez, A. J. and J. E. Fossum (eds): “The Post-Sovereign Constellation:

Law and Democracy in Neil D. MacCormick’s Legal and Political Theory”, ARENA Report 08/4.

2007 Fossum , J.E., P. R. Schlesinger and G. Kværk (eds.) “Public Sphere and Civil Society?”, ARENA-CIDEL Report 2/07. 2005 Fossum, J.E. (ed.) “Constitutional Processes in Canada and the EU Compared”,

ARENA Report 8/2005. Eriksen, E.O., Fossum, J.E., Kumm, M. and A. J. Menéndez ”The European

Constitution: The Rubicon Crossed?”, ARENA Report No 3/2005. 2004 Closa, Carlos and John Erik Fossum (eds) "Deliberative Constitutional Politics

in the EU", ARENA Report No 5/2004. 2002 Gudsteins, Gudrun and John Erik Fossum (eds.) Rediscovering Canada:

Culture and Politics, Vol. 19, NACS Text Series/University of Iceland Press. I have written the chapter entitled “Identity Politics in Canada”.

Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. Menendez (eds.) “Constitution Making and Democratic Legitimacy”, ARENA Report No5/2002. We as editors have written the introduction, and I have written Chapter 10 “Charters and Constitution-Making. Comparing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights”.

2001 Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez (eds.) ”The Chartering of

Europe – The Charter of Fundamental Rights in Context”, ARENA Report 01/8.

Contributions in reports: (highly incomplete) 2002 Fossum, J.E. “Why Compare Canada and the European Union”, in Thomsen,

R.C. and E. Lauridsen Canada Bound – Essays in Honour of Jørn Carlsen on the Occasion of his Retirement, Vol. 18 NACS Text Series, Århus: Faculty of Arts Press, pp.83-114.

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Fossum, J.E. “Norge og EU – et problematisk tema i samfunnsfagene?”, HIL Rapport, 9p.

2001 Fossum, J.E. “The Challenge of Federalisation in the EU", in Knutsen, P. og N.

Veggeland (red): Føderalisering, nasjonalstat, historiografi. Arbeidsnotat no. 126/2001, Høgskolen i Lillehammer, 7-36.

Working papers/conference papers published in conference proceedings (highly incomplete):

2005 Fossum, J.E. and H.J. Trenz (2005) ”The EU’s fledgling society: From

deafening silence to critical voice in European constitution making”, ARENA Working Paper 19/2005

Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez “Democratic constitution-making – Reflections on the European Experiment”, ARENA Working Paper 18/2005 Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez ” The Constitution’s Gift? A Deliberative Democratic Analysis of Constitution Making in the European Union”, ARENA Working Paper 13/2005 Fossum, J.E. “Contemporary European constitution-making: constrained or reflexive?”, ARENA Working Paper 4/2005

2004 Fossum, J.E. (2004) ”Conceptualising the EU’s Social Constituency”, ARENA

Working Paper 16/04.

Fossum, J.E. (2004) “De-configuring the European Union – A Comparative Approach”, ARENA Working Paper 14/04.

Fossum, J.E. and A.J. Menéndez ”The Constitution’s Gift: From Treaty to

Constitution”, Departamento de Estudios Europeos, Instituto Universitario de Investigacion, Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, Working Paper 1/04.

2003 Fossum, J.E. "The European Charter - Between Deep Diversity and

Constitutional Patriotism”, ARENA Working Paper 05/03. 2002 Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum: "Europe in Search of its

Legitimacy - Assessing Strategies of Legitimation", ARENA Working Paper 38/02.

Eriksen, E.O., Fossum, J.E. and Sjursen, H. “Widening or reconstituting the EU?”, ARENA Report. Fossum, J. E. “The transformation of the nation-state: Why compare the EU and Canada?”, ARENA Working Paper 28/2002.

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Eriksen, E.O. and Fossum, J.E. “Europe at a Crossroads - Government or Transnational Governance?”, ARENA Working Paper 35/02. Claes, D.H. and Fossum, J.E. “Norway, the EEA and Neo-liberal globalism”, ARENA Working Paper, ARENA Working Paper 29/02. Fossum, J.E. “Charters and Constitution-making - Comparing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights”, ARENA Working Paper 08/2002.

2001 Fossum, J.E. “Identity-politics in the European Union”, ARENA Working

Paper 17/2001.

Eriksen, E.O. and J.E. Fossum “Democracy Through Strong Publics in the European Union?, ARENA Working Paper 16/2001.

2000 Eriksen, E. O. and J.E. Fossum, “The EU and post-national integration.

Legitimation through deliberation”. ARENA Working Paper 00/26. 1997 Blichner, L. and J.E. Fossum, “Modern Constitution Making”, published in the

Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, St. John’s Newfoundland, June 1997.

Fossum, J.E. “Canada and the European Union: Parallel or Converging Debates?”, Working Paper published by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, July 1997. http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/misc/

1996 Fossum, J.E. “Executive Influence and Constitutional Change in the European

Union and Canada”, ARENA Working Paper, 1996 Fossum, J.E. “Group-differentiated Citizenship - A Brief Evaluation”, LOS-

senter Notat 9642 1994 Fossum, J.E. "Federalism and Subsidiarity in the European Union", published in

the Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, Alberta, June 1994.

1992 Fossum, J.E. "The Privatization of Petro-Canada". Published in the Proceedings of the 1992 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Charlottetown, PEI, June 1992.

1991 Fossum, J.E. "National Oil Companies in Canada and Norway: The Contribution

of Statist Theory to a Comparative Analysis". Published in the Proceedings of the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Kingston, Ontario, June 1991.

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1989 "Policy Change and Political Change: A Study of the Evolution of Land Management Regimes in the Canada Lands, 1980-86". Published in the Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association in June 1989.

Book Reviews and Notes

2004 Eriksen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and A. J. Menéndez ”Crossing the political Rubicon”, The Federalist Debate, Year XVII, No.2, 2004.

2003 Fossum, John Erik "On the Search for a European Identity", The International Spectator 1/2003, Book reviews and Notes, 115-18

Work in Progress “Constitution Making and the Quest for Popular Sovereignty – the EU and Canada Compared” “Constitution making and legitimacy in the EU – On the legitimation of legitimation” (book project) “The Politics of Identity and Citizenship in the EU and Canada” (book project) Blichner, L. and Fossum, J.E. “Authors or Addressees? The Challenge of Constitution-Making in the EU and Canada”, revised version of paper presented to APSA Invitations to present papers and give lectures (highly incomplete) University of Michigan (US, 2008) European University Institute (Italy) Annual General Meeting of the German Association for Canadian Studies (Germany, 2006 and 2007) Carleton University (Canada, 2006) CONNEX midterm conference 2005 (Germany) University of British Columbia (Canada, 2001) University of Marburg (Germany) University of Montreal (Canada)

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University of McGill (Canada) University of Saskatoon (Canada) University of Barcelona (Spain) University of Lisbon (Portugal) University of Vilnius (Lithuania) Århus University (Denmark) University of Umeå (Sweden) Lund University (Sweden) Tromsø University (Norway) Norwegian Foreign Ministry Norwegian Parliament Kommunenes Sentralforbund Professional and Administrative Activities

Research projects: 2007-2011 Co-architect behind (with E.O. Eriksen), substitute coordinator, and co-chair of

two work-packages of the 5-year long ARENA-led and EU Commission funded (€ 5 million + NOK 10 mill.) research project “Reconstituting Democracy in Europe” (RECON), which has 20 partner universities across Europe

2007-2011 Co-chair of Workpackage II in the 5-year-long Norwegian Research Council

funded project “The transformation and sustainability of European political order" (total 5-year project funding NOK 24 million)

2002-2005 Co-architect behind (with E.O. Eriksen), substitute coordinator and head of two of

the work-packages of the 3-year long ARENA-led and EU Commission funded (€ 1.6 million) research project “Citizenship and Democratic Legitimacy” (CIDEL)

2004-2008 CONNEX (Connecting Excellence on European Governance), funded by the EU

Commission 2006 Rector’s office, University of Bergen: Research support to cover Norwegian

participation in ESF-project on the European Social Constituency (NOK 210.000) 2006 Norwegian Research Council: Conference support (NOK 100.000 for conference

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on law and democracy, at the University of Bergen) 2006-8 Leader of the research group on European integration at the Department of

Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen 2005-2006 Meltzer-fondet, UiB (NOK 160.000 per year in project support to promote

European research at the University of Bergen) 2001 Norwegian Research Council: Conference support (NOK 90.000 to organise 2

conferences on aboriginals and Sami) 2000-5 Norwegian participant (with Øivind Østerud) in a 4-nation Canadian-funded

(SSHRC: CAD 1.8 million) major collaborative initiative (MCRI) entitled “Globalism and its Challengers”

Academic associations: 2008- Chair of ECSA Norway (Norsk Forum for Europa-forskning) 2004- Member of the board of the European Union Studies Association, Canada 2005- Vice-president of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies 1999-2002 President of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies and Chair of the

Norwegian Chapter 1999-2002 Nordic Political Science Association, (NOPSA) Board Member and Deputy Chair

1996- Chair of the Norwegian Chapter and Board Member of the Nordic Association for

Canadian Studies (NACS) Editorial/Publishing boards: 2004 - Member of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Political Science 2004 - Chair of CONNEX (Connecting Excellence on European Governance) Editorial

board 2002 - Peter Lang Series on Canadian Studies 2002-4 Policy and Society Journal Book/journal article reviewing: 2000- Consultant for Routledge on books and book projects; Referee for: Journal of

European Integration, European Journal of Political Research, European Journal of Political Theory, Journal of European Public Policy, Political Studies, Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, Sosiologi i Dag.

Research evaluation:

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2004- Expert evaluator on European Commission research grants and networks of excellence under FP6 (Framework Six Programme).

2001- Consultant for the Norwegian Research Council

Awards/Fellowships (incomplete) 2006 Social Science Faculty Research Grant, University of Bergen

Canadian Studies: Faculty Research Grant 1997 Seagram International Fellow at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada 1996-98 ARENA Research Grant to study European integration 1996 Canadian Studies: Faculty Research Grant 1995 University Research Grant 1994 Canadian Studies: Faculty Research Grant 1992-93 NAVF Research Grant 1992 Nansen Foundation Fellowship 1991 Canadian Studies: Faculty Research Grant 1984-87 Government of Canada Award for Foreign Nationals 1986 University Graduate Fellowship, UBC. 1984-85 I.W. Killam Predoctoral Fellowship for Academic Excellence. 1983 Rotary Foundation, Graduate Fellowship. 1982 California Exchange Scholarship.

Fulbright Travel Grant. Educational administration: 1992- 1995 In charge of planning and developing a Master of Philosophy in Public

Administration Programme and acted as academic co-ordinator for the new MPA-programme in the Department of Administration and Organisation Theory

1995 Assistance in the development of an MA-programme in Political Science at

Kaunas University, Lithuania 1992-94 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Advisor, Department of Administration and

Organisation Theory 1991-94 Board Member, Department of Administration and Organization Theory 1990- Guest lecturer and external examiner at various Norwegian institutions and in

Lithuania

Teaching Experience (incomplete) 2004- Professor, Department of Administration and Organisation Theory, University of

Bergen. Co-organised one doctoral course in 2005 and one in 2007; taught an MA-course in European integration over several years; taught an introductory course on

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political theory in 2006; and supervised MAs and one PhD. 1992-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Administration and Organisation Theory,

University of Bergen. Taught courses at undergraduate and graduate level on Norwegian and Western European (including the European Union) politics, policy and public administration. Also taught graduate courses in political theory and organisation theory..

Supervised 2 PhDs, 30+ ‘hovedfag’ and M. Phil. theses (comprehensive research

theses which required 1.0-3 years’ work) and 5 MA theses (1 year’s work). Served as external examiner at Norwegian universities, at both graduate and

undergraduate levels, and at Norwegian polytechnics. Also served as graduate thesis reader at the University of Sydney, Australia and PhD thesis examiner, Århus University.

2000 Taught a graduate Summer School course on European Integration at the

University of Sydney, Australia. 1995 Guest lecturer on Scandinavian Politics in Kaunas, Lithuania. 1990-92 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Administration and Organisation Theory, University

of Bergen 1989 Assistant Professor, Sogndal Polytechnic, Norway 1988-89 Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at UBC. Fall 1988: Teaching

Assistant in Methodology. Spring 1989: Teaching Assistant in Comparative Politics.

1985 Substitute Teacher, Junior High School, Norway. 1983 Norwegian Army. Course for Logistics Officers

Substitute Teacher, Norway. 1982 Teaching Assistant, University of Bergen. 1980-81 Offshore North Sea Oil Rig Worker.

Research assistant, University of Bergen.

Conference Organisation/Participation (incomplete) 2006 Joint ASANOR/NACS Annual conference in Oslo. Was co-organiser and gave 2

presentations

Annual general meeting of the Canadian political science community, Toronto, May 2006. Presented 2 papers (one of them with David Haglund) and was commentator for two sessions

Budapest, June 2006

IPSA conference, Fukuoka, Japan. Presented 2 papers, one of which was an invited paper from ECPR. Was commentator for 2 sessions

Nasjonal fagkonferanse (National conference for Norwegian political science) in Bergen, January 2006. Was co-organiser (with Nina Raaum)

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2001 State of the art workshop "A European Public Sphere: How much of it do we have and how much do we need?" organized by the Network of Excellence CONNEX and The Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCoR, December 8-10. Gave 1 paper (with Hans-Joerg Trenz).

ARENA-CIDEL concluding conference, Oslo November 25. Co-organised the conference and gave one paper. The Ties that Bind: Accommodating Complex Diversity in Canada and the European Union" (Brussels, Belgium 17-19 November 2005). Co-organised the conference and commented on a paper CONNEX Mid-term conference, Mannheim, November 3-5. Gave one paper as part of ‘controversial debate’ with Ulrich Beck ASANOR/NACS conference in Oslo, October 28-30. Co-organised the conference and gave 1 paper. CIDEL concluding conference, Florence September 22-24. Gave 2 papers (with Menendez and Schlesinger) Bergen Workshop, September 2-3. Co-organised the workshop and presented 1 paper (with Schlesinger) Nordic Association for Canadian Studies triennial conference, Turku, Finland, August 18-20. Helped organise the conference, organised a special session, and gave a paper CIDEL conference in Stockholm. Commented on a paper Lisbon-conference, June. Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Political Science conference, University of Western Ontario, June 1-3. Presented 1 paper Conference organised by the International Council for Canadian Studies, Ottawa May 25-28. Presented 1 paper. Bremen conference, May 20-22. Gave one lecture and participated in project meeting Madrid conference, May 13 at the Centre for Constitutional Studies. Presented 1 paper Spring 2005: organised the seminar series Europeisk Forum at the University of Bergen

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EUSA, Austin, USA, March30-April 3. Presented 1 paper. German Association for Canadian Studies, Grainau, February 25-28.

2004 “CONNEX kick-off conference”, Mannheim Germany, 9-12.09

Berlin conference organised under the auspices of the European Commission, to offer advice on the issue of European public sphere (presented a paper and a research plan, 29.05) “CIDEL conference on enlargement, Avila, Spain (May 7-8). Presented a paper and acted as discussant.

“Popular Sovereignty and Human Rights in Multinational and Polyethnic entities –

The EU and Canada compared”, organised the conference in Oslo and co-organised the conferences in Århus, Gothenburg and Copenhagen. Presented a paper in Århus and one in Oslo. Co-editor of the report from the conference.

German Association for Canadian Studies, Grainau, February. Was invited to present a paper on EU – Canada comparison

CIDEL Workshop on "One Europe - Many Publics?" in Stirling on February 5 - 6, 2004. Co-organised the conference, presented 2 papers and will co-edit the conference report and the book to be based on the conference proceedings.

2003 ARENA Concluding conference, Oslo, October 2003, presented 2 papers

MCRI Post-globalism Conference, University of Bergen. Co-organised the conference and presented one paper.

CIDEL Workshop on "Deliberative Constitutional Politics in the EU". On 20 - 21

June 2003, a workshop was organised in Albarracín, Spain. Co-organised the workshop and presented a paper (with Agustin Menendez). Co-editor of the forthcoming CIDEL/ARENA/Zaragoza Conference Report

CIDEL Conference on "The Forging of Deliberative Supranationalism in the EU".

On 7-8 February 2003. Presented a paper. 2002 Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Ålborg, Denmark. Co-organised a

workshop and presented a paper (with Erik Eriksen)

Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, August 8-10, Stockholm. In charge of organising the conference. Opened the conference, acted as chair of several sessions and presented a paper.

Marburg conference, June 28-29 (was invited to present a paper)

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ECSA-C, CPSA, May 29-June 1 (presented 2 papers and chaired one session) UD conference on Canada, April 25. Was invited to give a lecture ARENA Annual Conference, March 4-5 (chaired second half of first day and presented one paper) Post-globalism research programme conference in Mexico City. Presented 2

papers.

General Meeting of the German Association for Canadian Studies, Grainau 2001 Multilevel Constitutionalism – Transatlantic Perspectives

Comparative Federalism – Conference at the Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, December 7-8. Presented a paper.

Constitutionalism and Transnational Governance – Workshop at the EUI, presented paper (with E.O. Eriksen), November 30-December 1. Samfunnsfagene i det nye Europa – Høyskolen i Lillehammer. Presented a paper.

Citizenship - self-government – self-determination: A comparison of Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Sami in Norway. Organised the NACS-conference, in co-operation with KRD, the Canadian Embassy, IMER and Makt-utredningen, Nov. 5, Oslo. Roundtable conference at the Saami Parliament, Karasjok, 08.11. Organised this event. Forelesning på Høyskolen i Trondheim – alumni-seminar for MPA-studenter, 19.10. Rethinking Citizenship in the Canadian Federation: A Conference in Honour of Alan C. Cairns, Vancouver 11-13 October. Was on the organising committee and presented a paper.

Workshop on the European Charter of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, ARENA, Oslo, June 8-9. Acted as co-organiser of the conference, presented a paper and chaired the second day of the sessions.

AFEC’s 25th Anniversary conference, Sorbonne III, Paris. Acted as Chair of one session.

Demokrati i EU og effekter på Norge, Europeisk Ungdom, Oslo, 4.04.

Geilo, Norway. Student conference on the EU. Gave two presentations

Conference on the EU, Lillehammer Regional College, presented a paper.

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2000 ARENA, Annual Conference. Acted as chair on second half of conference.

“Atlantic Canada”, NACS annual conference. Co-organised (with NACS board members) one-day conferences in Denmark, Norway (a series of lectures in Sweden), and Lithuania, November.

LOS, Bergen – co-organised a conference on democracy in the European Union APSA, Washington D.C. – Presented paper (with Lars Blichner)

Post-globalism research programme conference in Vancouver, August. Presented own research. ISSEI 2000, Bergen. Organised panel, acted as chair and gave a paper (with Erik Eriksen) IPSA, Quebec City. Presented a paper (with Erik Eriksen) ECSA, Quebec City. Presented a paper. “Multiculturalism – What can Norway Learn from Canada’s Experience?” Organised 2 one-day seminars in Oslo and Bergen and co-organised a one-day seminar in Copenhagen, in March 2000.

1999 ARENA Annual Conference, November 18.

IMER – Politics of Identity & Forms of Belonging, National Doctoral Course – gave one paper presentation, November 1-5.

Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), August. Presented one paper.

Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, Triannual Conference, Reykjavik Iceland, 5-8 August. Presented one paper, chaired several sessions and gave closing speech.

General Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, June. Presented one paper, acted as discussant on one session and chaired two sessions.

Norwegian Applied Political Science Association, May. Presented one paper.

Identity – a multidisciplinary approach, May 19. Organised the conference (with Linda Sangolt) and gave one presentation.

1998 ARENA Annual Conference, Oslo, November (presented two papers)

Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, (NACS) Sweden Conference in Umeå,

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November (presented paper and sat on panel)

NACS Norway Conference in Bergen, November (organised the conference)

NACS Denmark Conference in Århus, November (gave a presentation)

Human Rights in Modern Democracies - The Sampol Conference 1998, Bergen, October (chaired a roundtable discussion with Antje Wiener, Phillippe Schmitter and Andreas Føllesdal)

Conference on Democracy in Europe, Bergen, February (acted as conference organizer).

1997 NACS Conference in Oslo, November. Gave a presentation and acted as

conference chair.

NACS Conference in Aarhus, Denmark, November. Participated in a panel debate.

Conference on Citizenship, Diversity and Pluralism: Comparative Perspectives, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, October 30 - November 1. Invited to present paper at the conference.

APSA, Washington, DC, with paper at poster session in Comparative Politics.

Canadian Political Science Association General Meeting, St. John=s, Newfoundland, June 8-10. Presented paper (with Lars Blichner, Bergen) and acted as discussant on one session.

Second Meeting of the European Community Studies Association of Canada, in St. John’s Newfoundland, June 6-8. Presented paper and acted as discussant on one session.

“Bridging: Building Physical and Mental Bridges”, Conference held at the University of Copenhagen, May 12. Gave a revised version of the presentation entitled “Canada - the First Post-National Nation?”

“Bridging”: An Introduction to Canada, Conference Held at the University of Latvia, Riga, May 9-10. Gave a presentation entitled “Canada - the First Post-National Nation?”

Doktorgradskonferanse, Geilo, January. Presented paper and acted as discussant.

1996 “The European Graduate Students Seminar on Canada”, September 1996. Gave the

closing address and acted as panel chair.

“Canada and the Nordic Countries in Times of Reorientation”, the Fifth Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, Århus University, Denmark, 15-18 August, 1996. Presented paper and acted as panel chair.

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General Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Brock University, June.

European Community Studies Association of Canada, May. Presented paper.

The Viking Connection: Interdisciplinary Conference on Canada, Greifswald. Presented paper

1995 Annual ARENA Seminar, Hankø August. Presented paper

NACS: Interdisciplinary Conference on Canada, Bergen, November 6. Organizer. 1994 Trinational Institute on Innovation, Competitiveness and Sustainability in the

North American Region. Whistler, Canada, August 14-21. Acted as discussant at one session.

General Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, Canada, June 12-15. Presented two papers and acted as discussant at two sections.

Conference on European Integration Theory, NUPI, Oslo, April. Presented paper.

1993 General Meeting of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, in Åbo, Finland.

Acted as panel chair and presented a paper.

Conference arranged by the Danish Society for European Studies 1992 General Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association,

Charlottetown, PEI, June. Presented two papers.

American Political Science Association, Chicago

Wilton Park Conference, Sussex, UK on European Integration 1991 General Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Queen's

University. Presented one paper.

Externally Oriented Activities (highly incomplete) 2000 Lecture on the historical driving forces of the EU, Statskonsult, Oslo.

February: Interviewed by Sonya Procenko from Canadian Press, on Canada and the EU.

1999 November 19: Interviewed by Bruno Kaufmann, Swiss Broadcasting Company

on the effects of the 1994 Norwegian EU referendum. 1998 “Canada - oppsplitting eller post-nasjonalisme?”, (Canada - fragmentation or post-

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nationalism?) Newspaper chronicle in Aftenposten, 16/12.

“Mellom stat og overstat”, (Between state and superstate) newspaper chronicle in BT, 27/5 1998.

1997 “EU og “Europas Forente Stater” (The EU and the “United States of Europe”),

newspaper chronicle in Bergens Tidende, August 22, 1997.

“EU og statens to ansikter” (The EU and the two Faces of the State), newspaper chronicle in Bergens Tidende, July 10, 1997.

CBS Radio interview on the European Summit Meeting, Amsterdam, June 16 1997. “Canada - en umulig nasjon?” (Canada - an impossible nation?), newspaper chronicle in Bergens Tidende, June 2, 1997.

1996 “EU-møtet i Dublin: En suksess?” (Was The EU Summit Meeting in Dubin a

Success?), newspaper chronicle in Bergens Tidende, December 1996. 1995 Radio interviews on the national network of the Norwegian National Broadcasting

Corporation (NRK P2 and P1), October 27, 28 and 31 on the Quebec referendum.

"Canadas eksperiment avgjøres i Quebec" (The Canadian Experiment is Determined in Quebec) newspaper chronicle in Bergens Tidende, October 1995.

1994 "Chretien's First Year in Office", article in SINAS-NEWS, the newsletter for the Swedish Institute for North-American Studies

Radio interviews on NRK P1 and P2 on the Quebec election results, September 1994

Professional Memberships

The Canadian Political Science Association, CPSA The European Union Studies Association, EUSA The Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, NACS

The Nordic Political Science Association