Albin Algotson

Assistant Professor

I am interested in management ideals and practices in local government administration. What happens in the administration when local government tries to govern towards diffuse and vague goals such as growth and development?

Publications

ORCID 0000-0001-6723-8388

2025

Albin Algotson, Carl-Johan Sommar, Elin Wihlborg (2025)

Matsäkerhet i krisberedskapens tidevarv: Om matens plats i kommunal policy, planering och förvaltning Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, p. 1-19 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.7577/nat.6145

Albin Algotson, David Ekholm, Ulrika Müssener (2025)

Contextual Conditions of Public Health Implementation: Exploring the Tensions of Strategic and Operative Work Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research, Vol. 10, Article 1 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.18261/nwr.10.2.1

2024

Albin Algotson (2024)

Expertrapport till SVESAM - Utredningen för Sveriges sammanhållna utveckling (LI 2024:06): En essä om begreppslig sammanblandning i regionalpolitiken (Report)

Albin Algotson (2024)

Entrepreneurial Logic in Public Administration: A Bull in a China Shop or a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? (Report)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789180757157

Albin Algotson, David Ekholm (2024)

Kommunal styrning av folkhälsoarbete: I spänningsfältet mellan operativt och strategiskt arbete (Report)

Matti E. Leijon, Albin Algotson, Susanne Bernhardsson, David Ekholm, Lydia Ersberg, Malin J-son Höök, Carolina Klüft, Ulrika Müssener, Elisabeth Skoog Garås, Per Nilsen (2024)

Generation Pep - study protocol for an intersectoral community-wide physical activity and healthy eating habits initiative for children and young people in Sweden Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 12 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1299099

2022

Albin Algotson (2022)

Entrepreneurial Administration: The Administrative Logic of Local Development Politics (Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789179291532

2021

Albin Algotson, Petra Svensson (2021)

Conceptualizing local development practitioners: creators, coordinators or inside lobbyists? Urban Governance, Vol. 1, p. 30-37 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2021.10.002

2020

Albin Olausson (2020)

Legitimacy of uncertain policy work: Exploring values in local economic development projects Local Economy, Vol. 35, p. 440-459 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094220953199

2019

Albin Olausson, Petra Svensson (2019)

Nya förvaltningsideal: Entreprenörer och byråkrater i samhällsbyggnadsprocessen Ett nytt kontrakt för samhällsbyggande, p. 37-57 (Chapter in book)

Organisation

People sitting at a curved desk in a dimly lit room with a large screen displaying colorful circular data and numbers: 670, 483, 168, 19.

Political Science (STATSV)

The division of Political Science conducts research and offers education at the basic and advanced level. Political Science is about politics, power and democracy.

Research at the Centre for Local Government Studies

At CKS, we conduct research and collaboration aimed at supporting municipalities in their strategic decision-making. Our connection to the municipal sphere through our partner municipalities is the cornerstone of our work.

News

Starting grants for research on child participation and public health

Two researchers from Linköping University have been awarded a total of nearly 6 million SEK by the Forte Research Council. The projects focus on investigative conversations with children and the governance of local public health work.