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Karin Leijon

Assistant Professor


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Karin Leijon (PhD in Political Science) is assistant professor at the Division of Political Science, Linköping University and researcher at the Department of Government, Uppsala University.

Dr. Leijon's research and teaching interests include European Integration, with a particular focus on the role of national courts, methods, and public administration. Together with Linda Moberg she is PI for the research projects Courts as guarantors for an individualized and need based eldercare? and Local self-government, professionalism and court defiance in Swedish eldercare.

Starting in 2025/2026, Leijon is PI for the project Juridification in the welfare sector: challenging professional discretion? funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

Publications

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Linda Moberg, Mio Fredriksson, Karin Leijon (2023)
Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector

Regulation and Governance , Vol.17 , s.1041-1057 Continue to DOI

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Karin Leijon, Linda Moberg (2024)
Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector

Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions , Vol.38 Continue to DOI

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Karin Leijon (2021)
National courts and preliminary references: supporting legal integration, protecting national autonomy or balancing conflicting demands?

West European Politics , Vol.44 , s.510-530 Continue to DOI

2024

Karin Leijon, Linda Moberg (2024) Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, Vol. 38, Article e12891 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Karin Leijon, Linda Moberg (2024) Kommunalt självstyre och rättighetslagstiftning [Local self-government and rights legislation]: Om fördelningen av makt och ansvar mellan stat och kommun [On the division of power and responsibility between national and local governments] Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, Vol. 126, p. 519-539 (Article in journal)
Karin Leijon (2024) Domstolar, politik och regeringsformen: ett berättigat forskningsfält Regeringsformen 50 år 1974–2024, p. 191-209 (Chapter in book)
Karin Leijon (2024) A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 62, p. 468-486 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Linda Moberg, Mio Fredriksson, Karin Leijon (2023) Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector Regulation and Governance, Vol. 17, p. 1041-1057 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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