Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum VitaeCarl DahlströmThe Quality of Government Institute &Department of Political Science,University of GothenburgBox 711, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, SwedenTel: +46-31-786 59 95, Fax: +46-31-786 45 99E-mail: carl.dahlstrom@pol.gu.seLast update. February 2010Personal DetailsBorn in Göteborg, Sweden, September 19, 1972.Married, two children.Languages: Swedish (native), English (fluent), German (basic).Present PositionResearch Fellow at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of PoliticalScience, University of Gothenburg.Academic Affiliation, Employments, etc.Research Fellow at the Quality of Government Institute, 2008–.Assistant Director of the Political Science Program, Department of Political Science,University of Gothenburg, 2007-2009.Research Fellow at the program Regeringskansliet och samhällets organisering,2004–2008.Parental leave, February—August 2006.Visiting Scholar, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, HarvardUniversity, 2005-2006.Parental leave, August—December 2002.Fellowship at the Swedish Parliament, August 2000 – July 2001.Visiting Scholar, Stockholm Center for Organizational Research, January—August2000.Ph D student at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 1997–2004. (On leave, in total, one and a half year of that time.)EducationPh.D. in Political Science, University of Gothenburg, September 2004.BA in Political Science, University of Gothenburg, June 1997.

PublicationsBooksNästan välkomna. Invandrarpolitikens retorik och praktik. Göteborg: GöteborgStudies in Politics 87. 2004.Steering from the Center. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Forthcoming. (Coeditedwith B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre)Journal Articles“Rhetoric, Practice and the Dynamics of Institutional Change: Immigrant Policy inSweden 1964-2000.” In Scandinavian Political Studies 27:4. 2004.“Rhetorical Objectives and Program Efficiency in Swedish Policy about Immigrants.”In Journal of Public Policy 27:3. 2007.“The Bureaucratic Politics of Welfare State Crisis: Sweden in the 1990s”. InGovernance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institution22: 217-238. 2009.“Explaining Cross-Country Differences in Performance-Related Pay in the PublicSector”. In Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory AdvanceAccess published August 18. 2009. (With Victor Lapuente, University ofGothenburg.)“Who Takes the Hit? Ministerial Advisers and the Distribution of Welfare StateCuts”. Accepted for publication in Journal of European Public Policy.Book Chapters”Lagt kort ligger. Svensk invandrarpolitik 1964–2000.” In Pierre, Jon and BoRothstein (eds.), Välfärdsstat i otakt, Malmö: Liber. 2003.”Statens väljarskola. Strategin för att öka valdeltagandet bland utländska medborgare,1976–2002.” In Borevi, Karin and Per Strömblad (eds.), Engagemang, mångfaldoch integration. SOU 2004:49. Stockholm: Fritzes 2004. (With Ulrika Möller).”Modeller för invandrarpolitik.” In Hjerm, Mikael and Abby Peterson (eds.),Etnicitet: perspektiv på samhället. Malmö: Gleerups. 2007.“Styrning i Danmark och Sverige – de statliga budgetprocesserna 1976–2006”. InPierre, Jon & Göran Sundström (eds.). Samhällsstyrning i förändring. Malmö:Liber. 2009. (With Lotte Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, and TorbjörnLarsson, Stockholm University.)“Krisuppgörelsen och tjänstemannainflytande”. In Santesson-Wilson, Peter andGissur Ó Erlingsson. Reform. Förändring och tröghet i välfärdsstaterna.Stockholm: Norstedts. 2009.“Has NPM a Trust Problem? Public Sector Incentive Systems in Japan, Korea, Spain,and Sweden.” In Eymeri-Douzans, Jean-Michel & Jon Pierre (eds.).Administrative Reforms and Democratic Governance. London: Routledge.Forthcoming 2010. (With Victor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg).“Politicization of Civil Service”. In Badie, Bertrand, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, andLeonardo Morlino. Encyclopedia of Political Science. London: Sage.Forthcoming.“Steering the Swedish State. Politicization as a Coordinating Strategy”. In Dahlström,Carl, B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (eds.). Steering from the Center. Toronto:University of Toronto Press. Forthcoming. (With Jon Pierre, University ofGothenburg).

“Steering from the Center: Central Government Offices and their Roles inGoverning”. In Dahlström, Carl, B. Guy Peters & Jon Pierre (eds.). Steeringfrom the Center. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Forthcoming. (With B.Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, and Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg).”Steering Strategies in Western Democracies”. In Dahlström, Carl, B. Guy Peters &Jon Pierre (eds.). Steering from the Center. Toronto: University of TorontoPress. Forthcoming. (With B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, and JonPierre, University of Gothenburg).ReportsMed en invandrarministers ögon. Research report no. 5 in the programIngenmansland? Göteborg: Department of Political Science. 1999.Big Cuts, Little Time: Welfare State Retrenchment in Sweden. Center for EuropeanStudies Working Paper Series 128. Cambridge: Harvard University. 2006.Effects of Politicization on Welfare State Policies: Comparing Policy Impacts ofPolitically Appointed Officials in 18 Mature Democracies. QoG Working PaperSeries 2008:3. Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. 2008.New Public Management as a Trust Problem. Explaining Cross-country Differencesin the Adoption of Performance-related Pay in the Public Sector. QoG WorkingPaper Series 2008:7. Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. 2008.(with Victor Lapuente).Do You Believe Me? Public Sector Incentive Systems in Japan, Korea, Spain, andSweden. QoG Working Paper Series 2008:25. Gothenburg: The Quality ofGovernment Institute. 2008. (with Victor Lapuente).“Expert/Country Report Sweden”. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.), SustainableGovernance Indicators 2009. Policy Performance and Executive Capacity in theOECD. www.sgi-network.org. 2009.Political Appointments in 18 Democracies, 1975-2007. QoG Working Paper Series2009:18. Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. 2009Bureaucracy, Politics, and Corruption. QoG Working Paper Series 2009:21.Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. 2009. (With Victor Lapuente,University of Gothenburg, and Jan Teorell, Lund University).Social Protection Strategies in Efficient and Inefficient States. QoG Working PaperSeries 2009:26. Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. 2009. (WithJohannes Lindvall, University of Oxford, and Bo Rothstein, University ofGothenburg).The Immigrant Issue and Anti-Immigrant Party Success - Is Sweden the Odd CaseOut? QoG Working Paper Series 2009:30. Gothenburg: The Quality ofGovernment Institute. 2009. (With Peter Esaiasson, University of Gothenburg).Articles in Magazines and Newspapers”Vill du vara med?” Ord&Bild 1/1999 (with Johannes Lindvall).”Från saknad till längtan. Ett samtal om demokrati och delaktighet” Ord&Bild 1/1999(with Carl Henrik Fredriksson & Johannes Lindvall).”Integrationspolitik – en delikat uppgift” Invandrare & Minoriteter 4/1999.”Socialmoderaterna?” Ord&Bild 6/1999.”Det övergivna slagfältet” Ord&Bild 1/2000 (with Johannes Lindvall).”Hösten 2000” Politologen Fall 2000 (with Johannes Lindvall).”Bristfälligt om demokratiskt deltagande” Göteborgs-Posten 9/8/2000.”Tårdrypande om det öppna landskapet” Göteborgs-Posten 12/26/2000.

”Våren 2001” Politologen Spring 2001 (with Johannes Lindvall).”Rätten att bara vara människa” Ord&Bild 2–3/2001.”Skall Mohammed få jobbet? Är positiv särbehandling enda vägen?” Ord&Bild 2–3/2001.”Hösten 2001” Politologen Fall 2001 (with Johannes Lindvall).”Våren 2002” Politologen Spring 2002 (with Johannes Lindvall).”Med retoriken som försvar” Invandrare & Minoriteter no. 29 2005.”Utfrysning gynnar sd” Göteborgs-Posten 13/1/2007.”Vänsterallians nackdel för Sahlin i nästa val” Dagens Nyheter 6/5/2007 (withJohannes Lindvall).”Recension: Kjell Östberg ’I takt med tiden: Olof Palme 1927-1969’ och ’När vindenvände: Olof Palme 1969-1986’ ” Göteborgs-Posten 1/7/2009.Work in ProgressUnder Review“Politicizing the Executive? Comparing 18 Democracies, 1975-2007”. (Under reviewat a political science journal).“Selecting Different Types: Politics, Bureaucracy and the Institutional Deterrents ofCorruption” (with Victor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg, and Jan Teorell,Lund University). (Under review at a political science journal).“The Immigrant Issue and Anti-Immigrant Party Success. Is Sweden an Odd Case?”(with Peter Esaiasson, University of Gothenburg). (Under review at a politicalscience journal).Working Papers, etc.“Do Traditions Matter? Legal Origins or State Origins?” (with Nickolas Charron andVictor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg).“Dimensions of Bureaucracy” (with Victor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg, andJan Teorell, Lund University).“Myths of Corruption” (with Victor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg).Conferences/seminars (2006-)OrganizerPanel Chair (Governance and Executive Leadership) at the biannual meeting of theCouncil for European Studies, Chicago, USA, March 6—8 2008.The conference “Steering from the center”, Gothenburg, January 14-16, 2009. (Coorganizerwith B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.)The panel “Measuring Quality of Government: Is There Room forImprovement?”American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada,September 3-6 2009. (Co-organizer with Victor Lapuente and Jan Teorell.)Chair for the standing seminar on Public Administration and Public Policy,Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg , 2009-Presenter“Big Cuts – Little Time. Welfare Retrenchment in Sweden”. Presented at Center forEuropean Studies, Harvard University, October 19 2005, and the SwedishPolitical Science Association annual meeting, Karlstad, October 12—14, 2006.

“The Rhetoric and Practice of Institutional Reform. Modern Immigrant Policy inSweden”. Presented at the biannual meeting of the Council for EuropeanStudies, Chicago, USA, March 29—April 2 2006.“Ministerial Advisers and the Distribution of Welfare State Cuts”. Presented at theGeneral ECPR Conference, Pisa, Italy, September 6—8 2007.“Policy Effects of Politicization. Terms of Employment for Key Bureaucrats inSeventeen OECD Countries, 1980-2000”. Presented at the Quality ofGovernment Institute Conference, Nice, France, October 23-26 2007.“Effects of Politicization on Welfare State Policies: Comparing Policy Impacts ofPolitically Appointed Officials in 18 Mature Democracies”. Presented at thebiannual meeting of the Council for European Studies, Chicago, USA, March6—8 2008.“New Public Management as a Trust Problem. Explaining Cross-country Differencesin the Adoption of Performance-related Pay in the Public Sector”. Presented atECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Rennes, France, April 11—16 2008 and theQuality of Government Institute Conference, Björkö, Sweden, June 9-10 2008.(with Victor Lapuente.)“Who Takes the Hit? Ministerial Advisers and the Distribution of Welfare StateCuts”. Presented at the Ratio Colloquium for Young Social Scientists,Stockholm, Sweden, August 22-23 2008 and the annual meeting of the SwedishPolitical Science Association, Uppsala, Sweden September 26-27 2008.“Do you believe me? Incentive systems in the public sector”. Presented at theconference New Public Management and the Quality of Government, cosponsoredby IPSA’s standing group The Structure and Organization ofGovernment and The Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg November13-15 2008. (With Victor Lapuente.)“Steering from the Center: Central Government Offices and their Roles inGoverning”. Presented at the conference “Steering from the center”,Gothenburg, January 14-16, 2009. (With B. Guy Peters, University ofPittsburgh, and Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg).”Steering the Swedish State. Politicization as a Coordinating Strategy” Presented atthe conference “Steering from the center”, Gothenburg, January 14-16, 2009.(With Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg).“Bureaucracy, Politics, and Corruption”. Presented at the Midwest Political ScienceAssociation Annual National Conference, Chicago, USA, April 2-5 2009, and atthe Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto,Canada, September 3-6 2009. (With Victor Lapuente, University of Gothenburg,and Jan Teorell, Lund University.)TeachingEducationTraining in supervising academic thesis at University of Gothenburg, 2008, (fiveweeks).Training in academic teaching at University of Gothenburg, 2006, (five weeks).AdministrationAssistant Director of the Political Science Program, 2007-2009.

Responsible for coordination of all methodology courses at the Short Program forTeacher Training, University of Gothenburg, 2006-2007.Teaching, basic and advanced levelLecturer and responsible for ten different courses at the Department of PoliticalScience, University of Gothenburg, between 1998 and 2009. In total about 2 800(clock) hours.Supervising dissertations on the basic level, and master thesis on the advanced level inpolitical science, 1999-Responsible for the dissertation course on the basic level (ten weeks), and two masterthesis courses (ten and twenty weeks, respectively), in political science, 2009-Teaching, doctoral levelSupervisor for one graduate student: Frida Boräng, University of Gothenburg.Invited TalksThe RATIO Institute, Stockholm, 2009.Vetenskapsfestivalen [The Science Festival], Gothenburg 2009.The Conference “Migrant Integration Policy Index”, Malmö University College 2008.The 17 th Jörgen Westerståhl seminar “Den ostyrbara staten?”, University ofGothenburg 2008Department of Political Science, University of Kassel, 2007.Department of Social Science, Växjö University, 2006.The Swedish Integration Board, Norrköping, 2005.The Conference “Vuxenutbildning i utveckling”, Linköping University, 2005.The Ministry of Justice, Stockholm, 2004.Department of Swedish, University of Gothenburg, 2004.The Conference “Öppna Stockholmsregionen!”, Stockholm 2003.Grants and ScholarshipsSwedish Council for Working Life and Social Research 2007.The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and HigherEducation, 2006.Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research 2006.Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research 2005.Anders Karitz Stiftelse 2004.Paul och Marie Berghaus donationsfond 2003Harald och Louise Ekmans forskningsstiftelse 2003Willhelm och Martina Lundgrens vetenskapsfond 2002.Riksdagens forskningsstipendium 2000-2001.Kungliga och Hvitfeldska stiftelsen 1999.ReviewingJournals: European Political Science Review, Governance, International Migration,Acta Sociologica, Scandinavian Political Studies, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift.Academic publishers: Studentlitteratur.

Other Professional ActivitiesMember of the board of the Swedish Political Science Association, 2009-Member of the board, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg,2009-Equal treatment representative, Department of Political Science, University ofGothenburg, 2009-Country expert, Sweden, for the Sustainable Governance Indicators 2009.Editor of Politologen, the journal of the Swedish Political Science Association, 2000-2002.Member of the advisory board of the Swedish cultural review Ord&Bild, 1999-2001.