Karin Leijon
Researcher at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 34 52
- E-mail:
- karin.leijon@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Researcher at Department of Government; Faculty
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Karin Leijon (PhD in Political Science) is a 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, 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.
Keywords
- european union
- public administration
- european integration
- national courts
- preliminary ruling procedure
- administrative judicial review
Biography
Current positions:
PhD in Political Science 2018
Research Areas:
Judicial Politics, National courts, European Integration
Teaching:
Governance and the State (master level)
Metod C (bachelor level methods course: research design, case studies, regression analysis)
EU:s politiska system B/C (bachelor level, The Political System of the EU)
Gender, Power and Institutions B/C (bachelor level)
Previous positions:
Research Coordinator for The Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science (SNES) 2018-2020 www.snes.se
Education: PhD in Political Science 2018. Department of Government, Uppsala University.
Masters Degree (Politicies Master) in Politics and International Studies (2012) and a Bachelors Degree (Politicies Kandidat) in Political Science (2010), both from the Department of Government, Uppsala University.
Research
Current research projects
Principal investigator (PI): Courts as guarantors for an individualized and needs-based eldercare?
Participant: Local self-government, professionalism and court defiance in Swedish eldercare
Participant: How does national inspections affect the welfare professions?
Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, p. 1-18, 2025
- DOI for Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector
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Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 468-486, 2024
- DOI for A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure
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Part of Regulation and Governance, p. 1041-1057, 2023
- DOI for Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector
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Part of West European Politics, p. 510-530, 2021
- DOI for National courts and preliminary references: supporting legal integration, protecting national autonomy or balancing conflicting demands?
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Recent publications
Part of Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, p. 1-18, 2025
- DOI for Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector
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Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 519-539, 2024
Domstolar, politik och regeringsformen: ett berättigat forskningsfält
Part of Regeringsformen 50 år 1974–2024, p. 191-209, Iustus förlag, 2024
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 468-486, 2024
- DOI for A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure
- Download full text (pdf) of A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure
Part of Regulation and Governance, p. 1041-1057, 2023
- DOI for Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector
- Download full text (pdf) of Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, p. 1-18, 2025
- DOI for Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector
- Download full text (pdf) of Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 519-539, 2024
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 468-486, 2024
- DOI for A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure
- Download full text (pdf) of A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure
Part of Regulation and Governance, p. 1041-1057, 2023
- DOI for Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector
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Why passive?: Exploring national judges’ motives for not requesting preliminary rulings
Part of Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, p. 263-285, 2022
- DOI for Why passive?: Exploring national judges’ motives for not requesting preliminary rulings
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Part of West European Politics, p. 510-530, 2021
- DOI for National courts and preliminary references: supporting legal integration, protecting national autonomy or balancing conflicting demands?
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Part of European Papers, p. 871-886, 2020
- DOI for Active or Passive: The National Judges' Expression of Opinions in the Preliminary Reference Procedure
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Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 5-34, 2013
Chapters in book
Domstolar, politik och regeringsformen: ett berättigat forskningsfält
Part of Regeringsformen 50 år 1974–2024, p. 191-209, Iustus förlag, 2024
Part of The European Union and the Technology Shift, p. 1-25, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
The EU, the Nation-State, and the Perennial Challenge to European Integration
Part of The European Union and the Return of the Nation State, p. 1-26, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
Collections (editor)
The European Union and the Technology Shift
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
The European Union and the Return of the Nation State: interdisciplinary European studies
Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
National Courts and Preliminary References to the Court of Justice
Part of European Law Review, p. 283-284, 2022