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
- administrative judicial review
- european integration
- european union
- national courts
- preliminary ruling procedure
- public administration
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
- A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure (2024)
- Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector (2024)
- Explaining variations in enforcement strategy (2023)
- National courts and preliminary references: (2021)
Recent publications
- A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure (2024)
- Domstolar, politik och regeringsformen (2024)
- Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector (2024)
- Explaining variations in enforcement strategy (2023)
- National Courts and Preliminary References to the Court of Justice (review) (2022)
All publications
Articles
- A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure (2024)
- Limiting bureaucratic discretion? Analyzing the design and exercise of administrative judicial review in the welfare sector (2024)
- Explaining variations in enforcement strategy (2023)
- National Courts and Preliminary References to the Court of Justice (review) (2022)
- Why passive? (2022)
- National courts and preliminary references: (2021)
- Active or Passive (2020)
- Nationella domstolar som politiska aktörer (2013)
Books
- The European Union and the Technology Shift (2021)
- The European Union and the Return of the Nation State (2020)
- National Courts as Gatekeepers in European Integration (2018)
Chapters
- Domstolar, politik och regeringsformen (2024)
- What Does the Technological Shift Have in Store for the EU? Opportunities and Pitfalls for European Societies (2021)
- The EU, the Nation-State, and the Perennial Challenge to European Integration (2020)
Reports
