Helena Wockelberg
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 34 48
- E-mail:
- Helena.Wockelberg@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- Teatrum, G:a Torget 2 vån.3
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Short presentation
Helena Wockelberg is a political scientist working in the fields of public administration and constitutional politics. Wockelberg is Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Government.
Biography
Professor 2025. Docent (Associate Professor) 2015. Senior lecturer 2011. PhD in political science Uppsala University 2003. BA in political science Uppsala University 1997.
Research:
In her dissertation (2003) "Den svenska förvaltningsmodellen. Parlamentarisk debatt om förvaltningens roll i styrelseskicket 1975-2000", Wockelberg analysed the political debate on public administration policies and the role of central government agencies in Sweden.
Wockelberg's research is focused on public administration policy and national executives' steering of central government agencies. In addition, Wockelberg also studies the role perceptions and ethos of public servants. Wockelberg's research interest also includes the sub-field of constitutional politics: the making and breaking of governments; investiture rules, and the formal and informal institutions supporting minority governments.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Journal of Academic Ethics, 2026
- DOI for Competing Ethoses in Swedish Higher Education and Research: (Informal) Collegiality as a Necessary Condition for Academic Freedom
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The Permanence of the Temporary: Consultants, Knowledge, and Organisational Dependency in the State
Part of ENPA Inaugural Conference 2026, 2026
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Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2025
- DOI for Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
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Riksdagspartierna och finansmakten: Informella institutioner i budgetprocessen
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 489-589, 2024
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The Nordic countries in EU public policy-making: Between change and continuity
Part of Elgar Encyclopedia of European Union Public Policy, p. 302-311, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
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En enkät till!: Vad vi inte vet... men borde veta om anställda i staten
Part of Förvaltningen i samhället, p. 165-174, Studentlitteratur AB, 2022
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Förvaltningspolitiken, en match i matchen
Part of Snabbtänkt 2022, p. 94-94, Mittuniversitetet, Demicom, 2022
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Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction
Part of Public Organization Review, p. 1045-1062, 2022
- DOI for Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction
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2022
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, p. 43-72, 2021
- DOI for Explaining the Dynamics of Management by Objectives and Results Post-NPM: The Case of the Swedish National Executive
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Agency Control or Autonomy?: Government Steering of Swedish Government Agencies 2003–2017
Part of International Public Management Journal, p. 330-349, 2021
- DOI for Agency Control or Autonomy?: Government Steering of Swedish Government Agencies 2003–2017
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Att handleda och att vara handledd
Part of Vänbok till Jörgen Hermansson, Statsvetenskapliga föreningen, 2018
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Public administration characteristics and performance in EU28: Sweden
2018
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Nordic Administrative Heritages and Contemporary Institutional Design
Part of Nordic Administrative Reforms - Lessons for Public Management, p. 57-78, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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2016
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Part of Public Administration Reforms in Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016
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The Public Sector and the Courts
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics, Oxford University Press, 2015
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Weak Investiture Rules and the Emergence of Minority Governments in Sweden.
Part of Parliaments and Government formation: Unpacking Investiture Rules., Oxford University Press, 2015
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Finns det något svenskt i förvaltningsmodellen?
Part of Förändringar i svensk statsförvaltning och framtida utmaningar, p. 15-35, Statskontoret, 2015
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Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 731-747, 2014
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Part of European Law Journal, p. 364-381, 2013
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Part of European Law Journal, p. 364-381, 2013
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Part of Administrative law beyond the state, p. 32-46, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013
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Forskaren som policyprocessens hjälpryttare, möjligheter och förutsättningar
Part of Allmänt och enskilt - offentlig rätt i omvandling, p. 421-431, Iustus förlag, 2013
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Vilken är skillnaden mellan fängelsevistelser och kidnappningar?
Part of Statsvetenskapens frågor, p. 213-224, Studentlitteratur, 2013
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2012
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The Politics-Administration Dichotomy and the Failure of Symmetrical Responsibility Doctrines
Part of Ethics and crisis management, p. 163-182, Information Age Publishing, 2011
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Regeringsmakten i Sverige: Ett experiment i parlamentarism 1917-2009
SNS förlag, 2010
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Så arbetar svenska regeringar.
Part of Regeringsmakten i Sverige., p. 106-142, SNS förlag, 2010
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In Tranquil waters: Swedish cabinet ministers in the post-war era
Part of The Selection of ministers in Europe, p. 159-178, Routledge, 2009
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Ansvarsfullt ansvarsutkrävande: om bruk och missbruk av KU
Part of Statsvetare ifrågasätter, 2008
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Part of Makt, p. 63-86, Timbro, 2006
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Etik som politik, fler frågor än svar?
Part of Etik i medborgarnas tjänst, p. 98-109, Statens kvalitets- och kompetensråd, 2005
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Den svenska förvaltningsmodellen: Parlamentarisk debatt om förvaltningens roll i styrelseskicket
2003
Recent publications
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Statliga myndigheters rättstillämpning: Ideal, praktik och målträngsel
Part of Samhället och rätten, p. 49-73, Studentlitteratur AB, 2026
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Part of Byråkrati, p. 19-58, Makadam Förlag, 2026
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Part of Journal of Academic Ethics, 2026
- DOI for Competing Ethoses in Swedish Higher Education and Research: (Informal) Collegiality as a Necessary Condition for Academic Freedom
- Download full text (pdf) of Competing Ethoses in Swedish Higher Education and Research: (Informal) Collegiality as a Necessary Condition for Academic Freedom
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The Permanence of the Temporary: Consultants, Knowledge, and Organisational Dependency in the State
Part of ENPA Inaugural Conference 2026, 2026
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Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2025
- DOI for Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
- Download full text (pdf) of Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Academic Ethics, 2026
- DOI for Competing Ethoses in Swedish Higher Education and Research: (Informal) Collegiality as a Necessary Condition for Academic Freedom
- Download full text (pdf) of Competing Ethoses in Swedish Higher Education and Research: (Informal) Collegiality as a Necessary Condition for Academic Freedom
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Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2025
- DOI for Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
- Download full text (pdf) of Governing a Dual Executive: Agents and Stewards in the Swedish Management Regime
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Riksdagspartierna och finansmakten: Informella institutioner i budgetprocessen
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 489-589, 2024
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Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction
Part of Public Organization Review, p. 1045-1062, 2022
- DOI for Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction
- Download full text (pdf) of Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction
-
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, p. 43-72, 2021
- DOI for Explaining the Dynamics of Management by Objectives and Results Post-NPM: The Case of the Swedish National Executive
- Download full text (pdf) of Explaining the Dynamics of Management by Objectives and Results Post-NPM: The Case of the Swedish National Executive
-
Agency Control or Autonomy?: Government Steering of Swedish Government Agencies 2003–2017
Part of International Public Management Journal, p. 330-349, 2021
- DOI for Agency Control or Autonomy?: Government Steering of Swedish Government Agencies 2003–2017
- Download full text (pdf) of Agency Control or Autonomy?: Government Steering of Swedish Government Agencies 2003–2017
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Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 731-747, 2014
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Part of European Law Journal, p. 364-381, 2013
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Part of European Law Journal, p. 364-381, 2013
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Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 273-281, 2012
Books
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Regeringsmakten i Sverige: Ett experiment i parlamentarism 1917-2009
SNS förlag, 2010
Chapters in book
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Statliga myndigheters rättstillämpning: Ideal, praktik och målträngsel
Part of Samhället och rätten, p. 49-73, Studentlitteratur AB, 2026
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Part of Byråkrati, p. 19-58, Makadam Förlag, 2026
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The Nordic countries in EU public policy-making: Between change and continuity
Part of Elgar Encyclopedia of European Union Public Policy, p. 302-311, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
-
En enkät till!: Vad vi inte vet... men borde veta om anställda i staten
Part of Förvaltningen i samhället, p. 165-174, Studentlitteratur AB, 2022
-
Förvaltningspolitiken, en match i matchen
Part of Snabbtänkt 2022, p. 94-94, Mittuniversitetet, Demicom, 2022
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Att handleda och att vara handledd
Part of Vänbok till Jörgen Hermansson, Statsvetenskapliga föreningen, 2018
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Nordic Administrative Heritages and Contemporary Institutional Design
Part of Nordic Administrative Reforms - Lessons for Public Management, p. 57-78, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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Part of Public Administration Reforms in Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016
-
The Public Sector and the Courts
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics, Oxford University Press, 2015
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Weak Investiture Rules and the Emergence of Minority Governments in Sweden.
Part of Parliaments and Government formation: Unpacking Investiture Rules., Oxford University Press, 2015
-
Finns det något svenskt i förvaltningsmodellen?
Part of Förändringar i svensk statsförvaltning och framtida utmaningar, p. 15-35, Statskontoret, 2015
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Part of Administrative law beyond the state, p. 32-46, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013
-
Forskaren som policyprocessens hjälpryttare, möjligheter och förutsättningar
Part of Allmänt och enskilt - offentlig rätt i omvandling, p. 421-431, Iustus förlag, 2013
-
Vilken är skillnaden mellan fängelsevistelser och kidnappningar?
Part of Statsvetenskapens frågor, p. 213-224, Studentlitteratur, 2013
-
The Politics-Administration Dichotomy and the Failure of Symmetrical Responsibility Doctrines
Part of Ethics and crisis management, p. 163-182, Information Age Publishing, 2011
-
Så arbetar svenska regeringar.
Part of Regeringsmakten i Sverige., p. 106-142, SNS förlag, 2010
-
In Tranquil waters: Swedish cabinet ministers in the post-war era
Part of The Selection of ministers in Europe, p. 159-178, Routledge, 2009
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Ansvarsfullt ansvarsutkrävande: om bruk och missbruk av KU
Part of Statsvetare ifrågasätter, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2008
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Ansvarsfullt ansvarsutkrävande: om bruk och missbruk av KU
Part of Statsvetare ifrågasätter, 2008
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Part of Makt, p. 63-86, Timbro, 2006
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Etik som politik, fler frågor än svar?
Part of Etik i medborgarnas tjänst, p. 98-109, Statens kvalitets- och kompetensråd, 2005
Conference papers
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The Permanence of the Temporary: Consultants, Knowledge, and Organisational Dependency in the State
Part of ENPA Inaugural Conference 2026, 2026
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Agency Management Accountability, ex ante and ex post instruments combined?
2018
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Part of Paper presented at the EGPA Permanent Study Group ‘Performance & Accountability in the Public Sector’ (PSG II), 2016
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Government Steering over Two Decades: A Large-N comparison
Part of RC27 Structure and Organization of Government, 2016
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Administrative Heritage and Public Management Reform: The Relevance of an East-West Nordic Divide
Part of PSG VI: Governance of Public Sector Organizations, 2015
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Mature Agencification: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Autonomy
Part of Shaping the Future - Re-invention or revolution?, 2015
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2013
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Constitutions and the Application of Public Management Reforms: Formulating a Research Agenda
2013
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Part of Paper presented at the ECPR Research sessions, Florence 19-22 June 2012., 2012
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2012
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2011
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Goodbye Minister? The Accountability of Swedish Members of Government in Times of Crisis
2005
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Följsamt verktyg eller motmakt? Svensk förvaltningspolitisk debatt efter grundlagsreformen 1974
Part of Uppsats presenterad vid Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte i Göteborg, 7-9 oktober 2001, p. 66, 2001
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Maktdelning eller parlamentarism? Idédebatten om förvaltningens roll i det svenska styrelseskicket.
1999
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Förvaltningen i den politiska filosofin. Om några demokratimodellers respektive förvaltningssyn.
1998
Datasets
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2022
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
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Public administration characteristics and performance in EU28: Sweden
2018
- DOI for Public administration characteristics and performance in EU28: Sweden
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2016
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2004
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Demokratin och mordet på Anna Lind
2003
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Den svenska förvaltningsmodellen
2001
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Departementsreformer som politisk strategi: om regeringskansliets organisatoriska indelning
2000
Other
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Part of Public Integrity, p. 203-206, 2013
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2000