Can Fair Democratic Procedures Increase the Legitimacy of Democracies?

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A pressing challenge to contemporary governance comes from the many citizens who have grown distrustful of politicians and institutions, and express discontent with the performance of democratic government. We investigate if and how variations in political decision making procedures can make the outcomes more acceptable to the citizens, and especially to those who disagree with the outcome.

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Researchers

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Sveinung Arnesen

Senior researcher, Project P.I.

Political behavior, Legitimacy, Experimental methods

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Jonas Linde

Professor

Democratization, Political opinion and system support, Political culture

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Sigve Tjøtta

Professor

Experimental Economics

Collaborators

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Hannah Werner

PhD candidate

Procedural fairness, Democratic legitimacy, Democratic innovations

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Mikael Poul Johannesson

PhD candidate

Data science, Survey and experimental methods, Political behavior, Legitimacy

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Peter Esaiasson

Professor

Public opinion, Representation, Legitimacy, Procedural fairness

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Troy Saghaug Broderstad

PhD candidate

Democratization, Meta analysis, Representation

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Åsta Dyrnes Nordø

Researcher

Panel analysis, Public opinion

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Elisabeth Ivarsflaten

Professor

Public opinion, Political parties, Populism

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Erik Knudsen

Post doc

Political communication, Journalism, Selective exposure, Experimental research

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Lise Lund Bjånesøy

PhD candidate

Populism, Quantitative text analysis

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Dominik Duell

Lecturer

Political behavior, Experimental methods, Political economy, Political psychology

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Yvette Peters

Research Professor

Political inequality, Representation, Political participation, Direct democracy, Responsiveness

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Eirik Strømland

Phd Candidate

Experimental economics

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Nina Serdarevic

Phd Candidate

Experimental economics

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Bernt Aardal

Professor

Electoral research, Public opinion

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Dag Arne Christensen

Research Professor

Political behavior, Representation, Electoral systems, Quantitative and experimental methods

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Johannes Bergh

Head of Norwegian National Election Studies

Political participation, Experimental research, Political behavior, Democratic innovations

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Gaute Torsvik

Professor

Labour economics, Public economics, Development economics

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Stefan Dahlberg

Professor

Representative democracy, Voting behavior, Political parties

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Cathrine Holst

Professor

Political sociology

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Daniel Gaassand Instebø

Research assistant

Automated text analysis

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Henrik Litlere Bentsen

Researcher

Judicial behavior, Quantitative and experimental methods, Academic writing

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Jon Kåre Skiple

Researcher

Judicial behavior, Representation in courts, Quantitative and experimental methods

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Marta Rekdal Eidheim

PhD candidate

Political sociology, Survey methods

Recent Publications

Påvirker informasjon om konsekvenser av forslag om å endre stortingsvalgordningen velgernes holdninger til valgordningen? Er …

We elicit citizens’ preferences over hypothetical candidates by applying conjoint survey experiments within a probability-based …
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While a majority of citizens in general believe that the government should follow the results of a referendum on European Union …
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In this paper, we show experimentally that partner choice by mutual consent has a strong positive effect on cooperation.
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We argue that when governments are seen as responsive they build a “buffer” of support, allowing them to make decisions that are not …
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This experimental study supports the argument that citizens prefer a stealth democracy where they are minimally involved in democratic …
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Who are the political representatives, how are they selected, what is the decision outcome, and to what extent do these three aspects …
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