Christian Lo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4387758 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Lo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Lo |
| SIGNATURE | LO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nord University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-2440-739X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hybrid Crisis Governance
Hybrid crisis governance – combining hierarchical control with networked collaboration – has gained increasing attention in the public policy and crisis management literatures. Yet, the concept of hybridity remains crude and underdefined, limiting its analytical utility. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of how hybrid governance was applied during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe. Following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, we screen…
Why show up? Understanding why politicians attend public meetings
This article examines what motivates elected representatives to engage with citizens in organised settings, specifically investigating the role of anticipatory representation – aligning policies with future voter preferences. Using representation theory, the study involves in-depth interviews with representatives in three Norwegian municipalities, focusing on their perception of public meetings as avenues for listening, convincing, and deliberati…
Democratic innovation and co-creation as self-help
Reframing robustness, reclaiming politics
Intermediated Co-production of Emergency Response
For public organizations to harvest the benefits of co-producing emergency response, incident commanders must trust citizens to carry out hazardous tasks under immense pressure. This article examines how non-profit organizations (NPOs) serve as trust-supporting infrastructures that facilitate the co-production of emergency response operations. Reporting on a qualitative study of emergency management co-production in Denmark and Norway, it shows h…
The End of Norwegian Egalitarianism?
Managing spontaneous volunteers during emergency response
Trust and distrust in interorganizational networks – the case of Norwegian child welfare and protection
Trust remains one of the most frequently recurring concepts in the literature about interorganizational networks. The present paper combines different perspectives from this broad literature in the effort to develop a context-sensitive and multi-levelled analysis of the interorganizational networks surrounding child welfare and protection services in Norway. By focusing on perceptions of risk during networked interaction, the resulting analysis r…
På stedet hvil? En kritisk analyse av norsk forskning om samhandling i helse- og omsorgstjenesten
Robust emergency management
In these turbulent times of increased frequency and magnitude of emergencies caused by climate change, pandemics, and other public safety hazards, there has been a growing interest in the question of how to enhance the robustness of emergency management systems. Recent research points to integrated networks of public and non‐profit actors as a superior strategy for developing robust governance responses to turbulent problems. This article suggest…
Bekymret eller ikke bekymret – er det spørsmålet
When Politics Meets Bureaucracy
Folkevalgt og politisk leder
Folkevalgt og politisk leder tar utgangspunkt i at enhver folkevalgt politiker er en politisk leder. Boken handler om politisk lederskap i norske kommuner, og den diskuterer hvordan vi kan forstå denne formen for lederskap. Å fatte beslutninger er en viktig del av folkevalgtes hverdag, og den offentlige debatten kan gi inntrykk av at dette er selve essensen i det politiske lederskapet. Boken problematiserer dette, og den argumenterer for at polit…
Strengthening local political leadership through institutional design
Over recent decades, the institutions of political leadership have been criticised for being caught up in outdated designs that are not adapting to societal changes. In many western countries, this diagnosis has spurred design reforms aimed at strengthening political leadership at the local level. Based on a study of reforms in Norwegian and Danish municipalities, this article first develops a typology of reforms aimed at strengthening local poli…
Professional and organizational power intertwined
Robust emergency management
In these turbulent times of increased frequency and magnitude of emergencies caused by climate change, pandemics, and other public safety hazards, there has been a growing interest in the question of how to enhance the robustness of emergency management systems. Recent research points to integrated networks of public and non‐profit actors as a superior strategy for developing robust governance responses to turbulent problems. This article suggest…
Strengthening local political leadership through institutional design
Over recent decades, the institutions of political leadership have been criticised for being caught up in outdated designs that are not adapting to societal changes. In many western countries, this diagnosis has spurred design reforms aimed at strengthening political leadership at the local level. Based on a study of reforms in Norwegian and Danish municipalities, this article first develops a typology of reforms aimed at strengthening local poli…
Democratic innovation and co-creation as self-help
Intermediated Co-production of Emergency Response
For public organizations to harvest the benefits of co-producing emergency response, incident commanders must trust citizens to carry out hazardous tasks under immense pressure. This article examines how non-profit organizations (NPOs) serve as trust-supporting infrastructures that facilitate the co-production of emergency response operations. Reporting on a qualitative study of emergency management co-production in Denmark and Norway, it shows h…
Professional and organizational power intertwined
Professional and organizational power intertwined
Folkevalgt og politisk leder
Folkevalgt og politisk leder tar utgangspunkt i at enhver folkevalgt politiker er en politisk leder. Boken handler om politisk lederskap i norske kommuner, og den diskuterer hvordan vi kan forstå denne formen for lederskap. Å fatte beslutninger er en viktig del av folkevalgtes hverdag, og den offentlige debatten kan gi inntrykk av at dette er selve essensen i det politiske lederskapet. Boken problematiserer dette, og den argumenterer for at polit…
Strengthening local political leadership through institutional design
Over recent decades, the institutions of political leadership have been criticised for being caught up in outdated designs that are not adapting to societal changes. In many western countries, this diagnosis has spurred design reforms aimed at strengthening political leadership at the local level. Based on a study of reforms in Norwegian and Danish municipalities, this article first develops a typology of reforms aimed at strengthening local poli…
Bekymret eller ikke bekymret – er det spørsmålet
When Politics Meets Bureaucracy
Trust and distrust in interorganizational networks – the case of Norwegian child welfare and protection
Trust remains one of the most frequently recurring concepts in the literature about interorganizational networks. The present paper combines different perspectives from this broad literature in the effort to develop a context-sensitive and multi-levelled analysis of the interorganizational networks surrounding child welfare and protection services in Norway. By focusing on perceptions of risk during networked interaction, the resulting analysis r…
På stedet hvil? En kritisk analyse av norsk forskning om samhandling i helse- og omsorgstjenesten
Robust emergency management
In these turbulent times of increased frequency and magnitude of emergencies caused by climate change, pandemics, and other public safety hazards, there has been a growing interest in the question of how to enhance the robustness of emergency management systems. Recent research points to integrated networks of public and non‐profit actors as a superior strategy for developing robust governance responses to turbulent problems. This article suggest…
The End of Norwegian Egalitarianism?
Managing spontaneous volunteers during emergency response
Intermediated Co-production of Emergency Response
For public organizations to harvest the benefits of co-producing emergency response, incident commanders must trust citizens to carry out hazardous tasks under immense pressure. This article examines how non-profit organizations (NPOs) serve as trust-supporting infrastructures that facilitate the co-production of emergency response operations. Reporting on a qualitative study of emergency management co-production in Denmark and Norway, it shows h…
Democratic innovation and co-creation as self-help
Reframing robustness, reclaiming politics
Hybrid Crisis Governance
Hybrid crisis governance – combining hierarchical control with networked collaboration – has gained increasing attention in the public policy and crisis management literatures. Yet, the concept of hybridity remains crude and underdefined, limiting its analytical utility. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of how hybrid governance was applied during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe. Following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, we screen…
Why show up? Understanding why politicians attend public meetings
This article examines what motivates elected representatives to engage with citizens in organised settings, specifically investigating the role of anticipatory representation – aligning policies with future voter preferences. Using representation theory, the study involves in-depth interviews with representatives in three Norwegian municipalities, focusing on their perception of public meetings as avenues for listening, convincing, and deliberati…
Political science (9 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works)