Karl Lofgren

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Dr Karl Löfgren is Professor (Public Administration) and former Head of School (2022-2025) in the School of Government. He has been teaching in a number of subfields of political science including comparative politics, public administration/management, public policy and European Union studies. Current research interests include digital government/generative artificial intelligence and public service delivery, utilisation of knowledge in policy, and policy implementation/organisational changes/reforms in public sector organisations. He is co-author (with Patrik Hall) of The New Public Bureaucracy: The Expansion of Organisational Professionals in the Public Sector (Edward Elgar, 2026). He is associate editor for Public Administration Review (2022-), International Journal of Public Sector Management (2026-) and review editor for Information Polity (2014-).

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
  • 2013–2023
    Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
  • 2005–2013
    Associate professor, Roskilde University
  • 2000–2005
    Senior lecturer, Malmo University

Education

  • 2001 
    Copenhagen University, PhD Political Science
  • 1995 
    Roskilde Univeristy, Master (Public administration)

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