CV Maria Gustavson (born 1977) Department of Political Science University of Gothenburg Sprängkullsgatan 19, 405 30 Göteborg Sweden Office phone +46 31 786 5190 Home phone +46 707 291187 E-mail:
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Present Employment
Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 2014present
Education
Ph.D. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, February 2012 Master in Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, June 2003
Academic Affiliations, Appointments, Employments etc.
Research Fellow at the QoG-Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 2007- present Board member of the Swedish National Audit Office Research Council, 2013-present Board Member of the Swedish Government’s Expert Group for Analyzing and Evaluating Swedish International Aid, 2013-2015. Research Fellow in the EU FP 7 project ANTICORRP Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses, 2013-2015. Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 2012- 2014 Visiting scholar, London School of Economics, Center for Risk and Regulation Analysis, January - February, 2012. PhD Candidate, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2006 -2012. Research Fellow at the Center for Public Sector Research, University of Gothenburg, 2009-2011.
Grants
The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences: Out of Control or over Controlled? Incentives, Audits and New Public Management. Together with Carl Dahlström, Viktor Lapuente, Monika Bauhr and Marina Nistotskaya, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 7 074 000 SEK, 2015-2018 European Commission: Building Accountability: Transparency, Civil Society and Administrative Responses. Working Package 11 (WP11) within EU FP 7 Large Consortium Grant: ANTICORRP, Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses, 7 999 182 EURO, 2012-2017. WP11, 1 300 000 EURO, 2013-2015.
Swedish Research Council: Organizing the Audit Society: What is Good Auditing and How Does it Impact Public Sector Performance? Together with Bo Rothstein, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 1 992 000 SEK, 2012-2015. Adlerbertska premiestiftelsen: 15 000 SEK, 2009. Adlerbertska stipendiestiftelsen: 15 000 SEK, 2009. Adlerbertska premiestiftelsen: 20 000 SEK, 2008. Adlerbertska stipendiestiftelsen: 45 000 SEK, 2008. Stiftelsen Marseillefondens stipendier: 19 000, 2000. Adlerbertska stiftelserna, elevbostadsfonden: 15 000 SEK, 1999.
Administrative Positions at University of Gothenburg
Course Coordinator: Steering, Organization and Assessment, Department of Political Science”, University of Gothenburg 2011- present Member of the Program Committee for Preschool Teacher Training Program, University of Gothenburg, 2011- present Member of the Scholarship Group at the School of Public Administration, deciding on the Swedish Development Agency’s Scholarship (Minor Field Studies) for student fieldwork in developing countries, 2007- 2011. Course Coordinator (shared responsibility): Management Control, 2009-2010, and Bachelor Degree Project in Public Administration, 2009-2010 Board Member of the PhD Students’ Union at the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2007-2008
Books
Gustavson, M. 2014. Auditing Good Government in Africa. Public Sector Reform, Professional Norms and the Development Discourse. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Gustavson, M. 2012. Auditing the African State. International Standards and Local Adjustments. (Dissertation). Gothenburg: School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg.
Book Chapters
Gustavson, M. & Rothstein, B. 2013. Can Auditing Generate Social Trust? The Organisation of Auditing and the Quality of Government. In Reuter, M., Wijkström, F. & Kristensson-Uggla, B. Trust and Organizations. Confidence across Borders. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Gustavson, M. & Karlsson, L. 2013. Revision. In Johansson, V. & Lindgren, L., Uppdrag offentlig granskning. Lund: Studentlitteratur. Gustavson, M. & Rothstein B. 2012. Tillit till makten att granska: Revisionens organisering och dess betydelse för den offentliga förvaltningen. In Reuter, M., Wijkström, F. & Kristensson-Uggla, B., Vem i hela världen kan man lita på? Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Working Papers and Conference Presentations
Gustavson, M. 2013. Democratic Origins of Auditing. “Good Auditing” in Democratic Perspectives. QoG Working Paper 2013:13, Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg. Gustavson, M. 2013. Controlling the Power of the Bureaucracy. What is “Good Auditing” and How Does It Generate Democratic Accountability?, paper presented at the American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 29-September 1. Gustavson, M. 2012. Professional norms in African contexts. The forgotten dimension in development theory, QoG Working Paper 2012:10, Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg. Gustavson, M. 2012. Inappropriate imported models of administration? Adding dimensions to public sector reform in Sub-Saharan African countries, paper presented at the International Political Science Association, Madrid, July 8-12. Gustavson, M. 2012. Auditors in the African State. Public sector reform and perceptions of legitimacy, paper presented at the QoG conference, Tjörn June 18-20. Gustavson, M. 2011. State Audit Conceptualized, paper presented at the National Network of Public Organization and Government (NOOS) Doctorial Seminar, Göteborg, 10-11 February. Gustavson, M. 2010. International Audit Standards and Local Adjustments – The Case of Botswana, paper presented at the QoG conference, Prague 13- 16 December. Gustavson, M. 2010. Organizations and Development –Two approaches to public administration reforms in African countries, paper presented at the Swedish Political Association Conference, Gothenburg, 30 September – 2 October. Gustavson, M. 2010. Development and organizations –Contrasting views of audit standards in an African context, paper presented at the QoG conference, Marstrand, 1719 May. Gustavson. M. 2010. Conceptualizing Public Auditing, paper presented at the QoG conference, Berlin, 12-15 January. Gustavson, M. 2009. Translation, social worlds and boundary objects, QoG Working Paper 2009:22, Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg. Gustavson, M. 2008. On Corruption and Monitoring, paper presented at the PhD Methodological Conference in Political Science, Loka Brunn, Örebro, 9-10 June. Gustavson M. 2007. Exporting Swedish public administration – Public administration in development assistance paper presented at the PhD Colloquium at the 19th Nordic Academy of Management Conference, Bergen August 7 – 11.
Teaching
Steering, Organization and Assessment, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg 2011 – present Inspection for the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2011. Evaluation in the Public Sector, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2009-2011. Supervising Bachelor Degree Projects and Master Degree Thesis in Public Administration, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2007-2010. Organization and Society, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2007-2009.
Media and Society, Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Gothenburg, 2007-2008. Laws and Rules in Public Administration, School of Business and Informatics, University of Borås, 2007. Complementary Course in Public Administration, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, 2007.
Invited Talks, Seminars & Activities for the General Public and Practitioners
EU och Afrika. Biståndets roll i att överbrygga obalanser. Commentator. Open seminar: EU och de globala obalanserna, Center for European Research, University of Gothenburg, February 18, 2014, Göteborg Vem kan man lita på? Presentation held with Carl Dahlström and Monika Bauhr at Kvalitetsmässan, November 21, 2013, Göteborg. Farliga förbindelser? Statens förändrade gränser och näringslivets nya möjligheter. Commentator. Forskartorget, Göteborg Book Fair, September 26, 2013. 10 år av företagsskandaler –Vad har vi lärt oss?, Panel debate arranged by FAR –the professional institute for authorized public accountants, Almedalen July 3, 2013. Regional Workshop on the EU Anti-Corruption Report, joint event with the EU Commission March 4-5, 2013, Göteborg Granskningsmaktens organisering. Vad är god revision och leder den till en väl fungerande offentlig sektor, presentation held for the Swedish Auditor General Claes Norgren, November 30, 2012, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg. Tillit och revision, presentation held at book release: ”Vem i hela världen kan man lita på?” November 7, 2012, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, University of Stockholm, Stockholm. Organizing the Audit Society: What is Good Auditing and How Does it Impact Public Sector Performance? Presentation held for EU commissioner Cecilia Malmström with Cabinet, June 28, 2012, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg. Auditing the African State. International Standards and Local Adjustments, presentation held at the Swedish National Audit Office, June 13, 2012, Stockholm. Capacity-Building and Reform in Developing Countries: Linking Policy and Politics, seminar held together with Michelle D’Arcy at the QoG-Institute’s Conference on Corruption Research, May 15, 2012, Göteborg. Auditors in the African State, part of plenary presentation of the QoG Institute’s most important research results, at the QoG-Institute’s Conference on Corruption Research, May 15, 2012, Göteborg. Auditors in the African State. International Norms and Local Adjustments, presentation held at the Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development, March 13, 2012, Göteborg. Exhibitor at the Swedish Book Fair, the QoG-Institute participate through an exhibitors stand including various activities directed towards the general public, September 2730, 2012, September 22-25, 2011 and September 23-26, 2010, Göteborg. Myndigheter och utvecklingssamarbete, at the Annual Practitioner Conference at the School of Public Administration, 23April, 2010, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg.
Media
Revisorer, vems ärende går ni? Interview in Rakt med Rakel, FAR, Podcast, October 17, 2013. https://itunes.apple.com/se/podcast/rakt-med-rakel/id598595281?l=sv
Afrikansk kultur – Vad är det? Interview in GU journalen No 2, April, 2012
Holmberg, H. Heinrup, J. & Gustavson, M. 2009. Slavhandeln kan inte enbart stoppas av eldsjälar, Dagens Samhälle, No 7.
