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Teaching
My teaching experience consist of different political science subjects as well as different social method classes
Research interests
My new research project is titled:"Parliamentary control: How to move beyond partisan behavior?" and is funded by Carlsbergfonden:
The project´s empirical focus in on the parliaments in the Nordic countries, and focuses on variation in control institutions and procedures and effects on MPs behavior in control activity.
The project builds on the experiences from my Ph.d. project.
My Ph.d dissertation from November 2018: “MP Firefighting: When do MPs hold government accountable?” addresses the central accountability concern about how to control executive power. Even though the voters have an important say in this, they have no formal control options between elections. Here, parliaments have a say, especially in parliamentary systems where parliament delegates power to government, not the voter. Government answers to parliament. However, in parliament, MPs face expectations from different roles, the strongest being the role as “partisans”. The dissertation enhances our knowledge about MPs and parliamentary control by investigating under which conditions MPs engage in control activity. The dissertation focuses on Fire Alarm control activity from decentral parliamentary control institution and argues that Fire Alarms call for MP Firefighting in parliament.
More information about my dissertation: https://politica.dk/politicas-phd-serie/hallbera-west/
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Aarhus University
15 Aug 2015 → 15 Aug 2018
Award Date: 16 Nov 2018
Keywords
- JA Political science (General)
- JF Political institutions (General)
- J General legislative and executive papers
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Projects
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Carlsbergfondet: PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL: HOW TO MOVE BEYOND PARTISAN BEHAVIOR?
1/08/20 → 1/08/23
Project: Research
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MP Firefighting and the institutional logic
West, H. F., 2021, In: Legislative Studies. 27, 3, p. 337-356 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Faroese Sub-State Unit’s Response to Arctic Political Development
West, H., 19 Nov 2021, In: Arctic Yearbook. p. Section II 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Færøsk politik: mellem gamle politiske traditioner og ny forvaltningspraksis
West, H. F., 2020, In: Økonomi og Politik. 93, 4, p. 11-23 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MP Firefighting and the Partisan Logic
West, H. F., 2020, In: Scandinavian Political Studies. 43, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MP Firefighting: When do MPs hold government accountable?
West, H. F., 2018, 1 ed. Department of Political Science, Aarhus University: Politica. (PhD dissertation)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Activities
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Autonomy in Arctic: Quebec City
Hallbera West (Participant)
19 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Danish Political Science Annual Meeting (DPSA) 2021
Hallbera West (Participant)
Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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NoPSA 2021
Hallbera West (Participant)
10 Aug 2021 → 13 Aug 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments
Hallbera West (Participant)
1 Jul 2021 → 2 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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ECPR Joint Sessions
Hallbera West (Participant)
17 May 2021 → 28 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Thesis
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MP Firefighting: When do MPs hold government accountable?
Author: West, H., Nov 2018Supervisor: Pedersen, H. H. (External person) (Supervisor), Blom-Hansen, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & í Jákupsstovu, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis