Johan From

Professor From started his professional career as a researcher in local and regional development and planning. He has been used to evaluate and assess the content and impact of regional planning in Norway as well as the other Nordic countries. As deputy head in the Ministry of Justice his main responsibility was administrative reform, information technology, and modernisation of the police, courts, and prisons. At the BI Norwegian School of Management he was a driving force behind setting up a new department for public sector research and education programs (Department of Public Governance).

Research areas

His main research interests has been in various aspects of EU policy; police cooperation and EU integration, EU competition policy and public monopolies, EU and local government and in modernisation of public government; introduction of New Public Management reforms, compulsory competitive tendering, and the changing role of public monopolies.

Teaching areas

In all these areas he has had responsibility for developing and conducting education programs particularly for master degree students, many of them part time students from the civil service. He has also acted as a consultant for a substantial range of public sector institutions in these areas.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 1999 European Institute, University of Sussex Ph.D.
• 1980 University of Bergen Master Cand. Polit.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2013 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2008 - 2012 BI Norwegian Business School Professor Chair
• 2003 - 2007 BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2002 - 2003 BI Norwegian Business School Associate professor
• 1989 - 2001 BI Norwegian Business School Head of Department, Department of Public Governance
• 1985 - 1989 Ministry of Justice CEO
• 1980 - 1985 Norwegian Institute for Regional Studies Researcher

CONFERENCE PAPERS

From, Johan. 

Culture and the ICT industry: a study of an international telecommunications company. 20th ITS European Regoinal Conference, Telecommunications in the Broader society; 2009-10-26 - 2009-10-28 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Eliassen, Kjell A.; From, Johan. 

Deregulation, privatisation and public service delivery: Universal service in telecommunications in Europe. Policy & Society: Journal of public, foreign and global policy 2009 ;Volume 27.(3) p. 239-248 BI

From, Johan. 

Decision-making in a complex environment: a sociological institutionalist analysis of competition policy decision-making in the European Commission. Journal of European Public Policy 2002 ;Volume 9.(2) p. 219-237 BI

From, Johan. 

Hva er Governance?. ? 2002 BI

BOOKS

From, Johan. 

Fristilling og fornyelse: Telenor fra verk til bedrift. Gyldendal Akademisk 2009 (ISBN 9788205394582) BI

Eliassen, Kjell A.; From, Johan. 

The Privatisation of European Telecommunications. Ashgate 2007 (ISBN 0754642607) BI

Sitter, Nick; From, Johan. 

Europe's Nascent State: Public Policy in the European Union, Essays in Honour of Kjell A. Eliassen. Gyldendal Akademisk 2006 BI

From, Johan. 

Hvor moderne? : konkurranseutsetting i offentlig sektor. Abstrakt forlag 2003 (ISBN 8279351000) 211 p. BI

RESEARCH REPORTS

From, Johan; Heløe, Kersti Ahrén. 

Til sengs med fienden? En analyse av fagorganisasjonenes påvirkningsstrategier ved konkurranseutsetting. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 2000 50 p. (21) BI UiT

From, Johan; Torsøe, Eldbjørg. 

Konkurranseutsetting av bydelenes pleie- og omsorgstjeneste i Oslo - en politisert modell?. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 2000 60 p. (20) BI

CHAPTERS

From, Johan; Flodda, Benjamin. 

The cultural connection: ICT and society. I: Business and politics in a new global order. Gyldendal Akademisk 2012 ISBN 978-82-05-42590-3. p. 131-181 BI

Eliassen, Kjell A.; From, Johan. 

Company Transformation - Corporatisation, Privatisation and Company Behaviour. I: The Privatisation of European Telecommunications, Kjell A. Eliassen and Johan From (eds). Ashgate 2007 p. 1-16 BI

Eliassen, Kjell A.; From, Johan. 

Incumbent Company Transformation - How Far and Why. I: The Privatisation of European Telecommunications, Kjell A. Eliassen and Johan From (eds). Ashgate 2007 p. 257-268 BI

From, Johan; Kolberg, Lars C.. 

Modelling the Transformation Process. I: The Privatisation of European Telecommunications, Kjell A. Eliassen and Johan From (eds). Ashgate 2007 p. 17-32 BI

From, Johan; Kolberg, Lars C.. 

Ownership Matters. I: The Privatisation of European Telecommunications, Kjell A. Eliassen and Johan From (eds). Ashgate 2007 p. 35-50 BI

From, Johan; Kolberg, Lars C.. 

The Complexities of Business Orientation. I: The Privatisation of European Telecommunications, Kjell A. Eliassen and Johan From (eds). Ashgate 2007 p. 201-216 BI

From, Johan. 

Conclusion - Europe's Nascent State?. I: Johan From and Nick Sitter (eds):Europe's Nascent State? Public Policy in the European Union. Gyldendal Akademisk 2006 BI

From, Johan. 

Introduction. I: Johan From and Nick Sitter (eds): Europe's Nascent State? Public Policy in the European Union. Gyldendal Akademisk 2006 BI

From, Johan; Kolberg, Lars Christoffer. 

Weak Flesh but a Strong Spirit: EU Policy-Making in Education and Health. I: Johan From and Nick Sitter (eds):Europe's Nascent State? Public Policy in the European Union. Gyldendal Akademisk 2006 BI

From, Johan; Andersen, Svein S.; Eliassen, Kjell A.. 

Policy on Justice and Home Affairs: From High to Low Politics. I: Making Policy in Europe. London: Sage 2001 BI