Johan Christensen's research focuses on the role of experts and expertise in public policy-making, both at the national and European levels.

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Johan Christensen is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration. His research focuses on the role of experts and expertise in bureaucracies and public policy-making, both at the national and European levels. He has published two books: 'The power of Economists within the State' (Stanford University Press in 2017) and 'Expertise, Policy-making and Democracy' (with C. Holst and A. Molander, Routledge, 2022). 

Christensen received his PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence in 2013. Before joining the Institute, he was a postdoctoral fellow in sociology and organisational studies at Stanford University. Christensen is the programme director of the Master 'Management of the Public Sector'. He currently teaches courses on political-administrative relations and international public administration. 

Christensen co-directs the ‘Power of Evidence’ Research Programme and the international research project “INFLUEX: The influence of experts on public policy”. 

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