Author: Karl Henrik Sivesind

Håkon Solbu Trætteberg is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research, Norway. His main research interest is in public welfare services and their organization, as well as how citizens experience them. Karl Henrik Sivesind is Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, Norway. He has project managed multiple projects for the Norwegian Research Council. His previous books include Promoting Active Citizenship: Markets and Choices in Scandinavian Welfare (2017), Civil Society in Comparative Perspective (2009), Management in Scandinavia: Culture, Context and Change (2004). Maiju Paananen is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Tampere University, Finland. She co-leads Child politics in Early Childhood research group. Her research focuses on early childhood education policies, politics and governance. Steinunn Hrafnsdóttir is Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland. Her research includes third-sector organizations and volunteering, social enterprises and ecosystems, social innovation and administration, and the working environment of welfare organizations.