- Home
- About
- Find staff
- Rolf Solli
Rolf Solli
Professor Emeritus
School of Public AdministrationAbout Rolf Solli
Background
Over the years, I have developed courses, taught at all levels in the subject of public administration, conducted research with external funding and been active in collaboration with the surrounding society.
A number of research projects have been carried out together with researchers from other countries and other disciplines.
I have also been director of the Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI) at the Gothenburg School of Economics and Local Government Research ) in Western Sweden (Kommunforskning i Västsverige) and for seven years head of the School of Public Administration.
Research interest
My main empirical field of research has been and is municipalities and county councils / regions. The overall issues concern above all management and governance in the broadest sense. At present, I deal mostly with issues concerning the welfare of the future and what it is that causes it to change in difficult times.
Ongoing project
For my part, several projects are going on at the same time. An ongoing project is about how welfare is handled in difficult situations. This is largely a matter of comparison with other countries in the Nordic region, but also countries further away, such as Australia and Canada. A project is longitudinal and focuses on the municipal directors in Sweden and with certain comparisons with the Nordic countries. The project has been running since 1995 and delivers publications in a steady stream.
Another project is about participating in the development of a new governance model for the Västra Götaland region (VGR). A basis for the new control model is the evaluation of VGR I led in 2017-18.
Teaching
My teaching today is spread over all levels but with the main focus at the advanced level.
Supervision and examination of both master's theses and doctoral students is a fairly common part of my teaching.
Cooperation
My research is by definition dependent on the surrounding society. Municipalities, Regions and not least Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) are natural partners in my research projects. They create access to the practice and they finance most things.
-
Barbara Czarniawska (1948–2024): reflections in memory of her work and
life
Lana Sabelfeld, John Dumay, Sten Jönsson, Hervé Corvellec, Bino Catasús, Rolf Solli, Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Elena Raviola, Paolo Quattrone, James Guthrie
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal - 2025 -
Demands, Constraints, and Choices of Nordic Municipal CEOs: A Conceptual
Framework
Morten Balle Hansen, Rolf Solli
Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance - 2024 -
Politiken och
budgetprocessen
Rolf Solli
2024 -
Politiken och tillitsbaserad styrning och
ledning
Rolf Solli
2024 -
Politikers roll i tillitsbaserad styrning – spårbundenhet och reformer. i Hallonsten, Olof och Anna Persson. Kontinuitet och förändring: Essäer om spårbundenhet i
samhället
Rolf Solli
Timbro - 2024 -
The Nordic Municipal CEO Model: Stability in
Change
Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Anna Cregård, Morten Balle Hansen, Siv Sandberg, Rolf Solli, Dag Olaf Torjesen, Harald Torsteinsen
Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance - 2024 -
Välfärden i en mindre trevlig
framtid
Rolf Solli, Björn Rombach
Välfärdens paradoxer, spänningar och dilemman - 2023 -
Bilaga - en framtidsverkstad om
välfärden
Maria Wolmesjö, Rolf Solli
Välfärdens paradoxer, spänningar och dilemman - 2023 -
Chefsekonom Ophelias lägesrapport
2073
Rolf Solli
Kommunal ekonomi - 2023 -
Framtidens
välfärd
Rolf Solli
Välfärdens paradoxer, spänningar och dilemman - 2023 -
Välfärdens organisering - Paradoxer och
komplexitet
Maria Wolmesjö, Rolf Solli
Välfärdens paradoxer, spänningar och dilemman - 2023 -
Månadens
expert
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2022 -
Startskotten i filmens
värld
Björn Rombach, Rolf Solli
Lägga döden till rätta - 2022 -
Feedback från
experten
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2022 -
När pandemin kom till byråkratin: Från campus till distansundervisning på 1
dygn
Sara Hjelm Lidholm, Christina Mauléon, Tomas Müllern, Rolf Solli
Organisation & Samhälle - 2021 -
Framtidens välfärd - hållbar styrning, organisering och
ledning
Maria Wolmesjö, Rolf Solli
2021 -
På spaning efter framtidens
utmaningar
Maria Wolmesjö, Rolf Solli
Framtidens välfärd - hållbar styrning, organisering och ledning - 2021 -
Farhågor och förväntningar på framtidens
välfärd
Rolf Solli, Maria Wolmesjö
Framtidens välfärd - hållbar styrning, organisering och ledning - 2021 -
Kommundirektörsrollen i förändring – eller inte? Tendenser under 25 år i svenska
kommuner.
Anna Cregård, Rolf Solli
2021 -
Chefsdagboken - Månadens
expert
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2021 -
Chefsdagboken - Månadens
expert
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2021 -
Searching for new welfare models: Citizens' opinions on the past, present and future of the welfare
state
Rolf Solli, Barbara Czarniawska
2020 -
Kvalitativa
sekundärmaterial
Rolf Solli
Andra hjälpen : allt du behöver veta för att skriva en uppsats - 2020 -
Chefsdagboken
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2020 -
Räkna med framtidens arbetskraftsbehov i
välfärden.
Rolf Solli, Maria Wolmesjö
Äldre i centrum - aktuell forskning om äldre & Åldrande - 2019 -
Top managerial role in transition – or not? Trajectories during 20 years in Swedish local
government.
Anna Cregård, Rolf Solli, Peter Demediuk
Paper presented at IRSPM, Wellington, Nya Zeeland 16-19 April - 2019 -
The future welfare in
Sweden
Rolf Solli, Barbara Czarniawska
Paper presented at NFF, Wasa. Finland. 22-23 Augusti. - 2019 -
Välfärden och framtiden – bekymmer och förhoppningsfulla lösningar version
1.0
Rolf Solli, Maria Wolmesjö
2019 -
Månadens expert –
ledarskap
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2019 -
Månadens expert – ledarskap. Chefstidningen nr 6, s
57.
Rolf Solli
Chefstidningen - 2019 -
To lead secret
agents
Björn Rombach, Rolf Solli
Leadership is the problem - 2019 -
Justifications of discrimination: Social movements translated into local
practices
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Rolf Solli
Paper presented at the 24th Nordic Academy of Mangement Research, 23-25 August 2017, Bodö - 2017 -
Hybrydyzacja sektora
publicznego
Rolf Solli, Barbara Czarniawska
Studia Polityczne - 2017 -
Searching for new welfare
models
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Rolf Solli, Peter Demidiuk
Paper presented at EGOS Copenhagen, 6-8 July, sub-theme 19 - 2017 -
Justifications of discrimination: translations of welfare ideas into organizational
practices
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Rolf Solli
Paper presented at EGOS Copenhagen, 6-8 July, sub-theme 19 - 2017 -
Den kommunala revisionens nytta och roll - Svaret är
64.
Emma Ek, Rolf Solli
2016 -
Försvarsmakten och diskriminering – en jämförelse mellan 2010 och
2015
-
After
NPM?
Kajsa Lindberg, Barbara Czarniawska, Rolf Solli
Offentlig förvaltning. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration - 2015 -
Experiencing discrimination – an intersectional
analysis
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Alexander Styhre, Rolf Solli
Paper presented at the 23rd Nordic Academy of Mangement Research, Copenhagen 12-14 August, 2015 - 2015 -
Local government as a democracy actor or a service delivery actor: The supporting roles for e-governance
initiatives
P. Demediuk, S. Burgess, Rolf Solli
E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases - 2014 -
How to regain trust, if it is at all
possible?
Barbara Czarniawska, Rolf Solli
In: Kociatkiewicz, Jerzy and Kostera, Monika (eds) Liquid organization - 2014 -
Help! We have too much
money!
Barbara Czarniawska, Rolf Solli, Pierre Donatella
Czarniawska, B. & Löfgren, O. (red.) Coping with excess: How organizations, communities and individuals manage overflows. - 2014 -
Revision och nytta - En närgående studie av revisionen i en
region.
Emma Ek, Rolf Solli
2013 -
Att leda hemliga
agenter
Björn Rombach, Rolf Solli
Det extrema ledarskapet - 2013 -
Framtidens historia – en studie om visioner, strategier och planer i svenska stora
städer
-
Crisis and organizational innovation: Icelandic local government
responses
Anna Cregård, Rolf Solli, Patrik Zapata
Uprava/Administration - 2012 -
Forskningsrapport 1 - En spekulation om ledningsformen i
kommuner
Anna Cregård, Rolf Solli
2012 -
Kris och organisatorisk innovation – isländska kommuners
agerande
Anna Cregård, Rolf Solli, Patrik Zapata
2012 -
GPMS Proceedings
2011
-
Managers at the municipal
top
Anna Cregård, Rolf Solli
Tengblad, S. (ed.) (2012) The work of managers. Towards a practice theory of management - 2012
More publications
We have limited the number of publications on this page. Visit GUP (The Publication Database for Gothenburg University) to find more publications.