The QoG Institute

The Quality of Government (QoG) Institute was founded in 2004 by Professor Bo Rothstein and Professor Sören Holmberg. It is an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. We are about 30 researchers who conduct and promote research on the causes, consequences and nature of Good Governance and the Quality of Government (QoG) - that is, trustworthy, reliable, impartial, uncorrupted and competent government institutions.
While Quality of Government is our common intellectual focal point, we apply a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.
The main objective of our research is to address the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained. A second objective is to study the effects of Quality of Government on a number of policy areas, such as health, the environment, social policy, and poverty. We approach these problems from a variety of different theoretical and methodological angles.
News
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Society and economyThe QoGPodcast
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Society and economyWINNER OF THE QOG BEST PAPER AWARD2020-2021
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Society and economyQoG project awarded money from the Swedish Research Council(VR)
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Society and economyThe Minister of Civil Affairs in dialogue with politicalscientists
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About the universityResearch collaboration leads to SEK 12 million for world-class corruptionresearch

The QoG Podcast
- James Robinson: The Balance Between State and Society (External link)
- Sheri Berman: The Challenges of Liberal Democracies (External link)
- Deirdre McCloskey: Economic Development and Love (External link)
- Tomila Lankina: The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia (External link)
- Francis Fukuyama: The Main Challenges of Current Liberalism (External link)
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ResearchQoG lunch seminar with IanCawood
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ResearchQoG lunch seminar with HaraldEspeli
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Read our latest peer-reviewed articles
- ‘All hands on deck’ or separate lifeboats? Public support for European economic… (External link)
- Poll Wars: Perceptions of Poll Credibility and Voting Behaviour (External link)
- Colonial origins of modern bureaucracy? India and the professionalization of th… (External link)
- A taxing issue: the constraining effects of historical state capacity on Europe… (External link)
- Search among all our peer-reviewed articles
Read our latest working papers
- Legal Pluralism and Fragmented Sovereignty in Iraq (External link)
- Responsiveness and models of representation (External link)
- Introducing the Worldwide Age Representation in Parliaments (WARP) Dataset (External link)
- Blockchain Technology A Trust or Control Machine? Theory and Experimental Evide… (External link)
- Search among all our working papers (External link)
Keep updated on the latest news from the QoG Institute

