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
-
Society and economyQoG scholar Monika Bauhr top-ranked for her impact on corruption literature
-
Society and economyPaweł Charasz wins the Quality of Government´s Best Paper Award 2023
-
Society and economyThe QoG Institute releases new data updates
-
Society and economyResearchers at the QoG Institute receives new research grants from the Swedish Research Council
-
Society and economyResearchers from the QoG Institute participates in a new EU project on Corruption and Organized Crime
Read our latest peer-reviewed articles
- Drivers of transnational administrative coordination on super-wicked policy iss… (External link)
- Misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties: A party loyalty dilemma. Pa… (External link)
- Climate Shocks, Regional Favoritism and Trust in Leaders: Insights from Drought… (External link)
- Does corruption shape attitudes towards carbon taxes? Experimental evidence fro… (External link)
- Search among all our peer-reviewed articles
Read our latest working papers
- When Elders Rule: Age Composition in Decision-Making and Legitimacy (External link)
- Experimental Evidence from Belgium on Local Politicians’ Engagement with Protes… (External link)
- The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection (External link)
- The Impact of Corruption on Climate Change Mitigation (External link)
- Search among all our working papers (External link)
