The QOG Institute
The QoG Institute was founded in 2004 by Professor Bo Rothstein and Professor Sören Holmberg. It is an independet research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. We 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.
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.
News
QoG scholars are quoted in the latest issue of Foreign Policy
[30 Apr 2012]
"Good Government" - New book edited by Sören Holmberg and Bo Rothstein (special pre-order price in May)
[23 Apr 2012]
The QoG Social Policy Dataset has been updated
[11 Apr 2012]
Watch a movie about the QoG Institute
Calendar
Lunch seminar with Professor Paul Heywood, University of Nottingham
24 May at 12:00 PM [Seminar]
Lunch seminar with Davide Torsello, University of Bergamo
25 May at 12:00 PM [Seminar]
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Funding agencies and partners
