The QOG Institute
The 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 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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Bo Rothstein interviewed by SIDA
[28 Mar 2013]
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New publication in World Development
[22 Mar 2013]
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New publication in International Studies Quarterly
[28 Feb 2013]
Calendar
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Practitioner conferens (ONLY IN SWEDISH)
28 May at 9:30 AM [Conference]
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ANTICORRP
The QoG-institute is responsible for coordinating a new large-scale research project – ANTICORRP - funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme. For more information, visit the ANTICORRP website.
Funding agencies and partners
