Maria Røhnebæk
Associate Professor
- maria.rohnebak@inn.no
Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Organisation, Leadership and Management
Campus Lillehammer
Short description
Maria Taivalsaari Røhnebæk has a MA in social anthropology and a PhD in technology, innovation and culture from The University of Oslo (UIO). Her doctoral thesis deals with digitalization of welfare services and its implications for frontline work. Her research is more broadly set within innovation in care and welfare services and includes studies in various service areas such as refugee services, dementia care and employment and welfare services. Thematic areas in her research are collaborative innovation, design approaches to innovation, and translation perspectives on implementation and diffusion of innovations. Røhnebæk is part of a research group on innovation in the public sector, and she is leading a research group on digitalization and welfare service work. She is also a board member of a national research network on public sector innovation (INNOFF).
Publications
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Myklebø, Sigrid; Hermanrud, Inge & Kårstein, Asbjørn (2026). Digital transformations in public welfare services: risks and benefits of digital co-production. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2026.2703750. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Engen, Marit (2026). Design, institutional complexity and compromises: exploring the role of design in transforming dementia care. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2026.2666677. Full text in Research Archive
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Bast, Ane; Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2024). Mediating roles of frontline employees in transformative service processes. Journal of Services Marketing. p. 1–15. doi: 10.1108/JSM-09-2023-0350. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2024). Fra konsept til handling i tjenestedesign? En casestudie fra demensomsorgen. In Moldenæs, Turid; Pettersen, Hilde Marie & Røvik, Kjell Arne (Ed.), Tjenestedesign i det offentlige. Fra ide til praksis – den besværlige veien.. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245044164. p. 167–182. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2024). Tjenestedesign og forenklet oppfølging i NAV. In Moldenæs, Turid; Pettersen, Hilde Marie & Røvik, Kjell Arne (Ed.), Tjenestedesign i det offentlige. Fra ide til praksis – den besværlige veien.. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245044164. p. 183–198. Full text in Research Archive
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Trischler, Jakob; Røhnebæk, Maria; Edvardsson, Bo Åke & Tronvoll, Bård (2023). Advancing Public Service Logic: moving towards an ecosystemic framework for value creation in the public service context. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2023.2229836. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Engen, Marit & Bast, Ane (2023). Co-designing a Dementia Village: Transforming Dementia Care Through Service Design. In Pfannstiel, Mario A. (Eds.), Human-Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation: Development, Innovation, Change. Springer. ISSN 9783031201684. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Francois, Valerie; Kiss, Norbert; Peralta, Alberto; Rubalcaba, Luis & Strokosch, Kirsty [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Public service logic and the creation of value propositions through framing. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2095002. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Breit, Eric Martin Alexander (2021). ‘Damned if you do and damned if you don’t’: a framework for examining double binds in public service organizations. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037. p. 1–23. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1882542. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Bjerck, Mari (2021). Enabling and Constraining Conditions for Co-production with Vulnerable Users: A Case Study of Refugee Services. International Journal of Public Administration. ISSN 0190-0692. 44(9), p. 741–752. doi: 10.1080/01900692.2021.1908355. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Hansen, Anne Vorre; Fuglsang, Lars; Liefooghe, Christine; Rubalcaba, Luis; Gago, David & Mergel, Ines [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Living Labs for Public Sector Innovation: insights from a European case study. Technology innovation management review. 11(9/10). doi: 10.22215/timreview/1464. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Løberg, Ida Bring (2021). Kontroll eller samhandling? Bakkebyråkratenes autonomi i det digitaliserte NAV. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2021-01-02-07. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Fuglsang, Lars; Hansen, Anne Vorre; Mergel, Ines & Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Living labs for public sector innovation: An integrative literature review. Administrative Sciences. 11(2), p. 1–19. doi: 10.3390/admsci11020058. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Bast, Ane; Røhnebæk, Maria & Engen, Marit (2021). Co-creating dementia care: Manoeuvring fractured reflexivity in service design. Journal of service theory and practice. ISSN 2055-6225. doi: 10.1108/JSTP-11-2020-0251. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Competing institutional logics in collaborative innovation: A case study. Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research. 6(2), p. 105–119. doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2021-02-03. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2020). The Role of Narratives in Collaborative Innovation – Transitions towards Relational Forms of Dementia Care. Journal of Innovation Management. 8(3), p. 28–47. doi: 10.24840/2183-0606_008.003_0004. Full text in Research Archive
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Breit, Eric Martin Alexander; Egeland, Cathrine; Løberg, Ida Bring & Røhnebæk, Maria (2020). Digital coping: How frontline workers cope with digital service encounters. Social Policy & Administration. ISSN 0144-5596. p. 1–15. doi: 10.1111/spol.12664. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Lauritzen, Tonje (2019). Kommunal innovasjon som oversettelse. In Holmen, Ann-Karin Tennås & Ringholm, Toril Merete (Ed.), Innovasjon møter kommune. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202615567. p. 193–207. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Engen, Marit & Eide, Trude Hella (2019). Institutional logics in service ecosystems – an analysis of immigration and social inclusion. In Toivonen, Marja & Saari, Eveliina (Ed.), Human-Centered Digitalization and Services. Springer Nature. ISSN 9789811377242. p. 101–118. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-7725-9_6. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2016). Fra bakkebyråkrati til skjermbyråkrati. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. ISSN 0809-2052. p. 288–304. doi: 10.18261/issn.2464-3076-2016-04-01. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Hauge, Atle Jensen; Røhnebæk, Maria & Myklebø, Sigrid (2023). Innovasjon: En innføring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202733599. 352 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Jenhaug, Line & Røhnebæk, Maria (2026). Episode 4 av INNiNav handler om digitalisering - Universitetet i Innlandet. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Hermanrud, Inge; Stamsø, Mary Ann; Myklebø, Sigrid; Kårstein, Asbjørn & Olaniyan, Oyeniyi Samuel (2026). Digital transformation of welfare-to-work services. Full text in Research Archive
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Holmen, Ann-Karin Tennås; Honerud, Jon Hovland; Røhnebæk, Maria & Tronsmo, Eli (2026). Co-research: Methodological opportunities and challenges. Nordic Journal of Innovation in the Public Sector (NJIPS). 4(1), p. 1–9. doi: 10.18261/njips.4.1.5. Full text in Research Archive
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Gjærum, Anja & Røhnebæk, Maria (2025). Digital divides in the public sector? Full text in Research Archive
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Røste, Rannveig; Røhnebæk, Maria & Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie (2025). Digital transformasjon: teknologisk praksis og endringsprosesser i organisasjoner. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Ingeborgrud, Lina; Skålholt, Asgeir; Tronsmo, Eli & Røhnebæk, Maria (2025). Effektivisering og eksperimentering – hvordan innovere i offentlig sektor? doi: https:/www.nifu.no/kunnskapsfloker/. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Engen, Marit (2025). Design, Complexity and Compromising: Exploring the Role of Design in Transforming Dementia Care. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Myklebø, Sigrid (2025). Digital transformations in public welfare services: Risks and benefits of digital co-production. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Myklebø, Sigrid; Hermanrud, Inge & Kårstein, Asbjørn (2024). Digital transformations in public welfare services – Rationales and controversies of digital co-production. Full text in Research Archive
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Eide, Trude Hella; Korssjøen, Elisabeth Stokke & Røhnebæk, Maria (2024). Refleksjon som balansekunst. Hvordan kan refleksjon integreres som en stundentaktiv læringsform i etter- og videreutdanninger innenfor innovasjons-, organisasjons- og ledelsesfag? Full text in Research Archive
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Hermanrud, Inge; Kårstein, Asbjørn; Myklebø, Sigrid; Olaniyan, Oyeniyi Samuel; Røhnebæk, Maria & Stamsø, Mary Ann (2024). Consequences of digitalization of public welfare services – An integrative review. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Engen, Marit (2024). Public Service Innovation by Compromising – A Study in Dementia Care. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2023). Digitalisering, iscenesettelse og maktforskyvning i NAV. Full text in Research Archive
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Sønderskov, Mette; Røhnebæk, Maria & Myklebø, Sigrid (2023). Tjenesteinnovasjon i offentlig sektor. In Hauge, Atle Jensen; Røhnebæk, Maria & Myklebø, Sigrid (Ed.), Innovasjon: En innføring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202733599. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2023). Design thinking for public service innovation. In Gallouj, Faïz; Gallouj, Camal; Monnoyer, Marie-Christine & Rubalcaba, Luis (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Services. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781802202588. p. 360–361. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit; Røhnebæk, Maria; Fuglsang, Lars & Bast, Ane (2023). Service innovation through the re-creation of routines – a study of new service practices in dementia care. Full text in Research Archive
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Bast, Ane; Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2023). Mediating roles of frontline employees in transformative service processes. Full text in Research Archive
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Samuelsen, Nora Warhuus; Røhnebæk, Maria & Moe, Windy (2023). En casestudie av samskaping med innvandrere i rurale områder. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2023). Digitalisering, samskaping og maktforskyvning. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Blumenthal, Veronica; Akin, Deniz; Samuelsen, Nora Warhuus; Dahl, Signe Lise & Hansen, Ørjan Lande (2022). Action-Research Report Norway: Innlandet County. In Membretti, Andrea & Gilli, Monica (Ed.), 13 Action-Research Reports. Deliverable 5.3. MATILDE - Migration Impact Assessment to Enhance Integration and Local Development in European Rural and Mountain Areas. p. 204–260. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Engen, Marit & Bast, Ane (2022). Public Service Innovation by Translation and Compromising - A Study in Dementia Care. Full text in Research Archive
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Blumenthal, Veronica Isabel & Røhnebæk, Maria (2022). Kan tjenesteøkosystem være relevant for NAV? Full text in Research Archive
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Rubalcaba, Luis; Strokosch, Kirsty; Hansen, Anne Vorre; Røhnebæk, Maria & Liefooghe, Christine (2022). Insights on Value Co-Creation, Living Labs and Innovation in the Public Sector. Administrative Sciences. 12(1). doi: 10.3390/admsci12010042. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2022). Designing services and transforming mindsets in dementia care – a micro level perspective. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Bjerck, Mari (2022). Applying a ‘hands-on’ framework for analyzing co-production with vulnerable users. A case of services for new refugees. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Zhu, Yida; Peralta, Alberto; Francois, Valerie & Kiss, Norbert (2021). Public Service Logic and Service Design – Value propositions through framing. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Making sense of service design in public service contexts. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Co-creating with vulnerable users. Full text in Research Archive
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Løberg, Ida Bring; Breit, Eric; Egeland, Cathrine & Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Mestringsstrategier i den digitale veiledningen i NAV. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit; Bast, Ane & Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Caught in the middle: Frontline employees' role in service design. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Holmen, Ann Karin Tennås (2021). Introduction: Public sector Innovation - Conceptual and methodological implications. Nordic Journal of Social Research. 12(2). doi: 10.7577/njsr.3670. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit; Bast, Ane & Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Caught in the middle: Frontline employees as transformative service mediators in healthcare design. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Samuelsen, Nora Warhuus; Dahl, Signe Lise & Lund, Per Olav (2021). Country report Norway. In MATILDE, Project (Eds.), 13 quantitative briefings on the case studies. MATILDE - Migration Impact Assessment to Enhance Integration and Local Development in European Rural and Mountain Areas. p. 211–244. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5526040. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Samuelsen, Nora Warhuus; Dahl, Signe Lise & Lund, Per Olav (2021). Country report Norway. In Gruber, Marika & Zupan, Kathrin (Ed.), Report on existing integration-political goals, programmes and strategies in the European Union and the MATILDE countries and rural regions, MATILDE Deliverable 6.2. MATILDE - Migration Impact Assessment to Enhance Integration and Local Development in European Rural and Mountain Areas. p. 109–118. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4620898. Full text in Research Archive
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Samuelsen, Nora Warhuus & Røhnebæk, Maria (2021). Country Report Norway. In Lane, Jussi (Eds.), 10 Country Reports on Qualitative Impacts of TCNs, MATILDE Deliverable 3.3. MATILDE - Migration Impact Assessment to Enhance Integration and Local Development in European Rural and Mountain Areas. p. 106–125. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4726645. Full text in Research Archive
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Røste, Rannveig; Røhnebæk, Maria & Bjerck, Mari (2020). Innovation at inter-sectoral crossroads: analysing distance and proximity among public, private and non-profit actors. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Bjerck, Mari (2020). Kan tjenestedesign og sosialantropologi skape innovasjon i offentlig sektor? Forskningspolitikk. ISSN 0333-0273. p. 24–26. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2020). Digitalization of Labour and welfare services - A case from Norway. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit; Bast, Ane Therese & Røhnebæk, Maria (2020). Co-Creating Dementia Care. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Engen, Marit & Bast, Ane Therese (2020). Translating innovations through service design – a study in dementia care. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2020). Improving co-creation in public services - A stepping stone. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Strokosch, Kirsty (2020). Innovation and service design in public services - Findings from a literature review. Full text in Research Archive
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Røste, Rannveig; Røhnebæk, Maria; Rønning, Rolf & Koch, Per M. (2020). Innovasjon i offentlig sektor – en forskningsagenda i fremvekst. Forskningspolitikk. ISSN 0333-0273. 43(2), p. 26–27. Full text in Research Archive
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Bast, Ane Therese; Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2019). Transforming and Co-creating Dementia Care. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Røste, Rannveig & Bjerck, Mari (2019). Exploring dimensions of proximity and distance in intersectoral innovation: Examples from three case studies. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2019). Kan arbeidsinkludering være innovativt? In Glemmestad, Hanne Solfrid & Kleppe, Lise Cecilie (Ed.), Arbeidsinkludering i sosialt arbeid. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245024838. p. 290–301. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Engen, Marit (2019). Travelling and translation of ideas - a study in dementia care. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2018). Tjenestedesign – metode for fornying i offentlig sektor. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2018). Understanding value co-creation in public services for transforming European public administrations. Full text in Research Archive
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Rønning, Rolf & Røhnebæk, Maria (2018). Tjenesteinnovasjon og samskaping. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2018). Competing Institutional Logics in Public-private Collaboration. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Breit, Eric (2018). The Double Binds of Innovation in Public Services. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2017). Value conflicts and double binds in public service innovation. Full text in Research Archive
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Solheim, Liv Johanne & Røhnebæk, Maria (2017). Flyktning som ressurs i Vågå. Presentasjon av funn fra intervju med bosatte flyktninger. Full text in Research Archive
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Solheim, Liv Johanne & Røhnebæk, Maria (2017). Flyktning som ressurs i Sel kommune. Presentasjon av funn fra intervju med bosatte flyktninger. Full text in Research Archive
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Solheim, Liv Johanne & Røhnebæk, Maria (2017). Flyktning som ressurs i Nordre Land. Presentasjon av funn fra intervju med flyktninger. Full text in Research Archive
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Engen, Marit; Røhnebæk, Maria & Eide, Trude Hella (2017). Value cocreation in service ecosystems – an analysis of refugee settlement and inclusion. Full text in Research Archive
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Fuglsang, Lars & Røhnebæk, Maria (2016). Value proposing as institutional work. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2015). Theorizing Public Service Innovation through the Metaphor of Choreography. Full text in Research Archive
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Bast, Ane Therese; Engen, Marit & Røhnebæk, Maria (2026). Design av offentlige tjenester rettet mot sårbare brukere. En casestudie av en «demenslandsby». Universitetet i Innlandet. ISSN 9788283805963. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Solheim, Liv Johanne & Røhnebæk, Maria (2019). Flyktningers møte med distriktskommuner - Delnotat 1 fra forsknings- og utviklingsprosjektet MIMRES. Universitetet i Innlandet. ISSN 9788283801149. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Bjerck, Mari; Eide, Trude Hella; Solheim, Liv Johanne & Røhnebæk, Maria (2019). MIMRES – Integrering som samskaping i distriktskommuner- Forskningsrapport fra et utviklings- og innovasjonsprosjekt i kommunene Vågå, Sel og Nordre Land. Universitetet i Innlandet. ISSN 9788283801057. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Eide, Trude Hella & Røhnebæk, Maria (2018). Samarbeid i og etter introduksjonsprogrammet. Utprøving og følgeevaluering. Østlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273567734. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Bjerck, Mari; Røhnebæk, Maria; Eide, Trude Hella & Andersen, Torhild (2018). Motivasjon og hindre for inkludering av flyktninger. Østlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273567710. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Kirsty, Strokosch (2018). Report on cross country comparison on service design (COVAL report D4.2). COVAL. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Billbo, Tina & Lund, Per Olav (2017). Sosialhjelp i Hamarregionen. Sluttrapport fase 2. Østlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273567666. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria & Eide, Trude Hella (2016). Samarbeid i og etter introduksjonsprogrammet – drivere, barrierer og mulighetsrom. Rapport fra prosjektets første fase. Østlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273567598. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Lund, Per Olav & Lauritzen, Tonje (2015). Sosialhjelp i Hamarregionen. Et kunnskapsgrunnlag. Østlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273567529. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Andersen, Torhild; Alnes, Per Kristian; Gløtvold-Solbu, Katrine; Røhnebæk, Maria & Hagen, Aksel (2014). Gode i hop. Samspill og samarbeid mellom Lillehammer og omland. Universitetet i Innlandet. ISSN 9788273567376. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Røhnebæk, Maria; Lauritzen, Tonje & Andersen, Torhild (2014). Fra ny giv til varig givende. Om samarbeid mellom kommune og fylkeskommune for bedre gjennomføring av det 13-årige opplæringsløpet. Østlandsforskning. ISSN 9788273567284. Full text in Research Archive
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Røhnebæk, Maria (2014). Standardized flexibility : on the role of ICT in the Norwegian Employment and Welfare Services (NAV). Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
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Postal Address
University of Inland NorwayPostboks 400 Vestad
2418 Elverum
Norway