Søren Winter

Professor, emeritus, Professor Emeritus in Political Science and Public Administration

Key Expertise:

  • Administration,
  • Organization,
  • Professionals,
  • Municipalities and regions,
  • Public school,
  • Unemployment,
  • Integration,
  • Vulnerable persons
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Research interests: Policy implementation in general and within education, employment, integration of refugees and immigrants, vulnerable children, and youth, environmental regulation. Special research foci: policy design and organizational design, outsourcing, networks, public management including school management, street-level bureaucracy, target group behaviors, effects of casework. Other research areas are policy making and voters' attitudes on public expenditures.

Selected research projects

Project
1. JUN 2024 — 30. JUN 2025
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education
  • Management and implementation

Borgertilfredshed

Project
1. MAR 2026 — 31. DEC 2027
  • Management and implementation

Magtudredning - Demokratisk effektivitet

Publications

Scientific articles

Scientific article
OCT 2022
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S., Mikkelsen, M. F., & Skov, P. R. (2022). Individual Agency in Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Implementation of Policy Reforms: The Role of Their Policy Evaluation and Self-Efficacy. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(4), 781–794. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac003

Scientific article
1. OCT 2016
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Daycare, school and education

Favero, N., Calmar Andersen, S., Meier, K. J., J. O'Toole Jr., L., & Winter, S. (2016). How Should We Estimate the Performance Effect of Management? Comparing Impacts of Public Managers' and Front-line Employees' Perceptions of Management . International Public Management Journal, 21(1), 105-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2016.1236763

Scientific article
29. SEP 2016
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education

Baviskar, S., & Winter, S. (2016). Street-Level Bureaucrats as Individual Policymakers: The Relationship between Attitudes and Coping Behavior toward Vulnerable Children and Youth. International Public Management Journal, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2016.1235641

Scientific article
16. JUN 2015
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Daycare, school and education

J. Meier, K., Winter, S. C., J. O'Toole Jr., L., Favero, N., & Calmar Andersen, S. (2015). The Validity of Subjective Performance Measures: School Principals in Texas and Denmark. Public Administration, 93(4), 1084-1101. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12180

Scientific article
JAN 2015
  • Management and implementation

J. Meier, K., Calmar Andersen, S., J. O'Toole Jr., L., Favero, N., & Winter, S. C. (2015). Taking Managerial Context Seriously: Public Management and Performance in U.S. and Denmark Schools. International Public Management Journal, 18(1), 130-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2014.972485

Scientific article
1. JUL 2009
  • Labour Market

J. May, P., & Winter, S. (2009). Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influences on Policy Implementation. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 19(3), 453-476. Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mum030

Scientific article
1. DEC 2007

Winter, S., & J. May, P. (2007). Collaborative Service Arrangements: Patterns, Bases, and Perceived Consequences. Public Management Review, 9(4), 479-502. Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030701726473

Scientific article
2002

Winter, S., & May, P. J. (2002). Information, Interests, and Environmental Regulation. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 4 (2), 115 - 142. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015461807591

Scientific article
2001

Winter, S., & Mouritzen, P. E. (2001). Why People Want Something for Nothing: The Role of Asymmetrical Illusions . European Journal of Political Research, 39(1), 109 - 143. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.00572

Scientific article
2001
  • The Social Sector

Winter, S., & May, P. J. (2001). Motivation for Compliance with Environmental Regulation. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 20(4), 675-98. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.1023

Scientific article
2000
  • The Social Sector

May, P. J., & Winter, S. (2000). Reconsidering Styles of Regulatory Enforcement: Patterns in Danish Agro-Environmental Inspection. Law & Policy, 22(2), 143 - 173. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9930.00089

Reports

Report
23. JAN 2017
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S. (Ed.), Kjer, M. G., Skov, P. R., & Winter, S. (2017). Gør skoleledelse en forskel? Ledelse af implementeringen af folkeskolereformen. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport No. 17:06

Mini report
12. OCT 2016
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Daycare, school and education

Kjer, M. G., & Winter, S. (2016, Oct 12). Skoleledelse i folkeskolereformens andet år: En kortlægning. SFI Notat

Report
17. NOV 2015
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • Daycare, school and education

Kjer, M. G., Baviskar, S., & Winter, S. C. (2015). Skoleledelse i folkeskolereformens første år: En kortlægning. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport No. 15:40

Report
1. APR 2013
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S., & Nielsen, V. L. (2013). Lærere, undervisning og elevpræstationer i folkeskolen. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport No. 13:09

Report
13. DEC 2011
  • Management and implementation
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S. C., Nielsen, V. L., Rosdahl, A., Pedersen, M. J., & Hvidman, U. (2011). Ledelse, læring og trivsel i folkeskolerne. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport Vol. 11:47

Report
27. SEP 2011
  • Management and implementation
  • Daycare, school and education

Pedersen, M. J., Rosdahl, A., Winter, S. C., Langhede, A. P., & Lynggaard, M. (2011). Ledelse af folkeskolerne: Vilkår og former for skoleledelse. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport Vol. 11:39

Report
15. APR 2009
  • Labour Market

Skou, M., Winter, S., & Beer, F. (2009). Udlicitering af sagsbehandling: Andre aktører i beskæftigelsesindsatsen. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport Vol. 0 No. 08:20

Report
1. SEP 2008
  • Labour Market

Beer, F., Winter, S., Skou, M., Volmer Stigaard, M., & C. Henriksen, A. (2008). Statslig og kommunal beskæftigelsesindsats: Implementering af "Flere i arbejde" før Strukturreformen. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport Vol. 0 No. 08:19

Report
30. OCT 2006
  • Labour Market
  • The Social Sector

Volmer Stigaard, M., Friisberg, N., Fjord Sørensen, M., Winter, S., & Coop Henriksen, A. (2006). Kommunernes beskæftigelsesindsats. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI-Rapport No. 06:28

Books and book contributions

Book contribution
10. AUG 2026
  • Management and implementation

Winter, S. C., & Mikkelsen, M. F. (2026). Demokratisk effektivitet: Bliver politiske reformer ført ud i livet? In C. S. Bischoff, T. S. Guul, & M. J. Pedersen (Eds.), Bag om bureaukratiet: Tematikker og problemstillinger i den offentlige forvaltning (pp. 19-61). Djøf Forlag.

Book contribution
8. JUN 2024

Winter, S. C., & Mikkelsen, M. F. (2024). Demokratisk effektivitet: Bliver reformerne realiseret? In Magtudredningen 2.0 Essays: Tema 4: Hvad er vilkårene for det lokale og regionale demokrati i det 21. århundrede? Aarhus Universitet. https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fps.au.dk%2Ffileadmin%2FStatskundskab%2FBilleder%2FForskning%2FForskningsprojekter%2FMagtudredning%2FEssays%2FTema4%2FWinter___Mikkelsen__Tema_4_.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Clhp%40ifs.ku.dk%7C560e2be4a2b34f05ccce08dc86f613bc%7Ca3927f91cda14696af898c9f1ceffa91%7C0%7C0%7C638533638664904164%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=a41xa5HKYffz6o7UZFO%2FB%2FI2lNiaiecafkLEHq10%2FYo%3D&reserved=0

Book contribution
16. DEC 2019
  • Management and implementation
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S. (2019). Samspillet mellem reformer af folkeskolen og arbejdstid, lærernes faglige selvværd og undervisningens karakter. In Lærerkommissionens Forskerpublikation (pp. 166-171). Lærerkommissionen.

Book contribution
2018
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • The Social Sector

Peter J., M., & Winter, S. C. (2018). Políticos, gerentes y burócratas de nivel de calle: Influencias en la implementtación de políticas. In M. I. D. Laguna, G. M. Cejudo, & M. Del Carmen Pardo (Eds.), Las burocracias a nivel de la calle: Una antología. (1. ed., Vol. 1, pp. 163-202). CIDE - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C..

Book contribution
2018
  • Management and implementation
  • Economy and Governance
  • The Social Sector

Winter, S. C. (2018). Perspectivas sobre la implementación: Estatus y reconcideración. In M. del Carmen Pardo, M. I. Dussauge Laguna, & G. M. Cejudo (Eds.), Implementación de políticas públicas: Una antología (1 ed., Vol. 1). CIDE - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C..

Book contribution
15. JAN 2016

Winter, S. (2016). Peter som social arkitekt: Frokoststuens udformning og funktion. In M. Järvinen, B. Marckmann, & E. Nørregård-Nielsen (Eds.), Værdier, videnskab og visioner: Festskrift til Peter Gundelach (pp. 399 - 403). Djøf Forlag.

Book contribution
1. FEB 2015
  • Management and implementation

Winter, S. C. (2015). Implementation Perspectives: Status and Reconsideration. In B. Guy Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), Public Administration (Vol. 4, pp. 67-84). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
2015

Winter, S. (2015). Implementation Perspectives: Status and Reconsideration . In B. G. Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Public Administration: Concise 2nd edition (2. ed., pp. 237-50 ). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
2015
  • Management and implementation

Winter, S. C., & J. May, P. (2015). Street-level Bureaucrats and Regulatory Deterrence. In M. Hill, A. Buffat, & P. Hupe (Eds.), Understanding Street-Level Bureaucracy (pp. 133-152). Policy Press.

Book contribution
1. APR 2013
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S., & Nielsen, V. L. (2013). Indledning, sammenfatning og konklusion. In S. C. Winter, & V. Lehmann Nielsen (Eds.), Lærere, undervisning og elevpræstationer i folkeskolen (pp. pp. 19-50). SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd.

Book contribution
1. SEP 2012
  • Labour Market

J. May, P., & Winter, S. (2012). Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influences on Policy Implementation. In P. Hupe, & M. Hill (Eds.), Public Policy: Vol 3: Public Policy in Action (pp. 263-288). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
1. AUG 2012
  • Management and implementation

Winter, S. (2012). Implementation Perspectives: Status and Reconsideration. In B. Guy Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), Handbook of Public Administration (2. ed.). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
1. AUG 2012

Winter, S. (2012). Implementation. In B. Guy Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Public Administration (2. ed.). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
2012

Winter, S. (2012). Implementation Perspectives: Status and Reconsideration . In B. G. Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Public Administration (2nd ed., pp. 255-63 ). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
2012
  • Labour Market

May, P. J., & Winter, S. (2012). Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influences on Policy Implementation. In P. Hupe, & M. Hill (Eds.), Public Policy (Vol. 3, Part 8, pp. 263-288 ). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
1. DEC 2011
  • The Social Sector

J. May, P., & Winter, S. (2011). Regulatory Enforcement Styles and Compliance. In C. Parker, & V. Lehmann Nielsen (Eds.), Explaining Compliance: Business Responses to Regulation (pp. 222-244). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Book contribution
2011

Winter, S. (2011). Implementation. In B. Badie, D. Berg-Schlosser , & L. Morlino (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Political Science (pp. 1157-1170). SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412959636.n267

Book contribution
2010
  • Labour Market

May, P. J., & Winter, S. (2010). Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influence on Policy Implementation. In S. Bretschneider, B. A. Radin, C. Heinrich, & C. Thomas (Eds.), The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: Origins and Early Development (pp. 453-476). Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/jopart/collectionspage.html

Book
1. SEP 2008

Winter, S., & Nielsen, V. L. (2008). Implementering af politik. Academica.

Book contribution
1. AUG 2007
  • The Social Sector

J. May, P., & Winter, S. (2007). Reconsidering Styles of Regulatory Enforcement: Patterns in Danish Agro-Environmental Inspection. In C. Goglianese, & R. Kagan (Eds.), Regulation and Regulatory Processes (pp. 173-204). Ashgate.

Book contribution
1. JUL 2007
  • Management and implementation

Winter, S. (2007). Implementation Perspectives: Status and Reconsideration. In B. Guy Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), Handbook of Public Administration. : Concise Paperback Edition (pp. 131-41). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Book contribution
1. MAY 2006

Winter, S. (2006). Implementation. In B. Guy Peters, & J. Pierre (Eds.), Handbook of Public Policy (pp. 151-66). SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781848608054

Book
12. JAN 2005
  • Labour Market
  • The Social Sector
  • Daycare, school and education

Heinesen, E., Winter, S., Risom Bøge, I., & Husted, L. (2005). Kommunernes integrationsindsats og integrationssucces. AKF Forlag.

Book contribution
2000
  • The Social Sector

May, P. J., & Winter, S. (2000). Reconsidering Styles of Regulatory Enforcement: Patterns in Danish Agro-Environmental Inspection. In C. Coglianese, & R. A. Kagan (Eds.), Regulation and Regulatory Processes (pp. 173-204). Ashgate.

Book contribution
1990

Winter, S. (1990). Integrating Implementation Research. In D. J. Palumbo, & D. J. Calista (Eds.), Implementation and the Policy Process : Opening the Black-Box (pp. 19-38). Greenwood Press.

Conference contributions and working papers

Conference contribution
20. JUN 2023

Winter, S. C., Skov, P. R., Bjørnholt, B., & Mikkelsen, M. F. (2023). Impacts of Distributed Leadership Practices on Street-Level Bureaucrats' Implementation Behaviors. Paper presented at Public Management Research Conference 2023, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Conference contribution
12. JUN 2022

Winter, S. C., Mikkelsen, M. F., Skov, P. R., & Calmar Andersen, S. (2022). Impacts of Leader Communication on Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Implementation of Policy Reforms. Paper presented at Street-Level Bureaucracy Conference, København, Denmark.

Working paper
13. NOV 2018
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S. C., Skov, P. R., & Giver Kjer, M. (2018). Does School Management Make a Difference? Effects of Management on the Implementation of the Danish Public School Reform. A Summary. VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd. VIVE Working paper

Working paper
29. DEC 2015
  • Management and implementation
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S. (2015, Dec 29). Elevers læring og skolelederfokus på faglighed: Skoleledere har betydning for, hvor meget eleverne lærer i skolen. Elevernes læring påvirkes bl.a. af, hvor meget og hvordan skoleledelsen fokuserer på faglighed. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. Social Forskning: Temanumre No. 02:2015SFI Tema No. 02:2015

Working paper
2. OCT 2008
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S., Skou, M., & Beer, F. (2008). Effective Management for National or Local Policy Objectives? Implementing Welfare Sanction Policy in Denmark. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI Working Paper No. WP 14:2008

Working paper
25. SEP 2008
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S., T. Dinesen, P., & J. May, P. (2008). Implementation Regimes and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Employment Service Delivery in Denmark. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI Working Paper No. WP 12:2008

Working paper
9. JAN 2008
  • Labour Market

J. May, P., & Winter, S. (2008). Collaborative Service Arrangements: Patterns, Bases, and Perceived Consequences. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI Working Paper Vol. WP 22:2007

Working paper
7. JAN 2008
  • Labour Market
  • Daycare, school and education

J. May, P., & Winter, S. (2008). Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influences on Policy Implementation. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. SFI Working Paper Vol. WP 23:2007

Debate contribution

Debate contribution
1. SEP 2018
  • Management and implementation
  • Daycare, school and education

Winter, S. (2018). Effekt. Skoleledere skal ud i klasselokalerne. Politiken. Analyse, 6.

Technical papers

Technical paper
1. JUN 2009

Winter, S. (2009). Den dyre statsunderstøttede jobformidling. Berlingske Tidende, 1.

Technical paper
1. JUN 2006

Winter, S., Volmer Stigaard, M., & Fjord Sørensen, M. (2006). Sagsbehandlere fokuserer på at få ledige hurtigt i job. social forskning, 0(4), 8 - 9. Article 4.

Technical paper
1. JUN 2005

Rosdahl, A., Schmidt, G., Järvinen, M., & Winter, S. (2005). Et etnisk proletariat og de politiske konsekvenser. Social Forskning: temanumre, 0(Tema), 7-13. Article Tema.

Technical paper
1. JUN 2004

Winter, S. (2004). Bestemmes kommunernes indsats over for borgerne af politikerne eller sagsbehandlerne? social forskning, 0(Tema), 73-79. Article Tema.

Magazines and booklets

Magazine
1. DEC 2006
  • Labour Market
  • Management and implementation
  • The Social Sector

Bay, H., Rosdahl, A., Bach, H. B., Winter, S., Fjord Sørensen, M., Volmer Stigaard, M., Christensen, G., Kangas, O., Høgelund, J., Mølgaard Miiller, M., Jæger, M. M., & Benjaminsen, L. (2006, Dec 1). Social Forskning, 2006:4. SFI - Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. Magasin

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