Senior researcher, PhD political science
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo Metropolitan University
E-mail: jornhh@oslomet.no
ABOUT
Dr. Jørn Holm-Hansen is a political scientist and senior researcher/research professor. His main academic field of work is politics and public administration in East and Central European states, notably Russia, Ukraine and Poland. Holm-Hansen is also conducting applied research, mainly evaluations of development aid and democracy support.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Democracy support, civic versus ethnic models of statehood, Ukrainian-Polish relations, memory politics, welfare reforms.
WEB-PAGE
https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/employee/jornhh/
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON UKRAINE
- Holm-Hansen, Jørn, Oleksandra Deineko, Marthe Handå Myhre and Aadne Aasland. “Why return to Ukraine? An analysis of Ukraine’s evolving return policies and the motivations of refugees to return“. Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo Metropolitan University. NIBR Report, 2025:4.
- Holm-Hansen, Jørn, Marthe Handå Myhre, & Aadne Aasland. 2025. “Ukraina – hva bør vites?“. Nordisk Østforum 39, 29–50.
- Kropp, Sabine and Jørn Holm-Hansen. 2022. “Why No Federalism? The Challenges of Institutionalizing a Multilevel Order in Ukraine”. In Keil, Soeren and Sabine Kropp (eds), Emerging Federal Structures in the Post-Cold War Era. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 95-114.
- Lytovchenko, Artëm, Dmitriy Boiko, Daria Yashkina and Jørn Holm-Hansen. 2021. “The Discourse of Moderation and Cohesion as an Effective Electoral Tool: Sluha Narodu in Ukraine’s 2019 Parliamentary Campaign”. In Aasland, Aadne and Sabine Kropp (eds), The Accommodation of Regional and Ethno-cultural Diversity in Ukraine, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 111-141
- Holm-Hansen, Jørn and Maryna Rabinovych. 2021. Democracy promotion through schools in Ukraine – Mid-term evaluation, NIBR Report 2021:3.