CV Maria Gustavson

CV
Maria Gustavson (born 1977)
Department of Political Science
University of Gothenburg
Sprängkullsgatan 19, 405 30 Göteborg
Sweden
Office phone +46 31 786 5190 Home phone +46 707 291187
E-mail: maria.gustavson@gu.se
Present Employment
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg,
March 2012- present
Education
Ph.D. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, February 2012
Master in Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, June 2003
Academic Affiliations, Appointments, Employments etc.
Research Fellow at the QoG-Institute, Department of Political Science, University of
Gothenburg, 2007- present
Board Member of the Swedish Government’s Expert Group for Analyzing and Evaluating
Swedish International Aid, 2013-2016.
Research Fellow in the project ANTICORRP Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global
Trends and European Responses, 2013-2015.
Visiting scholar, London School of Economics, Center for Risk and Regulation Analysis,
January - February, 2012.
PhD Candidate, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2006 -2012.
Research Fellow at the Center for Public Sector Research, University of Gothenburg,
2009-2011.
Grants
Swedish Research Council: Organizing the Audit Society: What is Good Auditing and How
Does it Impact Public Sector Performance Together with Professor Bo Rothstein,
Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 1 992 000 SEK, 2012-2015.
EU FP 7 Large Consortium Grant: ANTICORRP, “Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global
Trends and European Responses, 7 999 182 EURO, 2012-2017. The individual project is
incorporated in WP11 Building Accountability: Transparency, Civil Society and
Administrative Responses, ca. 1 300 000 EURO, 2013-2015.
Adlerbertska premiestiftelsen: 15 000 SEK, 2009.
Adlerbertska stipendiestiftelsen: 15 000 SEK, 2009.
Adlerbertska premiestiftelsen: 20 000 SEK, 2008.

Adlerbertska stipendiestiftelsen: 45 000 SEK, 2008.
Stiftelsen Marseillefondens stipendier: 19 000, 2000.
Adlerbertska stiftelserna, elevbostadsfonden: 15 000 SEK, 1999.
Administrative Positions at University of Gothenburg
Course Coordinator: Steering, Organization and Assessment, Department of Political
Science”, University of Gothenburg 2011- present
Member of the Program Committee for Preschool Teacher Training Program, University
of Gothenburg, 2011- present
Member of the Scholarship Group at the School of Public Administration, deciding on the
Swedish Development Agency’s Scholarship (Minor Field Studies) for student fieldwork
in developing countries, 2007- 2011.
Course Coordinator (shared responsibility): Management Control, 2009-2010, and
Bachelor Degree Project in Public Administration, 2009-2010
Board Member of the PhD Students’ Union at the School of Public Administration,
University of Gothenburg, 2007-2008
Books
Gustavson, M. 2013 (forthcoming). Auditing Good Government in Africa. Public Sector
Reform, Professional Norms and the Development Discourse. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan.
Gustavson, M. 2012. Auditing the African State. International Standards and Local
Adjustments. (Dissertation). Gothenburg: School of Public Administration, University of
Gothenburg.
Book Chapters
Gustavson, M. & Rothstein, B. 2013 (forthcoming) Can Auditing Generate Social Trust
The Organisation of Auditing and the Quality of Government, In Kristensson-Uggla, B.,
Reuter, M. & Wijkström, F. Trust Across Boundaries. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Gustavson, M. & Karlsson, L. 2013. Revision. I Johansson, V. & Lindgren, L., Uppdrag
offentlig granskning. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Gustavson, M. & Rothstein B. 2012. Tillit till makten att granska: Revisionens
organisering och dess betydelse för den offentliga förvaltningen. I Kristensson-Uggla, B.,
Reuter, M. & Wijkström, F. Vem i hela världen kan man lita på Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Working Papers and Conference Presentations
Gustavson, M. 2012. Professional norms in African contexts. The forgotten dimension in
development theory, QoG Working Paper 2012:10, Quality of Government Institute,
University of Gothenburg.
Gustavson, M. 2012. Inappropriate imported models of administration Adding
dimensions to public sector reform in Sub-Saharan African countries, paper presented at
the International Political Science Association, Madrid, July 8-12.

Gustavson, M. 2012. Auditors in the African State. Public sector reform and perceptions of
legitimacy, paper presented at the QoG conference, Tjörn June 18-20.
Gustavson, M. 2011. State Audit Conceptualized, paper presented at the National
Network of Public Organization and Government (NOOS) Doctorial Seminar, Göteborg,
10-11 February.
Gustavson, M. 2010. International Audit Standards and Local Adjustments – The Case of
Botswana, paper presented at the QoG conference, Prague 13- 16 December.
Gustavson, M. 2010. Organizations and Development –Two approaches to public
administration reforms in African countries, paper presented at the Swedish Political
Association Conference, Gothenburg, 30 September – 2 October.
Gustavson, M. 2010. Development and organizations –Contrasting views of audit
standards in an African context, paper presented at the QoG conference, Marstrand, 17-
19 May.
Gustavson. M. 2010. Conceptualizing Public Auditing, paper presented at the QoG
conference, Berlin, 12-15 January.
Gustavson, M. 2009. Translation, social worlds and boundary objects, QoG Working Paper
2009:22, Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg.
Gustavson, M. 2008. On Corruption and Monitoring, paper presented at the PhD
Methodological Conference in Political Science, Loka Brunn, Örebro, 9-10 June.
Gustavson M. 2007. Exporting Swedish public administration – Public administration in
development assistance paper presented at the PhD Colloquium at the 19 th Nordic
Academy of Management Conference, Bergen August 7 – 11.
Teaching
Steering, Organization and Assessment, Department of Political Science, University of
Gothenburg 2011 – present
Inspection for the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education, School of
Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2011.
Evaluation in the Public Sector, School of Public Administration, University of
Gothenburg, 2009-2011.
Supervising Bachelor Degree Projects and Master Degree Thesis in Public
Administration, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, 2007-2010.
Organization and Society, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg,
2007-2009.
Media and Society, Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of
Gothenburg, 2007-2008.
Laws and Rules in Public Administration, School of Business and Informatics, University
of Borås, 2007.
Complementary Course in Public Administration, Department of Social Work, University
of Gothenburg, 2007.
Invited Talks, Seminars & Activities for the General Public and Practitioners
Regional Workshop on the EU Anti-Corruption Report, joint event with the EU Commission
4-5 March, 2013, Göteborg

Granskningsmaktens organisering. Vad är god revision och leder den till en väl fungerande
offentlig sektor, presentation held for the Swedish Auditor General Claes Norgren,
November 30, 2012, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg.
Tillit och revision, presentation på bokrelease av boken ”Vem i hela världen kan man lita
på” November 7, 2012, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, University of Stockholm,
Stockholm.
Organizing the Audit Society: What is Good Auditing and How Does it Impact Public Sector
Performance presentation held for EU commissioner Cecilia Malmström with Cabinet,
June 28, 2012, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg.
Auditing the African State. International Standards and Local Adjustments, presentation
held at the Swedish National Audit Office, June 13, 2012, Stockholm.
Capacity-Building and Reform in Developing Countries: Linking Policy and Politics,
seminar held together with Dr. D’Arcy at the QoG-Institute’s Conference on Corruption
Research, May 15, 2012, Göteborg.
Auditors in the African State, part of plenary presentation of the QoG Institute’s most
important research results, at the QoG-Institute’s Conference on Corruption Research,
May 15, 2012, Göteborg.
Auditors in the African State. International Norms and Local Adjustments, presentation
held at the Gothenburg Centre of Globalization and Development, March 13, 2012,
Göteborg.
Exhibitor at the Swedish Book Fair, the QoG-Institute participate through an exhibitors
stand including various activities directed towards the general public, September 27-
30, 2012, September 22-25, 2011 and September 23-26, 2010, Göteborg.
Myndigheter och utvecklingssamarbete [Government Agencies and Development
Coorporation], at the Annual Practitioner Conference at the School of Public
Administration, April 23, 2010, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg.
Media
Afrikansk kultur – Vad är det Interview in GU journalen No 2, April, 2012
Holmberg, H. Heinrup, J & Gustavson. 2009. Slavhandeln kan inte enbart stoppas av
eldsjälar, Dagens Samhälle, No 7.