CURRICULUM VITAE David Feltenius Department of Political Science Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå david.feltenius@pol.umu.se Last updated: 2014-01-07 PERSONAL DETAILS Born in Uppsala, Sweden, 1974. Partner, one child. Languages: Swedish (native), English (basic). POSITIONS Current positions Associate professor (docent) in political science, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå University, 2012-12-17 --. Lecturer in political science, Umeå University, 2013-03-31 --. Former positions Research fellow in political science (100%), Umeå University, 2009-04-01 2013-03-31. 1st Research assistant in political science (100%), Umeå University, 2008-02-01 -- 2009-03-31 Lecturer in political science (50 %), Gävle University College, 2007-07-01 -- 2008-01-20. 1st Research assistant in political science (50%), Umeå University, 2007-12-01 -- 2008-01-31. Project assistant (50 %), Umeå university, 2007-09-01 -- 2007-10-31. 1st Research assistant in political science (50%), Umeå University, 2007-01-01 -- 2007-08-31. 1st Research assistant in political science (100%), Umeå University, 2007-01-01 -- 2007-06-30. Lecturer in political science (50 %), Umeå University, 2006-06-01 -- 2006-12-31. Research assistant in political science (50 %), Umeå University, 2006-06-01 -- 2006-12-31. Lecturer in political science (100 %), Umeå University, 2004-07-01 -- 2006-05-31. Doctoral student (100 %), Department of Political Science, Umeå University, 1999-08-01 -- 2004-06-30.
EDUCATION Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Umeå University, 2004-12-08. Dissertation title: En pluralistisk maktordning? Om pensionärsorganisationernas politiska inflytande [A pluralistic power structure? On the political influence of pensioners organizations]. Dissertation advisors: Cynthia Kite and Gunnel Gustafsson. Master of Art in Social Sciences with a major in Political Science, Umeå University, 1998-04-14. PUBLICATIONS Feltenius, David (2013), Vinna eller försvinna? Organisationerna och marknadsstyret. I: Rönnberg, Linda; Strandberg, Urban; Wihlborg, Elin; Winblad, Ulrika (red), När förvaltning blir business: marknadiseringens utmaningar för demokratin och välfärdsstaten. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press. Feltenius, David (2013), Bokanmälan: Kommunala folkhemmet. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 17 (2). Feltenius, David (2011), En ren partiangelägenhet? Om regionala och lokala intressen i författningspolitiken [A purely party matter? On regional and local interests in constitutional policy]. Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 113 (3), ss. 291-312. Feltenius, David (2011), Äldres organisering och deltagande. Ivarsson, Andreas (red), Nordisk kommunforskning: En Feltenius, David (2011), Regionfrågan på central nivå. Ivarsson, Andreas (red), Nordisk kommunforskning: En Feltenius, David (2011), Statlig styrning av äldreomsorgen. Ivarsson, Andreas (red), Nordisk kommunforskning: En Feltenius, David (2011), Grundlagen och den kommunala självstyrelsen. Ivarsson, Andreas (red), Nordisk kommunforskning: En Feltenius, David (2010), Decentraliserad äldreomsorg under förändring [Decentralized elder care in transition]. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 14 (3-4), ss. 61-85. Feltenius, David (2010), En progressiv agenda? Om Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting och författningspolitiken [A progressive agenda? The Swedish Association for Local Authorities and Regions and constitutional policy]. I: Tallberg, Pontus & Bergmann-Winberg, Marie-Louise von, Flernivåstyrning - framgångsfaktor för kommuner, regioner och staten. Kristianstad: Region Skåne. Feltenius, David (2008), Från splittring till enighet: Om Sveriges Kommuner och Landstings ståndpunkt i regionfrågan [From divide to unity. On SKL s standpoint on the question of regions]. Kommunal ekonomi och politik, Vol. 12, Nr. 2. Feltenius, David (2008), From outsiders to influential insiders: Pensioners organizations in the policy process in Sweden. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 1. Feltenius, David (2007), Relations Between Central and Local Government in Sweden During the 1990s: Mixed Patterns of Centralization and Decentralization. Regional and Federal Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4. Feltenius, David (2007), Client organizations in a corporatist country. Pensioners organizations and pension policy in Sweden. Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 17, No. 2. Feltenius, David och Linda Rönnberg (2007), Regionalisering i det nordliga rummet. Nutida kunskapsläge och framtida utmaningar [Regionalization in the northern periphery. Current knowledge and future challenges]. Umeå: Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Umeå universitet. Feltenius, David (2006), Pensionärernas organisering och politiska inflytande: Marginella eller betydelsefulla aktörer? [Pensioners organization and political influence: Marginal or significant actors?] In: Svedberg, Lars & Trägårdh, Lars, Det civila samhället som forskningsfält. Hedemora: Gidlunds Förlag.
Feltenius, David (2004), En pluralistisk maktordning? Om pensionärsorganisationernas politiska inflytande [A pluralistic power structure? On the influence of pensioners organizations]. Dissertation. Umeå, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Umeå universitet. CONFERENCE PAPERS (2010- ) Feltenius, David (2013), Partierna i ett flernivåstyre: Ansvarskommittén och regionfrågan. Uppsats för presentation på Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte, Arbetsgruppen Politiskt beteende och partier, Stockholms universitet, 2-4 oktober 2013. Feltenius, David, Wide, Jessika (2013), En ren affärsangelägenhet? Om pensionärsorganisationernas deltagande och inflytande i en marknadsanpassad äldreomsorg. XIX Nordiska kommunforskarkonferensen, arbetsgruppen Förvaltning och organisering av välfärd, Åbo akademi, 21 23 november 2013. Feltenius, David (2013), Partierna i en flernivådemokrati: Socialdemokraterna, Moderaterna och Ansvarskommittén. XVIII Nordiska kommunforskarkonferensen, Oslo universitet, 22-23 november 2012. Feltenius, David (2012), Partierna i en flernivådemokrati: Socialdemokraterna, Moderaterna och Ansvarskommittén. XVIII Nordiska kommunforskarkonferensen, Oslo universitet, 22-23 november 2012. Feltenius, David (2012), Från kollektivt till individuellt deltagande? Om det aktiva medborgarskapet i en genomorganiserad välfärdsstat. Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet, 26-28 september 2012. Feltenius, David (2012), Guidelines for needs assessment within elder care in Sweden: Equality in welfare provision at the local level. Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Copenhagen, 10-13 June 2012. Feltenius, David (2011), Guidelines for needs assessment within elder care in Sweden: Equality in welfare provision at the local level. XVI Nordiska statsvetarkongressen (NOPSA), Åbo Akademi, Vasa 9-12 augusti 2011. Feltenius, David (2011), Lokala riktlinjer för biståndsbedömning inom äldreomsorgen: Mellan demokrati och effektivitet [Guidelines for needs assessment within elder care in Sweden: Between efficiency and democracy]. Paper presented at the Political Science Associations annual meeting, Umeå, Sweden, 27-28 October 2011. Feltenius, David (2010), Political Representation and Participation by the Elderly in Municipal Councils: A research plan presentation. Paper presented at the XIX Nordiska Kommunforskarkonferensen, Syddansk universitet, Odense. Feltenius, David (2010), En progressiv agenda? Om Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting och författningspolitiken [A progressiv agenda? About the Swedish Federation of Local Authorities and Regions and the politics of Constitutional Reform]. Paper presented at the conference Flernivåstyrning, Uppsala, Sweden, 21-22 April 2010. RESEARCH PROJECT PARTICIPATION En ren affärsangelägenhet? Om pensionärsorganisationernas deltagande och inflytande i en marknadsanpassad äldreomsorg [A business interest only? Pensioners organizations participation and influence in a market for elderly care]. Finansierat av Ungdomsstyrelsen. Project leader: David Feltenius, 2013-12-15-2014-12-14. Outsourcing of Scandinavian Welfare societies? Consequences of private and nonprofit serviceprovision for active citizenship. Finansierat av Norges forskningsråd. Project leader: Karl Henrik Sivesind, 2012-08-01 2016-07- 31. Power and influence in elderly care: Structural conditions and individual expressions. Project leader Professor Stina Johansson, Department of Social Work, Umeå University. Financed by the Swedish Research Council, 2008 -- 2011. Constitutional reform 2010: The parties and the rules of the game in politics. Project leader Professor Torbjörn Bergman, Umeå university. Financed by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, 2008 -- 2011. The Transformation of Governance and the New Territorial Politics: a Comparative Analysis of Sweden, France, the UK and the Netherlands. Project leader Professor Anders Lidström, Umeå University and Professor John Loughlin, Cardiff University. Financed by the Swedish Research Council, 2005 -- 2007.
Globalization and the welfare state. Project leader Professor Bo Södersten, The International Business School in Jönköping. Financed by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 1999 -- 2002. REVIEWING: JOURNALS/CONFERENCES Local Government Studies (2014); Scandinavian Political Studies (2012); European Journal of Political Research (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011); International Political Science Review (2011); Public Policy and Administration (2009); Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift (2008); Governance (2007). Referee, abstracts for the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) 11 th International Conference, Muenster, Germany (2014). ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN GRADING COMMITTEES Head of grading committé, 2013-03-23, Eva-Lotta Andersson Kön och ansvar i sjukförsäkringen: En studie av utredningstexter 1944-2006. Dissertation in political science, Umeå University. Member of grading committee, 2013-12-06, Ulrika Åkerlund The Best of Both Worlds: Aspirations, Drivers and Practicies of Swedish Lifestyle Movers in Malta. Dissertation in human geography, Umeå University. ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM Member of the advisory board of the postgraduate program (handledarkollegiet), Department of Political Science, Umeå University, 2009 -- Member of the committee on postgraduate program (forskarutbildningsutskottet), Department of Political Science, Umeå University, 2009- Assistant supervisor for Anders Steinwall, 1 September 2010 -- (ongoing). Thesis written within the research program Ecosystem Restoration in Policy and Practice: Restore, Develop, Adapt. PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION Pedagogical study course Post graduate supervision in practice, Umeå University, 2010-10-20. Pedagogical study course The roles of the university teacher, Umeå University, 2005-11-03. Pedagogical study course Promoting learning, Umeå University, 2005-11-03. Pedagogical study course Introduction teaching and learning environments, Umeå University, 2006-09-15. TEACHING Political Science, level A: Political Theory : 7,5 credits (autumn 2007). Political Science, level A: International Politics : 7,5 credits (autumn 2007). Political Science, level A: Politics and administration in Sweden and the EU : 5 credits (spring 2005 - spring 2007, spring 2009 --). Political Science, level A: Politics and administration in Sweden and the Nordic countries : 5 credits (autumn 1999 - autumn 2004). Political Science, level B: Politics from idea to reality : 7,5 credits (spring 2008 until autumn 2009). Political Science, level B: EU, power and democracy : 7,5 credits (spring 2008 -- ).
Political Science, level B: Methods : 5 credits (spring 2005 and spring 2006). Political Science, level C: Tutoring of undergraduate essays (spring 2005, autumn 2006, spring 2008 and spring 2010). Political Science, level C: Examiner of undergraduate essays (autumn 2006 --). Masters program in society analysis and inquiry work: Administrative procedure, 15 credits (spring 2008- ). Teacher Education, Diversity, Globalization and Democracy : 7,5 credits (autumn 2011). The Social Sciences study program, Social Sciences thematic in theory and practice (autumn 2004). ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Head of the bachelor program in public administration (Politices kandidatprogrammet), Umeå University, 2013-01-01 --. Member of a working group responsible for preparing the Swedish Political Science Congress in Umeå, 2011. Member of the election committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå University, 2011 --. Member of the board of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA), 2010 --. Member of the committee on undergraduate-study, Department of Political Science, Umeå university, 2009- Member of the committee on postgraduate-study, Department of Political Science, Umeå university, 2009- Member of the steering group of the study program in social sciences, academic year 2004/2005. Member of the board of the Department of Political Sciences, Umeå University, academic year 1999/2000. Member of the library committee, Umeå University, academic year 1995/96 and 1996/97. Secretary, Umeå student union election committee, academic year 1996/97. INTERACTION WITH SOCIETY External lecturer, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 16th October 2013. Topic: Local self-government a political science perspective. External lecturer, Centre for Business and Policy studies (SNS), Rosersbergs castle, 11th September 2013. Topic: Public Sector responsibilities divsion of tasks between central, regional and local level. Participation in a journal article about pensioners councils at the subnational level. In Veteranen, Jobba bredare och engagera er i framtiden, 2011-11-16. Speech at the Conference Hur kan dialogen med civila samhället utvecklas? Organized by the Swedish National Council of Adult Education, 2010-12-14. Speech at Umeå University s 40-year anniversary, Umeå, Sweden, 2005-03-02. Speech at the Swedish Disability Federations regional unit in Västerbotten, Sweden, 2010-03-03. Participation in a journal article about the influence of pensioners organizations. In PRO-Pensionären, 2005, nr. 1. Pensionärsorganisationerna har politisk makt. Speech at the PRO s conference in Gysinge, Sweden, 2004-11-25.