Professor Jarle Trondal is Professor in public administration at University of Agder, department of political science and management (Norway), and also Professor at ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (Norway). He holds a PhD in political science from University of Oslo, department of political science (2001). He has previously held the position as senior researcher at NIFU STEP, researching the internationalisation of research and higher education. His research is centred on the comparative study of international bureaucracies as well as the emergent European executive order. Recent publications appear in Governance, Public Administration, West European Politics, European Journal of Political Research, and Journal of European Public Policy.