Political scientist with interests in organizations, political parties and legislative politics
Vibeke Wøien Hansen is Senior Research Fellow at ISF and holds a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo. She has previously worked at the Department of Political Science, UiO, and as a consultant at Vista Analyse. Her research interests include interest organizations, civil society, participation, political parties, and political decision‑making processes.
Hansen combines quantitative and qualitative methods. She is an expert in survey methodology and has conducted several large data collections, including Party‑Interest Group Relationships in Contemporary Democracies (PAIRDEM), which involved data collection in 19 countries. Her research has received an award from the ECPR and has been published in journals such as European Journal of Political Research and Journal of European Public Policy.
Hansen is affiliated with the Centre for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector.