The lawyer Johan Höök is an expert in municipal law and has been an associate professor (docent) of public law since 2016, he will be the next guest professor in the name of Moa Martinson at Linköping University.
Höök earned his PhD in 2000 with a dissertation on the relationship between politics and public administration, Internal Allocation of Competences within Municipalities (Intern kommunal kompetensfördelning).
“I was extremely happy and flattered to be asked. It feels very honourable that Linköping University believes I can contribute an exciting perspective to their work. I think that it is far too few people that move between the academic world and what might be called the ‘ordinary’ world. It is refreshing that LiU dares to think outside the box in this respect.”
Sharing knowledge with municipal leadership
Johan Höök has extensive experience working with municipal law issues within the Swedish Government Offices and has been responsible for several government bills in the field of municipal law. He has also served as head of the unit for municipal legislation at the Government Offices. For this reason, his placement at LiU’s Centre for Municipality Studies (CKS) is a natural fit.
It will be extremely rewarding to work with the researchers at CKS. I believe I will learn a great deal from being part of this environment. I will have the opportunity to delve deeply into issues in a way that I rarely have time for in my regular job.
“Being a guest professor for two semesters will give me the opportunity to return to the academia to conduct research and teaching over a longer, uninterrupted period. I hope that my practical experience will serve as an important asset, allowing me to contribute new perspectives to research in the field of municipal strategy.”
