Johan P. Olsen
E447612
Johan P. Olsen is a prominent Norwegian political scientist known for his influential work on organizational theory and institutionalism, often in collaboration with James G. March.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johan P. Olsen canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4489051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johan P. Olsen Context triple: [James G. March, coAuthor, Johan P. Olsen]
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A.
Peder Ristvedt
Peder Ristvedt was a Norwegian polar explorer and engineer who took part in Roald Amundsen’s historic early 20th-century Arctic voyages.
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B.
Niels Torp
Niels Torp is a Norwegian architect known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in Norway and abroad.
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C.
Thorvald Jørgensen
Thorvald Jørgensen was a Danish architect best known for his prominent public and ecclesiastical buildings in Copenhagen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Rune Gerhardsen
Rune Gerhardsen is a Norwegian Labour Party politician and former Oslo city council leader, known as the son of long-serving prime minister Einar Gerhardsen.
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E.
Rolf Gerhardsen
Rolf Gerhardsen was a Norwegian Labour Party politician and journalist, known for his influential role in post-war party organization and as the son of long-serving prime minister Einar Gerhardsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johan P. Olsen Target entity description: Johan P. Olsen is a prominent Norwegian political scientist known for his influential work on organizational theory and institutionalism, often in collaboration with James G. March.
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A.
Peder Ristvedt
Peder Ristvedt was a Norwegian polar explorer and engineer who took part in Roald Amundsen’s historic early 20th-century Arctic voyages.
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B.
Niels Torp
Niels Torp is a Norwegian architect known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in Norway and abroad.
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C.
Thorvald Jørgensen
Thorvald Jørgensen was a Danish architect best known for his prominent public and ecclesiastical buildings in Copenhagen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Rune Gerhardsen
Rune Gerhardsen is a Norwegian Labour Party politician and former Oslo city council leader, known as the son of long-serving prime minister Einar Gerhardsen.
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E.
Rolf Gerhardsen
Rolf Gerhardsen was a Norwegian Labour Party politician and journalist, known for his influential role in post-war party organization and as the son of long-serving prime minister Einar Gerhardsen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ political scientist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
European political science
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comparative politics ⓘ organizational studies ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
James G. March
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Michael D. Cohen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Oslo ⓘ |
| employer |
Arena Centre for European Studies
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University of Bergen ⓘ University of Oslo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
institutionalism
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organizational theory ⓘ political science ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCollaborator |
James G. March
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Michael D. Cohen ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
research on organizational decision-making
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research on public institutions in Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to new institutionalism in political science
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studies of democratic governance ⓘ studies of public institutions ⓘ theory of institutional dynamics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Norwegian ⓘ |
| movement | new institutionalism ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations
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Democratic Governance ⓘ Rediscovering Institutions ⓘ The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Bergen
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Oslo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of political science
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research director ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
institutionalism
ⓘ
organizational institutionalism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johan P. Olsen Description of subject: Johan P. Olsen is a prominent Norwegian political scientist known for his influential work on organizational theory and institutionalism, often in collaboration with James G. March.
Referenced by (6)
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