For the internal dimension of the Home Rule model, I have treated institutional settings of importance to self-government: the parliamentary, government and administrative settings. I have for instance stressed the difference between old political practices and young administrative traditions as defining characteristics. For this research, please see for instance my 2024 chapter: “Faroese Self-Government: A Disputed but Evolved Model” in the book Governing Partially Independent Nation-Territories. Evidence from Northern Europe. Additionally, I have investigated the development over time in the Faroese Self-Government system, where I present developments following critical juncture events as well as path dependency adaptations, see my 2024 polar journal special issue article: “Faroese self-government: development over time and effects of critical junctures”. Also, this article links the development in self-government to international events and developments, which today is highly relevant again considering the ongoing Arctic regional development and changes in the geopolitical competition.
For the external dimension of the self-government system, I have focused on constraints for the Faroe Islands, which the sub-state unit faces in the international system, but at the same time addressed the many options that the Faroes still have to engage in international activity and pursue their distinct political agenda (three levels of paradiplomacy activity). Moreover, this research has addressed the political development in the Arctic region and the implications for the Danish Realm followed by increasing demands from the Faroe Islands (and Greenland) for more influence and a say in foreign affairs and security questions. My article in the Arctic Yearbook 2021: “The Faroese Sub-State Unit’s Response to Arctic Political Development” addresses the increasing salience of the Arctic in the Faroe Islands on various levels in the Faroese political system together with a focus on administrative capacity. My 2024 Regional & Federal Studies article: “The Danish Realm in the Arctic” addresses the political changes and implications for the Danish Realm due to Arctic development as well as the options for the Faroe Islands and Greenland to influence this development and access information. The article emphasises the parliamentary level options and investigates how the two sub-state units use the different options. Also, the article compares the different parliamentary strategies across the three units and states a higher strategic/efficient level in the more international experienced Folketing. Finally, the article states that the Folketing seems to allocate central Arctic related parliamentary office positions to the Faroe Islands and Greenland to legitimise the central Danish position in the Arctic.