Had the pleasure to serve on the examination committee today at Lund University for @jwa.bsky.social brilliant PhD dissertation on feminist activist solidarity and mobilization in Egypt and Tunisia. An insightful work, rich both theoretically and empirically.

Time for another highlight of some of our research from the last few years! This week we are showcasing our rich research on #internationalrelations 🧵 #IR

Time for another highlight of some of our department's recent research! This week we are looking at work related to #migration, #integration and #segregation 🧵 #socialscience #politicalscience

We're happy to announce at least three vacant PhD positions starting in fall 2026! Read more and apply here: www.uu.se/en/departmen...

@elinbja.bsky.social and I are leading SWEPSA (Swedish Political Science Association) for the coming two years! Looking forward to it! :) www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Jag söker en forkningsassistent i statsvetenskap för att hjälpa till med diverse uppgifter! Sök här: www.uu.se/om-uu/jobba-...

“We realized the importance having a name for it to be able to talk about sexual corruption – and to legislate” says prof. @elinbja.bsky.social at the International Workshop on #sexualcorruption hosted by #UU-RESC research environment, gathering practitioners and academics from the entire field.

Friday brought good news and bad news. Today I am now allowed to share the good. Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens

Huge congratulations to the best @turnbulldugarte.com & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social for getting Wallenberg fellowships (equivalent to two ERC grants!!!) So well-deserved!!

Yesterday, I had a lovely opportunity to present co-authored work on how to counter femonationalism at @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social . Engaged audience and great feedback! Thanks to @wurthmann.bsky.social for the invite! @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @sophiemainz.bsky.social, @turnbulldugarte.com

Time for another highlight of some of our research from the last few years! This week we are focusing on work related to the #climate, #environment and #politics 🧵

Tomorrow, the fantastic @grahn.bsky.social is presenting his amazing research at MZES Speaker Series. So glad to have you in Mannheim, Michal!!

Are you in Uppsala next week? Don’t miss this open panel discussion about sexual corruption in Sweden. #uuresc www.uu.se/en/departmen...

I had the privilege to present my ongoing research on rebutting femonationalism (with @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @sophiemainz.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com) at @helsinki.fi yesterday. Great crowd and feedback. :) thanks to @jekantol.bsky.social & @cherrymmiller.bsky.social for having me.

Time for another showcase of the Department's research of the last few years! This week, we are looking at a wide range of work on #welfare, the #labormarket and other key aspects of #politicaleconomy 🧵 #politicalscience #statsvetenskap

Early this week, Cherry Miller and I had the pleasure of giving a PhD course in feminist research designs and methods to a talented group of 9 PhD students at @helsinki.fi So much talents and creativity in their projects! @uppgap.bsky.social

Does abuse of power for sex take place in Sweden? This panel on sexual corruption challenges two central aspects of Sweden’s self-image: being non-corrupt and gender-equal. With Joakim Palme, Monica Kirya, Elin Bjarnegård, Sandra Friberg, Silje Lundgren & Ulrik Åshuvud. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Statsvetaren Carl Öhman är bäst i Sverige på att presentera sin forskning, enligt såväl jury som publik på Forskar grand prix. Att inleda med minnet av farfar var ett bra grepp för att nå fram med vad han själv ser som en av århundrandets viktigaste frågor. vist.ly/4fd7h

This Wednesday, November 26th, at 16:00 (CET), there will be a talk featuring Vicka Heidt and moderated by the Department of Government's Stephen Blinder. Vicka will discuss the experiences of women in conflict, and role in peace processes. Zoom link: georgetown.zoom.us/j/93248728803

Cross-country analyses of EA PGI associations are a crucial step towards an increased understanding of how genetic influences occur in conjunction with societal structures - but also of the inevitable challenges that come with doing so. See this new study out in Molecular Psychiatry! ⬇️

Excited to share that @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social has awarded generous funding for my new project on the emotional dynamics of feminist alliances in the EU! Here’s to 4 more years of doing the research I love — together with Josefina Erikson 🥳🎉

So happy to have received a new, generous grant (500k EUR) from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to continue exploring the causes and consequences of voluntary segregation among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden. This time with a dream team of @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com

Nora Anter defending her thesis ”Meritocratic Municipalities? Promotions in Sweden’s Local Government Bureaucracy,” with Lene Holm Pedersen as opponent. urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Another showcase of our department's research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #publicadministration (🧵)

A fun way to start the wknd: We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics. @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com

Today our researchers Moa Mårtensson and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social presented att Uppsala University’s pedagogical conference their research on supervision

Read our latest U4-blog Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...

Second thesis article now out in Political Behavior! Using PGIs for ~10 000 full-pair fraternal twins in STR, combined with rich, geo-coded register data, I highlight the compensatory interaction between genetics and family + neighbourhood factors, with regards to voting. 🗳️ doi.org/10.1007/s111...

(Event in Swedish) This Thursday, the Uppsala Political Science Association (UPSA) is arranging a panel on AI usage in higher education, with both faculty and students as dialogue participants. The event is free and open to the public. Follow UPSA here: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Despite no leaders from the US, China, Russia, Japan, Australia or Turkey, COP30 opens today in Brazil. Ten years after Paris, the world must turn promises into action. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

Another showcase of our research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #democracy, #voterbehavior and #politicalparticipation. (🧵)

Our (not for much longer) PhD candidate Nora Anter has nailed her doctoral dissertation to the wall of the department. Congratulations Nora! Read Nora's dissertation here: Meritocratic Municipalities?: Promotions in Sweden’s Local Government Bureaucracy uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

It’s here! Gendering Party Politics published with Oxford University Press & available in all good bookshops in hardcover & paperback. Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61464

Want to learn more about the development research environment at our department? SweDev are featuring their institutional support members in a series called ”behind the research ” starting with us: swedev.dev/behind-the-r...

To start unpacking the moving boxes from our old Twitter/X account, here's a short thread of the Uppsala University Department of Government's recent research relating to #gender studies 🧵

This week, @uu-polisci.bsky.social were lucky to host @danjdevine.bsky.social from and learn more about his exciting new research on accent-based candidate evaluation.

Great to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace research’s way forward! With M Åkebo and A Jarstad Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl issforum.org/roundtables/...

How do populists and radical right-wingers threaten liberal democracy, why are conservatives mistaken in accepting them as partners and why should populists not be excluded or banned? Prof. Anthoula Malkopoulou suggests compulsory voting as democratic self-defence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkb...

🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs! Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions. www.uu.se/en/press/pre... Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

This semester we are delighted to be able to welcome a new cohort of PhD students to the Department of Government at Uppsala University - Thu Le, Romy Nefs, Felicia Wartiainen and Erik Olsson, welcome! @fwartiainen.bsky.social A short thread on their fields of study below.

On this Intl Day for #DRR we reflect on what it means to build back better. With my @cndsofficial.bsky.social colleagues, we show that even catastrophic floods rarely bring lasting drops in fatalities. Real resilience needs political will & commitment to adaptation. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

📄Is there public support for tariffs in Europe -- as a protectionist measure, a tool of retaliation, or a way to fund the green transition? Our timely conjoint experiment, fielded in two core European constituencies 🇩🇪 🇬🇧, shows no public appetite for tariffs in Europe. doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Tariffs might be the word of 2025. Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe? @grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no @jeppjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

One week into my stay at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social, visiting the research group on Platform Algorithms and Digital Propaganda led by Dr Elizaveta Kuznetsova until mid-December. So grateful to spend time in such an inspiring academic environment! www.weizenbaum-institut.de/portrait/p/e...

“We buy a sense of security from the machines” AI can often help us make more rational decisions. But what happens to us when new technology increasingly controls our relationships? Assistant prof. Carl Öhman studies these issues from a religion-based critical perspective. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

This coming Tuesday, our professor @shirinaoberg.bsky.social, Stockholm University professor Jan Teorell and others will hold an open lecture at the Riksdag library on the theme "Constitutional Challenges in Our Time." Time: 17.30–18.30 Address: Storkyrkobrinken 7A www.riksdagen.se/sv/aktuellt/...

And congratulations to @karinleijon.bsky.social and Linda Moberg, for receiving SWEPSA’s prize for best article 2024, in Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift!! "Kommunalt självstyre och rättighetslagstiftning. Om fördelningen av makt och ansvar mellan stat och kommun". journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/v...

Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations! swepsa.org/index.html?f...

The Uppsala Political Science Association’s thesis award of 2025 is awarded to Filip Garpenby, for his thesis “Classroom Discussions in Polarised Times: Implications for Students who Deviate from Consensus.” Filip's exciting thesis can be accessed here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record... Gz Filip!

The Johan Skytte Prize laureate Herbert Kitschelt