The ambitious people of the Gothenburg Research Group on Elections, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior (GEPOP) 2026!

Glad to share this entry on "Responsiveness" that Anders Sundell and I wrote for the @ipsa.org Companion to Political Science. Thanks to Daniel Stockemer, Stephen Sawyer and @audreygagnon.bsky.social for editing. link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

‼️ New paper out in @polbehavior.bsky.social ! We ask whether the politically active (in terms of electoral or other forms of participation) are better represented? See Jesper's detailed 🧵 below for more info on the paper! 👇

🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, and Anders Sundell. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Why do some want government spending without supporting the necessary taxation? Such a "something for nothing" mindset is often seen as an information or even sophistication problem. But we find it is equally due to rational interests among the economically vulnerable.

1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy? Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not. 🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac

Across countries, unequal congruence between high- & low-income voters & policy is driven by status quo bias, rather than unequal abilities to achieve policy change. high-income advantage stems largely from their satisfaction with preserving the status quo onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

New in Policy Studies Journal: Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence (with Anders Sundell) (1) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New in Policy Studies Journal: Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence (with Anders Sundell) (1) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

From our latest issue: Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior by Jack Lucas et al. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What matters more to politicians: the quantity or quality of public opinion signals? Find out in the new article by @bart-maes.bsky.social Stefaan Walgrave Emmi Verleyen Frédéric Varone @annerasmussen.bsky.social & @professormpersson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Had a *fantastic* time at the Nordic Political Behavior Workshop! Great papers, engaging discussions, and super constructive feedback. Thanks so much for organizing @finseraas.bsky.social @lchristensen.bsky.social @professormpersson.bsky.social & Peter Dinesen!

The 5th Nordic Political Behavior Workshop in Trondheim! @lchristensen.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @finseraas.bsky.social et al!

📘 64.4 @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, W.Schakel & A.Sundell look at 🗳️ voters’ policy preferences often misalign with what they get in practice with the study showing how this “electoral connection” gap contributes to unequal outcomes #OA 🔗

🌟Online first: "Ideological bias in policy implementation: public opinion and policy outcomes in 43 democracies" Research Note by @professormpersson.bsky.social & Anders Sundell doi.org/10.1080/0140...

New paper with Anders Sundell published in West European Politics: Ideological bias in policy implementation: public opinion and policy outcomes in 43 democracies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Call for proposals: Submit survey module ideas for inclusion in the Swedish National Election Study 2026. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 👉 www.gu.se/en/swedish-n...

1/ New working paper out (w/ Love Christensen & Jana Schwenk @janaschwenk.bsky.social @lchristensen.bsky.social): "Processing Macroeconomic Signals: Voter Responses to Growth, Unemployment, Inflation and Stock Markets" 🧵

🧵 How does education shape political behavior? @professormpersson.bsky.social and I contribute with two chapters to the new Research Handbook on Education and Democracy👇

När väljare tar ställning till hur regeringar hanterar ekonomin spelar inflationen en stor roll, men även arbetslöshet, tillväxt och börsutveckling påverkar bedömningen. Det visar en ny studie från IFAU, genomförd av forskare vid Göteborgs universitet. www.ifau.se/Press/Meddel...

Processing macroeconomic signals: Voter responses to growth, unemployment, inflation and stock markets. New Working paper by Love Christensen, Mikael Persson and Jana Schwenk. www.ifau.se/en/Press/Abs...

New in the Research Handbook on Education and Democracy: Which teaching practices actually promote students’ democracy learning? Together with Pontus Wallin and Maria Olson, I screened 7,771 studies and reviewed 29 in a systematic review. Here’s what we found. 🧵

*CALL FOR PAPERS* We are happy to invite proposals to the 5th Nordic Political Behavior Workshop at NTNU Trondheim, Norway, October 2-3. See mikaelpersson.org/workshop for more information and how to submit your proposal (deadline May 10). Please distribute to people that might be interested

Great to see this finally out! It's an interesting paper because we examine whether unequal representation is caused by how low- and high-income people vote (for example ideological voting). Our findings goes against this idea, meaning that unequal representation must be caused by something else!

Just published in EJPR "Poor choices? Examining the electoral connection behind unequal policy representation" with @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social , Anders Sundell and Wouter Schakel. (1) ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I ett nytt kapitel i i boken "Riksdagens landskap" undersöker Anders Sundell och jag hur opinionsförändringar sker mellan väljare och riksdagsledamöter. Sker representation underifrån – eller ovanifrån? www.gu.se/sites/defaul... (1)

This year's lineup: Gothenburg Research Group on Elections, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior (GEPOP) 2025. Proud of this team giving it their all in every workshop and seminar! World-class! And we have the best photographer too—thank you, Jacob Otterström!

🚨 Out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social : "Citizens' Preferences for Multidimensional Representation". Jack Blumenau, Fabio Wolkenstein & I investigate citizens' preferences regarding 6 dimensions of representation using surveys conducted in 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪. Short 🧵(1/10) doi.org/10.1017/S15375

Next year, I will begin working more closely with the Swedish National Election Studies. To prepare, Peter Esaiasson gave me his copies of these classics with one simple instruction: ”kör!”

Boken innehåller 44 kapitel om allt från den gångna mandatperioden och valrörelsen till väljarrörlighet, partibyten och strategisk röstning.

Väljarna och valet 2022 undersöker de svenska väljarnas upplevelser, överväganden och röstningsmotiv i samband med riksdagsvalet 2022. Boken finns tillgänglig för nedladdning på valforskningsprogrammets hemsida: www.gu.se/valforskning...

Check out my PhD student Laura Lungu's dissertation that was defended last Friday. She defended it well in a great discussion with Brian Burgoon. gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/ha...