In this article, @jsoderstrom.bsky.social studies how the second experience with #elections has changed #Liberian ex-combatants' relation with democracy and experience of legitimacy. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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

OSCU's next talk: Friday November 14th 16:15-17:00 at Caroline Rediviva (Café 4.5) by Elin Kronander: 'Open data - is it worth it? Insights from the PathOS-project'

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 🧵

The Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-11 Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo, eds.' Relational Peace Practices “Peace should not be characterized as stagnation. Social change can be peaceful and aided by constructive conflict.” –Louis Kriesberg wp.me/p2Insd-7wP

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/...

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...

Vi uppmanar regeringen att agera för att förhindra folkmord i Gaza! Vi är 122 personer verksamma inom bl a krigsvetenskap; freds- och konfliktforskning; juridik; folkrätt; statsvetenskap; utvecklingsforskning och internationella relationer. www.dagensarena.se/opinion/sver...

On October 3rd at 14:15 (CEST), professor Herbert Kitschelt gives his Skytte Prize Lecture, livestreamed in Brusewitz Hall at the Department of Government, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala. All are welcome to attend. The lecture will be followed by a mingle. More at: www.skytteprize.com/news/the-202...

A culture of support matters in research! Check out this glimpse into how two Uppsala University social science departments mobilize mutual support in the face of challenges. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Celebrating one of our newly appointed professors Helena Wockelberg! If you want to find out more about her research have a look here: www.uu.se/kontakt-och-...

You can access the thesis here: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

🎓 Qinya Feng’s PhD defense is underway! A Genetically Informed Approach to Trust and Attitudes towards Immigration Wishing you all the best, Qinya! 🌟👏 #PhDDefense #UppsalaUniversity

Twenty-one Skytte Prize winner in a joint letter in today's @financialtimes.com : “President Donald Trump and his administration are on a spectacularly dangerous path” Read more here : www.skytteprize.com/news/twenty-...

Congratulations Martin!!

Anahita Assadi’s PhD defence is underway now: A Silent Revolution: How digital technologies are transforming public administration through the backdoor Opponent is Jenny de Fine Licht A big moment, go Anahita!

🧵 What kind of POPE do AMERICANS want?📸 Before the Conclave, @sophiemainz.bsky.social and I asked 1,500 U.S. adults to choose among hypothetical papal candidates. Results: Americans prefer a liberal and *non-political* Pope. The latter might be challenging for Leo XIV. Results ⬇️ Polisky Datasky

Still time to sign up: Sociality of Tax, happening this afternoon in Stockholm www.su.se/stockholms-c...

Happening this Friday with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social

Really interesting talk!

Finally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Finally the department is here!! #politicalscience

Looking for good recommendations - book/article that introduces panel data analysis? Anyone?

Happening this Friday!

Congratulations to Eliane Giezendanner on her #PhDDefence: "Embodied Legacies of Rebellion: (Body) Memory, Self-Conception and Political Participation among Ex-Combatants in #Burundi "🎓 @jsoderstrom.bsky.social @deacurtis.bsky.social @ninawilen.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social

April 22, 10:00 – 11:00 webinar: “It just works with my software” – How to adopt the FAIR principles in life science research at any career stage. Register for free at www.scilifelab.se/event/datama...

Happening today!!

OSCU's next talk: Friday March 14th 16:15-17:00 at Stadsbiblioteket by Parul Tewatia: 'FAIR Play: Mastering Metadata to Empower Early-Career Life Scientists'.

Finally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Do you research political elites and do you fancy a trip to Oslo on September 1-2, 2025? Then apply to the 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘎𝘰𝘷 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. The deadline is April 4th. We have funding, so we may be able to help finance your trip! You can find the call for papers here: bit.ly/WhoGovWorksh...

Anyone putting together a panel for the Conflict Research Society (CRS) Annual Conference that has room for a paper on urban security and hybrid governance? Asking for one of our PhD candidates. If you have a spot, please DM me 😀

Open access to article: How Does Supervision Shape Student Thesis Outcomes? Expanding the Theory and Measurement of Supervision and Its Impact. doi.org/10.1080/1551...

Finally, this issue’s data feature by Skaar, Rudling, Selvik, Wiebelhaus-Brahm and Garcia-Godos introduces the Beyond Words database, tracking the implementations 960 #TruthCommission recommendations in #LatinAmerica between 1983 and 2012.

"Democracy Dies in Darkness", eh?

Ended the year by debating Sweden's foreign policy on peace with Sweden's minister of foreign development aid, Benjamin Dousa. 🔊 Listen here [in Swedish] ⤵️ sverigesradio.se/artikel/deba...

Very happy to share this article I wrote with M Holdo and A Junman on discomfort in interviews and what specific challenges and opportunities that leads to, just out now in Qualitative Research, open access: Uncomfortable interviews doi.org/10.1177/1468...

Stockholm University's Political Science department is hiring two PhD students: one open position and one project position with an orientation towards International Relations and Comparative Politics. The deadline is February 6th! Join us! Open position: www.su.se/english/abou...

"Challenges and Solutions in Ethnographic Research: Ethnography with a Twist" This edited volume is #Free2DownloadAndRead from Routledge. As an ethnographer, I found it quite refreshing. www.routledge.com/Challenges-a...

The application for Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2025 is open! We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...

🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025. conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith... Conflictsky