New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout? We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out doi.org/10.1086/740816

The UPPGAP spring 2026 seminar series is here! We’ve got fantastic speakers and fresh research on gender and politics lined up for the semester 🌟

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

🇪🇺 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...

Här skriver @sandrahkansson.bsky.social och jag om orsakerna till ungas politiska underrepresentation i Sverige, varför det är problematiskt och vilka åtgärder som kan vidtas. www.altinget.se/rikspolitik/...

The UPPGAP program for the fall 2025 is out. Check it out!

The UPPGAP program for the fall 2025 is out. Check it out!

Check out this Elgar Encyclopedia entry on Political behavior of LGBT+ people penned by @wurthmann.bsky.social and myself. The piece summarizes what we know about queer political behavior and identifies some the remaining gaps. 🏳️‍🌈 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Excited to share that @grahn.bsky.social and I have co-authored a new chapter, "The Political Behavior of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans+ People", for the upcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics (ed. Zoe Lefkofridi). #LGBTQ www.researchgate.net/publication/...

If you are attending Stockholm Pride this year (and speak Swedish), come and see this panel on the growing polarization around LGBTQ+ rights, featuring a great lineup, including myself. :) program.stockholmpride.org/sv/events/29...

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky buff.ly/4jmQsMv

My trip back from #epsa2025 by #train was a joy. 4k km, well-functioning AC (needed in the heat). Amazed at the amazing public transport network Europe offers. Door to door, just public transport. #sustainabletravel #climatechange @epssnet.bsky.social

🧵1/ Are primaries bad for political diversity? Conventional wisdom says yes—but our article in @wepsocial.bsky.social shows that candidate selection modes are not necessarily a bottleneck for representation, at least when it comes to demand. 🗳️👥 @sandrahkansson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Check out this new piece in @wepsocial.bsky.social by UPPGAP's very own @sandrahkansson.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social on representation outcomes of different candidate selection methods in 🇸🇪 gendersky polisky

Online first: "Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation" by @grahn.bsky.social & @sandrahkansson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... #AcademicSky #Polisky

Today we hosted @marinampuig.bsky.social, who presented her insightful research on intersectionality and political representation. Thanks for joining our seminar! 🌟

🧵 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

More new research by our UPPGAPers 💫

Thank you for having me @uppgap.bsky.social! Lots of great feedback, new insights, and engaging conversations!

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hearing @gventurini.bsky.social present her work on how Italian political parties balance candidate experience with efforts to diversify their lists. Thanks for joining us and share your insights! 💫

Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)! academic.oup.com/book/58626 🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST 📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!) Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.

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We’re live! 🚀 Say hello to the official Bluesky account of Uppsala University's Department of Government 🏛️✨ Follow us for the latest on cutting-edge research, publications 📚, and upcoming events.

Learn more about the dynamic and diverse UPPGAP environment!https://www.uu.se/en/department/government/news/archive/2025-04-07-our-research-environment-in-focus-gender-and-politics

🚨 Talking about harassment in politics hurts your political career. Yes, even in 🇸🇪. And, yes, for both women & men. Here’s what me and @sandrahkansson.bsky.social found in our Political Behavior paper using both experimental and descriptive approaches: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 👇

The European Parliament has long championed gender & sexual equality. But amidst rising illiberalism, anti-gender & right-wing populist actors are mobilizing inside EU institutions to roll back hard-won rights 🇪🇺 My new paper dives into their cooperation🧵👇 shorturl.at/TNJO6 #gendersky #polisky

Happy to find out that my paper Still proud at the polls belongs to #EJPR 's best cited papers of 2023. For those who missed out on the paper, I show that high levels of LGB voter mobilization do not disappear after the enactment of major LGBT+ rights. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

📢 New #PAG20 Book Review 📚 Anne Van Bavel reviews 'Gender and Violence Against Political Actors' by @elinbja.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social. This edited volume highlights the theoretical and methodological tools scholars use to study gendered violence in politics. buff.ly/3WPkT46

So happy to be back in Uppsala for a great book workshop with @elinbja.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social, some lovely dinners with friends, and a stop at Swedish radio to talk about gender research in the era on Trump!

👋🌍the @men4dem.bsky.social website is online! 🧑‍🎓✊🎭🤹‍♂️Scroll, explore and find out what our consortium of academics, activists and artists is up to the coming 3 years. 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇵🇱 🇮🇹 men4dem.eu

What a privilege to have four brilliant people read and discuss our (me and @parzetterberg.bsky.social) book manuscript on Autocratic Genderwashing. Thank you Michael Wahman, Li Bennich Björkman, @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and Björn Holmberg. This was so inspiring!

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 Now out in @policysociety.bsky.social, with Chris Weible, @annacrawford.bsky.social, @allegrafullerton.bsky.social, @kaylamgabehart.bsky.social, and Kathie Imhoff. Interested in gender and the policy process? This is for you: shorturl.at/5qkmX #gendersky #polisky 🧵👇

My excellent research environment: Uppsala Gender & Politics group at the Department of Government, Uppsala University is now here on Bsky. Follow us for regular updates about seminars, new projects, research output, and more @uppgap.bsky.social gendersky polisky

Check out our latest EDITORS CHOICE collection 🤩 All of these incredible papers have been made available ✨ OPEN ACCESS✨ until April 30th. The collection includes work by Zorica Siročić, Meredith Loken, @wurthmann.bsky.social & @bertous.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4151z5L

Check out this new blog post from Malil Holm (@uppgap.bsky.social) that looks at some of the findings from her recent EJPG paper on the Manosphere. Full paper also available here doi.org/10.1332/2515...

📢 New publication alert: our @grahn.bsky.social and Cherry Miller on ethnography as a method for FI research.

We've finally made it to this side! 👋 Check out our semester schedule—we’ve got a stellar lineup of international researchers: