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The Department’s Higher Research Seminar Series

Spring 2024

The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited national and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analyses of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science.

The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367, unless otherwise indicated. PhD Mid-term seminars 13:15 to 14:45

Convenors: Professor Robert Klemmensen and Professor Jonathan Polk

The following seminars are open to the public. Welcome to join us!


Program

24 January 2024 13:15 to 14:30 |

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Democracy in the Post-/Anthropocene’ – Aysem Mert, Stockholm University


31 January 2024 13:15 to 14:45
PhD Mid-term seminar: Joel Abdelmoez


7 February 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Group Identities and Parliamentary Debate’ – Jon Fiva, Norwegian Business School


14 February 2024 13:15 to 14:45 
PhD Mid-term seminar: Lars Vetle Handeland


21 February 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Politics of Grievance and Democratic Governance’ – Catarina Kinnvall, Lund University


28 February 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘The Logic of Ritual Action as the Logic of Deterrence’ – Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen


29 February 2024 10:15 to 11:45 (Note: Thursday!)

PhD Mid-term seminar: Simon Stattin


13 March 2024 13:15 to 14:45

PhD Mid-term seminar: Agnese Pacciardi


20 March 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘The Expressive Duty to Vote’ – Cecile Fabre, University of Oxford


21 March 2024 15:00 to 16:00 Note! Location: Röda rummet, Ecology building, Sölvegatan 37 and the time!

PhD Mid-term seminar: Hanna Ekström


21 March 2024 15:15 to 17:00 Note: In Eden Auditorium, Thursday and the time!

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Field of Education and the Transnational Cleavage SNES Keynote’ – Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, University of North Carolina


27 March 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Global Preferences for Online Hate Speech Moderation’ – Simon Munzert, Hertie School in Berlin


3 April 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘From Historical Polarization to the Left Turn: Explaining Party System Responsiveness in Latin America’ – Simon Bornschier, University of Zurich


10 April 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Roadblocks to Development: A Lens on State Legitimacy and Governance in Low-Income Countries’ – Dan Banik, University of Oslo | Department of Political Science (lu.se)


18 April 2024 13:15 to 14:30 Note: Thursday!

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘The New Metropolis: Political Power and Spatial Inequality in Twenty-First Century America’ – Margaret Weir, Brown University 


24 April 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Gender, Natural Resources and Conflict Prevention: Politics, Matter and Imaginaries’ – Maria Martin de Almagro, University of Ghent


30 April 2024 13:15 to 14:30 Note: Tuesday!

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Education for All? Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark’ – Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University 


8 May 2024 13:15 to 14:45 

Mid-Seminar: Marie Stissing Jensen


15 May 2024 13:15 to 14:45

PhD Mid-term seminar: Juliane Liebsch


16 May 2024 13:15 to 14:30 Note: Thursday!

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘The Lady’s not for Turning? Candidate Gender and Position Switching’ – Zeynep Somer-Topcu, University of Texas


22 May 2024 13:15 to 14:45

Mid-Seminar: Magnus Andersson


29 May 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘On Studying Discrimination Through Experiments And Philosophy: Is it Possible to Discriminate Against Some Without Treating Others Worse? ’ – Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Aarhus University 


5 June 2024 13:15 to 14:30

The Higher Research Seminar: ‘Children of Violence: Victims in the Shadow of Conflict’ – Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University