

Political Science
Main research or teaching areas
- Political behavior
- Artificial intelligence
- Experiments
Current research and teaching
My research concerns contemporary events such as elections and decision-making, which I investigate using quantitative methods, mainly experiments and statistical data analysis. In recent years I have also studied decision-making in bureaucracy.
I am the PI of a large research project funded by the Wallenberg Foundation (wasp-hs) in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology (running until 2025), where we investigate how different methods of AI technology can be useful for and developed to examine political science questions. I am also finishing a collaborative project with the Department of Psychology, Lund University, where we develop keyword-based and natural language processing techniques to investigate voting behavior.
My teaching focuses on supervision and examination, methods training, and political behavior.
Publications
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Collegiality and efficiency in bureaucracy
Mats Bergman, Annika Fredén
(2022) Public Policy and Administration
Journal articleBetting on the underdog : The influence of social networks on vote choice
Annika Fredén, Ludovic Rheault, Indridi H. Indridason
(2022) Political Science Research and Methods, 10 p.198-205
Journal articleLegalize cannabis? : Effects of party cues on attitudes to a controversial policy proposal
Hanna Bäck, Annika Fredén, Emma A. Renström
(2022) Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 32 p.489-500
Journal articleWhat Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?
André Blais, Damien Bol, Shaun Bowler, David M Farrell, Annika Fredén, et al.
(2021) Political Studies
Journal articleVoters' view of leaders during the Covid-19 crisis : Quantitative analysis of keyword descriptions provides strength and direction of evaluations
Annika Fredén, Sverker Sikström
(2021) Social Science Quarterly, 102 p.2170-2183
Journal articleHow Polling Trends Influence Compensational Coalition-Voting
Annika Fredén
(2021) Frontiers in Political Science, 3
Journal articleReevaluating the Influence of Leaders Under Proportional Representation : Quantitative Analysis of Text in an Electoral Experiment
Annika Fredén, Sverker Sikström
(2021) Frontiers in Psychology, 12 p.604135-604135
Journal articlePolitical science : Moving from numbers to words in the case of Brexit
Annika Fredén
(2020) Statistical Semantics : Methods and Applications , p.249-262
Book chapterA social safety net? Rejection sensitivity and political opinion sharing among young people in social media
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck, Annika Fredén, Nils Gustafsson
(2019) New Media & Society, 21
Journal articleInsurance strategic considerations in coalition-oriented systems : A consideration set model approach
Annika Fredén, Jacob Sohlberg
(2019) Electoral Studies, 57 p.302-308
Journal article"Rädsla snedvrider politisk debatt"
Annika Fredén, Nils Gustafsson, Hanna Bäck, Emma Renström
(2018) Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm
Newspaper articleWhy do people talk politics online? Because they don’t care what you think
Hanna Bäck, Emma Renström, Annika Fredén, Nils Gustafsson
(2018)
Web publicationA Social Safety Net? Incentives for sharing political information online
Annika Fredén, Nils Gustafsson, Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck
(2017)
Conference paperOpinion Polls, Coalition Signals and Strategic Voting. : Evidence from a survey experiment
Annika Fredén
(2017) Scandinavian Political Studies, 40 p.247-264
Journal articleStrategic Voting under Coalition Governments
Annika Fredén
(2016) Lund Political Studies
DissertationCoalitions, Coordination and Electoral Choice : A Lab Experimental Study of Strategic Voting
ANNIKA FREDÉN
(2016) Voting Experiments, Part III p.191-213
Book chapterThe Nordic Voter. Myths of Exceptionalism. Anmälan av Annika Fredén.
Annika Fredén
(2015) Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, 94 p.96-98
ReviewSkäl att rösta strategiskt i riksdagsval
Annika Fredén, Henrik Oscarsson
(2015) Fragment: SOM-undersökningen 2014, 63 p.377-386
Book chapterThreshold Insurance Voting in PR Systems: A Study of Voters’ Strategic Behavior in the 2010 Swedish General Election
Annika Fredén
(2014) Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, 24 p.473-492
Journal article"Dåliga opinionssiffror kan rädda KD kvar i riksdagen"
Annika Fredén
(2013) Dagens Nyheter
Newspaper article
Introduction
I am an associate professor of political science with experience from project leading and teaching at all levels.
Research projects
- Bias and methods of AI technology studying political behavior (funded by Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse 2020-2025)
Research environment
- Political Psychology
- Comparative Politics
Press/media
- Voting behavior
- Opinion