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Civil society and interest groups

• Abdelmoez, Joel (Transnational feminism and LGBTQ activism)
• Altermark, Niklas
• El-Husseini Dean, Rola (Gender activism in the Middle East)
• Siow, Orlanda (Race / gender / feminism / intersectionality)
• Uhlin, Anders (Civil society activism and international organizations. Elites in civil society.)

Defence, security and foreign policy

• Aggestam, Karin (Diplomacy, International Negotiations, Gender and Foreign Policy)
• Bengtsson, Rikard 
• Björkdahl, Annika (Gender perspectives on foreign policy)
• Breiding, Malte (Global LGBTQ Politics)
• Bramsen, Isabel (Diplomacy, negotiations and foreign policy)
• Ingesson, Tony (Defence Policy, Security Policy and Military Decision-Making)
• Kinnvall, Catarina (Security Policy)
• Lennhag, Mi (Eastern and Central Europe)
• Rosén Sundström, Malena (Feminist Foreign Policy)
• Taha, Hebatalla (Nuclear Politics)

Democracy

• Bartelson, Jens
• Björkdahl, Annika (Democratization)
• Breiding, Malte (Resistance to women and LGBTQ movements) 
• Bäck, Hanna
• Davidsson, Simon (History of Western Europe)
• El-Husseini Dean, Rola (Working on authoritarian backlash in the Middle East)
• Hassing-Nielsen, Julie 
• Hedlund, Maria 
• Klemmensen, Robert 
• Polk, Jonathan 
• Sundström, Mikael
• Uhlin, Anders (Processes of democratisation)

Environmental, climate and sustainable development

• Bexell, Magdalena (Global Sustainability Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2030)
• Drake, Evan (Energy politics with a focus on Europe and North America)
• Hickmann, Thomas (International Environmental Negotiations, Global Sustainability Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2030)
• Hildingsson, Roger (Swedish environmental and climate policy)
• Holmberg, Karl (Plastics, waste, materials)
• Knaggård, Åsa (Swedish environmental and climate policy)
• Manners, Ian (Planetary politics)
• Nelson, Moira (Sustainable lifestyle)
• Skovgaard, Jakob (International environmental policy, carbon taxes, subsidies, green financing, EU climate policy)
• Stripple, Johannes 
• Svensson, Jesper (International water policy, biodiversity governance)
• Zelli, Fariborz (International Climate and Environmental Policy, Biodiversity, Latin America)

EU

• Bengtsson, Rikard (International relations and security policy)
• Breiding, Malte (LGBT politics)
• Hassing-Nielsen, Julie 
• Manners, Ian 
• Pacciardi, Agnese (EU Migration Politics)
• Polk, Jonathan 
• Rosén Sundström, Malena
• Strömvik, Maria 

Intelligence analysis

• Andersson, Magnus (Security Service, Police Intelligence, Terrorism and Organized Crime)
• Ingesson, Tony (Methods, deception, psychological and organizational perspectives)
• Matz, Johan 
• Petterson, Tobbe (Military and human intelligence, gender perspectives on intelligence, intelligence cooperation, methods and international operations)

Management and management ethics

• Fred, Mats 
• Hedlund, Maria (Expert influence in politics)
• Knaggård, Åsa (Scientific knowledge in politics)
• Melander, Stina 
• Muhktar-Landgren, Dalia 

Migration

• Kalm, Sara 
• Kinnvall, Catarina
• Pacciardi, Agnese (EU-Africa migration)

Nationalism, right-wing populism and xenophobia

• Bäck, Hanna
• Holdo, Markus 
• Kinnvall, Catarina  
• Svensson, Ted 

Parliamentarism, parties and elections

• Bäck, Hanna (Parties, voter behaviour, government formation, ministers)
• Davidsson, Simon (History of Western Europe)
• Fredén, Annika (Voter behaviour and public opinion)
• Hassing Nielsen, Julie
• Klemmensen, Robert
• Polk, Jonathan
• Rosén Sundström, Malena (Centre Party, Green Party and Social Democrats)
• Sannerstedt, Anders (Sweden Democrats, municipal politics, local elections, referendums)
• So, Florence (Party politics and elections)
• Sundström, Mikael (Centre Party)

Peace and conflict

• Aggestam, Karin (Peace Diplomacy, Mediation, Peacebuilding, Interstate and Intrastate Conflicts and Wars,  Israel-Palestine conflict)
• Bramsen, Isabel (Diplomacy, negotiations and foreign policy)
• Björkdahl, Annika
• Sjöstedt, Roxanna 
• Stein, Anne Lene
• Strömbom, Lisa (Israeli-Palestinian conflict)

Political economy

• Bäck, Hanna
• Gregoratti, Catia (Gender perspective)
• Holmberg, Karl
• Manners, Ian
• Skovgaard, Jakob 
• Svensson, Jesper (Water markets, redistribution of water, payment for ecosystem services)

Politics of other countries

• Abdelmoez, Joel (The Middle East, especially Egypt, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia)
• Aggestam, Karin (Israel, Palestine, Middle East North Africa region)
• Almqvist, Adam (Middle East, authoritarianism)
• Björkdahl, Annika (Western Balkans, Cyprus, Northern Ireland)
• El-Husseini Dean, Rola (Middle East expert with an emphasis on Lebanon/Hezbollah)
• Kinnvall, Catarina (South Asia)
• Lennhag, Mi (Eastern and Central Europe)
• Manners, Ian (United Kingdom)
• Siow, Orlanda (British politics)
• Stein, Anne Lene
• Strömbom, Lisa (Middle East and Israeli-Palestinian conflict)
• Sundström, Mikael (United Kingdom)
• Svensson, Ted (South Asia)
• Taha, Hebatalla (Middle East, with a specific focus on Israel/Palestine)
• Zelli, Fariborz (Germany)

Terrorism and radicalisation

• Bäck, Hanna
• Kinnvall, Catarina

Welfare policy

• Altermark, Niklas (Disability policy and social policy)
• Kalm, Sara
• Melander, Stina
• Nelson, Moira (Social policy)
• Sundström, Mikael (School policy)