For media – expert list

Many researchers are easier to reach by email than by phone. E-mails to all political scientists are name.surname(at)svet.lu.se, or on our contact page here:

Contact | Department of Political Science

Do you need a picture of one of our researchers? Several of them have a high-resolution profile picture on their personal pages (found under the heading "High resolution image"). The researchers who frequently appear in the media also have press photos in Lund University’s image bank, which you can find here:

Media bank with press photos

Civil society and interest groups

• 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 organisations, elites in civil society)

Defence, security and foreign policy

• Aggestam, Karin (Diplomacy, international negotiations, gender and foreign policy, security)
• Bengtsson, Rikard (Total defence, civil defence, preparedness, NATO, EU)
• Björkdahl, Annika (Gender perspectives on foreign policy)
• 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 (Democratisation)
• El-Husseini Dean, Rola (Working on authoritarian backlash in the Middle East)
• Hassing-Nielsen, Julie
• Hedlund, Maria
• Klemmensen, Robert
• Nelson, Moira (Deliberation)
• Polk, Jonathan
• Sundström, Mikael
• Uhlin, Anders (Processes of democratisation)

Environmental, climate and sustainable development

• Bexell, Magdalena (The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Hickmann, Thomas (International environmental negotiations, Global Sustainability Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2030)
• Knaggård, Åsa (Swedish environmental and climate policy)
• Manners, Ian (Planetary politics)
• Nelson, Moira (Grassroots innovations)
• 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 (Foreign, security and defence policy, external relations)
• Hassing-Nielsen, Julie
• Manners, Ian
• Polk, Jonathan
• Rosén Sundström, Malena
• Strömvik, Maria 

Intelligence analysis

• Andersson, Magnus (Security service, police intelligence, terrorism and organised crime)
• Ingesson, Tony (Methods, deception, psychological and organisational 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

Nationalism, right-wing populism and xenophobia

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

Parliamentarism, parties and elections

• Fredén, Annika (Voter behaviour and public opinion)
• Hassing Nielsen, Julie
• Klemmensen, Robert
• Lindqvist, Jesper (Left-right politics; party politics; ideological dimensions; voter behaviour; democratic responsiveness)
• Nelson, Moira (Deliberation)
• Polk, Jonathan
• Rosén Sundström, Malena (Centre Party, Green Party and Social Democrats)
• Sannerstedt, Anders (Can be reached by mobile 072–5661919) (Sweden Democrats, municipal politics, local elections, referendums)
• Sundström, Mikael (Centre Party)

Peace and conflict

• Aggestam, Karin (Peace diplomacy, mediation, peacebuilding, inter- and intrastate conflicts and wars,  Israel-Palestine conflict)
• Bramsen, Isabel (Diplomacy, negotiations and foreign policy)
• Björkdahl, Annika
• Sjöstedt, Roxanna
• Strömbom, Lisa (Israeli-Palestinian conflict)

Political economy

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

Politics of other countries

• 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)
• 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

• Kinnvall, Catarina

Welfare policy

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