Magdalena Bexell

Political Science

Main research areas

• Global governance, sustainable development, human rights
• Legitimacy, responsibility and accountability
• The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
• Investment citizenship 

Selection of recent publications

Bexell, Magdalena, and Hickmann, Thomas (forthcoming). "Exploring Public Accountability Ecosystems for the Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond" in Frank Biermann et al. (eds) The Future of the Sustainable Development Goals. Cambridge University Press. 

De Donà, Matteo, and Bexell, Magdalena (forthcoming) The Legitimacy of Business-Led Multistakeholder Partnerships for the 2030 Agenda: The Case of Salmon Aquaculture Sustainability. International Environmental Agreements, September 2026. Link to fulltext

Bexell, Magdalena, Bornemann, Basil, Moallemi, Enayat, and Vien, Ha (2025) Accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level. Unpacking governance tensions and processes. Earth System Governance Link to fulltext

De Donà, Matteo, Jönsson, Kristina, and Bexell, Magdalena (2025) Multistakeholder partnerships and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Sources and audiences of self-legitimation in the fields of health and climate. Global Society, Vol. 39, No. 3  Link to fulltext  

Bexell, Magdalena (2024) Practices of self-legitimation by the investment citizenship industry. Citizenship Studies, Vol. 28, No. 7, Link to fulltext. 

Bexell, Magdalena (2024) Indicator accountability or policy shrinking? Multistakeholder partnerships in reviews of the sustainable development goals. Global Policy, Vol. 15, No. 2 Link to fulltext 

Hickmann, Thomas, Biermann, Frank, Sénit, Carole-Anne, Sun, Yixian, Bexell, Magdalena et al. (2024) Scoping article. Research frontiers on the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals. Global Sustainability, Vol. 7  Link to fulltext.

Bexell, Magdalena, Hickmann, Thomas, and Schapper, Andrea (2023) Strengthening the Sustainable Development Goals through integration with human rights. International Environmental Agreements. Politics, Law and Economics, Vol. 23, No. 2. Link to fulltext. 

Bexell, Magdalena and Jönsson, Kristina (2022) Realising the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development–Engaging National Parliaments?, Policy Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4, Link to fulltext. 

Bexell, Magdalena (2022) Ranking for human rights? The formative power of indicators for business responsibility. Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 21, Issue 5, Link to fulltext.

Bexell, Magdalena, Jönsson, Kristina, and Uhlin, Anders (eds) (2022) Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance. Practices, Justifications, and Audiences. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Llanos, Andrea O., Raven, Rob, Bexell, Magdalena et al. (2022) Implementation at Multiple Levels in Biermann, Frank, Hickmann, Thomas, and Sénit, Carole-Anne (eds) The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Transforming Governance through Global Goals? Cambridge University Press. 

Bexell, Magdalena och Jönsson, Kristina (2021) The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals. Legitimacy, Responsibility, and Accountability. Abingdon: Routledge. 

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