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29 Aug 2025
Ian Manners is editor of special issue of Cooperation and Conflict on 'Normative Power in the Planetary Organic Crisis'
Ian Manners has edited the twentieth anniversary special issue on ‘Normative Power in the Planetary Organic Crisis', published September 2025.
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28 Aug 2025
Rosén Sundström and Elgström on Sweden’s former Feminist Foreign Policy
Malena Rosén Sundström and Ole Elgström have published a chapter on Sweden’s former Feminist Foreign Policy (2014-2022) and how it was implemented in diplomatic work.
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15 Aug 2025
Bolkvadze publishes new study on police subversion in hybrid regimes
Ketevan Bolkvadze, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, has published a new article in Governance titled "Corrupt or Repressive? How Political Competition Incent...
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19 Jun 2025
Social Investments in Swedish Municipalities – The Rise and Fall of a Reform
In this article, recently published in Acta Sociologica, Mats Fred draws on more than a decade of fieldwork on social investments in Sweden to explore the rise and fall of reforms:...
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16 Jun 2025
Who counts when we talk about healthcare and rights? New article by Stina Melander and Julia Bahner
During the pandemic, many fell through the cracks of the safety net. For people with long Covid, this became painfully clear: they existed – but were not acknowledged. Now, a new s...
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13 Jun 2025
Anne Lene Stein has successfully defended her thesis!
Anne Lene Stein has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Agonism against the odds: Epistemic disruptions and bodies of dissent in Palestine and Israel'. Congratulations to Dr...
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2 Jun 2025
Who should own nature? New study examines the governance of biodiversity finance
Halting biodiversity loss requires more than just increased funding – it also demands better governance of how resources are mobilised, allocated, and monitored. A new study in Cur...
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28 May 2025
Can the EU’s push for LGBT rights backfire? A new article by Malte Breiding says it might
The European Union (EU) often presents itself as a champion of LGBTQ rights, promoting equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. However, in a recently publishe...
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23 May 2025
Ian Manners gives keynote lecture on 'The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics' in Brussels
Ian Manners gives the European Foreign Affairs Review (EFAR) keynote lecture on 'The European Union's Normative Power in Planetary Politics' to the annual European Union in Interna...
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21 May 2025
How do we organize the sustainable travel of the future?
This study by Russell Cannon, Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred examines how the sustainable mobility of the future is emerging.
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20 May 2025
Our friend and colleague Jessica Blom-Larsson has passed away
On Thursday 15 May, we received the sad news that Jessica Blom-Larsson had passed away after a sudden illness. She leaves a large void at the Department of Political Science with c...
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16 May 2025
Karl Holmberg has successfully defended his thesis!
Karl Holmberg has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Embedded disposability: A cultural political economy of plastics'. Congratulations to Dr. Holmberg!
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9 May 2025
Jana Wrange has successfully defended her thesis!
Jana Wrange has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Civil Defence (Re)Emerged: A Multi-Level Perspective on Policy Developments in Post-Crimea Europe'. Congratulations to Dr...
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6 May 2025
Annika Björkdahl and Sofia Cognini on Italian right-wing leaders' anti-gender messages
Annika Björkdahl and Sofia Cognini have published the article “Anti-genderism in 280 characters: A study of Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni’s online discourse” in Party Politics....
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5 May 2025
Nicolas Rodriguez Hedenbratt has successfully defended his thesis!
Nicolas Rodriguez Hedenbratt has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'The Politics of Radio and Television in Western Democracies'. Congratulations to Dr. Rodríguez Hedenbrat...
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28 Apr 2025
Karin Aggestam on Israel, Palestine and just peace
Karin Aggestam has contributed to Riksbankens Jubileumsfond’s Yearbook 2025 on Israel, Palestine and just peace (in Swedish, soon out in English as well).
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25 Apr 2025
Esther Calvo has successfully defended her thesis!
Esther Calvo has successfully defended her thesis entitled 'Old Foe, New Friend? Rhetorical responses of mainstream parties towards a radical right party'. Congratulations Doctor C...
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15 Apr 2025
Who gets a hearing? Intersectionality, NGOs, and political access to decision makers
Representation is not just about who gets elected. It is also about who gets access to decision makers. Orly Siow, Ashlee Christoffersen and Ceri Fowler conducted research into the...
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9 Apr 2025
New open-access book on the Republic of Turkey and its unresolved issues
The book ‘The Republic of Turkey and its Unresolved Issues: 100 Years and Beyond’ explores the Republic of Turkey’s unresolved issues that have persisted over the past 101 years. I...
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20 Mar 2025
New book by Linda Eitrem Holmgren on gender-just political citizenship and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
This book explores how women in societies plagued by ethno-national conflict can help build peace and gender equality, even in places where deep divisions have existed for generati...