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Organising Politics Research Group

Studying the governance and organisation of society

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On this page, we present the Organising Politics Research Group and our new public administration forum (Förvaltningsforum), including the conveners, researchers associated with the group, publications and upcoming seminars and events.

About the group

Departing from key concepts such as power, democracy, government and ethics, the members of this research group study issues that broadly concern the organization of politics and the politics of organizing within and beyond the public sector. 

Issues related to the organization of politics includes a variety of different actors, ranging from public sector actors, trade unions and civil society organizations to private companies and consultancies. As such, the group takes an interest in all political levels, from international to sub-national, in democracies as well as authoritarian regimes.

The group is open to new members from a wide range of research fields and disciplines to take part in our activities. If you would like to join the group's mailing list, please do not hesitate to contact the conveners listed below.

Public administration forum (Förvaltningsforum) 

In addition to our research seminars, we now also have a Public Administration Forum (Förvaltningsforum) that brings together researchers, civil servants and students interested in the organisation and implementation of politics including activities such as the development of teaching, the organisation of open lectures and thesis collaboration.  

Visit the forum and find out more: Förvaltningsforum (In Swedish)

Contacts: Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Mats Fred

Mats Fred
E-mail: mats [dot] fred [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (mats[dot]fred[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)

Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren 

E-mail: dalia [dot] mukhtar-landgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se

See the members' personal pages by clicking on each name under the heading 'Researchers in the group' or visit Department of Political Science - Research output - Lund University

Selected publications

  • Kang, Y. H. (2025). Promise or Peril: How AI Is Discussed in International Environmental Negotiations. Oxford Intersections: AI in Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198945215.003.0028
  • Hedlund, M., & Persson, E. (2025). Distribution of responsibility for AI development: Expert views. AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02167-9
  • Knaggård, Å., Eriksson, K., & Persson, E. (2025). Disrupting climate adaptation lock‑ins? Swedish local civil servants’ strategies to enable adaptation. Regional Environmental Change, 25(47). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-025-02382-0
  • Paulsson, A., & Fred, M. (2024). Making apps, owning data: Digital sovereignty and public authorities’ arrangements to “byte” back. Organization. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084241246073
  • Fred, M., & Mukhtar-Landgren, D. (2024). Promoting public sector innovation: who does what, when and how? Public Policy and Administration. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767241271848
  • Chertkovskaya, E., Hasselbalch, J., & Stripple, J. (2024). Assembling a Zero-Waste World: From situated to distributed prefiguration. Organization Studies, 45(2), 297-318. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406231200726
  • Krantz, O., Melander, S., & Bahner, J. (2023). The Personal is Political – And Then What? Ideology, Representation, and Legitimacy in a Swedish Disability Organisation. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 25(1), 198-211. https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1001
  • Mulinari, S., Pashley, D., & Ozieranski, P. (2024). Patterns of company misconduct, recidivism, and complaint resolution delays: A temporal analysis of UK pharmaceutical industry self-regulation within the European context. Regulation and Governance. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12609

9 March 14:00 to 16:00

KEFU seminar: When evaluation principles and methods are challenged by complex societal problems

Like many other countries, Sweden is currently experiencing a range of complex social problems, such as climate change, poverty, and cross-border crime, as well as the increasingly rapid development of information technology and AI, whose possibilities and risks few, if any, can fully comprehend.

In a newly published book, Evaluation in an uncertain time (2025), some 20 experienced civil servants and researchers contribute their reflections on the consequences of these challenges for the principles and methods of evaluation. This KEFU seminar will present the book's main conclusions, with a particular focus on the possibility of evaluating measures that are still on the drawing board in advance.

Participants: Lena Lindgren, Professor of Public Administration, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg.
Location: Spoletorp Lecture Hall, Spolegatan 1 R, Lund
Language: Swedish

More information and registration (external link)

 

12 March 2026 13:15 to 14:30 

 

Eden 367

EPRG and Organising Politics research group seminar: Benjamin Cashore - “Climate Policy Thermostats: The Planet’s Last Hope?” 

Chair: Fariborz Zelli

25 March 14:00 to 16:00

KEFU seminar: Where does politics begin and end? - Knowledge-based municipal preparatory work

This seminar takes its starting point in Simrishamn Municipality's work to introduce a knowledge model for preparatory work. Municipal Director Diana Olsson and policy officer Emma Steine Jacobsen will present their practical experiences, while Mats Fred and Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren (Lund University, Förvaltningsforum) will relate the case to research on policy formulation and the interaction between politics and administration.

Location: Eden 235, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 14, Lund
Language: Swedish

More information and registration (external link)

16 April at 13:00

Internal seminar: Emma Ek (GU) and Bengt Jakobsson (SH) visit us to present their ongoing work on a book about governance and organisation in public administration (in Swedish).

Location: TBD
Language: Swedish
Registration (required): mats [dot] fred [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (mats[dot]fred[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)

Research group seminars

In the shared calendar on our English internal website, you can see all the internal seminars of the research groups.

Last updated: 9 Apr 2026 | webbredaktor [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se