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Political Psychology research group

Bringing together scholars in the multidisciplinary field of Political Psychology

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On this page, the Political Psychology research group is presented, including the conveners, researchers in the group, and publications within the group.

About the group

Political Psychology research group has several areas of interest that are explored from a political psychological perspective, for example, identity-conflicts, extreme activism, political participation and protest activity. The scholars within the group use a variety of methodological approaches that range from experimental studies to qualitative interviews, discourse and narrative analysis. 

The aim of this group is to bring together scholars from the political science and psychology departments in order to initiate and develop research related activities in the multidisciplinary field of Political Psychology.

The research group also aims to establish a European Centre of Excellence for Political Psychology hoping that such a Centre can be a hub of innovative research dedicated to advancing both theoretical and practical applications of Political Psychology.

Over the years the Political psychology research group has set the foundations for such a centre by organizing seminar series, conferences and numerous workshops. As a result of these efforts, the research group has obtained the editorship for the highly ranked international journal Political Psychology.

Link to the journal Political Psychology - Wiley Online Library

The group continues to arrange events that promote the intellectual exchange of ideas, so please keep an eye out for details of their seminar series, workshops and conferences.

If you would like to join the group's mailing list, contact the conveners listed below.

Catarina Kinnvall
E-mail: catarina [dot] kinnvall [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (catarina[dot]kinnvall[at]svet[dot]lu[dot]se)

From the Department of Political Science

From the Department of Psychology

  • Robert Holmberg (robert [dot] holmberg [at] psy [dot] lu.s)
  • Sverker Sikström (verker [dot] sikstrom [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Martin Bäckström (martin [dot] backstrom [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Farhan Sarwar (farhan [dot] sarwar [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Anna Kemdal Pho (anna [dot] kemdal_pho [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Anna Lindqvist (anna [dot] lindqvist [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Sima Wolgast (sima [dot] wolgast [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Tove Lundberg (tove [dot] lundberg [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)
  • Holly Knapton (holly [dot] knapton [at] psy [dot] lu [dot] se)

From the Department of Sociology

  • Erik Hannerz (erik [dot] hannerz [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se)

From Lucsus:

  • Thomas Strandberg (thomas [dot] strandberg [at] lucs [dot] lu [dot] se)

From the University of  Gothenburg

  • Jacob Sohlberg (jacob [dot] sohlberg [at] gu [dot] se)

Post-doc in Israel but in collaboration with the Department of Psychology

  • Dennis Kahn (dennis [dot] t [dot] kahn [at] gmail [dot] com)

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

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: 8 Apr 2025 | webbredaktor [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se