New article with Pär Nyman in PSRM: Do competitive elections lead governments to short-sighted economic policy, or to moderation? Analyzing Swedish municipalities using a new measure and new method, we find much more evidence of moderation than myopia. OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Time for another Encode/Decode! Analyzing a new global dyadic #dataset of social security agreements, authors @axelcronert.bsky.social and Joakim Palme explain gaps in social protection between #migrant and native residents worldwide and suggest how those gaps may be bridged: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

NEW - Bargaining Complexity Beyond Arithmetic - cup.org/4lJdugB "We argue that bargaining complexity is best defined as the amount of choice facing the negotiating actors" - @axelcronert.bsky.social & Pär Nyman #OpenAccess

This figure from @axelcronert.bsky.social and Joakim Palme's July @worldpolitics.bsky.social article shows how the number of country-pairs covered by #SocialSecurity agreements has grown in each world region between 1945 and 2015. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

Thrilled to see my PhD student Anna Jeglinska defend her excellent thesis on Polish diaspora policy – "Co-nationals under construction" – with flying collars today! Thank you @harrismylonas.bsky.social for a highly constructive discussion! Now, Dr. Jeglinska – time to party! 🥳

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."