A brief showcase on some of our recent research on #migration and border policy 🧵 #schengen #Ceuta #EU

Time for another highlight of some of our recent research, this time related to the field of #welfarestudies and #politicaleconomy 🧵

My first PhD paper is now published in New Media & Society! This study explores whether the way we talk about digital election interference could be just as harmful as the interference itself, for example, by increasing political polarisation. OA link below! 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1461...

📢 Registration and abstract submissions are now open for #FIIN2027! Join us in Uppsala, Sweden, as we celebrate 20 years of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network in January 2027. 📝 Abstract deadline: 10 September 🎟️ Early-bird registration: 1 Oct–15 Dec Learn more: www.fiin2027.se

"The aim of our programme is to increase knowledge about the relationship between democracy and higher education. [...] These issues are particularly important to study at a time when an increasing number of countries are moving in an authoritarian direction." Read more: www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Sofia Näsström new Research Director at Democracy and Higher Education – Department of Government – Uppsala University

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“We have no terminology for the people in positions of power who make it possible to ‘sleep your way to the top’,” says @elinbja.bsky.social, Professor at the Department of Government. Read more on the new Uppsala University Research Environment on Sexual Corruption here: www.uu.se/en/news/2026...

Elin Bjarnegård leads research into sexual corruption – Uppsala University

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Very happy to have this paper on a promising sexual harassment intervention published! For those interested in a non-technical summary, we have also written a policy brief based on the paper. freepolicybriefs.org/2026/05/25/c...

Combating Tolerance for Sexual Harassment With Information: Evidence From a Field Experiment

New research shows how correcting sexual harassment misperceptions can reduce tolerance for harassment and improve workplace culture.

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🚨 New paper: Can light-touch information reduce tolerance of sexual harassment? We tested this in a randomized controlled trial with recruits in the Norwegian Armed Forces. doi.org/10.1016/j.je... with @ollefolke.bsky.social , Torbjørn Hanson, @kotsadam.bsky.social and @johannarickne.bsky.social

Recent publications by our productive gender and politics-group! @uppgap.bsky.social (🧵) #politicalscience #gender

On the 22nd of May 2026, the Young Academy of Sweden welcomed nine new members – including Carl Öhman from the Department of Government at Uppsala University. More: www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Carl Öhman - new member of the Young Academy of Sweden – Department of Government – Uppsala University

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New research project: The Productive Conflicts of Democracy – Uppsala University

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Siblings affect each other in multiple different ways. How does having a same-sex sibling affect voting behavior? New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social !

Sibling-sex effects on voter turnout

In this study, we examine how one aspect of sibling relations—the sex of one’s sibling—affects voter participation. To credibly identify causal effect…

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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...

New article out (and I really like the title): "Parents of the Revolution" It's open access and here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Parents of the revolution rebel leaders’ intergenerational social capital and insurgency cohesion

Elite-level social capital facilitates both the mobilization and retention of participants in social movements and insurgencies. Well-connected rebel leaders perceived as credible have advantages i...

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Presenting our new paper on electoral support for trans rights retrenchment in the UK today at the Uni of Bergen Together with @sophiemainz.bsky.social, we find that candidate who endorse the 2025 UK SC ruling on women's rights enjoy an electoral premium. Watch here: www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Big congratulations to new professor at the Department of Government Katrin Uba! 🥳🍾

Katrin Uba new Professor – Department of Government – Uppsala University

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(Local event in Swedish) Nästa Demokratitisdag på Kulturpunkten i Gottsunda föreläser Statsvetenskapliga institutionens Siri Sylvan och Carl Öhman om "Vem ska man tro på? Desinformation och demokratins motståndskraft" 19 maj 14.00–15.00 Mer info: kulturhus.uppsala.se/gottsunda-ku...

(Local event in Swedish) Den 19 maj kl. 17:00 bjuder Stockholms nation in till panelsamtal med temat "Vem i hela världen kan man lita på? Institutioner, teknologi och människor". Med Åsa Cajander, Otto Fischer och @emeliekarlsson.bsky.social. Moderator: Janne Lindqvist.

Big congratulations to new professor at the Department of Government Katrin Uba! 🥳🍾

Katrin Uba new Professor – Department of Government – Uppsala University

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What happens to our data when we die? Carl Öhman in Utbildningsradion (Swe lang.)

Vem har rätt till våra konton? Makten över de dödas data

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Armed group proliferation and conflict dynamics - Miguel García-Sánchez, Joakim Kreutz, 2026

How are conflict dynamics affected by contexts with many different actors compared with those dominated by a few? At the aggregate level, civil conflicts with m...

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Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work at Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) yesterday! Thanks to Erwan Dujeancourt and Emma von Essen for having me and everyone in the GAINS group for great feedback!

Does “peace” mean the same everywhere or does the term fragment into adjectives? This piece by @spbmartel.bsky.social, Anna Jarstad, Elisabeth Olivius and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social debates if criteria like “liberal” or “sustainable” signal innovation or just conceptual chaos. doi.org/10.1093/isr/...

Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?

Abstract. What strategies can be employed to conceptualize peace? In recent years, scholars have introduced an impressive array of “peace with adjectives”

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Short thread on some of the latest contributions by our department's scholars to the study of violence, peace and conflict (🧵) #politicalscience #peaceandconflict #ukraine #russia #belfast #kosovo

We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.

(Local event in Swedish) Nästa Demokratitisdag på Kulturpunkten i Gottsunda samtalar Jacco från Labyrint och IBF:s @irenemolina.bsky.social om engagemang i (för)orten. Hur kan lokalsamhället lyfta sina egna berättelser och skapa förändring? 5 maj 14.00–15.00 kulturhus.uppsala.se/gottsunda-ku...

Short thread on some of the latest contributions by our department's scholars to the field of #politicalparticipation - empirical and theoretical (🧵) #politicalscience #midterms

Does far-right legislative representation change the descriptive make-up of candidate lists among mainstream parties? Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Really happy about this wonderful collaboration with @grahn.bsky.social – together we contributed the chapter "The Political Behavior of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Trans+ People" to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics by Zoë Lefkofridi. Just out! 🏳️‍🌈📖 www.elgaronline.com/display/book...

I’ll be giving a research seminar at KTH in Stockholm on Monday, April 27, on our work analyzing three decades of UN climate through COP High Level Segment country statements. The seminar is open to the public, and anyone interested is warmly welcome. Details here: www.kth.se/climateactio...

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming @payoub.bsky.social to @uu-polisci.bsky.social and @uppgap.bsky.social Phil presented his new book with Kristina Stoeckl — The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights. A real privilege to host him in Uppsala! 🤩