Published 14 April 2023 Professor Ian Manners presents on ‘The External Dimensions of the European Union’s Autocracy Crisis’ to the Swedish EU Presidency Conference on 'The Rule of Law in the EU: Crisis and Solutions', Stockholm, 17 April. The conference is co-organized by the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies; the Swedish Network for European Legal Studies; the Centre for European Res

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Published 20 April 2023 Plastics and other petrochemicals are rapidly expanding. Academic and political attention has focused on the consumption of plastics, but in a new Open Access article with the journal Global Environmental Change, Jakob Skovgaard and his co-authors explore the financing of petrochemical production. Associate Professor Jakob Skovgaard A key finding is that public finance play

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Published 21 April 2023 In their just published book, ‘Coalition Agreements as Control Devices - Coalition Governance in Western and Eastern Europe’, Heike Klüver, Hanna Bäck, and Svenja Krauss provide the first comprehensive content analysis of coalition agreements across a range of parliamentary democracies in Western and Eastern Europe. They show that coalition parties systematically use coalit

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Published 27 April 2023 In the article “Global Norm-Maker as China’s New Brand? An Analysis of the Responsible Cobalt Initiative”, Hyeyoon Park explores China’s normative role in global governance for sustainable mineral extractions. Hyeyoon Park, Postdoctoral Fellow. China became a key actor in the global supply chain of extractive resources (e.g., cobalt and lithium) - crucial part of green tran

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Published 28 April 2023 Professor Karin Aggestam. Karin Aggestam and Jacqui True have co-authored the chapter ”The rise of feminist governance in foreign policy” in the ”Handbook of feminist governance”, edited by Sawer, M., Bananszak, A., True, J., Kantola, J.     Read more about Handbook of Feminist Governance here on Edward Elgar Publishing's site. To Karin Aggestam's personal page.

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Published 5 May 2023 Catarina Kinnvall and co-author Pasko Kisić-Merino have recently published their article ‘Deglobalization and the Political Psychology of White Supremacy’ in Theory & Psychology, vol. 33, issue 2. Professor Catarina Kinnvall. Photo: Björn Frostner. Pasko Kisić-Merino, PhD Candidate, Karlstad University. Abstract This article is concerned with the psychological dimensions of de

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Published 9 May 2023 Professor Anders Uhlin. Anders Uhlin has together with Soetkin Verhaegen written the article “Elites’ (De)legitimation Practices toward International Organizations” published in Global Studies Quarterly. Using unique survey data, the authors analyze how political and societal elites contribute to the legitimation and delegitimation of international organizations. Link to the a

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Published 16 May 2023 Professor Anders Uhlin. Spanning two previously separate areas of research – civil society and elites – this book sheds new light on how certain individuals emerge as members of a civil society elite and traces interactions with elite groups from party politics, the state, and the business sector. This edited volume analyses how such processes are influenced by reliance on fo

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Published 22 May 2023 Visit to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) office in Tunis. Tell us, why Tunisia? As a PhD student in political science with a focus on comparative politics in the Middle East, I investigate feminist activism and gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. What interests me is largely

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Published 26 May 2023 Daniel Gustafsson and external reviewer Professor Mónica Brito Vieira, University of York. Photo: Björn Frostner. Daniel Gustafsson has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'The Present People'. Congratulations! Professor Catarina Kinnvall congratulates Doctor Daniel Gustafsson! Abstract In modern political thought, one of the most recalcitrant, and increasingly pressing

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Published 25 May 2023 In the interview The Local Sweden journalist Richard Orange set out how the far-right Sweden Democrats have tried to fire up the long-dormant debate over Sweden's membership of the European Union. Lund University professor Ian Manners spoke about what it means and what to do about it. Professor Ian Manners, Lund University. In tweets, interviews, one article in the Aftonblade

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Published 2 June 2023 Sindre Gade Viksand has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'A World of Persons'. Congratulations! Sindre Gade Viksand and Professor Duncan Bell discussing during dissertation. Abstract This is a study of subjecthood in international thought. Human beings and states, while often held to be opposed to one another, share this: they are international thought’s key subjects

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Published 2 June 2023 Simon Davidsson has been awarded the Swedish Political Science Association's prize for best thesis by younger researchers presented at the association's annual meeting 2022. Davidsson is awarded the prize for the thesis Testing Paths to Strong Parties in Western Europe or the Efficient Secret Shared. The motivation reads: Davidsson's essay is a careful examination of explanat

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Published 12 June 2023 Isabel Bramsen has written the chapter ‘The web of relations shaping the Philippine peace talks’ in the book Relational Peace Practices edited by Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström, and Malin Åkebo. Isabel Bramsen, Associate Professor and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies, Lund University. The chapter investigates the interaction between the government and the Communist P

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Published 22 June 2023 Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ‘The Abraham Accords’ implications for peace in the Middle East’, published in the latest issue of Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift. Associate Professor Lisa Strömbom, Department of Political Science. The Abraham Accords, signed by Israel and four Arab states in 2020, were one of President Donald Trump’s most renowned foreign policy succe

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Published 22 June 2023 Stina Melander, Julia Bahner and Oskar Krantz have published the article “The Personal is Political – And Then What? Ideology, Representation, and Legitimacy in a Swedish Disability Organisation.” in Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Senior Lecturer Stina Melander, Department of Political Science. Abstract Background: Who can or cannot claim to represent other mem

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Published 27 June 2023 Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ”The two-state impasse in Israel/Palestine – The EU caught between egalitarian norms and expansionist realpolitik”, in Frontiers in Political Science. Associate Professor Lisa Strömbom, Department of Political Science, Lund University. For many years, international actors have viewed a two-state solution based on democratic rights fo

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Published 30 June 2023 Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren have co-authored the article ”The Women, Peace, and Security in the Middle East and North Africa, which is part of a special issue in Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. Professor Karin Aggestam and Linda Eitrem Holmgren (PhD). Read the article (in Swedish) here: https://journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/view/25239/22259 Karin Aggestam’s page: h

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Published 17 August 2023 Scholars acknowledge the existence of intra-party divisions and the potentially negative electoral effects of disunity. Some assume that intra-party divides are between professional politicians and grassroots members, others highlight the importance of ideological blocs. Yet, precisely mapping factional structures, especially ideological factions, is difficult because of t

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Published 18 August 2023 Elias Isaksson has successfully defended his thesis entitled 'Between Growth and Sustainability: Exploring the Construction of Sustainable Mobility in Swedish Transport Policy'. Congratulations! Elias Isaksson and Professor Tim Richardson in discussion during dissertation. Abstract Transport policies in Western Europe are increasingly framed in terms of sustainable mobilit

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