Elin Bjarnegård
@elinbja.bsky.social
Professor at Uppsala University. Member of UPPGAP. Director of FIIN. Studies gender and masculinities in politics, authoritarianism, violence, corruption.
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Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...
Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...
Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential
Case studies from Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Sweden show that legal recognition is vital – and that legislation must address power imbalances and avoid criminalising the victims.
www.u4.no
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Read our latest U4-blog
Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...
Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...
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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
This roundtable was the perfect illustration of @men4dem.bsky.social, synthesizing artistic performance, activist experience and academic knowledge all in one.
Such an inspiring roundtable @men4dem.bsky.social at the University of Bergamo with Cerchio degli Uomini, Bharath Ganesh, @norocel.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social and an incredibly powerful performance by @via-berlin.bsky.social so many thanks
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This roundtable was the perfect illustration of @men4dem.bsky.social, synthesizing artistic performance, activist experience and academic knowledge all in one.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It’s here! Gendering Party Politics published with Oxford University Press & available in all good bookshops in hardcover & paperback.
Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/61464
Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/61464
Gendering Party Politics: Feminist Institutionalist Perspectives
Abstract. Gendering Party Politics explores the relationship between gender and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens. Across 17 chapt
academic.oup.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s here! Gendering Party Politics published with Oxford University Press & available in all good bookshops in hardcover & paperback.
Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/61464
Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/book/61464
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Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations!
swepsa.org/index.html?f...
swepsa.org/index.html?f...
SWEPSA
swepsa.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations!
swepsa.org/index.html?f...
swepsa.org/index.html?f...
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🚨Three members of the MEN4DEM team are leading a section at the 2026 ECPG! 🚨
Swipe right to learn more!
#MEN4DEM @ecpr.bsky.social
Swipe right to learn more!
#MEN4DEM @ecpr.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🚨Three members of the MEN4DEM team are leading a section at the 2026 ECPG! 🚨
Swipe right to learn more!
#MEN4DEM @ecpr.bsky.social
Swipe right to learn more!
#MEN4DEM @ecpr.bsky.social
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🎤🙌'(Anti)democratic Masculinities Theory in Action': upcoming talk at the University of Lisbon drawing on co-authored work with @elinbja.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social. www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/an...
(Anti)democratic Masculinities Theory in action: transdisciplinary reflections and co-creation
On September 29, Liza Mügge (University of Amsterdam) will be the guest speaker in a joint seminar organized by the Research Groups LIFE, RIGoP and SPARC. The theme will be (Anti)democratic Masculinit...
www.ics.ulisboa.pt
September 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🎤🙌'(Anti)democratic Masculinities Theory in Action': upcoming talk at the University of Lisbon drawing on co-authored work with @elinbja.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social. www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/an...
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Meet one of our expert organisations, Share the Care!
Share the Care is a Polish organisation that promotes a partnership model of family life that focuses on parental and gender equality.
#MEN4DEM #genderequality #parentalequality #SharetheCare
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
Share the Care is a Polish organisation that promotes a partnership model of family life that focuses on parental and gender equality.
#MEN4DEM #genderequality #parentalequality #SharetheCare
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Meet one of our expert organisations, Share the Care!
Share the Care is a Polish organisation that promotes a partnership model of family life that focuses on parental and gender equality.
#MEN4DEM #genderequality #parentalequality #SharetheCare
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
Share the Care is a Polish organisation that promotes a partnership model of family life that focuses on parental and gender equality.
#MEN4DEM #genderequality #parentalequality #SharetheCare
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
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Meet one of MEN4DEM's Expert organisations, Cerchio degli Uomini!
Cerchio degli Uomini is an Italian non-profit association that aims to promote non-patriarchal masculinity and prevent gender-based violence.
#men4dem #caringmasculinities #genderequality
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
Cerchio degli Uomini is an Italian non-profit association that aims to promote non-patriarchal masculinity and prevent gender-based violence.
#men4dem #caringmasculinities #genderequality
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
September 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Meet one of MEN4DEM's Expert organisations, Cerchio degli Uomini!
Cerchio degli Uomini is an Italian non-profit association that aims to promote non-patriarchal masculinity and prevent gender-based violence.
#men4dem #caringmasculinities #genderequality
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
Cerchio degli Uomini is an Italian non-profit association that aims to promote non-patriarchal masculinity and prevent gender-based violence.
#men4dem #caringmasculinities #genderequality
Read more on www.men4dem.eu
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🚀 Our first MEN4DEM newsletter is out!
Updates, events, and voices from across Europe on building more equal and inclusive democracies.
Read it here 👉 fn6v6.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...
Updates, events, and voices from across Europe on building more equal and inclusive democracies.
Read it here 👉 fn6v6.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...
August 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🚀 Our first MEN4DEM newsletter is out!
Updates, events, and voices from across Europe on building more equal and inclusive democracies.
Read it here 👉 fn6v6.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...
Updates, events, and voices from across Europe on building more equal and inclusive democracies.
Read it here 👉 fn6v6.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
Idag skriver vi om sexuell korruption i Sverige på DN Debatt.
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
DN Debatt. ”Sexuell korruption är inte som andra mutbrott”
DN Debatt. Nya förslag kan få motsatt effekt och skapa fler risker för de utsatta, skriver fyra forskare.
www.dn.se
August 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Idag skriver vi om sexuell korruption i Sverige på DN Debatt.
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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July 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Back in 🇸🇪 after a month of train traveling through Europe. 🚞
Long-distance #traintravel requires combing purposes. #Slowtravel gave me time for a real holiday, focused writing, and even a few work meetings on my way home.
Productive, inspiring, enjoyable and relaxing - all at once!
Long-distance #traintravel requires combing purposes. #Slowtravel gave me time for a real holiday, focused writing, and even a few work meetings on my way home.
Productive, inspiring, enjoyable and relaxing - all at once!
July 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Back in 🇸🇪 after a month of train traveling through Europe. 🚞
Long-distance #traintravel requires combing purposes. #Slowtravel gave me time for a real holiday, focused writing, and even a few work meetings on my way home.
Productive, inspiring, enjoyable and relaxing - all at once!
Long-distance #traintravel requires combing purposes. #Slowtravel gave me time for a real holiday, focused writing, and even a few work meetings on my way home.
Productive, inspiring, enjoyable and relaxing - all at once!
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If you are attending Stockholm Pride this year (and speak Swedish), come and see this panel on the growing polarization around LGBTQ+ rights, featuring a great lineup, including myself. :) program.stockholmpride.org/sv/events/29...
Hur polariserade är vi - egentligen? av RFSL | Stockholm Pride
Vad händer med sakfrågorna när hbtqi-personers rättigheter görs till symbolfrågor i ett bredare s.k kulturkrig?
program.stockholmpride.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you are attending Stockholm Pride this year (and speak Swedish), come and see this panel on the growing polarization around LGBTQ+ rights, featuring a great lineup, including myself. :) program.stockholmpride.org/sv/events/29...
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🧵1/ Are primaries bad for political diversity? Conventional wisdom says yes—but our article in @wepsocial.bsky.social shows that candidate selection modes are not necessarily a bottleneck for representation, at least when it comes to demand. 🗳️👥 @sandrahkansson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🧵1/ Are primaries bad for political diversity? Conventional wisdom says yes—but our article in @wepsocial.bsky.social shows that candidate selection modes are not necessarily a bottleneck for representation, at least when it comes to demand. 🗳️👥 @sandrahkansson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
I can highly recommend reading Saskia Brechenmacher's comprehensive and insightful @carnegieendowment.org report on "The New Global Struggle Over Gender, Rights, and Family Values".
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
The New Global Struggle Over Gender, Rights, and Family Values
Heated political struggles over gender playing out in several regions of the world are more than just isolated or temporary reactions to recent progressive reforms: They are a key front in a larger cu...
carnegieendowment.org
July 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I can highly recommend reading Saskia Brechenmacher's comprehensive and insightful @carnegieendowment.org report on "The New Global Struggle Over Gender, Rights, and Family Values".
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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Based on insights from our report “Countering anti-democratic masculinities: State of the art of evidence-based interventions” – which presents a systematic review of strategies aimed at addressing anti-democratic masculinities – here’s what works when it comes to effective interventions.
July 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Based on insights from our report “Countering anti-democratic masculinities: State of the art of evidence-based interventions” – which presents a systematic review of strategies aimed at addressing anti-democratic masculinities – here’s what works when it comes to effective interventions.
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MEN4DEM publishes a scientific review of intervention strategies for more democratic masculinities.
Read the report at www.men4dem.eu/news-events-...
Read the report at www.men4dem.eu/news-events-...
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
MEN4DEM publishes a scientific review of intervention strategies for more democratic masculinities.
Read the report at www.men4dem.eu/news-events-...
Read the report at www.men4dem.eu/news-events-...
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WHEN DID YOU LEAVE?
Radical immersion - a theatre experiment. The first findings from the experiment performed at Oerol Festival are now live on the MEN4DEM website.
Read more at lnkd.in/ddFijgsF
Radical immersion - a theatre experiment. The first findings from the experiment performed at Oerol Festival are now live on the MEN4DEM website.
Read more at lnkd.in/ddFijgsF
July 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
WHEN DID YOU LEAVE?
Radical immersion - a theatre experiment. The first findings from the experiment performed at Oerol Festival are now live on the MEN4DEM website.
Read more at lnkd.in/ddFijgsF
Radical immersion - a theatre experiment. The first findings from the experiment performed at Oerol Festival are now live on the MEN4DEM website.
Read more at lnkd.in/ddFijgsF
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Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky
buff.ly/4jmQsMv
In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky
buff.ly/4jmQsMv
July 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky
buff.ly/4jmQsMv
In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky
buff.ly/4jmQsMv
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When did you leave? was developed by Via Berlin in collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam. It was a theatrical experiment that explored themes of radicalization and masculinity.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
June 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
When did you leave? was developed by Via Berlin in collaboration with researchers from the University of Amsterdam. It was a theatrical experiment that explored themes of radicalization and masculinity.
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum
@via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
Photos: Nichon Glerum