Markus Balázs Göransson
@mbgoransson.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Swedish Defence University, (post-)Soviet wars.
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- This article addresses a case of official misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, the Swedish Public Health Agency (PHA) messaged against mask-wearing, warning that it could increase risk of infection.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
- This article addresses a case of official misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, the Swedish Public Health Agency (PHA) messaged against mask-wearing, warning that it could increase risk of infection.
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It's just one overreach after another with this Trump administration.
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 AM
It's just one overreach after another with this Trump administration.
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Really glad to see this article with @mbgoransson.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social published in the Global Social Challenges Journal. The article presents a systematic review and analysis of how SVT covered the use of face masks in 2020. 1/ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Really glad to see this article with @mbgoransson.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social published in the Global Social Challenges Journal. The article presents a systematic review and analysis of how SVT covered the use of face masks in 2020. 1/ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
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Nice work! How Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most Swedes will probably recognize these themes:
Other recs more important Evidence for masks is weak
False sense of security
Far right wants masks
Can spread infection
Complicated to use
Most Swedes will probably recognize these themes:
Other recs more important Evidence for masks is weak
False sense of security
Far right wants masks
Can spread infection
Complicated to use
New research article with @ndloubere.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social.
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
January 24, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Nice work! How Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most Swedes will probably recognize these themes:
Other recs more important Evidence for masks is weak
False sense of security
Far right wants masks
Can spread infection
Complicated to use
Most Swedes will probably recognize these themes:
Other recs more important Evidence for masks is weak
False sense of security
Far right wants masks
Can spread infection
Complicated to use
New research article with @ndloubere.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social.
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 AM
New research article with @ndloubere.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social.
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
New article from our previous research project about Syrian war refugees in Lebanon and Sweden. Here, Lotta Hultin and I look at how young Syrian refugees in Sweden use social media in their temporal identity work.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM
New article from our previous research project about Syrian war refugees in Lebanon and Sweden. Here, Lotta Hultin and I look at how young Syrian refugees in Sweden use social media in their temporal identity work.
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Good news - I'm hiring at Durham University!
1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness.
Details 👇👇👇
1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness.
Details 👇👇👇
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Space Security
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Good news - I'm hiring at Durham University!
1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness.
Details 👇👇👇
1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness.
Details 👇👇👇
Här är min recension av recensionerna av Tegnells memoarer. Ska du recensera Carlsons bok? Don't be that person.
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Här är min recension av recensionerna av Tegnells memoarer. Ska du recensera Carlsons bok? Don't be that person.
Johan Carlson har skrivit en bok om pandemin. Kan vi hoppas på att recensenterna läser den med lite rakare rygg och mindre böjda knän än när de höjde Tegnells problematiska memoarer till skyarna?
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Johan Carlson har skrivit en bok om pandemin. Kan vi hoppas på att recensenterna läser den med lite rakare rygg och mindre böjda knän än när de höjde Tegnells problematiska memoarer till skyarna?
"Det obehagliga intrycket blir att det är farligt att öppet diskutera hur Sverige och EU ska hantera hoten och förolämpningarna från andra sidan Atlanten. Som om situationen är så ömtålig att en debatt om vilka motåtgärder och alternativ som finns vore skadlig i sig."
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Tomas Ramberg: Regeringen är vilse i Trumps värld
Våra ledare tycks hoppas att allt är en ond dröm som vi snart ska vakna upp ur.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"Det obehagliga intrycket blir att det är farligt att öppet diskutera hur Sverige och EU ska hantera hoten och förolämpningarna från andra sidan Atlanten. Som om situationen är så ömtålig att en debatt om vilka motåtgärder och alternativ som finns vore skadlig i sig."
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Helvete vad mycket snö
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Helvete vad mycket snö
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
Lussekattstassavtryck.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Lussekattstassavtryck.
Late afternoon in Stockholm.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Late afternoon in Stockholm.
November mood.
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
November mood.
Look what arrived in the mail. Some late-night reading during my parental leave.
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Look what arrived in the mail. Some late-night reading during my parental leave.
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I wrote the introduction to this @h-diplo.bsky.social forum on Liliane Stadler's recent book "Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992." Thanks to @emleake.bsky.social and reviewers like @mbgoransson.bsky.social! issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/Jer...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I wrote the introduction to this @h-diplo.bsky.social forum on Liliane Stadler's recent book "Between Neutrality and Solidarity: Swiss Good Offices in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992." Thanks to @emleake.bsky.social and reviewers like @mbgoransson.bsky.social! issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/Jer...
Happy to have contributed a review of Liliane Stadler's excellent book on Swiss diplomacy during the Soviet-Afghan War to the latest H-Diplo Roundtable. Other great contributions by Timothy Nunan, Sandra Bott, Vassily Klimentov and Robert Nichols.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy to have contributed a review of Liliane Stadler's excellent book on Swiss diplomacy during the Soviet-Afghan War to the latest H-Diplo Roundtable. Other great contributions by Timothy Nunan, Sandra Bott, Vassily Klimentov and Robert Nichols.
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It's not just in Gaza where ethnic cleansing was masked as 'combat'.
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's not just in Gaza where ethnic cleansing was masked as 'combat'.
This is a really interesting piece, well worth your time.
How 7th October changed the Middle East and wider world markurban.substack.com/p/two-years-...
Two Years That Changed the Middle East
Some thoughts about this anniversary
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October 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is a really interesting piece, well worth your time.
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Israeliska soldater berättar för Dagens ETC:
Det här är våra upplevelser i Gaza – och det här har vi gjort
• ”Finns inga oskyldiga”
• ”Vi blir en förlorad generation”
• ”Hur många jag dödat? Hundratals, kanske tusentals”
Det här är våra upplevelser i Gaza – och det här har vi gjort
• ”Finns inga oskyldiga”
• ”Vi blir en förlorad generation”
• ”Hur många jag dödat? Hundratals, kanske tusentals”
”Jag har dödat fler palestinier än hela Hamas dödat judar”
Israeliska soldater berättar för Dagens ETC: Det här är våra upplevelser i Gaza – och det här har vi gjort • ”Finns inga oskyldiga” • ”Vi blir en förlorad generation” • ”Hur många jag dödat? Hundratal...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Israeliska soldater berättar för Dagens ETC:
Det här är våra upplevelser i Gaza – och det här har vi gjort
• ”Finns inga oskyldiga”
• ”Vi blir en förlorad generation”
• ”Hur många jag dödat? Hundratals, kanske tusentals”
Det här är våra upplevelser i Gaza – och det här har vi gjort
• ”Finns inga oskyldiga”
• ”Vi blir en förlorad generation”
• ”Hur många jag dödat? Hundratals, kanske tusentals”
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Ca marche comme un barometre. A tous les coups. Quand la Russie va mal, ou que les actions de l'Ukraine et de ses allies lui font tres mal, ou vont faire mal, Moscou reactive une crise autour de la centrale nucleire de Zaporijia, pour transmettre aux occidenteux la peur d'un cataclysme atomique (1)
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Ca marche comme un barometre. A tous les coups. Quand la Russie va mal, ou que les actions de l'Ukraine et de ses allies lui font tres mal, ou vont faire mal, Moscou reactive une crise autour de la centrale nucleire de Zaporijia, pour transmettre aux occidenteux la peur d'un cataclysme atomique (1)
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Several of our reserachers are among the 122 expert signatories in an #op-ed calling for the Swedish goverment to take immidiate action to prevent #genocide in #Gaza:
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena
Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.
dagensarena.se
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Several of our reserachers are among the 122 expert signatories in an #op-ed calling for the Swedish goverment to take immidiate action to prevent #genocide in #Gaza:
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord
🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord