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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 21h

And congratulations to @karinleijon.bsky.social and Linda Moberg, for receiving SWEPSA’s prize for best article 2024, in Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift!!

"Kommunalt självstyre och rättighetslagstiftning. Om fördelningen av makt och ansvar mellan stat och kommun".

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Visar Kommunalt självstyre och rättighetslagstiftning

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 22h

Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations!

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SWEPSA

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 2d

The Uppsala Political Science Association’s thesis award of 2025 is awarded to Filip Garpenby, for his thesis “Classroom Discussions in Polarised Times: Implications for Students who Deviate from Consensus.”
Filip's exciting thesis can be accessed here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

Gz Filip!

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Anna Jarstad @ajars.bsky.social · 5d

The Johan Skytte Prize laureate Herbert Kitschelt

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 8d

Join us next week!
@lisayfan.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) will present her work on expressions of loyalty by female elites. Jakob Tolstrup (Aarhus) and @parzetterberg.bsky.social (@uu-polisci.bsky.social) will discuss.

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 16d

On October 3rd at 14:15 (CEST), professor Herbert Kitschelt gives his Skytte Prize Lecture, livestreamed in Brusewitz Hall at the Department of Government, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala.

All are welcome to attend. The lecture will be followed by a mingle.

More at: www.skytteprize.com/news/the-202...

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 21d

A culture of support matters in research! Check out this glimpse into how two Uppsala University social science departments mobilize mutual support in the face of challenges.

www.uu.se/en/departmen...

A Culture of Support Matters: Inside Uppsala’s Development Research Group - Uppsala University

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Charles Parker @charlesparker.bsky.social · Aug 29

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🌀Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina laid bare how denial, fragmented institutions, and crowded political agendas can turn a long-predicted storm into a full-blown catastrophe.
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Preventable Catastrophe? The Hurricane Katrina Disaster Revisited

This article probes the warning-response failures that left the city of New Orleans vulnerable to catastrophic hurricanes and the inability of local, state, and federal authorities to mount an adequa...

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UPPGAP - Uppsala Gender and Politics @uppgap.bsky.social · Aug 15

The UPPGAP program for the fall 2025 is out. Check it out!

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Michal Grahn @grahn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Check out this Elgar Encyclopedia entry on Political behavior of LGBT+ people penned by @wurthmann.bsky.social and myself. The piece summarizes what we know about queer political behavior and identifies some the remaining gaps. 🏳️‍🌈

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Rafael Ahlskog @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is cool!

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 30

Congratulations to @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social, winner of the latest @jepsjournal.bsky.social Award for Best Replication.

Find out more here - cup.org/3H0qy2y

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Cecilia Josefsson @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social · Aug 6

So excited (and honored, humbled, grateful, and honestly still in disbelief) to share that I've received the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award from @apsa.bsky.social for my book Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas (OUP).

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Cecilia Josefsson Receives the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award for “Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas” -

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Cecilia Josefsson’s book, Defending the Status Quo: On [...]

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Camilla Reuterswärd @camreu.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy to see this paper out in the July issue of CP! Using the case of abortion policy, I argue that clientelistic parties engage in strategic, mutually beneficial interactions with influential interest groups when material exchanges no longer guarantee office.

Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · Jan 16

New article on Fast Track by Camilla Reuterswärd, “Policy Commitment as Voter Mobilization Strategy: Clientelist Parties, Interest Groups, and Abortion Policy in Subnational Mexico,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

Policy Commitment as Voter Mobili...ion Policy in Subnational Mexico: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article

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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · Aug 7

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...

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

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Constantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · Aug 6

Excited to share that @grahn.bsky.social and I have co-authored a new chapter, "The Political Behavior of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans+ People", for the upcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics (ed. Zoe Lefkofridi).
#LGBTQ

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Rafael Ahlskog @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social · Jul 22

At long last, this paper is now published. Does wealth (causally!) confer an advantage in terms of political participation? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Do the rich ditch politics? Evidence from Sweden

The world has seen a massive increase in wealth and wealth inequality over the last decades. Given the skew in policy making towards the preferences o…

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · Jul 20

@cohman.bsky.social is one of two receivers of this year's Oscar Prize at Uppsala University. Grats Carl!

"Carl Öhman's book The Afterlife of Data asks important questions about who should control the data we leave behind us, and by extension, our collective history."

www.uu.se/en/staff/new...

Carl Öhman, Assistant Professor at the Department of Government, Uppsala University

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Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social · Jul 3

It always feels like a great class reunion to attend the lovely ECPR Parliaments Conference @sgparliaments.bsky.social

This year in - super hot - Barcelona, I presented joint work with THE one and only @martigso.bsky.social on cross-partisan co-sponsorship in parliamentary systems

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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · Jul 8

Sommarlyssning till tågresan eller hängmattan? I det här avsnittet av Begreppsbiblioteket får jag grotta ner mig i ett av mina favoritbegrepp: institution. Vad är egentligen en institution? Och varför är det ett så viktigt begrepp om man vill förstå makt, motstånd och förändring?

Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · Jun 24

What's an institution? New episode of Begreppsbiblioteket out now! (Podcast in Swedish)

Med begreppet institution kan vi mena många saker, men vad är den minsta gemensamma nämnaren?

Begreppsbiblioteket är Statsvetenskapliga institutionens podd som vrider och vänder på vårt ämnes centrala begrepp.

Nytt avsnitt av Begreppsbiblioteket: Vad är en institution? - Uppsala universitet

www.uu.se

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Jul 4

📢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

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Research article "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu" by Michal Grahn & Cherry M. Miller.
Abstract begins: The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between different approaches to FI and ethnographic methodologies. We propose ethnographic approaches suitable for scholars who see gendered institutions as real entities that constrain and enable human practices, as well as those who perceive them as sedimented clusters of meanings.

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Michal Grahn @grahn.bsky.social · Jul 2

My trip back from #epsa2025 by #train was a joy. 4k km, well-functioning AC (needed in the heat). Amazed at the amazing public transport network Europe offers. Door to door, just public transport. #sustainabletravel #climatechange @epssnet.bsky.social

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · Jun 24

What's an institution? New episode of Begreppsbiblioteket out now! (Podcast in Swedish)

Med begreppet institution kan vi mena många saker, men vad är den minsta gemensamma nämnaren?

Begreppsbiblioteket är Statsvetenskapliga institutionens podd som vrider och vänder på vårt ämnes centrala begrepp.

Nytt avsnitt av Begreppsbiblioteket: Vad är en institution? - Uppsala universitet

www.uu.se

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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · Jun 12

With the help of Uppsala University Innovation, we have started a company to turn our research results into practice! www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

New company aims to prevent corruption involving sex as currency - Uppsala University

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Johanna Pettersson Fürst @ejpfurst.bsky.social · Jun 9

So happy to see this article written with @fursthenrik.bsky.social published!

Henrik Fürst @fursthenrik.bsky.social · Jun 9

New article written by @ejpfurst.bsky.social and me!

"The Nordic vision: Broadcasting Nordicness in the televised Nordic Council prize ceremonies"

Link to article: doi.org/10.1111/oli....

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