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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article "Institutional stepping stones for democracy: how and why multipartyism enhances democratic change" which presents evidence in support of a more positive understanding of multipartyism and democracy. AbstractScholars of electoral authoritarianism and comp

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-even-fake-elections-can-hasten-democratic-change - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Niklas Altermark’s article 'The Post-Institutional Era: Visions of History in Research on Intellectual Disability' is included in the 30 year anniversary issue of the leading disability studies journal Disability & Society. AbstractIn this article, I address how the history of intellectual di

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/glancing-back-intellectual-disability-research - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Per Andersson defended his doctoral thesis "Essays on the Politics of Taxation" on 19th May at 10 o'clock in Hornbergssalen, Kulturen, Lund. External reviewer: Reader Lucas Leeman, Department of Government, University os Essex, UK."Essays on the Politics of Taxation"Per Andersson's personal page.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/andersson-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has together with Stephanie Kappler published the book Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation. Peace, Space and Place with Routledge. The book investigates peacebuilding in post-conflict scenarios by analyzing the links between peacebuilding agency, space and place. It focu

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-investigates-peacebuilding - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. OUTREACH. Fabio Cristiano gave a talk at the conference “Fear and Loathing of the Online Self” in Rome, featuring Franco Bifo Berardi, Jodi Dean, Wendy Chun, Gabriella Coleman, and many others. More info: http://networkcultures.org/online-self/program/.

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/cristiano-online-conference - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Kurtis Boyer has a new chapter entitled: "Saving the Polar Bear and Other Objects" published in the new anthology : "Critical Norths: Space, Nature, Theory" from the University of Alaska Press. Link to PublisherLink to Kurtis Boyer's Personal Page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/boyer-affect-and-politics-arctic-wildlife-protection - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck has published the article “Representing the Region on the Floor: Socioeconomic Characteristics of Electoral Districts and Legislative Speechmaking”. The article which focuses on how representatives from different regions participate in parliamentary debates.Read full articleHanna Bäck's personal webpage

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-representation-and-parliamentary-debates - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. OUTREACH: Annika Bergman Rosamond and Annica Kronsell gave a number of papers at the ECPR conference “European Conference on Politics and Gender” in Lausanne, Switzerland 8-11 June. Annika Bergman Rosamond was also an invited speaker on the final plenary roundtable  'Gender at the Border: the Refugee Crisis in Europe’

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/plenary-roundtable-and-papers-ecpr-conference - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jakob Skovgaard has published the article "The devil lies in the definition: competing approaches to fossil fuel subsidies at the IMF and the OECD” in the journal “International Environmental Agreements”. The article concerns how the IMF and the OECD have addressed subsidies to fossil fuels i

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/skoovgard-competing-approaches-fossil-fuel-subsidies - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl has together with Stephanie Kappler published the book Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation. Peace, Space and Place with Routledge. The book investigates peacebuilding in post-conflict scenarios by analyzing the links between peacebuilding agency, space and place. It focu

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-investigates-peacebuilding-post-conflict-scenarios - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Reform Capacity argues that the view that an effective government requires a concentration of power is mistaken. Professor Johannes Lindvall recently published his new book Reform Capacity at Oxford University press.Reform Capacity argues that the view that an effective government requires a concentration of power is

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/reform-capacity-professor-johannes-lindvall - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Catarina Kinnvall, professor in Political Science and Political Psychology, has published the article "Racism and the Role of Imaginary Others in Europe" in Nature Human Behaviour. From Nature Human Behavior:Europe has witnessed an increase in covert cultural racism that is reflected in recent political turmoil in its

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/catarina-kinnvall-racism-and-imaginary-others - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nina Wilén has published the article "Gender and Blue Helmets" that reviews two new books on gender and peacebuilding. The books are The Women in Blue Helmets: Gender, policing and the UN's first all-female peacekeeping unit, by Lesley J Pruitt, and Gender and peacebuilding, by Claire Duncanson.Both books focus on the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/article-comparing-two-books-gender-and-peacebuilding - 2026-05-03

Nina Wilén, guest researcher at the Department of Political Science, has together with Bert Ingelaere at the University of Antwerpen published the article "War-torn Congo has been called the “rape capital of the world.” Here is how fighters think about sexual violence." "Here's what we've missed until now: How do rebels think about sexual violence? That's what we asked former rebels in Congo". Nin

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nina-wilen-how-rebels-think-about-sexual-violence - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl och Johanna Mannergren Selimovic have published the article "Feeling Silence in a Place of Pain" in International Feminist Journal of Politics. The article describes the denial of war-time wrapes in the small town of Višegrad in eastern Bosnien-Herzegovina. "What are we doing here? We are here to expe

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/silence-deny-war-time-wrape - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Research Council has decided that the Kerstin Hesselgren professorial chair for 2019 will be held by Robyn Eckersley, professor of Policitical Science at the University of Melbourne Australia. During her time in Sweden she will work at the Department of Political Science at Lund University. Full article (i

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/robyn-eckersley-lund-guest-professor-2019 - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Fabio Cristiano, Lund University, and Emilio Distretti, London Metropolitan University, have co-authored the article “Along the Lines of the Occupation: Playing at Diminished Reality in East Jerusalem” for the journal Conflict and Society. Abstract:Augmented reality enables video game experiences that are increasingly

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/article-explores-pokemon-go-imaginary-east-jerusalem - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The notification of the date of the defence and "posting" of Ivan Gusics thesis "War, peace & the city: urban conflict over peace(s) in the postwar cities of Belfast, Mitrovica, and Mostar." was held on Thursday, September 21, at 3:15 PM in Edens lobby. The academic tradition of nailing ones thesis to a board ("spikni

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ivan-gusics-doctoral-thesis-posted - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck, professor of political science, has published the article "Veto player theory and reform making in Western Europe" in European Journal of Political Research. The article focuses on governments' capacity to implement policy reforms, and builds on a new comparative data set on about 5,600 important economic 

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/hanna-back-governments-capacity-implement-reform - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Bäck and Roxanna Sjöstedt have authored the chapter “Political Science Perspectives” (in Swedish) in a new textbook for middle- and junior high school teacher students, published by Gleerups. Read a sample of the book here at the Gleerup web siteHanna Bäck's personal web page.Roxanna Sjöstedt's personal web page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-textbook-social-sciences-teachers-grade-4-9 - 2026-05-03