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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Christer Jönsson has contributed with the chapter "Classical Liberal Internationalism" to the revised edition of the book ”International Organization and Global Governance” (edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson). Although unfairly pilloried for being out of touch with "reality" by a new generation of realist

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/revised-edition-classical-liberal-internationalism - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Why are some countries more democratic than others? Why do some countries remain democratic whereas other backslide toward authoritarianism? In the recently-published article “Economic development and democracy: An electoral connection”, Jan Teorell, together with Carl Henrik Knutsen, John Gerring, Svend-Erik Skaaning

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/economic-development-and-democracy - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mikael Sundström has, together with Robert Holmberg, authored the article "When implementation falters: the challenge of having peripheral issues stick in organisations", that has been published in Journal of Strategy and Management. The purpose of the article is to study a class of issues that in spite of recognised

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/when-implementation-falters - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ole Elgström is first author, with co-authors Natalia Chaban, Michèle Knodt, Patrick Muller och Sharon Pardo, of the article "Perceptions of the EU's role in the Ukraine-Russian and the Israel-Palestine conflicts: A biased mediator?, which was recently published in the journal International Negotiation. Abstract:This

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/elgstrom-eu-biased-mediator - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Niklas Altermark and Linda Nyberg have author the article ”Neuro-politics: knowing politics through the brain”. Abstract:In recent years, neuroscientific knowledge has been applied far beyond its context of emergence to explain human behaviour in general and to address a host of specific societal problems. In this art

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/political-science-and-brain - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ole Elgström has together with Natalia Chaban author the article "On a Journey with Uncertain Destination: Metaphors and Images of the EU in Russian and Ukrainian Media after Brexit Vote", which has been published in the journal European Foreign Affairs Review. Abstract:The outcome of the British Brexit referendum sen

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-characterize-eu-after-brexit - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. To what extent have long-standing norm diffusion and socialization processes affected the rights for the Russian minority in Estonia? In the article “Beyond Compliance: Recognition, Solidarity and Minority Rights in Post-Accession Estonia” recently published in the journal “Nationalism and Ethnic Politics”, Roxanna Sj

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/sjostedt-minority-rights-after-socialization-processes - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has authored the chapter "Depoliticisation, Water, and Environmental Peacebuilding” in the handbook ”Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding”. Learn more about the handbook on routledge.comKarin Aggestam’s personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-depoliticization-and-environmental-peacebuilding - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Audrey Vandeleene has, together with Lieven De Winter, authored the book chapter ”The Curious Stability of Candidate Selection Methods in Belgium in Times of Crisis” in the book ”The Selection of Politicians in Times of Crisis”. In their chapter, they analyse changes in the processes of selection of electoral candidat

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/vandeleene-intraparty-candidate-selection-processes-times-crisis - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? One of your researchers has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the early 1900s. The conclusion

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johannes Lindvall has, together with David Rueda, authored the book chapter ”Public Opinion, Party Politics, and the Welfare State” in the book ”Welfare Democracies and Party Politics—Explaining Electoral Dynamics in Times of Changing Welfare Capitalism”. I their study Johannes Lindvall (Lund University) and David Rue

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-research-development-welfare-state - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jens Bartelson, Martin Hall and Jan Teorell are the editors of the newly released book “De-Centering State Making”. Bridging the gap between international relations and comparative politics, this book transposes Eurocentric theories and narratives of state-making to new historical and geographical contexts in order to

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-state-making - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Thorsteinn Kristinsson has co-authored three chapters in the forthcoming book ”Small States and Shelter Theory: Iceland’s External Affairs”.  Through a re-examination of the history of Iceland’s external relations, the book proposes a new theoretical framework with which to understand the place of small political enti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kristinsson-small-states-and-shelter-theory - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johannes Lindvall and Per Andersson, who defended his dissertation at the department in 2017, has just published the article ”Crises, investments, and political institutions” in the Journal of Theoretical Politics. The article is based on a game-theoretic analysis of decision-making under different types of institutio

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/lindvall-decision-making-under-different-types-institutions - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What influences the likelihood that an individual joins a radical group? Hanna Bäck and Niklas Altermark have, together with Emma Bäck and Holly Knapton, studied this question in an experimental study. The results show that when experiencing social exclusion, highly rejection sensitive individuals tend to adapt to the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-and-altermark-radicalization - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has together with Ann Towns, Gothenburg University, authored the article ”The gender turn in diplomacy: a new research agenda”. The article is published in International Feminist Journal of Politics. Learn more on tandfonline.comKarin Aggestam’s personal page

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-gender-and-diplomacy - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jan Teorell is a new member of the Skytte Prize Committee, which is one of the largest academic prizes in the field of Political Science. - I expect to learn even more about the already vast, heterogeneous and growing field of political science. I have some previous experience with being on prize committees for the Am

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/teorell-joins-skytte-prize-committee - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl has authored the article ”Republika Srpska: Imaginary, performance and spatialization”, which has been published in Political Geography. This article is about the becoming of states and how such states are a socially constructed spaces, imagined and performed by those who perceive themselves as belong

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-becoming-states - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jakob Skovgaard co-edited and contributed to the book "The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and their Reform” (Cambridge University Press). The book offers a range of insights into why fossil fuel subsidies continue to persist despite agreement among experts about the benefits of reform, repeated international commit

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-fossil-fuel-subsidies - 2026-08-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Do female representatives participate less often in legislative debates, and does it matter which topic is debated? Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus answer this question by analyzing speechmaking among members of parliament in seven European countries.  The results show that female members are under-represented in legislativ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/back-how-female-and-male-representatives-debate-different-parliaments - 2026-08-19