Research at Department of Government
The Department of Government is a modern social science department with a rich historical heritage. Our research is international in focus and characterized by disciplinary curiosity and methodological innovation.
Democracy and the Social Question
Sofia Näsström
Research Projects
New projects
Beyond Nature vs. Nurture: gene-environment interaction and political behavior
Democracy and the Social Question
Democratic Resilience in an Age of Information Warfare
Do welfare systems shape public support for climate action? A cross-country experimental assessment
Living on contested land after war
Shaping the Online Public Sphere: How and Why do Democracies Regulate Social Media Platforms?
What will we eat? Food as security politics in Sweden 1900-2025
Current projects start 2023
Does increased socioeconomic segregation lead to increased political inequality?
Inequality of political opportunity: Measures and Explanations
Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe: Institutions, Interests and Policies (PRIME)
State, Tourism, and Heritage: Kalbeliya in its pre-recognition phase in India
The independent role of research in society and the primacy of the will of the people
Theories of democratic self-defense: Exclusion, toleration, integration
Understanding political climate passivity in Sweden and the US
Current projects start 2022
Climate policy as a social question: Can social policies reduce opposition to carbon taxes?
Closing the ’value-action gap’ between values and individuals’ climate footprint
Expanding Markets in Life: Exploring emerging ART practices in India and Uganda
Gender and Political Representation in a (Post-) Pandemic Era
Living as a Survivor: A Study of the Political, Social and Economic Integration of Tsunami Survivors
Local self-government, professionalism and court defiance in Swedish eldercare
Online platforms and the challenges of democratic exclusion
Obstacles and opportunities for equal participation of citizens with intellectual disabilities
Current projects start 2021
Current projects start 2020
Past projects
Children’s participation and the outcome of care in Swedish child and family welfare
Democratic Self-Defense: The Social Model
Defending or defeating democracy? Civil society and electoral autocracy in Kenya and Uganda
Equalising political participation through upper secondary education?
Gender Aspects on Election Violence
Gender Politics and Electoral Authoritarianism
Gender, politics and violence in Thailand
Gender and social media in contentious elections
How can trade unions contribute to increase gender equality in worklife?
How does national inspections affect welfare professions?
Is parliament a gender equal workplace?
Liberal Nationalism in the Welfare State
Mapping Women Peacemakers: Exploring the “More Women-More Peace” Nexus
Mechanisms of Trust: Citizens and societal institutions in three marginalized residential areas
Nationhood in a Pandemic, Nordic Gold or Nordic Noir?
Opposition to Gender Equality Policies in the European Multi-Level Space: The Case of Abortion
Rationalism and Counterfactuality. Observations and conclusions from a life as a scholar
Shades of Civic Activism: State – Labour Relations in India and Ethiopia
The dream of an equal society: nostalgia or living vision?
The Everyday Practice of Paying Taxes in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Fateful Year of 1809. How Swedish history could have been different
The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe
The political significance of work
The politics of public investment
The Politics of Resentment in Sweden and the United States: Emotion Motivation and Identity
Thomas Hobbes and Liberty of Conscience
Understanding the Pippi Longstocking Paradox and Statist Individualism