Department of Government
Spotlight
Public Defence
August Danielson defends his thesis on 8 December at 13.15.
Media
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Avsnitt 159: Jämställdheten går kräftgång
Source: OmVärlden 2023-11-28
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Sten Widmalm: Vänsterns blinda fläckar lyser starkast
Source: Upsala Nya Tidning Premium 2023-11-24
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Mediernas dubbla klimatbudskap problematiska
Source: Göteborgs-Posten Plus 2023-11-24
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Rysk hybridkrigföring ökar - så vill Putin destabilisera EU
Source: di.se Plus 2023-11-17
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”Universitet ska inte ta ställning i kriget”
Source: Svenska dagbladet 2023-11-05
News
- We are hiring a Senior lecturer in Political Science - with a specialization in International Politics
- Annual call: at least three PhD positions in political science
- Olle Folke and Paula Blomqvist give their inaugural lectures 15 November
- Important to distinguish between positive and negative freedom
- One or several Associate Senior Lecturer positions available
Skytteanum a living house
Learn more about the history of the Department of Government in the department's new film. The film is ten minutes long and subtitled in Swedish and English.
Research at the Department of Government
Our research is characterised by methodological diversity, ranging from advanced statistical analysis to historical methods and analysis of ideas, and covers all major sub-areas of political science. A central focus of much of our research are questions of power and democracy as they arise in Sweden, Europe and the Global South.
- "Imperial or Colonial: The War is Fought Over the Soviet Past and a Broken Partnership" reasd Li Bennich-Björkmans analysis in Transatlantic Policy Quarterly (TPQ).
- "The 2023 Prize has been awarded jointly to Leandra Bias of the University of Bern and Cecilia Josefsson of Uppsala University, for their two outstanding theses." Cecila Josefsson receives the 2023 Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize in Gender and Politics.
Recent publications
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Peacebuilding: "Urban restructuring and the reproduction of spaces of violence in Belfast" -
Comparative European Politics "How not to respond to populism" -
Post-Soviet Women: New Challenges and Ways to Empowerment, "When the Private Remains Nonpolitical: Gender Roles, Sexual Liberation, and the Example of Armenia" -
Acta Sociologica "Political icon and role model: Dimensions of the perceived ‘Greta effect’ among climate activists as aspects of contemporary social movement leadership" -
International Journal of Communication "'Meme-Ing' Peace in Northern Ireland: Exploring the Everyday Politics of Internet Memes in Belfast Riots" -
Public Opinion Research "Is the Positive Effect of Education on Ethnic Tolerance a Method Artifact? A Multifactorial Survey Experiment on Social Desirability Bias in Sweden" -
European Journal of Political Research "Still proud at the polls? LGBT+rights don’t dilute the sexuality turnout gap" -
Contemporary Political Theory "Democratic renewal and the spirit of democracy" -
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability “Urban growth, resilience, and violence” -
Policing and Society "The urban-rural divide in police trust: insights from Kenya" -
Contemporary Politics "Extending contestation: opposition party strength and dissenting civil society engagement with autocratic elections" -
Research & Politics "Apprentices or outsiders? Age-driven heterogeneities in access to political capital and reelection" -
Peacebuilding "Peace in cities, peace through cities? Theorising and exploring geographies of peace in violently contested cities" -
Relational Peace Practices -
The Thinker "Silences and Vulnerabilities" -
Ovisshetens tid "Demokrati som överideologi eller en ideologi bland andra?" -
Feminism & Psychology “There are two sides to everything”: Re (locating) vulnerability in the surrogacy industry in India" -
Political Geography "Postwar cities: Conceptualizing and mapping the research agenda" -
Ethnic and Racial Studies "Conceptualizing xenophobia as structural violence in the lives of refugee women in Gauteng, South Africa" -
International Studies Review "A Typology of Ontological Insecurity Mechanisms: Russia's Military Engagement in Syria" -
Rebellious Riots "(Re)claiming Finfinne? Violent Protest and the Right to Addis Ababa"
What do our students read?
Please find syllabus and reading list for the undergraduate courses.
Development Studies A
Political Science A
About the Department of Government
In 1622, Johan Skytte bequeathed land and property to Uppsala University. The donation was to finance a professorship in Eloquentia et politices (eloquence and politics). Over the centuries, a strong political science department has evolved around the professorship. The department is located at Gamla Torget 6 and in the historic building Skytteanum in Uppsala.
Johan Skytte Prize
The Johan Skytte chair in Eloquence and Government is probably the world’s oldest active professorship in political science. The lands included in the original donation continue to finance research and the Johan Skytte Prize. The prize money of SEK 500,000 is awarded every year by the Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University to the person who has made the “most valuable contribution to political science”.
Department of Government
Visiting address
Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala
Opening hours
Student Office
7th floor
Opening Hours
Postal address
Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Box 514
751 20 Uppsala
Contact
Email: expeditionen@statsvet.uu.se
Phone (switch): +46 18 471 00 00