Department of Government
The department’s faculty consists of researchers covering all the major fields of political science. Our shared objective is to analyse the conditions for political power and the prerequisites for well functioning democratic institutions.
Spotlight
Darrel Robinson defends his thesis on 11 October at 9:30 in Brusewitzsalen, Östra Ågatan 19.
Media
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Equal playing field? The toxic reality for young female MPs
Source: PSNews 2019-09-16
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Svenskhet är mer än en invandringsfråga
Source: Kvartal 2019-09-15
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SD får sin högsta siffra i Sifo någonsin
Source: Expressen 2019-09-13
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Svenska partiers beroende av partistöd stort jämfört länder i Västeuropa
Source: SVT Nyheter 2019-09-11
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Riksdagspartierna allt mer beroende av statliga partistödet
Source: SVT Nyheter 2019-09-11
News
- New study about interdependencies between societies and ecological system published in Nature Sustainability
- Heidegger in Ruins – a mini symposium on post-truth
- Sofia Näsström new Professor in Political Science
- 2019 Johan Skytte Prize to Margaret Levi
- Research grant from Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for research on democratic self-defence
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.
Recent publication
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Militant Democracy and Its Critics
What do our students read?
Please find reading lists for the undergraduate courses.
Reading list Development Studies A
Reading list Political Science A
Reading list Development Studies B
Reading list Political Science B
Reading list Development Studies C
Reading list Political Science C
Johan Skytte Prize
In 1622, Johan Skytte, then Vice-Chancellor of the University, established the Johan Skytte chair in Eloquence and Government, which 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”. Find out more about the Skytte Prize.
Visiting address:
Gamla Torget 6, Uppsala
Contact:
Email: statsvet@statsvet.uu.se
Phone (vxl): +46 18 471 00 00
About the Department of Government