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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.

Skytteanum a living house

Research at the Department of Government

From Berit Sahlström's Political Science Square 2019-2021

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.

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Recent publications

  • Peacebuilding: "Urban restructuring and the reproduction of spaces of violence in Belfast"

    E Elfversson, I Gusic et al.

  • Comparative European Politics "How not to respond to populism"

    Anthoula Malkopoulou et al.

  • Post-Soviet Women: New Challenges and Ways to Empowerment, "When the Private Remains Nonpolitical: Gender Roles, Sexual Liberation, and the Example of Armenia"

    Li Bennich-Björkman

  • Acta Sociologica "Political icon and role model: Dimensions of the perceived ‘Greta effect’ among climate activists as aspects of contemporary social movement leadership"

    Katrin Uba et al.

  • International Journal of Communication "'Meme-Ing' Peace in Northern Ireland: Exploring the Everyday Politics of Internet Memes in Belfast Riots"

    Ivan Gusic et al.

  • 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"

    Per Adman, Lutz Gschwind

  • European Journal of Political Research "Still proud at the polls? LGBT+rights don’t dilute the sexuality turnout gap"

    Michal Grahn

  • Contemporary Political Theory "Democratic renewal and the spirit of democracy"

    Sofia Näsström et al.

  • Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability “Urban growth, resilience, and violence”

    Emma Elfversson et al.

  • Policing and Society "The urban-rural divide in police trust: insights from Kenya"

    Emma Elfversson et al.

  • Contemporary Politics "Extending contestation: opposition party strength and dissenting civil society engagement with autocratic elections"

    Anders Sjögren

  • Research & Politics "Apprentices or outsiders? Age-driven heterogeneities in access to political capital and reelection"

    Michal Grahn

  • Peacebuilding "Peace in cities, peace through cities? Theorising and exploring geographies of peace in violently contested cities"

    Emma Elfversson, Ivan Gusic et al.

  • Relational Peace Practices

    Anna Jarstad, Johanna Söderström et al.

  • The Thinker "Silences and Vulnerabilities"

    Suruchi Thapar-Björkert et al.

  • Ovisshetens tid "Demokrati som överideologi eller en ideologi bland andra?"

    Thomas Persson, Sten Widmalm

  • Feminism & Psychology “There are two sides to everything”: Re (locating) vulnerability in the surrogacy industry in India"

    Suruchi Thapar-Björkert et al.

  • Political Geography "Postwar cities: Conceptualizing and mapping the research agenda"

    Emma Elfversson, Ivan Gusic et al.

  • Ethnic and Racial Studies "Conceptualizing xenophobia as structural violence in the lives of refugee women in Gauteng, South Africa"

    Suruchi Thapar-Björkert et al.

  • International Studies Review "A Typology of Ontological Insecurity Mechanisms: Russia's Military Engagement in Syria"

    August Danielson at al.

  • Rebellious Riots "(Re)claiming Finfinne? Violent Protest and the Right to Addis Ababa"

    Camille Pellerin, Emma Elfversson et al.

About the Department of Government

The Johan Skytte donation letter from 1622.

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. 

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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”.

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Johan Skytte (1577-1645) painted by Jacob Elbfas

Department of Government

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Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala 
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751 20 Uppsala

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