Department of Government
Spotlight: Skytte Prize
Martha Finnemore and Alexander Wendt will hold their prize winners’ lectures.
Media
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Så får Al Jazeera ryktena om Sverige att explodera
Source: Sydsvenskan Premium 2023-09-14
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Allt är möjligt att uppnå
Source: ETC 2023-09-14
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Gujarat This Week: Attend former ISRO scientist’s lecture on Chandrayaan, immerse yourself in soulful Hindustani classical music and more
Source: Indian Express 2023-09-09
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Sten Widmalm: Fotbollsvåldet kostar mer än yttrandefriheten
Source: Upsala Nya Tidning Premium 2023-09-09
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Researcher on the referendum: "Blurred question"
Source: Teller Report 2023-09-09
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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 publications
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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" -
Ethnic and Racial Studies "Conceptualizing xenophobia as structural violence in the lives of refugee women in Gauteng, South Africa" -
Political Geography "Postwar cities: Conceptualizing and mapping the research agenda" -
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" -
"Om akademisk frihet" -
"Hålla huvudet kallt Om distanserat engagemang i en uppjagad tid" -
Journal of Peace Research "The bridge to violence – Mapping and understanding conflict-related violence in postwar Mitrovica" -
Tidskrift för politisk filosofi: "Om Björn Östbrings Nationalstaten – en essä om liberal nationalism och Sveriges framtid" -
West European Politics: "Rallying around the unwaved flag: national identity and Sweden’s controversial Covid strategy" -
"Politiskt deltagande Val, partier & protester" -
NORA: "Exploring Sustainability in Parliamentary Gender Equality Work. Insights from the Swedish Riksdag"
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
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Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala
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Student Office
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Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Box 514
751 20 Uppsala
Contact
Email: expeditionen@statsvet.uu.se
Phone (switch): +46 18 471 00 00