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Jubilee - 400 years

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The Department of Government at Uppsala University 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.

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New Research Projects

Closing the ’value-action gap’ between values and individuals’ climate footprint
Living as a Survivor: A Study of the Political, Social and Economic Integration of Tsunami Survivors
An upper secondary education for all? How does the design of upper secondary education affect the risk of dropping out and unemployment?
Expanding Markets in Life: Exploring emerging ART practices in India and Uganda
Obstacles and opportunities for equal participation of citizens with intellectual disabilities
Climate policy as a social question: Can social policies reduce opposition to carbon taxes?
Local self-government, professionalism and court defiance in Swedish eldercare
Nationhood in a Pandemic, Nordic Gold or Nordic Noir?
Sexual abuse of power: Taking action against sextortion in Tanzania
Thesis and Supervision Outcomes at Uppsala University

Current projects start 2021

Expert government agencies’ contribution to public deliberation: balancing the need for expertise with political equality
Mapping Women Peacemakers: Exploring the “More Women-More Peace” Nexus
Secondary mobilization: The spread of political violence within and across borders
State - Labour Relations under Authoritarian Rule: Co-optation, Cooperation, Coexistence, Contestation
The Fateful Year of 1809. How Swedish history could have been different

Current projects start 2020

Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Dignity
The genetics of life course outcomes
Courts as guarantor for an individualized and need based eldercare?
Shades of Civic Activism: State – Labour Relations in India and Ethiopia
Equalising political participation through upper secondary education?
Between freedom of movement and hard borders
New roles in a hostile world? How liberal states are changing their foreign policy in a new security environment
Contested Elections and Street Politics. Comparing Protest Coalitions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Opposition to Gender Equality Policies in the European Multi-Level Space: The Case of Abortion
Parties, politicians and personal ties
The Cost of Doing Politics: Gender Aspects of Political Violence
Varieties of Peace

Current projects start 2019

Children’s participation and the outcome of care in Swedish child and family welfare
Contributivism
On Practices, Debates and Attitudes About Grounding Democratic Inclusion on Economic Contributions
Democratic Self-Defense: The Social Model
Gender and social media in contentious elections
The Heavy Metal Project
How can trade unions contribute to increase gender equality in worklife?
Frontiers of Political Representation
The Politics of Resentment in Sweden and the United States: Emotion, Motivation and Identity
Mechanisms of Trust: Citizens and societal institutions in three marginalized residential areas
TRAMPOLINE Exploring the transformative potential of extreme weather events
Strike Notice
Aging Migrants, Labor Market Transitions and the Welfare State
Is parliament a gender equal workplace?

Current projects start 2018

The political significance of work
Nature via Nurture
Defending or defeating democracy?
Civil society and electoral autocracy in Kenya and Uganda
The Origin and Reproduction of Political Inequality
The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe
The politics of public investment
Governing public professions: Performance management and professional autonomy in the police and military
How does national inspections affect welfare professions?
Understanding the Pippi Longstocking Paradox and Statist Individualism
Thomas Hobbes and Liberty of Conscience

Current projects start 2017 and earlier

Arrested Development: The Dangerous Mix of Patronage and Justice in Post-Conflict Countries
The emergence and evolution of child politics in comparative perspective
CONPOL
Global Economic Crisis
Fackföreningens digitala utveckling (in Swedish)
Gender Politics and Electoral Authoritarianism
Mistra Geopolitics

PAST projects

EURYKA
Gender, politics and violence in Thailand
Liberal Nationalism in the Welfare State
Masculinity, Nationalism and Military Service in a Conflict Zone: Surveys in Southern Thailand
The Everyday Practice of Paying Taxes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gender Aspects on Election Violence
Persona Project
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Reminder Project
Uppsala talar om tiggeri
School strikes for climate

Last modified: 2022-05-24

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