My current research concerns the relationship between geographic imbalances and political change in Sweden. I am interested in contemporary processes—how the changing local supply of societal services influences political behavior and how the housing market affects politically relevant opinion. I also study historical processes, specifically how geographically determined interests paved the way for the formation of the earliest political parties in the Swedish parliament in the late nineteenth century.
In parallel, I investigate changes in the Swedish welfare regime. In a project financed by Länsförsäkringar Research Foundation, I study the development of private unemployment insurance in Sweden since the turn of the millennium. The project aim is to describe the development over time and analyze its meaning for the redistributive capacity of the universal Swedish welfare state, to investigate the actors that brought about the development, and to relate the development to popular opinion about the common, public unemployment insurance. I also study the interplay between central and local government budget cuts.
In previous research, I have studied West European political history from a comparative perspective, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. This research has focused the development of parliamentarism in different countries since the establishment of national parliaments, and the development of political parties before the Second World War.
My teaching revolves around comparative politics, Swedish politics, and introductory statistical methods and thinking.
In parallel, I investigate changes in the Swedish welfare regime. In a project financed by Länsförsäkringar Research Foundation, I study the development of private unemployment insurance in Sweden since the turn of the millennium. The project aim is to describe the development over time and analyze its meaning for the redistributive capacity of the universal Swedish welfare state, to investigate the actors that brought about the development, and to relate the development to popular opinion about the common, public unemployment insurance. I also study the interplay between central and local government budget cuts.
In previous research, I have studied West European political history from a comparative perspective, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. This research has focused the development of parliamentarism in different countries since the establishment of national parliaments, and the development of political parties before the Second World War.
My teaching revolves around comparative politics, Swedish politics, and introductory statistical methods and thinking.
