Political Science (STATSV)

The division of Political Science conducts research and offers education at the basic and advanced level. Political Science is about politics, power and democracy.

News

SeGRID

SeGRID is a part of the Swedish Institute Summer Academy for Young Professionals. The course welcomes participants from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe.  The course is currently paused.

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The Power of Resentment: Reflections on the U.S. Presidential Election

In the USA, the geographical division is central. Professor Katherine Cramer's research explains, among other things, differences between urban and rural voters. In August, Cramer holds an open lecture about her research at Campus Norrköping.

Femal PhD student and podcaster.

She is podcasting about the best features of democracy

Alongside her doctoral studies, political scientist Helena Iacobaeus runs the podcast Aspects of Democracy. She invites various LiU researchers to discuss the benefits of democracy.

Education

Courses in political science are provided as single subject courses as well as through our programmes: the Bachelor’s programme in Political Science and Economics, the Master’s programme in Political Sciences and the Master’s programme in International and European Relations. We also provide courses on European Integration.

The Swedish Higher Education Authority has recognised that our courses are of a high level of quality.

Research

Political Science is a social science subject that focuses on explaining and scrutinizing the relationships among politics, power and democracy. Strong research areas in our division include ICT-development in the public administration, the citizens' political participation and representation, new governance arrangements, processes considering rising global challenges as well as local and regional politics and administration.
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Service transformation, resilience, and empowerment through active municipalities in Ukraine - STREAM-U

New project aims to strengthen the capacity for critical collaboration between local authorities and civil society in delivering services, enhancing resilience, and advancing democratization in Ukraine.

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Local and regional politics and administration

Research that put their focus where people live their daily lives. In local communities, whether it be in a small community on the Swedish rural areas or in a refugee camp in Syria.

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New governance and processes

New complex problems and challenges such as climate change, finance and migration crises can not be resolved within the traditional political organizations. They demand new forms of governance at local, regional and global levels.

Contact us

Address

Visiting Address

Division of Political Science

Hans Meijers väg
A Building, entrance 17-19
Campus Valla
Linköping, Sweden

Postal Address

Linköping University
Department of Management and Engineering
Division of Political Science
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden

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