Political participation and representation

Citizens' participation in public elections are crucial to a functioning democracy. Our research on these topics is mainly about voter behavior and participation.

Publications

Ingemar Elander, Charlotte Fridolfsson, Eva Gustavsson (2015)

Swedish Muslims and Secular Society: Faith-Based Engagement and Place

Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations , Vol.26 , s.145-163 Continue to DOI

Gissur Ó Erlingsson, Kåre Vernby, Richard Öhrvall (2014)

The single-issue party thesis and the Sweden Democrats

Acta Politica , Vol.49 , s.196-216 Continue to DOI

Mikael Persson, Anders Sundell, Richard Öhrvall (2014)

Does Election Day weather affect voter turnout?: Evidence from Swedish elections

Electoral Studies , Vol.33 , s.335-342 Continue to DOI

Mikael Persson, Maria Solevid, Richard Öhrvall (2013)

Voter Turnout and Political Equality: Testing the 'Law of Dispersion' in a Swedish Natural Experiment

Politics , Vol.33 , s.172-184 Continue to DOI

Charlotte Fridolfsson, Ingemar Elander (2013)

Faith and place: constructing Muslim identity in a secular Lutheran society

Cultural Geographies , Vol.20 , s.319-337 Continue to DOI

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Related research

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.

Organisation

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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.

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.

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