Staff

Director: Magnus Wennerhag

Director of research: Noomi Weinryb

Managing Board: Nicholas Aylott, Jenny Madestam, Zhanna Kravchenko, Adrienne Sörbom, Magnus Wennerhag.

Board of Reference:

  • Adrienne Sörbom, Chair, Professor of Sociology, Södertörn University
  • Anne Kaun, associate Professor in in Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University
  • Håkan Thörn, Professor of Sociology, Gothenburg University
  • Katrin Uba,Associate Professor in Political Science, Uppsala University
  • Bengt Jacobsson, Professor of Business Administration, Södertörn University

Researchers outside Södertörn University:

The Centre for the study of political organisation works closely with researchers from other universities and various government organisations. For more information, please contact us at cpo@sh.se

Researchers, teachers and other personnel:

Nicholas Aylott

Nicholas Aylott

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Karin Borevi

Karin Borevi

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Johan Eriksson

Johan Eriksson

Professor

International relations, specifically the politics of technology and expertise, space policy, and cybersecurity. I lead the project "Russia in Space".

Social Sciences

ME621

Malin Gawell

Malin Gawell

Associate Professor

My research interest focuses on how people respond to challenges in different ways. Social entrepreneurship, social enterprises, and social innovation are examples of what I study.

Social Sciences

ME418

Eva Karlberg

Eva Karlberg

Senior Lecturer

Research: organization, social movements, civil society. Participate in the Horizon-project "Co-Creating Inclusive Intersectional Democratic Spaces Across Europe": ccindle.org

Social Sciences

ME218

Zhanna Kravchenko

Zhanna Kravchenko

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Jenny Madestam

Jenny Madestam

Senior Lecturer

Swedish politics, political leadership, social media and politics, police education.

Social Sciences

ME439A

Joanna Mellquist

Joanna Mellquist

Doctoral Student

I work as sociologist at the Department of Social Sciences, Södertörn University, and carry out research focusing on the role of unelected experts in civil society

Social Sciences

ME223

Sara Persson

Sara Persson

PhD

Researcher

- Extractive industry conflicts - Sustainability, circular economy and corporate responsibility - Critical Management Studies - Writing differently and autoethnography

Social Sciences

ME414

Stefan Svallfors

Stefan Svallfors

Professor

Social Sciences

Adrienne Sörbom

Adrienne Sörbom

Professor

I am Professor of sociology, and I study issues related to political organization, globalisation and democracy. I mainly teach on the use of qualitative methods and on democracy.

Social Sciences

ME229C

Nazem Tahvilzadeh

Nazem Tahvilzadeh

My research and teaching deals with public administration, political theory and theory of democracy with a particular focys on policy processes and urban governance.

Social Sciences

ME449

Noomi Weinryb

Noomi Weinryb

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer

Associate professor

Social Sciences

ME451

Magnus Wennerhag

Magnus Wennerhag

Professor

My research and teaching mainly concerns social movements, political participation, social stratification, climate protests, political violence, and sociological theory.

Social Sciences

ME225