Staff
Head of department: Ann-Cathrine Jungar
Subject coordinator: Simon Birnbaum
Administrative staff: statsvetenskap@sh.se
Researchers, teaching staff and other employees:
I am a researcher on an Östersjöstiftelsen-funded project led by Dr Sanna Strand and Associate Professor Emil Edenborg on the militarisation of three Baltic Sea Islands.
Social Sciences
My current research explores the intersection of identity, religion, and security perceptions in the Western Balkans.
Social Sciences
I conduct research on nationalism, state-building processes, and international affairs.
Social Sciences
Associate professor and senior lecturer in political science. Main research areas: political theory, welfare state research. Director of PPE program: www.sh.se/ppe.
Social Sciences
ME623
My research is about surveillance including the relationship between trust and surveillance. I also teach political science at the School of Social Sciences.
Social Sciences
ME618
Research focus: memory politics and peace and conflict studies, particularly in Turkey and the Western Balkans. I also teach courses on nationalism and international co-operation.
Social Sciences
MA713
Emil Edenborg
Researcher
Researcher in the project "From a 'Sea of Peace' to a 'NATO lake'? A feminist security analysis of island militarisation in the Baltic Sea".
Social Sciences
Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)
MA789
Linda Ekström
Senior Lecturer
I am a political scientist with an interest in issues concearning teaching and learning in civics education
Social Sciences
ME614
International relations, specifically the politics of technology and expertise, space policy, and cybersecurity. I lead the project "Russia in Space".
Social Sciences
ME621
I am a Senior Lecturer in political science. My research concerns democracy and dictatorship, state - civil society relations, social movements. Leave of absence from March 2025.
Social Sciences
ME620
Alexander Hjelm
Doctoral Student
I am theoretically oriented researcher who is intrigued by the potential implications that technology have on our understanding and practice of democracy.
Social Sciences
ME611
I am Affiliate Professor of Political Science. One of my areas of research is government communication. Web: https://www.polexmedia.com/external link
Social Sciences
Senior lecturer in political science. Research on populist radical right parties in Eurioe
Social Sciences
ME622
Martina Lindberg
Academic Secretary
Lelde Luik
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
My research interests are radical democratic and post-foundational political thought alongside discursive construction of political subjectivities in Eastern Europe.
Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)
MA791
My research concerns the politization of ethnicity in the Latvian party landscape. I also teach in political science.
Social Sciences
ME611
I am Professor in Political Science and International Relations, with a research focus on peace processes. I have a part time position as Research Coordinator at CBEES.
Social Sciences
ME616
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Carl Marklund
PhD
Affiliated researcher
Carl Marklund's (BA SU 2000, MA LSE 2002, PhD EUI 2008) research deals with Baltic regionalism, hybrid geopolitics and the Nordic model, including Sweden's international image.
Historical and Contemporary Studies
Associate Professor in Political Science Research: EU politics, EU institutions, policy-making, EU law and its implementation, social policies, internal market
Social Sciences
ME618
Project Researcher (Professor, PhD) in Political Science. Focus areas: comparative politics, Central and Eastern Europe, political institutions, executive and presidential power
Social Sciences
ME612
Shamima Shah
Financial officer
PhD in Peace and Development Studies and project researcher in Political Science and International Relations.
Social Sciences
Wojciech Szrubka
Senior Lecturer
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Miranda Thulin
Doctoral Student
Lovisa Uttman
HR Generalist