Staff

Head of department: Ann-Cathrine Jungar
Subject coordinator: Simon Birnbaum

Administrative staff: statsvetenskap@sh.se

Researchers, teaching staff and other employees:

Christine Agius

Christine Agius

Researcher

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

ME236

Cvetanka Aleksandroska

Cvetanka Aleksandroska

Doctoral Student

My current research explores the intersection of identity, religion, and security perceptions in the Western Balkans.

Social Sciences

ME615

Nicholas Aylott

Nicholas Aylott

Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor

My main academic interests are in comparative European politics, especially political parties and case-orientated research methods.

Social Sciences

ME617

Christofer Berglund

Christofer Berglund

I conduct research on nationalism, state-building processes, and international affairs.

Social Sciences

ME236

Simon Birnbaum

Simon Birnbaum

Professor

PhD

Professor of Political Science. Main research areas: political theory, welfare state research. Subject coordinator of political science; director of the PPE Program: www.sh.se/ppe.

Social Sciences

ME623

Fredrika Björklund

Fredrika Björklund

Professor emeritus/emerita

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

Karin Borevi

Karin Borevi

Professor

Inga Brandell

Inga Brandell

Professor emeritus/emerita

Social Sciences

Tamara Brunner

Tamara Brunner

Doctoral Student

Doctoral researcher in political science. I study digital governance and data protection in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, within the MSCA network SOCIAL.

Social Sciences

ME615

Nina Carlsson

Nina Carlsson

Researcher

Social Sciences

ME612

Cagla Demirel

Cagla Demirel

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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.

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA713

Emil Edenborg

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

ME236

Joakim Ekman

Joakim Ekman

Professor

Director

Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES)

MA789

Linda Ekström

Linda Ekström

Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor

I am a political scientist with an interest in issues concearning teaching and learning in civics education

Social Sciences

ME614

Johan Eriksson

Johan Eriksson

Professor

International relations and security studies, specifically space policy and the politics of technology and expertise.

Social Sciences

ME621

Hugo Faber

Hugo Faber

Doctoral Student

PhD student. My research concerns energy politics and the phasing out of nuclear and fossil energy.

Social Sciences

ME613

Lucie Figalová

Lucie Figalová

Doctoral Student

I am interested in how emotions shape recognition, political membership, and political voice of citizens with migration experience in their countries of origin.

Social Sciences

MA795B

Filip Garpenby

Filip Garpenby

Doctoral Student

Political discussions are part of civic education. I study how they affect students' political interest depending on how their views relate to the class's political norm.

Social Sciences

ME615

Barnabás Gádor

Barnabás Gádor

Doctoral Student

Doctoral student focused on democratic decline, interest representation, and illiberal politics. PhD topic: labour union strategy choices during democratic decline.

Social Sciences

MA795B

Eva Hansson

Eva Hansson

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

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

Karl Magnus Johansson

Karl Magnus Johansson

Professor emeritus/emerita

My primary research interests are governments, political communication, political parties, transnational relations and European Union politics.

Social Sciences

Ann-Cathrine Jungar

Ann-Cathrine Jungar

Professor

Associate Professor

Head of Department

Professor in political science. Research on populist radical right parties in Eurioe Head of Political science

Social Sciences

ME622

Victoria Leukavets

Victoria Leukavets

Researcher

I am a political scientist specializing in democracy promotion and electoral authoritarianism, with a regional focus on the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia.

Social Sciences

MA712

Martina Lindberg

Martina Lindberg

Academic Secretary

Gustav Lundberg

Gustav Lundberg

Doctoral Student

My research concerns the politization of ethnicity in the Latvian party landscape. I also teach in political science.

Social Sciences

ME611

Johanna Mannergren

Johanna Mannergren

Professor

I am Professor in Political Science and International Relations, with a research focus on peace processes.

Social Sciences

ME616

Carl Marklund

Carl Marklund

Associate Professor

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

Brigitte Pircher

Brigitte Pircher

Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor

Associate Professor in Political Science Research on EU governance and public policy, focusing on institutions in practice, crisis, and regulatory change.

Social Sciences

ME618

Olena Podolian

Olena Podolian

Researcher

Thomas Sedelius

Thomas Sedelius

Researcher

Project Researcher (Professor, PhD) in Political Science. Focus areas: comparative politics, Central and Eastern Europe, political institutions, executive and presidential power

Social Sciences

ME236

Shamima Shah

Shamima Shah

Financial officer

Budgetekonom

Finance and Auditing

MA889

Sanna Strand

Sanna Strand

Researcher

PhD in Peace and Development Studies and project researcher in Political Science and International Relations.

Social Sciences

ME236

Per-Anders Svärd

Per-Anders Svärd

Senior Lecturer

Senior lecturer in political science.

Social Sciences

ME620

Wojciech Szrubka

Wojciech Szrubka

Senior Lecturer

Lecturer (PhD) in Political Science

Social Sciences

ME613

Marina Taraskina

Marina Taraskina

Doctoral Student

I am a Gender Studies and Political Sociology scholar. My current research project delves into negotiations of political difference in romantic relationships in Germany.

Culture and Education

PC215

Miranda Thulin

Miranda Thulin

Doctoral Student

Social Sciences

ME613

Lovisa Uttman

Lovisa Uttman

HR Generalist

Ana Vilenica

Ana Vilenica

Affiliated researcher

My work is situated at the intersection of human geography, ethnography, social movement studies and political ecology.

Social Sciences

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