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The Department of Political Science is one of the larger departments at Stockholm University and is located in the F-building (floors 4, 5 and 7), and Skogstorpet. Around ten administrators, 50 researchers and teachers, and 25 graduate students work here.

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New book: Gendering Military Sacrifice 2019-03-11 This book offers a feminist analysis of military sacrifice and reveals the importance of a gender perspective in understanding the idea of honourable death. Editors are Cecilia Åse and Maria Wendt.
New e-book: Responses of European economic cultures to Europe's crisis politics 2018-12-17 Josef Hien is, together with Christian Joerges, editor of the new e-book Responses of European Economic Cultures to Europe’s Crisis Politics: The Example of German-Italian Discrepancies.
New handbook: The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism 2018-11-28 The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism addresses the study of political consumerism. It discusses how production and consumption affect broader societal affairs.
New project has received funding from FORMAS 2018-11-16 The project ”Partnerships and participation in the implementation of Agenda 2030 and in global sustainability governance” has received 1,9 million SEK from FORMAS.
Science and Politics in Global and Environmental Governance 2018-11-09 Call for PhD course at Stockholm University Research School on Environment, Climate and Sustainability.
Over 12 million from The Swedish Research Council 2018-11-08 The Swedish Research Council has taken decisions on applications in this year's Open Call for proposals within Humanities and Social Sciences.
Grant to new research project about Making a Military Heritage 2018-10-29 The research project Making a Military Heritage: Gender and Nation in Sweden's Cold War History has received funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.
Power, representation and the demos in transnational democracy 2018-10-05 Ludvig Beckman has commented the GLOBALCIT Forum debate - Let me vote in your country, and I’ll let you vote in mine.
Video: Why We Need a Theory of Territory 2018-10-05 Margaret Moore is the 2018 holder of the Olof Palme Visiting Professorship. Watch her inaugural lecture.
New book: "The Practical Turn in Political Theory" 2018-05-14 Eva Erman and Niklas Möller are the authors of the new book "The Practical Turn in Political Theory".
The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, visits SU 2018-01-03 Come and listen to Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, the President of Iceland, on January 18.
Karin Bäckstrand has received funding from Formas 2017-11-17 The research project "Climate action in the post- Paris context: The role of non-state initiatives in the transformation of Sweden into a fossil-free welfare state" has received 8 700 000 SEK from Formas.
Upcoming events with our researchers 2017-11-01 Here you will find a selection of events that our reseachers will particpate in.
Maria Jansson has received funding from Riksbankens Juibleums fond 2017-10-27 Maria Jansson has received fundings of 6 666 000 SEK from Riksbankens Jublieumsfond for the project Representing women: Gendering Swedish Film Culture and Production.
Can one argue against democracy? 2017-06-21 Yes, says Jason Brennan, political philosopher at Georgetown University, Washington DC. and author of book Against Democracy, now published in Swedish. Here two political science students, Anton Karlström and Andreas Estmark, interview him at Stockholm University.
Livia Johannesson in the New York Times 2015-11-27 Livia Johannesson, Ph.D candidate at the Department of Political Science was interviewed by the New York Times about the migrant crisis in the Nordic countries.
International conference gathers researchers from 18 countries 2015-11-20 The conference “Political Participation in Asia” takes place at Stockholm University November 22-24 and gathers over 70 researchers from 18 different countries.
20 million from The Swedish Research Council to research in Political Science 2015-11-06 Lisa Dellmuth, Ulf Mörkenstam, Alexandra Segerberg and Kåre Vernby from the Department of Political Science have all received grants.
Climate Governance after Copenhagen: Research Trends and Policy Practices 2015-10-28 Karin Bäckstrand and Eva Lövbrand will present their book Research Handbook of Climate Governance on a seminar at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) on November 10.
Research grant to political scientists 2015-10-16 The research project “Legitimacy in Global Governance” led by Professor Jonas Tallberg at the Department of Political Science has received a research grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond of 35.7 million SEK.
The United Nations Climate Summit in Paris in focus for a Massive Open Online Course 2015-09-18 The course is entitled "Climate Change: a question of justice?" and will be held in English. Professor Karin Bäckstrand is lecturing on the course on themes such as the role of non-state actors in international climate diplomacy and the what how discourse analysis can be employed in the study of global climate governance.
The Ethics of Climate Governance 2015-09-18 Aaron Maltais is, together with Catriona McKinnon, editor for a new book on the critical topic of ethics for climate governance. Ludvig Beckman and Jonathan Kuyper have also written a chapter in the book.
New project: Challenges and opportunities in fragmented global climate and energy governance 2015-09-17 The project is financed by the Swedish Energy Agency 2015-2018 and led by Professor Karin Bäckstrand and Dr. Jonathan Kuyper.
The Minister for Culture and Democracy, Alice Bah Kuhnke, visited the department 2015-09-03 The Minister for Culture and Democracy, Alice Bah Kuhnke, visited the department and held a guest lecture for the political science students.
UN Climate Conference in Bonn 2015-06-16 Karin Bäckstrand has participated in the UN Climate Conference in Bonn where she moderated and participated in two side events. One was on the role of non-state actors in a climate agreement in Paris and the other was on Carbon footprint for an effective climate policy.