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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: Governing the Climate-Energy Nexus 2020-06-12 Karin Bäckstrand and Naghmeh Nasiritousi are, together with Fariborz Zelli, Lunds University, Jakob Skovgaard, Lunds University, and, Oscar Widerberg, VU University Amsterdam, editors for the new book.
New funding to Swedish research programme on geopolitics and sustainability trends 2020-06-16 The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Mistra, has announced a package of funding for the interdisciplinary research programme Mistra Geopolitics.
Vulnerable yet solid: the legitimacy of the WHO 2020-04-20 The WHO has been exposed to several legitimacy crises over the years, yet the legitimacy of the organization appears solid. How can we understand this paradox?
Political Party Dynamics and Democracy in Sweden 2020-02-26 Sweden has often been described as a democratic forerunner, with one of the world's most stable party systems. However, the political landscape in Sweden has undergone a rapid change in recent years.
Societal Mobilization is Key to Global Climate Action 2020-02-19 It is not a question of either or, the Paris Agreement is necessary but needs to be strengthened with complementary initiatives.
Climate action shouldn’t mean choosing between personal and political responsibility 2020-01-31 Can your individual behaviour make a real difference to the environment? And should you be expected to voluntarily change your life in the face of our worsening environmental crises?
New Research Projects 2020-01-09 Do voters punish or reward incumbent political representatives for enacting climate policies? Does “naming and shaming” by international non-governmental organizations lead to environmental protection? These are some of the questions addressed in the department’s new research projects.
New project has received funding from the Swedish Research Council 2019-12-11 Faradj Koliev has received funding for the project International NGOs and environmental politics: The impact of NGO naming and shaming on states’ environmental policies, 1970-2020.
13 million from Formas to research in Political Science 2019-11-28 Several researchers from the Department of Political Science have received grants from the research council Formas.
New project has received funding from the Swedish Research Council 2019-11-07 Maria Jansson and Michele Micheletti, together with researchers from HSD, have received funding for the project “Social Science Education on Trust for an Active and Critical Citizenship”.
New project has received funding from Horizon2020 2019-10-28 The project aims to create a common platform for researchers on democracy together with non-academic experts focusing on voting behavior.
New project has received funding from the Swedish Energy Agency 2019-09-16 The research project “Pathways to Carbon Neutrality: From Pioneering Coalition to Effective Climate Club?” has received 5,9 million SEK from the Swedish Energy Agency. Naghmeh Nasiritousi is project leader.
New book: The European Union in a Changing world order 2019-09-05 The book explores how the European Union responds to the ongoing challenges to the liberal international order.
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.
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.
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".
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.
New book: Governing the Embedded State. The Organizational Dimension of Governance 2015-09-17 New book by Göran Sundström, Stockholm University, Bengt Jacobsson, Södertörn University och Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg.