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Agnes Cornell

Director of Studies

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 23 59
Mail
agnes.cornell@pol.gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

Senior Lecturer

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 23 59
Mail
agnes.cornell@pol.gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Room number
C406
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

About Agnes Cornell

Agnes Cornell is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

Cornell’s research lies at the intersection of public administration and comparative politics. She studies the relationship between state bureaucracy and democracy, political institutions, and citizens’ interactions with the state in historical as well as contemporary settings. Cornell’s research also examines foreign aid and processes of democratization.

Cornell’s research has been published in journals such as Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Governance, European Journal of Political Research, Public Administration, Journal of Democracy, and Democratization.

Cornell has together with Jørgen Møller and Svend-Erik Skaaning written the monography Democratic Stability in an Age of Crisis: Reassessing the Interwar period (2020, Oxford University Press)

Cornell is Director of Studies for the Master's programme in Political Science and the master’s programme International Administration and Global Governance (IAGG).