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Anna Bendz

Senior Lecturer

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 56 97
Mail
anna.bendz@pol.gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Room number
B504
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

Director of Studies

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 56 97
Mail
anna.bendz@pol.gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Room number
B504
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

About Anna Bendz

 

Presentation I am an associate professor at the department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, where i work as a research fellow and teacher. I'm director of studies for the teachers’ education program at the department.

Research interests

The substantive areas I study concern primarily the environment/climate and the welfare state. I am also interested in research on education. Some of the theoretical research fields I engage with are:

Theories of collective action, with a focus on how problems of cooperation around natural resources can be solved.

The relationship between policy and public opinion (policy feedback), and how knowledge of policy shapes people’s attitudes and preferences.

How politicians perceive public opinion and how this influences politics.

Current research

I currently work with three projects. 

  ”Overcoming large scale collective action problems in an upstream- downstream setting: A panel-based survey experiment with politicians and citizens along the Göta River water system.” Financed by the Swedish Research Council.

  ”Climate change- developing social science teaching for advancing knowledge, action and hope" Financed by the Swedish Research Council 2022-2025.

"Tankar från gräsrötterna. Lärarnas inställning till Gy25." Financed by IFAU. 

Former projects have for example concerned: policies for sustainable food consumption,  risk management and water systems, welfare reforms and public opinion, privatization of welfare services, peoples' trust in social insurance systems. 

Teaching

I teach primarily on courses within the teachers’ education program, foremost different courses in civics for students on the program for becoming upper-secondary school teacher.

 

 

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