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Elin Naurin
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Department of Political ScienceAbout Elin Naurin
Background
Elin Naurin is Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg and a Wallenberg Academy Fellow.
Research interests
Naurin has a wide research interest in theories and practices of representative democracy. Specific interests are parties' election pledges and politicians' responsiveness to public opinion. She also studies adult politial socialization, especially the role of pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood for individual's' political opinions, behavior and knowledge about politics.
Naurin's work is published in journals such as American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, International Organization, Social Science and Medicine, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Public Health, Political Studies, West European Politics, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Scandinavian Political Studies and Party Politics. Among her books are Party Mandates and Democracy. Making, Breaking, and Keeping Election Pledges in Twelve Countries (Univeristy of Michigan Press), which is edited together with Terry Royed and Robert Thomson and summarises the work by the Comparative Party Pledges Group, and Election Promises, Party Behaviour and Voter Perceptions (2011) with Palgrave Macmillan, which in 2015 received the SWEPSA prize for best book on Swedish politics 2011-2015. In Swedish, Naurin's work is found for example in the book Samverkan och strid i den parlamentariska demokratin (SNS 2017, together with Johannes Lindvall, Hanna Bäck, Carl Dahlström and Jan Teorell) and Det politiska spelet (Studentlitteratur 2014, together with Bengt Johansson, Staffan Kumlin and Lena Wängnerud).
Naurin was appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellow in 2017 to create the Gothenburg Research Program on Pregnancy and Politics. The project investigates the role of pregnancy and childbirth for individuals' political development. Questions regarding this are more than welcome and ongoing work is available on request. In 2022, Naurin was granted a five-year extended fellowship that will start 2024. See also: Pregnancy and perceptions of politics.
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Data
Are you interested in the data on Swedish election pledges published by Naurin? You can download the data, the codebook, and the instruction on how to use it and cite it all here.
Teaching
Naurin currently teaches methods and holds lectures and seminars on the master level course "Citizens, Politicians and the Media. Evaluating Democratic Processes" at the University of Gothenburg. The course is a collaboration between the Department of Political Science and the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication. Naurin is also, together with Henrik Oscarsson, responsible for the development of the project Grundlagskonventet (the Constitutional Convention) at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Grundlagskonventet is a role play where undergraduate student act to create a new constitution for Sweden and it has received pedagogical prize for outstanding achievements at the University of Gothenburg.
Click below on "My CV" to see a summary of my CV including a list of my most important publications:
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The Effects of Parental Leave on Attitudes Toward the
State
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Monica C. Schneider, Mary-Kate Lizotte, Dietlind Stolle
POLITICS & GENDER - 2025 -
Maintaining operability at a high personal cost - a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers' experiences during the COVID-19
pandemic
Magnus Åkerström, Anna Wessberg, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Sofie Graner, Ylva Carlsson, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH - 2025 -
The impact of exclusion due to COVID-19 restrictions on partners' satisfaction with Swedish hospital postnatal ward care: A multi-methods
approach
Petrus Olander, Lisa Berglin, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Lucy R. Zheng, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Helen Elden
BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE - 2024 -
The Effect of Pregnancy on Engagement with Politics. Toward a Model of the Political Consequences of the Earliest Stages of
Parenthood
Elin Naurin, D. Stolle, Elias Markstedt
American Political Science Review - 2023 -
The COPE Staff study: Study description and initial report regarding job satisfaction, work-life conflicts, stress, and burnout among Swedish maternal and neonatal healthcare workers during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Magnus Åkerström, Verena Sengpiel, Emina Hadžibajramović, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Anna Wessberg, Karolina Linden
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 2023 -
A Longitudinal Dyadic Study of Six Leisure Activities in Swedish Couples During the Transition to
Parenthood
Lucy R. Zheng, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Petrus Olander, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden
Sex Roles - 2023 -
Expectant parents’ emotions evoked by pregnancy: A longitudinal dyadic analysis of couples in the Swedish Pregnancy
Panel
Lucy R. Zheng, Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Petrus Olander, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden
Social Science and Medicine - 2022 -
Challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program: a mixed-methods Swedish survey in the COPE Staff cohort
study
M. Wadell, A. K. Ortqvist, Karolina Linden, Magnus Åkerström, O. Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, S. Graner, M. Jonsson, Elin Naurin, V. Sengpiel, Malin Veje, A. Wessberg, M. Zaigham
Bmc Medical Education - 2022 -
Constituents Ask Female Legislators to Do
More
D. M. Butler, Elin Naurin, P. Ohberg
Journal of Politics - 2022 -
Pregnant under the pressure of a pandemic: a large-scale longitudinal survey before and during the COVID-19
outbreak
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Daniel Enström, Anton Wallin, Ingrid Andreasson, Birgitta Attebo, Ottilia Eriksson, Klara Martinsson, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel
European Journal of Public Health - 2021 -
Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The effect of pregnancy on perceived female and male
traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
European Journal of Politics and Gender - 2021 -
Ethics in Elite Experiments: A Perspective of Officials and
Voters
Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
British Journal of Political Science - 2021 -
Sweden’s Parlamentary Democracy at
100
Johannes Lindvall, Hanna Bäck, Carl Dahlström, Elin Naurin, Jan Teorell
Parliamentary Affairs - 2020 -
Individual-level differences in negativity biases in news
selection
Sarah Bachleda, Fabian G. Neuner, Stuart Soroka, Lauren Guggenheim, Patrick Fournier, Elin Naurin
Personality and Individual Differences - 2020 -
COPE Staff – En utvärdering av den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och upplevelsen av att arbeta nära gravida, födande och nyfödda under
COVID-19-pandemin
Ola Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Verena Sengpiel, Malin Veje, Anna Wessberg, Magnus Åkerström, Karolina Linden
State of the Art Covid-19 - 2020 -
Hur upplever gravida och deras partners Covid-19
pandemin?
Elias Markstedt, Elin Naurin, Anton Wallin, Helen Elden, Karolina Linden, Verena Sengpiel
2020 -
COPE Staff – En utvärdering av den psykosociala arbetsmiljön och upplevelsen av att arbeta nära gravida, födande och nyfödda under
COVID-19-pandemin
Ola Andersson, Ylva Carlsson, Sofie Graner, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Verena Sengpiel, Malin Veje, Anna Wessberg, Magnus Åkerström, Karolina Linden
Svenska Läkarsällskapet, State of the Art Covid-19. 15-16 december 2020, Abstract Book - 2020 -
Asymmetric Accountability: An Experimental Investigation of Biases in Evaluations of Governments’ Election
Pledges
Elin Naurin, Stuart Soroka, Niels Markwat
Comparative Political Studies - 2019 -
Gender Stereotyping and Chivalry in International Negotiations: A Survey Experiment in the Council of the European
Union
Daniel Naurin, Elin Naurin, Amy C Alexander
International Organization - 2019 -
Party Mandates and Democracy
Making, Breaking, and Keeping Election Pledges in Twelve
Countries
Elin Naurin, Terry Royed, Robert Thomson
2019 -
Why comparative research on the fulfillment of election pledges
matters
Elin Naurin, T. J. Royed, R. Thomson
Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, and Robert Thomson (red.) - 2019 -
Making and keeping pledges: What we have
learned
T. J. Royed, Elin Naurin, R. Thomson
Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, Robert Thomson (red.) - 2019 -
The pledges that parties make: A comparative
analysis
R. Thomson, Elin Naurin, T. J. Royed
Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, Robert Thomson (red.) - 2019 -
Sweden
Elin Naurin
Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, Robert Thomson (red.) - 2019 -
A comparative analysis of pledge
fulfillment
R. Thomson, Elin Naurin, T. J. Royed
Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, Robert Thomson (red.) - 2019 -
A systematic research design for studying the fulfillment of election
pledges
T. J. Royed, Elin Naurin, R. Thomson
Party mandates and democracy : making, breaking, and keeping election pledges in twelve countries / Elin Naurin, Terry J. Royed, Robert Thomson (red.) - 2019 -
Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The Effect of Pregnancy on Perceived Female and Male
Traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
NJF Congress 2019 Abstract Book - 2019 -
Kvinnors och mäns politiska åsikter och intresse under 30
år
Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
Storm och stiltje - 2019 -
Can you deliver a baby and vote? The effect of the first stages of parenthood on voter
turnout
Yosef Bhatti, Kasper M. Hansen, Elin Naurin, Dietlind Stolle, Hanna Wass
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties - 2019 -
The Effect of Pregnancy on Perceived Female and Male
Traits
Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Dietlind Stolle, Helen Elden, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden
American Political Science Association 2018 - 2018 -
The Party's View of Dyadic Responsiveness: A Survey Experiment in
Sweden
Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2018 -
Descriptive Representation and Negotiation: Gender Balance In the Committees of the Council of the European
Union
Daniel Naurin, Elin Naurin
Aggestam K. & Towns A. E. (eds.) Gendering diplomacy and international negotiation - 2018 -
Election Pledge Rhetoric: Selling Policy with
Words
Elina Lindgren, Elin Naurin
International Journal of Communication - 2017 -
When and Why Are Voters Correct in Their Evaluations of Specific Government
Performance?
Elin Naurin, Henrik Oscarsson
Political Studies - 2017 -
Party Representatives’ Adaptation to Election Results. Dyadic Responsiveness
Revisited
Daniel M. Butler, Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
Comparative Political Studies - 2017 -
Samverkan och strid i den parlamentariska
demokratin
Johannes Lindvall, Hanna Bäck, Carl Dahlström, Elin Naurin, Jan Teorell
2017 -
The Fulfillment of Parties’ Election Pledges: A Comparative Study on the Impact of Power
Sharing
Robert Thomson, Terry Royed, Elin Naurin, Joaquin Artes, Rory Costello, Laurenz Ennser-Jedanastik, Mark Ferguson, Petia Kostadinova, Catherine Moury, Francois Pétry, Katrin Praprotnik
American Journal of Political Science - 2017 -
Do They Really Know? On Party Representatives’ Knowledge of the Extent to Which Their Parties Make Election
Pledges
Elin Naurin
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2016 -
Trials of a role model. Sweden does an about-face on refugee
policy
Patrik Öhberg, Elin Naurin
Inroads: a journal of opinion - 2016 -
Promising ever more: An empirical account of Swedish parties' pledge making during 20
years
Nicklas Håkansson, Elin Naurin
Party Politics - 2016 -
Inward or Outward: How Pregnancy Shapes Political
Orientations.
Elin Naurin, Dietlind Stolle, Elias Markstedt
American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting. September 1-4. Philadelphia - 2016 -
Out of Government But Not Out of Touch: When Governments Fulfill Opposition Parties’
Pledges.
R Thomson, Elin Naurin, T Royed
The New World of Comparative Political Communication Conference. May 4-7 2016. Texas - 2016 -
Why do Governments Fulfill Opposition Parties’ Election
Pledges?
R Thomson, Elin Naurin, J Artes, R Costello, D Duval, M Ferguson, P Kostadinova, C Moury, F Pétry, K Praprotnik
American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting. 1-4 September, 2016. Philadelphia. - 2016 -
Politicians as lab rats? Communication with elite experiment subjects on what it means to be part of an
experiment.
Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Meeting. January 7-9, 2016. San Juan, Puerto Rico. - 2016 -
Out of Government But Not Out of Touch: When Governments Fulfill Opposition Parties’
Pledges.
R Thomson, Elin Naurin, T Roted
Midwest Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting (MPSA). April 7-10, 2016. Chicago - 2016 -
Politicians as lab rats? Communication with elite experiment subjects on what it means to be part of an
experiment.
Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
Midwest Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting (MPSA). April 7-10, 2016. Chicago - 2016 -
Gendered negotiations. A survey experiment on the importance of stereotyping for the behavior of state negotiators in the EU Council of
Ministers.
Daniel Naurin, Elin Naurin, Amy C Alexander
Gothenburg-Barcelona workshop on experimental political science. 6-7 May 2016. Barcelona - 2016 -
Gender stereotyping and chivalry in international negotiations. A survey experiment in the Council of the European
Union
Daniel Naurin, Elin Naurin, Amy C Alexander
Paper presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Sep 1-4 - 2016 -
Party-constrained Policy Responsiveness: A Survey Experiment on Politicians' Response to Citizen-initiated
Contacts
Patrik Öhberg, Elin Naurin
British Journal of Political Science - 2016 -
Do Politicians in Strong Party Systems Individually Respond to Election Results and Advocate within their Party for Voters’
Positions?
Daniel M. Butler, Elin Naurin, Patrik Öhberg
Paper presented at the Gothenburg Workshop on Intra-Party Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, 17-18 September 2015. - 2015
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