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Jonas Hinnfors

Professor Emeritus

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 46 72
+46 709-93 19 76
Mail
jonas.hinnfors@pol.gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

About Jonas Hinnfors

Presentation

Professor, PhD

At the University of Stirling, Scotland (Division of History and Politics, Faculty of Arts & Humanities): Honorary Senior Research Fellow.

For telephone contact, please dial 0046 31 7864672 or 0046 709 931976.

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Research

Social Democracy, Migration Policy, Parties/Party Behaviour; Ideology, Welfare State.

Recent External Funding

DELMI, The Research project Nordic Migration Policies (with Ann-Cathrine Jungar) Sum total 800,000 SEK / £65,000, 2022-23

The Swedish Research Council and the Wenner-Gren Foundation, conference grants for the 'Practical Social Democracy' conference, Gothenburg 8-10 June 2022; 140,000+98,000 SEK / £11,300+£7,900

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council), The Research project Mipokforskningsprojektet 'Mipok' (Decreased Ideological Polarisation and Conflict in Western Europe. A Comparative Study of Ten Party Systems), Main Applicant Magnus Hagevi, Linnaeus University; collaborating staff: Magnus Hagevi, Karl Loxbo, Linnaeus University and Marie Demker, Jonas Hinnfors, University of Gothenburg; 2014 (2015-2020). In all 8.4 million SEK; Gothenburg Uni share 4.2 million SEK / £380,000.

FORMAS, The Research Project IMAGINATION (aspects on flows, social consequences and governance consequences of intra EU migration; co-operation between Swedish, Dutch, Austrian and Turkich partners; Main Applicant Swedish partner: Jonas Hinnfors, Gothenburg University collaborating staff: Jonas Hinnfors, Andrea Spehar, Gregg Bucken-Knapp, Karin Zelano): 2012 (2013-16); Swedish share: 3.2 million SEK / £300,000.

Evaluator Assignments

Frequently commissioned as research and education evaluator (Journal Peer Review Assignments; Higher Education Agencies Commissions etc; Denmark, Estonia, Sweden).

Educational Experience

Gothenburg: Comparative Politics, Supervision, all educational levels.

Stirling University, Scotland: Party Systems in a Comparative Perspective, Honours Degree students, Advanced Level (a full semester every second or third year since 2003; most recent: autumn 2022.

Doctoral Student Supervision Experience: 16 PhD students in all.

Miscellaneous

2012-14: Member of the Board, Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA).

2011-13: Chair, Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA).

I love all sorts of food, including British!