Newly awarded research grants
Here is a selection of political science research projects that received funding in 2025 and 2026.
European Research Council (ERC)
ERC Advanced Grant: ERC project investigates the political consequences of disappearing occupations
Amount: €2.5 million (approximately SEK 28 million) over five years.
Researcher: Johannes Lindvall.
ERC Starting Grant: More Money, Different Problems? Peoples’ Engagement with Politics during Good Economic Times (ECONENGAGE)
Amount: 1.5 million euros.
Researcher: Florence So.
Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Wallenberg Academy Fellow: Big Peace.
Researcher: Kristen Kao.
Mistra
MISTRA CLEAN. A Research Programme on Capture, Corruption, and Crime in Environmental Governance
Amount: SEK 40 million, of which SEK 14 million goes to the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.
Programme Director: Andreas Duit, Professor at Stockholm University and the Institute for Futures Studies.
Participating researchers at the Department of Political Science: Frida Boräng, Andreas Bågenholm, Niklas Harring, Sverker Jagers, Marina Povitkina, Bo Rothstein, och Aksel Sundström.
The Swedish Research Council
Risk and insurance dilemmas under escalating climate disasters
Amount: SEK 6,747,000.
Researcher: Sverker Jagers.
Flooded Fortunes: How Property Ownership and Likelihood of Climate Events Shape Preferences on Climate Adaptation and Compensation
Amount: SEK 5,031,000.
Researcher: Frida Boräng.
Framing Collective Action: Media Influence on Public Support for Environmental and Health Policies
Amount: SEK 6,256,000.
Researcher: Nilkas Harring.
The invisible hand of public opinion: The under-appreciated importance of political non-decisions together
Amount: SEK 5,001,000.
Researcher: Ann-Kristin Kölln.
Transnational Actors in International Organizations: Conditions for Influence
Amount: SEK 5,037,000.
Researcher: Magnus Lundgren.
Are politicians really that bad at representing their voters?
Amount: SEK 4,665,000.
Researcher: Anders Sundell.
Forte
Unlawful influence in Swedish municipalities: Do social ties matter for bureaucrats' vulnerability and ability to resist?
Amount: SEK 4,938,000.
Researcher: Agnes Cornell.
Formas
Local development, social inclusion, and populism in Sweden
Amount: SEK 4,291,0.
Researcher: Simon Davidsson.
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Governing Frontier AI: Linking Technology and International Cooperation
Researcher: Magnus Lundgren.
Small liberal states during democratic decline: Speaking up or adjusting on the global scene?
Amount: SEK 4,785,762
Researcher: Ann-Marie Ekengren.
Understanding Change and Continuity in the Precedents of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Amount: SEK 5,854,234
Researcher: Daniel Naurin.
Negotiating the Nuclear Threat: The History of Nuclear Diplomacy (RJ Sabbatical)
Amount: SEK 1,673,057
Researcher: Ulrika Möller.
Sweden and the UN. Sweden’s UN policy 1946-2025 (RJ Sabbatical)
Amount: SEK 1,829,923
Researcher: Ann-Marie Ekengren.
CSCI - Competence and Service Center for Interoperability Researcher: Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.