Newly awarded research grants

The Swedish Research Council

Risk and insurance dilemmas under escalating climate disasters
Amount: SEK 6,747,000.
Researcher: Sverker Jagers.

Explaining Democratic Resilience: Uncovering the key factors explaining why some democracies manage to not only halt but also turnaround processes of autocratization
Amount: SEK: 4,986,148.
Researcher: Staffan Lindberg.

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

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.

Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA)

Influence in the negotiations of the EU's new aid budget
Amount: 1, 4 million SEK
Researchers: Magnus Lundgren, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg and Jonas Tallberg, Stockholm University.

European Research Council (ERC)

ERC Starting Grant: More Money, Different Problems? Peoples’ Engagement with Politics during Good Economic Times, ECONENGAGE.
Amount: 1,5 million euros.
Researcher: Florence So.

The Kamprad Family Foundation

Designed for Acceptance – Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of Environmental Policy in Collaboration with Swedish Municipalities
Amount: 6 900 000 SEK
Researchers: Magnus Bergquist, Department of Psychology, Sverker Jagers and Simon Källman, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.