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Bureaucracy

Ongoing projects

CAPA-city - Collective Action, Political Accountability and Administrative Capacities in European Cities

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Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

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GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work

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Ready to serve? Structural reform, institutional quality, and welfare services in Swedish municipalities

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The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

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Understanding spillovers on corruption from protected area establishments

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When is Civil Society Civil? Institutional determinants of claim-making and implications for societal development

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Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

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Corruption in natural resource management: Advancing knowledge about bribes and the failure of environmental regulations

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Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse

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Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development

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No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation

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Out of Control or Over Controlled? Incentives, Audits and New Public Management

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Politics of administrative design

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Taxation and government quality

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The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

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Comparative methods

Ongoing projects

A complete dataset of roll-call votes in the Swedish parliament, 1925-2022

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Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

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How to research corruption? Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Empirical Research: Critical Reflections on Concepts, Data and Methods

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

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The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

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Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

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Quality of government and solutions to collective action problems

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Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management

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Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

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Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development

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Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse

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No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation

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Taxation and government quality

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woman in a vegetable stand in front of a weighing scale
Photo: Pau Casals

Democracy

Ongoing projects

A complete dataset of roll-call votes in the Swedish parliament, 1925-2022

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Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective

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Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

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Opening the black box of political will: Local public authorities and anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine

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The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

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When is Civil Society Civil? Institutional determinants of claim-making and implications for societal development

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Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

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Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

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Credible Enforcement before Credible Commitment: Explaining the Implications of Institutional Sequencing

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Do local elections foster local democracy? – Party Strategies in the first Elections at the County Level in Kenya

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Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development

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Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse

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No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation

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Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)

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Taxation and government quality

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The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

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Development, foreign aid and redistribution

Pågående projekt

Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

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Evaluation of SIDA’s efforts to reduce corruption in partner countries

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Islands of success – how to make development projects work in challenging contexts

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Opening the black box of political will: Local public authorities and anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine

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Stalled integration? How experience with anti-immigrant expressions and ethnic neighbourhoods affect immigrants’ political integration

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The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

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Understanding spillovers on corruption from protected area establishments

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Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management

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Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

Corruption in natural resource management: Advancing knowledge about bribes and the failure of environmental regulations

Go to project page

Credible Enforcement before Credible Commitment: Explaining the Implications of Institutional Sequencing

Go to project page

Do local elections foster local democracy? – Party Strategies in the first Elections at the County Level in Kenya

Go to project page

Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development

Go to project page

No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation

Go to project page

Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)

Go to project page

The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

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Environment

Ongoing projects

Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

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Household Emergency Preparedness: What Drives People to (Not) Prepare for Future Societal and Environmental Crises?

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Islands of success – how to make development projects work in challenging contexts

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Stalled integration? How experience with anti-immigrant expressions and ethnic neighbourhoods affect immigrants’ political integration

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The importance of physical and socio-political factors for wind power deployment

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Understanding spillovers on corruption from protected area establishments

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Quality of government and solutions to collective action problems

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Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Corruption in natural resource management: Advancing knowledge about bribes and the failure of environmental regulations

Go to project page

Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development

Go to project page

a forest seen from above
Photo: John O Nolan

Gender

Ongoing projects

Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective

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GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

Go to project page

Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

Go to project page

an asphalt drawing of a family of a father, mother and two children
Photo: Sandy Millar

History and corruption/quality of government

Ongoing projects

Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability

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The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

Credible Enforcement before Credible Commitment: Explaining the Implications of Institutional Sequencing

Go to project page

Do local elections foster local democracy? – Party Strategies in the first Elections at the County Level in Kenya

Go to project page

Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development

Go to project page

Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse

Go to the project page

No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation

Go to project page

Taxation and government quality

Go to project page

old coins
Photo: Michael Longmire 

International institutions

Ongoing projects

GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

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Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)

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various flags seen from above
Photo: Jason Leung

Political parties and corruption

Ongoing projects

CAPA-city - Collective Action, Political Accountability and Administrative Capacities in European Cities

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

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Misconduct and Whistleblowing in Political Parties

Go to project page

When is Civil Society Civil? Institutional determinants of claim-making and implications for societal development

Go to project page

Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

Politics of administrative design

Go to project page

The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

Go to project page

empty chairs in what looks like a room in the parliament
Photo: Joakim Honkasalo

Theory and concepts

Ongoing projects

GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work

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How to research corruption? Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Empirical Research: Critical Reflections on Concepts, Data and Methods

Go to project page

Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

Go to project page

Opening the black box of political will: Local public authorities and anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine

Go to project page

The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

Go to project page

Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

Go to project page

old statues in an old fashioned library
Photo: Giammarco Boscaro

Transparency and accountability

Ongoing projects

A complete dataset of roll-call votes in the Swedish parliament, 1925-2022

Go to project page

CAPA-city - Collective Action, Political Accountability and Administrative Capacities in European Cities

Go to project page

Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

Go to project page

Islands of success – how to make development projects work in challenging contexts

Go to project page

Misconduct and Whistleblowing in Political Parties

Go to project page

Opening the black box of political will: Local public authorities and anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine

Go to project page

Stalled integration? How experience with anti-immigrant expressions and ethnic neighbourhoods affect immigrants’ political integration

Go to project page

The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

Go to project page

Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management

Go to project page

Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse

Go to the project page

No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation

Go to project page

Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)

Go to project page

The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

Go to project page

Taxation and government quality

Go to project page

a transparent glas full with coins
Photo: Micheile Henderson

Welfare

Boräng, Frida

Associate professor
frida.borang@pol.gu.se 


Dahlström, Carl

Professor 
carl.dahlstrom@pol.gu.se

                     
Rothstein, Bo

Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se 

Ongoing projects

Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

Go to project page

The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision

Go to project page

Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption

Go to project page

Ready to serve? Structural reform, institutional quality, and welfare services in Swedish municipalities

Go to project page

 

Completed projects

Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Go to project page

Out of Control or Over Controlled? Incentives, Audits and New Public Management

Go to project page

Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)

Go to project page

The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)

Go to project page

people socialicing in an open and bright space
Photo: Daria Shevtsova