Research areas
Our researchers are active within many different research areas. Scroll down to your area of interest to see the researchers active within that area and links to related research projects.
Bureaucracy
Researcher
rasmus.broms@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
nicholas.charron@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
agnes.cornell@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
stefan.dahlberg@pol.gu.se
Professor
carl.dahlstrom@pol.gu.se
Professor
soren.holmberg@pol.gu.se
Professor
victor.lapuente@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
birgitta.niklasson@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Postdoctor
marina.povitkina@gu.se
Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
anders.sundell@pol.gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Professor
ann.towns@gu.se
Ongoing projects
CAPA-city - Collective Action, Political Accountability and Administrative Capacities in European Cities
Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability
GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work
Ready to serve? Structural reform, institutional quality, and welfare services in Swedish municipalities
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Understanding spillovers on corruption from protected area establishments
When is Civil Society Civil? Institutional determinants of claim-making and implications for societal development
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Corruption in natural resource management: Advancing knowledge about bribes and the failure of environmental regulations
Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse
Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development
No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation
Out of Control or Over Controlled? Incentives, Audits and New Public Management
Politics of administrative design
Taxation and government quality
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
Comparative methods
Doctoral student
mattias.agerberg@gu.se
Senior lecturer
stefan.dahlberg@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
stephen.dawson@gu.se
Professor
soren.holmberg@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Postdoctor
marina.povitkina@gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
georgios.xezonakis@gu.se
Ongoing projects
Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability
How to research corruption? Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Empirical Research: Critical Reflections on Concepts, Data and Methods
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Quality of government and solutions to collective action problems
Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development
Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse
No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation
Taxation and government quality
Democracy
Doctoral student
mattias.agerberg@gu.se
Senior lecturer
amy.alexander@gu.se
Senior lecturer
frida.borang@pol.gu.se
Researcher
rasmus.broms@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
andreas.bagenholm@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
nicholas.charron@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
agnes.cornell@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
stefan.dahlberg@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
stephen.dawson@gu.se
Professor
soren.holmberg@gu.se
Professor
victor.lapuente@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Senior lecturer
anna.persson@pol.gu.se
Postdoctor
marina.povitkina@gu.se
Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
anders.sundell@pol.gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
elise.tengs@gu.se
Professor
lena.wangnerud@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
georgios.xezonakis@gu.se
Ongoing projects
Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective
Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
When is Civil Society Civil? Institutional determinants of claim-making and implications for societal development
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Credible Enforcement before Credible Commitment: Explaining the Implications of Institutional Sequencing
Do local elections foster local democracy? – Party Strategies in the first Elections at the County Level in Kenya
Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development
Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse
No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation
Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)
Taxation and government quality
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
Development, foreign aid and redistribution
Senior lecturer
monika.bauhr@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
frida.borang@pol.gu.se
Researcher
rasmus.broms@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
nicholas.charron@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
agnes.cornell@pol.gu.se
Professor
victor.lapuente@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Senior lecturer
anna.persson@pol.gu.se
Postdoctor
marina.povitkina@gu.se
Professor
martin.sjostedt@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
anders.sundell@pol.gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
elise.tengs@gu.se
Pågående projekt
Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability
Islands of success – how to make development projects work in challenging contexts
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Understanding spillovers on corruption from protected area establishments
Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Corruption in natural resource management: Advancing knowledge about bribes and the failure of environmental regulations
Credible Enforcement before Credible Commitment: Explaining the Implications of Institutional Sequencing
Do local elections foster local democracy? – Party Strategies in the first Elections at the County Level in Kenya
Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development
No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation
Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
Environment
Senior lecturer
monika.bauhr@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
dragana.davidovic@gu.se
Postdoctoral research fellow
niklas.harring@pol.gu.se
Professor
soren.holmberg@pol.gu.se
Postdoctor
marina.povitkina@gu.se
Professor
martin.sjostedt@pol.gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Ongoing projects
Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability
Islands of success – how to make development projects work in challenging contexts
Understanding spillovers on corruption from protected area establishments
Quality of government and solutions to collective action problems
Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management
Completed projects
Corruption in natural resource management: Advancing knowledge about bribes and the failure of environmental regulations
Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development
Gender
Doctoral student
mattias.agerberg@gu.se
Senior lecturer
amy.alexander@gu.se
Senior lecturer
birgitta.niklasson@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Professor
Akademisk grad: Docent
helena.stensota@pol.gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Professor
ann.towns@gu.se
Professor
lena.wangnerud@pol.gu.se
Ongoing projects
Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective
GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
History and corruption/quality of government
Senior lecturer
andreas.bagenholm@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
agnes.cornell@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Senior lecturer
anna.persson@pol.gu.se
Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
anders.sundell@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
georgios.xezonakis@gu.se
Ongoing projects
Climate change and the prospects for economic growth: How extreme weather events affect regime stability
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Credible Enforcement before Credible Commitment: Explaining the Implications of Institutional Sequencing
Do local elections foster local democracy? – Party Strategies in the first Elections at the County Level in Kenya
Fisheries in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study of property rights institutions and sustainable development
Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse
No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation
Taxation and government quality
International institutions
Senior lecturer
monika.bauhr@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
nicholas.charron@pol.gu.se
Professor
soren.holmberg@pol.gu.se
Professor
ann.towns@gu.se
Ongoing projects
GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)
Political parties and corruption
Doctoral student
mattias.agerberg@gu.se
Senior lecturer
andreas.bagenholm@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
stefan.dahlberg@pol.gu.se
Professor
carl.dahlstrom@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
stephen.dawson@gu.se
Researcher
aksel.sundstrom@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
georgios.xezonakis@gu.se
Ongoing projects
CAPA-city - Collective Action, Political Accountability and Administrative Capacities in European Cities
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
When is Civil Society Civil? Institutional determinants of claim-making and implications for societal development
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Politics of administrative design
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
Theory and concepts
Senior lecturer
monika.bauhr@pol.gu.se
Researcher
rasmus.broms@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
marina.nistotskaya@gu.se
Senior lecturer
anna.persson@pol.gu.se
Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se
Professor
martin.sjostedt@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
elise.tengs@gu.se
Professor
ann.towns@gu.se
Professor
lena.wangnerud@pol.gu.se
Ongoing projects
GenDip: Gender Norms, Resistance and the Diplomat at Work
How to research corruption? Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Empirical Research: Critical Reflections on Concepts, Data and Methods
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
Transparency and accountability
Doctoral student
mattias.agerberg@gu.se
Senior lecturer
monika.bauhr@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
andreas.bagenholm@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
nicholas.charron@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
stephen.dawson@gu.se
Senior lecturer
marcia.grimes@pol.gu.se
Senior lecturer
anna.persson@pol.gu.se
Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se
Doctoral student
nicholas.sorak@gu.se
Doctoral student
elise.tengs@gu.se
Senior lecturer
georgios.xezonakis@gu.se
Ongoing projects
CAPA-city - Collective Action, Political Accountability and Administrative Capacities in European Cities
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
Islands of success – how to make development projects work in challenging contexts
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Waging War to Save the Peace Parks: A Study of Militarization of Wildlife Management
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Go broad or go home: A theoretical and empirical expansion of the institutional resource curse
No democracy without bureaucracy ? The role of administrative institutions in democratic consolidation
Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
Taxation and government quality
Welfare
Senior lecturer
frida.borang@pol.gu.se
Professor
carl.dahlstrom@pol.gu.se
Professor
bo.rothstein@pol.gu.se
Ongoing projects
Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective
Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe
The Power of Ideas: New Perspectives on State Capacity and Public Goods Provision
Why are some democracies less corrupt than others? Understanding the link between women representation and corruption
Ready to serve? Structural reform, institutional quality, and welfare services in Swedish municipalities
Completed projects
Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)
Out of Control or Over Controlled? Incentives, Audits and New Public Management
Perception and evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Europeans and Identification with the values of Europe (PERCEIVE)
The Performance of Democracy (PERDEM)
