Research projects

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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Creating legitimacy in migration and asylum processes: The gender perspective

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Does popular influence over policy lead to good outcomes?

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Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: A Decade of Uprisings

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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

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Institutional Quality, State Intervention, and Democratic Accountability in Europe

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

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Measuring the Quality of Government at the Sub-national Level and Comparing Results with Previous Studies

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Misconduct and Whistleblowing in Political Parties

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

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Setting the Agenda in the Swedish Riksdag: Partisan Politics and Commissions of Inquiry, 1971-2021

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

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The Myth of the (Ir)rational Voter? Theoretical and Methodological Advancements for Studying Voter Rationality

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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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Unexpected and negative consequences from protected reserves: Links between new regulations on poaching in Africa and increased local corruption

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

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

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Why do some civil servants follow their professional rules more than others?

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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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