Mikael Persson
Om Mikael Persson
Professor and vice head of department at the department of political science, University of Gothenburg.
Head of Gothenburg research group on Elections, Public opinion and political behavior (GEPOP) (together with Henrik Oscarsson).
Co-organizer of the annual Nordic Workshop on Political Behavior.
I study political behavior and public opinion.
EDUCATION AND POSITIONS
Professor, Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, May 2020.
Associate Professor (Docent), Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, March 2015
PhD, Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, December 2013.
MA, Practical Philosophy, Lund University, Sweden, March 2007.
BA, Practical Philosophy, Lund University, Sweden, May 2006.
MA, Political Science, Lund University, Sweden, March 2006.
BA, Political Science, Lund University, Sweden, May 2005.
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Who got what they wanted? Investigating the role of institutional agenda setting, costly policies, and status quo bias as explanations to income based unequal
responsiveness
Mikael J Persson
Journal of European Public Policy - 2023 -
The Rich Have a Slight Edge: Evidence from Comparative Data on Income-Based Inequality in Policy
Congruence
Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell
British Journal of Political Science - 2023 -
Riksdagsledamöternas kunskap om väljarnas
åsikter
Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell
Folkviljans förverkligande - 2022 -
Att lära
demokrati
Pontus Wallin, Ilana Manneh, Lisa Jonsson, Catarina Melin, Maria Olson, Anna Hedman, Mikael J Persson
2022 -
Issue Voting and Government Responsiveness to Policy
Preferences
E. Guntermann, Mikael J Persson
Political Behavior - 2021 -
From opinions to policies: Examining the links between citizens, representatives, and policy
change
Mikael J Persson
Electoral Studies - 2021 -
Does Deliberative Education Increase Civic Competence? Results from a Field
Experiment
Mikael J Persson, Klas Andersson, Pär Zetterberg , Joakim Ekman , Simon Lundin
Journal of Experimental Political Science - 2020 -
Access to education and political candidacy: Lessons from school openings in
Sweden
Karl Oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, Mikael J Persson
Economics of Education Review - 2019 -
Är skolan
demokratifrämjande?
Klas Andersson, Mikael J Persson, Pär Zetterberg
2019 -
Enhancing Electoral Equality: Can Education Compensate for Family Background Differences in Voting
Participation?
Karl Oskar Lindgren, S. V.E.N. Oskarsson, Mikael J Persson
American Political Science Review - 2019 -
Reconsidering the Role of Procedures for Decision
Acceptance
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael J Persson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm
British Journal of Political Science - 2019 -
Patrimonial Economic Voting and Asset Value - New Evidence from Taxation Register
Data
Mikael J Persson, Johan Martinsson
British Journal of Political Science - 2018 -
Does Deliberative Education Increase Civic Competence? Results From a Field
Experiment
Klas Andersson, Joakim Ekman, Mikael J Persson, Pär Zetterberg
Paper presented at the 76th annual Midwest Political Science Association MPSA conference, April 5-8, 2018, Chicago - 2018 -
Digging into the Pocketbook: Evidence on Economic Voting from Income Registry Data Matched to a Voter
Survey
A. J. Healy, Mikael J Persson, E. Snowberg
American Political Science Review - 2017 -
Responsiveness Beyond Policy Satisfaction – Does it Matter to
Citizens?
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Comparative Political Studies - 2017 -
Digging into the Pocketbook: Evidence on Economic Voting from Income Registry Data Matched to a Voter Survey. CESifo Working Paper Series, No.
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Andrew Healy, Mikael J Persson, Erik Snowberg
2016 -
Access to education and political
candidacy
Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, Mikael J Persson
Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Assocation Annual Meeting 2016 - 2016 -
Can Increased Education Help Reduce the Socio-Economic Voting
Gap?
Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, Mikael J Persson
Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop - 2016 -
Testing the Opinion-policy Link in
Sweden
Mikael J Persson, Mikael Gilljam
Papper presented at the Midwest Political Science Assocation Annual Meeting - 2016 -
Unequal Political Responsiveness in the Welfare State? Testing the Opinion-policy Link in
Sweden
Mikael J Persson, Mikael Gilljam
Paper presented at the American Politicacl Science Association 2016 - 2016 -
Leder bättre tillgång till utbildning till ökat politiskt
deltagande?
Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, Mikael J Persson
2016 -
How does access to education influence political candidacy? Lessons from school openings in
Sweden
Karl-Oskar Lindgren, Sven Oskarsson, Mikael J Persson
2016 -
How does education affect adolescents' political
development?
Mikael J Persson, K. O. Lindgren, S. Oskarsson
Economics of Education Review - 2016 -
Den allmänna opinionen: En introducerande
handbok
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Review Article: Education and Political
Participation.
Mikael J Persson
British Journal of Political Science - 2015 -
Classroom Climate and Political Learning: Findings from a Swedish Panel Study and Comparative
Data
Mikael J Persson
Political Psychology - 2015 -
Personality traits and party identification over
time
B. N. Bakker, D. N. Hopmann, Mikael J Persson
European Journal of Political Research - 2015 -
Does Survey Participation Increase Voter Turnout? Re-examining the Hawthorne Effect in the Swedish National Election
Studies
Mikael J Persson
Political Science Research and Methods - 2014 -
Does Studying Political Science Affect Civic Attitudes? A Panel Comparison of Students of Politics, Law, and Mass
Communication.
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael J Persson
Journal of Political Science Education - 2014 -
Testing the Relationship Between Education and Political Participation using the 1970 British Cohort
Study
Mikael J Persson
Political Behavior - 2014 -
Social Network Position Mediates the Effect of Education on Active Political Party
Membership
Mikael J Persson
Party Politics - 2014 -
Measuring Political Participation—Testing Social Desirability Bias in a Web-Survey
Experiment
Mikael J Persson, Maria Solevid
International journal of public opinion research - 2014 -
Different Surveys, Different Results? A Comparison of Two Surveys on the 2009 European Parliamentary
Election
Stefan Dahlberg, Mikael J Persson
West European Politics - 2014 -
Does Election Day Weather Affect Voter Turnout? Evidence from Swedish
Elections.
Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell, Richard Öhrvall
Electoral Studies - 2014 -
Ungdomars förhållande till demokratin: En forskningsöversikt, inventering av befintliga data och
analys
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Is the Effect of Education on Voter Turnout Absolute or Relative? A Multi-level Analysis of 37
Countries
Mikael J Persson
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties - 2013 -
Patrimonial Economic Voting Revisited - New Evidence from Swedish Register
Data.
Johan Martinsson, Mikael J Persson
APSA conference meeting 2013, Boston - 2013 -
Does education cause participation in
politics?
Mikael J Persson
2013 -
Religion and Political Participation in
Sweden
Donald Granberg, Mikael J Persson
Stepping Stones: Research on Political Representation, Voting Behavior, and Quality of Government. - 2013 -
The Effects of Direct Voting and Deliberation on Legitimacy Beliefs: An Experimental Study of Small Group
Decision-Making
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
European Political Science Review - 2013 -
Communicative Responsiveness and Other Central Concepts in Between-Election
Democracy
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Between-Election Democracy: The representative relationship after Election Day - 2013 -
Deciding the Fair Way or Having it My Way? A New Look at Procedural Fairness Theory in the Domain of Policy
Decisions.
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm, Mikael J Persson
Uppsats presenterad vid The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april, 2013. - 2013 -
The Generational Effect in Turnout in the Swedish General Elections,
1960–2010
Mikael J Persson, hanna wass, Henrik Oscarsson
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2013 -
Voter Turnout and Political Equality: Testing the Law of Dispersion in a Swedish Natural
Experiment
Mikael J Persson, Maria Solevid, Richard Öhrvall
Politics - 2013 -
Den motvilligt engagerade altruisten: Om partimedlemskap och
partiaktivism
Gissur Erlingsson, Mikael J Persson, Richard Öhrvall
Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift - 2012 -
Varför är högutbildade mer aktiva i politiska
partier?
Mikael J Persson
I framtidens skugga : fyrtiotvå kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2011 / Lennart Weibull, Henrik Oscarsson och Annika Bergström (red) - 2012 -
Which Decision-Making Arrangements Generate the Strongest Legitimacy Beliefs? Evidence from a Randomized Field
Experiment
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
European Journal of Political Research - 2012 -
Does Type of Education Affect Political Participation? Results From a Panel Survey of Swedish
Adolescents.”
Mikael J Persson
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2012 -
På folkets sida? Synen på demokrati bland journalister, politiker och
medborgare
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Svenska journalister 1989-2011 / Kent Asp (red.) - 2012 -
Saknar vänstern respekt för individens rättigheter? En experimentell
studie
Göran Duus-Otterström, Mikael J Persson
Tidskrift för politisk filosofi - 2012 -
Representatives' Attitudes Toward Citizen Protests in Sweden: The Impact of Ideology, Parliamentary Position and
Experiences
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson, David Karlsson
Legislative Studies Quarterly - 2012 -
Conditional Representation: Representative Democracy under Internal
Stress
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april 2012 - 2012 -
Omvalet - en prövning för den politiska
jämlikheten
Mikael J Persson, Maria Solevid, Richard Öhrvall
Omstritt omval - 2012 -
The Swedish Pirate Party and the 2009 European Parliament Election: Protest or Issue
Voting?
Gissur O. Erlingsson, Mikael J Persson
Politics - 2011 -
Comparison of Web and Mail Responses in a Census of Swedish Local Political
Representatives
Mikael Gilljam, Donald Granberg, Bengt Holm, David Karlsson, Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell
Survey Practice - 2011 -
Measuring Political Participation. Testing Social Desirability Bias in a Web-Survey
Experiment
Mikael J Persson, Maria Solevid
Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 1-4, 2011 - 2011 -
Medborgarnas
demokratiuppfattningar
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Lycksalighetens ö. Holmberg, S., Weibull, L. & Oscarsson, H. (red) - 2011 -
How to Survey All 14000 Swedish Local Political Representatives and Get 10000
Responses
Mikael Gilljam, Donald Granberg, Holm Bengt, David Karlsson, Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell
Uppsats presenterad vid AAPOR, Pheonix, maj - 2011 -
Off-Election Democracy: Towards an Integrative Analytical
Framework
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Uppsats presenterad vid The ECPR Joint Sessions, St Gallen - 2011 -
Skolforskare med
problem
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Pedagogisk Forskning i Sverige - 2011 -
Skolforskning med problem: Funderingar kring en rapport om resultaten i svensk
grundskola
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Pedagogisk Forskning i Sverige - 2011 -
Unga väljare i Sverige
1956–2006
Henrik Oscarsson, Mikael J Persson
(red.) Wohlgemuth, Daniel. FOKUS10: En analys av ungas inflytande. - 2010 -
An Empirical Test of the Relative Education Model in
Sweden
Mikael J Persson
Political Behavior - 2010 -
Representatives' Acceptance of Citizen Protests: The Impact of Ideology, Experience, and Parliamentary Position on Protest
Acceptance
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson, David Karlsson
Uppsats presenterad vid The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april 2010 - 2010 -
Leader Responsiveness in Off-Election
Democracy
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Presenterad vid APSA, Washington DC, september 2010 - 2010 -
Did the egalitarian reforms of the Swedish educational system equalise levels of democratic
citizenship?
Mikael J Persson, Henrik Oscarsson
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2010 -
Varför röstade väljare på
Piratpartiet?
Gissur Ó. Erlingsson, Mikael J Persson
Väljarbeteende i Europaval, red. Oscarsson, Henrik & Holmberg, Sören - 2010 -
Utmanarna: Uppkomst, idéer och
opinion
Gissur Ó. Erlingsson, Mikael J Persson
Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift - 2010 -
Wich constitutional arrangements generate the strongest legitimacy
beliefs?
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-26, 2010 - 2010 -
Piratpartiets
sympatisörer
Henrik Oscarsson, Mikael J Persson
Svensk höst (red. Sören Holmberg) - 2009 -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INEQUALITY AND POLITICAL
PARTICIPATION
Mikael J Persson
OXFORD POLITICS & IR GRADUATE RESEARCH WORKSHOP - 2009 -
Effects of Decision-Making Forms on
Legitimacy
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
ECPR general conference - 2009 -
Representatives' Acceptance of Citizen Protests: The Impact of Ideology, Experience, and Parliamentary Position on Protest
Acceptance
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson, David Karlsson
Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-26, 2010 - 2009 -
How Constitutional Arrangements Generate Legitimacy Beliefs: Evidence from a Controlled Field Experiment on Democratic
Decision-Making
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
the ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 2009 - 2009 -
Rediscovering the relationship between inequality and political
participatio
Mikael J Persson
ECPR general conference - 2009 -
The effects of education on political participation - An empirical test of the sorting model in
Sweden"
Mikael J Persson
APSA 2009 Annual Meeting - 2009 -
The Underestimated Importance of Voting: An Experimental Comparison of Aggregative and Deliberative
Decision-Making
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Presented at the conference Building Bridges: North American and European Political Psychology Today, Lund, December 2009 - 2009 -
The effects of an egalitarian educational reform on democratic
citizenship
Mikael J Persson, Henrik Oscarsson
Youth and Politics: Strange Bedfellows? Comparative Perspectives on Political Socialization, International Conference - Bruges, 3-4 July 2008 - 2008 -
Measuring the effects of educational reform on democratic
citizenship
Mikael J Persson, Henrik Oscarsson
Democracy, Culture, Socialization IPSA RC 21-29 OSLO - 2008 -
Bridging the Educational Gap? Did the egalitarian reforms of the Swedish educational system equalize levels of democratic
citizenship?
Mikael J Persson, Henrik Oscarsson
Annual Conference of the Swedish Political Science Association: 27-28 september 2008, Uppsala. WORKSHOP: Politiskt deltagande och medborgarskap - 2008 -
The Effects of an Education Reform on Democratic
Citizenship.
Mikael J Persson, Henrik Oscarsson
QoG Working Papers Series 14. Statsvet.inst. - 2008 -
Demokratins avgränsningsproblem - En kritik av det kosmopolitiska
demokratiidealet
Mikael J Persson
Stiftelsen Bertil Ohlininstitutets hemsida - 2008 -
Svar till
Hultin-Rosenberg
Mikael J Persson
Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, nummer 3, 2008. - 2008 -
Demokratins avgränsningsproblem och
påverkansprincipen
Mikael J Persson
Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, nummer 1, 2008. - 2008 -
Socialdemokratin och
medelklassen
Mikael J Persson
Arbetarrörelsens tankesmedja - 2007