No-fault divorce also applies to coalitions! See why 👇🏼 This article was made possible by my inclusive academic village. (among others, the Comparative Politics Group Hanna Bäck Agustín Goenaga Robert Klemmensen Julie Hassing Nielsen Jonathan Polk Statsvetenskap Lund) bit.ly/48UVlqJ

SAVE THE DATE 📢 Update Dear All, together with @INPUW we are organising a conference on democracy 📅Date: 16/17 November 2023 ❗️❗️❗️ You can register at [email protected] 📧

Three new postdoc positions placed at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies CMES LUND announced at our Department of Political Science Statsvetenskap Lund Lund University Lunds universitet with application deadline on 20 November, see svet.lu.se/en/about-depar…

Becoming International by Jens Bartelson Provides a new historical account of the rise and spread of the modern international system. 📚 cup.org/3PTX48n

Check out our great job market candidates!

Hanna Bäck, Robert Klemmensen and Florence So receive three-year grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for the project "Divided Parliaments? Polarization, Moralization, and the Risk of Gridlock". Congratulations! Hanna Bäck Robert Klemmensen Florence So (she/her) svet.lu.se/en/article/han…

The comparative politics group Statsvetenskap Lund is stoked to have Marina Povitkina present her fascinating paper on environmental NGOs in emerging democracies today at noon! Open to public! Robert Klemmensen Hanna Bäck Agustín Goenaga Jonathan Polk Julie Hassing Nielsen

Associate Professors Ted Svensson and Agustín Goenaga receive three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council for the project "Imperial Capacity: Studying the Impacts of Colonial Bureaucracies on State Development". Congratulations! svet.lu.se/en/article/ted…

Do governments worldwide have the ability to implement their policies and achieve their goals? We just published a new topic page on state capacity @OurWorldinData: ourworldindata.org/state-capacity A thread on what the page has in store:

Wanted! An up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as associate senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Big shoutout to Jonathan Polk and Alex Ryan, who, as new convenors of our Comparative Politics Group Statsvetenskap Lund, have organized a fantastic spring 2024 schedule of our Comparative Politics Seminar Series! Hanna Bäck Agustín Goenaga Julie Hassing Nielsen Robert Klemmensen

In a recently published book, Hanna Bäck, Alejandro Quiroz Flores and Jan Teorell present an original dataset on the background of foreign ministers, spanning thirteen countries and more than 200 years! Hanna Bäck Alex Quiroz Flores Cambridge University Press - Politics svet.lu.se/en/article/new…

The e-book version of our new book (w/Jonathan Olsen) on the AfD is available now! We utilize a novel theory to explain each stage of the party's development - emergence, breakthrough, & success. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…

Our new book on the AfD is out!

I have been nominated to serve as Vice President / President-Elect of the Latin American Studies Association. You can hear my statement here. If you are a LASA member, I hope you will support me. youtube.com/watch?v=AYYx7z…

Looking forward to this great Latin American Studies Association (LASA) panel in Bogotá organized by Jan Boesten.

Excited (and somewhat intimidated) to be presenting new work with Léonie de Jonge / @[email protected] this morning at this fantastic panel CES on what history can tell us about contemporary challenges to democracy. With Amel Ahmed, Hannah Alarian, Agustín Goenaga & X-less Ivan Ermakoff.

Can all conferences please take place in France? What a treat to have CES in Lyon. To evidence that we're actually here for work: Looking forward to this fantastic panel on early party formation, w great papers by a.o. Dr. Philip J. Howe he/him, Agustín Goenaga & Lukas Haffert👇

August is ending. That means the Comparative Politics Group Statsvetenskap Lund is gearing up for an exciting seminar series, organized by the brilliant Jonathan Polk and Alex Ryan. Come join us! Hanna Bäck Annika Fredén Agustín Goenaga Kajsa Hansson Robert Klemmensen

"Mo' Money, Mo' Problems"? Well, we here Comparative Politics Group at Lund University at @pol_lu want to find out! In 2 weeks' time, 21 innovative, and generous scholars will present their latest research on the linkage between💰 and political behavior. See who! 👇🏼 (thanks to Björn Frostner for the design!)