Colleagues have commented on the legitimacy & effectiveness of recent climate actions like #SoupGate & #MashedMonet using general social movement theory. But can climate activism really be understood like other movements? I argue it cannot as I give my take on the matter👇👇 1/14

The prosperous years of Estonian agriculture have damaged the quality of groundwater and surface waters. Climate resilience, biodiversity & minimization of pesticide/fertilizer runoff/impacts must be at the heart of future farming news.err.ee/1608764914/pes…

My brilliant colleague has written very interesting piece about labor identity

My great colleagues find that the human toll of disasters is not a significant determinant of adaptation actions in cities globally. Next question to ask is about the role of protests for adaption actions ;-)

A great opportunity,!

This book includes many interesting chapters about protests in small countries that are often off the radar of common social movement research! Had a privilege to contribute with a piece based on my protest event data for Estonia (1991-2020).

A new book about trade union activism is out, it takes a nice long-term perspective. @JenJansson and I have a chapter there. See link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 A position as research assistant (at least 7 months) at my department, working with my brilliant colleagues Anders Sjögren and @BjarnesenJesper in their project on contested elections and street politics in Africa Read more and apply: uu.se/en/about-uu/jo…

Have a look at this new book about the Swedish social movements in the 1980s, edited by Helena Hill & Andrés Brink Pinto. @JenJansson and I write about welfare protests: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Nice to be part of such a great team!

Head lugemist täna Eesti parlamedis toimuva obstruktsiooni ning selle piiramise konteksti seadmiseks 1) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 2) ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

”Demonisera inte miljöaktivister” Ministrarnas försök att utestänga delar av klimat­rörelsen från offentligheten riskerar bara att undergräva tilliten till det demokratiska samtalet. Det skriver flera forskare. svd.se/a/wA2GyP/forsk…

Interested in doing a Ph.D. in political science? We are hiring three new PhD-students, to begin in the autumn of 2024. Positions are fully funded, and we have a big and active community of doctoral students. ⏳Apply before January 31st. statsvet.uu.se/news/news-deta…

A good day to read our paper!

A call for papers on labour movements and their strategies

Excellent article by Brayden King. University presidents should talk to their faculty who study political movements. scientificamerican.com/article/repres…

Come work with us at Department of Government, Uppsala University! We hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher in our new project on welfare initiatives and public attitudes towards carbon taxes. Welcome with your application by May 17: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Cassandra Engeman & I wrote about energy protests and policy (in)action in Sweden, published in Social Forces. academic.oup.com/sf/article/doi…

Apply to the PhD program in political science Department of Government, Uppsala University @UU_University uu.se/en/department/…