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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. John Gerring, Tore Wig, Wouter Veenendaal, Daniel Weitzel, Jan Teorell, & Kyosuke Kikuta have co-authored the article "The Rise and Demise of a Regime Type", Comparative Political Studies, forthcoming. In this paper, Jan Teorell together with co-authors propose an explanation for why monarchy was the dominant form of

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/teorell-why-monarchy-was-dominant-form-rule-pre-modern-era - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ted Svensson has recently contributed to an article in the journal Critical Studies on Security. Rituals are customarily muted into predictable routines aimed to stabilise social orders and limit conflict. As a result, their magic lure recedes into the background, and the unexpected and disruptive elements are downpla

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/rituals-world-politics-visual-practices-disordering-things - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 'Cosmopolitanism and Individual Ethical Reflection - the Embodied Experiences of Swedish Veterans' nyligen publicerad in Critical Military Studies, online first. This article aims to enable a conversation between cosmopolitanism and  feminist-inspired research on embodied military experiences. While the article rests

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/annika-bergman-rosamond-has-together-annica-kronsell-authored-new-article - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Magdalena Bexell and Kristina Jönsson have published two new articles about the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the journal Policy Studies they identify three main roles of parliaments in the case of national policy-making based on intergovernmental agreements, such as the 2030 Agenda, and

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-articles-2030-agenda-legitimacy-and-responsibility - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ‘Anxiety, Fear, and Ontological Security in World Politics: Thinking with and beyond Giddens’ Catarina Kinnvall and Jennifer Mitzen have recently edited a symposium with International Theory, entitled ‘Anxiety, Fear, and Ontological Security in World Politics’. The symposium also contains their introductory article: ‘

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/catarina-kinnvall-and-jennifer-mitzen-have-published-new-article-international-theory - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Daniel Möller Ölgaard has published a non-peer reviewed piece with E-IR, an open access International Relations journal online. Supplementing Naomi Klein’s concept of the Pandemic Shock Doctrine with a focus on the necropolitical dimensions of digital capitalism, this essay shows how the digital-capitalist logic relie

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/reflections-naomi-kleins-pandemic-shock-doctrine - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anders Uhlin has, together with Håkan Johansson, edited a thematic issue on “Civil Society Elites” in the journal Politics and Governance. The volume includes among other articles Johansson’s and Uhlin’s editorial ”Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda” and three articles stemming from the research project ”Civil So

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-thematic-issue-civil-society-elites-edited-anders-uhlin-and-hakan-johansson - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson and Nora Stappert have published an article in the Journal of International Relations and Development.  The article explores which groups global governance organisations target in their attempts at self-legitimation. The selection of such groups shows whose legitimacy beliefs matter

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-legitimacy-and-global-governance - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After the 2018 election, it took 134 days for Sweden to get a new government. This government consisted of the same parties and had the same prime minister as the previous one. Why was that? And why did it take so long? Were our constitutional provisions regulating government formation to blame? This book answers thes

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-134-days-government-formations-process-after-2018-election - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this study, Jan Teorell together with colleagues attempt to reconcile competing positions in an important debate about the relationship between regime type and human development. First, the relationship is more likely to be perceived when democracy is measured in a nuanced fashion, taking account of gradations of d

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/democracy-and-human-development-issues-conceptualization-and-measurement - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New article by Ole Elgström and Natalia Chaban The EU and Collaborative Diplomacy - Ole Elgström has together with Natalia Chaban published the article A Perceptual Approach to EU Public Diplomacy: Investigating Collaborative Diplomacy in EU-Ukrainian Relations in the Hague Journal of Diplomacy 15:1Link to the publica

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/eu-and-collaborative-diplomacy - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In this article Nina Wilén claims that the "added value” argument often turns into an "added burden". In this article Nina Wilén claims that the "added value” argument, used to increase female peacekeepers’ participation, often turns into an "added burden", which undermines gender equality & entrenches gender stereoty

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nina-wilen-added-value - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Catarina Kinnvall has, together with Pasko Kisić Merino and Tereza Capelos, published a chapter entitled ‘Getting inside ‘the head’ of the far right: Psychological responses to the socio-political context’. The article appears in Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice, edited by Stephen D. Ashe, Joel B

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/catarina-kinnvall-has-published-new-article - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, modern states began to provide many of the public services we now take for granted. Inward Conquest presents the first comprehensive analysis of the political origins of modern public services during this period. Link to the publication on journals cambridge.org Johanne

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-johannes-lindvall-and-ben-ansell-inward-conquest-political-origins-modern-public-services - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New book by Mikael Sundström, published by Edward Elgar. From the introduction: I have something to say! It’s better to burn out than to fade away! The Kurgan (1986) quote from Highlander (movie) Most of us secretly yearn to make a mark on this world – to be lastingly remembered for some extraordinary feat. If you are

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-not-write-thesis-or-dissertation - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam has been appointed as Director for Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and coordinator of the strategic research area “Middle East in the Contemporary World". Why have you been appointed as new director and scientific research coordinator on the Middle East? From the start, I was part of the team t

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/karin-aggestam-has-been-appointed-new-director-centre-middle-eastern-studies - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nina Wilén’s article about how the ‘added value’ of female peacekeepers risks becoming an ‘added burden’ is now open access in International Affairs. In this article, Nina argues that discussions about female peacekeepers’ "added value" may increase gender inequality, due to the added burden that it places upon female

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/nina-wilens-latest-article-now-open-access-international-affairs - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Catarina Kinnvall has recently published a book chapter entitled ‘Postcolonialism’ in the Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies, edited by Didier Bigo, Thomas Diez, Evangelos Fanoulis, Ben Rosamond and Yannis A. Stivachtis and published with Routledge. This handbook comprehensively defines and shapes the fie

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-chapter-catarina-kinnvall-postcolonialism - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Bergman Rosamond and Catarina Kinnvall have together with Chris Agius (Swinburne University, Australia) published the article ‘Populism, Ontological Insecurity and Gendered Nationalism: Masculinity, Climate Denial and Covid-19’ in the journal Politics, Religion and Ideology. The  article proceeds from a critica

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-annika-bergman-rosamond-and-catarina-kinnvall - 2026-08-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Christie Nicoson has recently published an article entitled 'Towards climate resilient peace: an intersectional and degrowth approach.' This paper calls for stronger consideration of positive conceptualizations of peace and of intersectionality and degrowth in pursuit of peace and resilience. Not only does climate cha

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-article-christie-nicoson - 2026-08-15