Jens Rydgren

What a great start to the sabbatical! Tri-write with @slsalo.bsky.social and @jensrydgren.bsky.social 95% there - “We would like to accept the article for publication, but before we go ahead, we would like to give you the opportunity to make some further minor changes//…//.”

Hammarby Fotboll

Det går tillbaka till 1946 och en turné som Hammarbys hockeylag gjorde till England. Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson började uttala Hammarby på svengelska – ”Hammarbaj” och så småningom blev det "bajen". Se t.ex.: www.gamlahammarbyfotboll.se/hammarby-fot...

(PDF) Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations PDF | The second Trump administration poses a serious existential challenge to many international organizations (IOs). Compared to the first term, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

Wrote a brief paper "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations"

Some reflections on the first six months and what we generally know from the academic literature on the crisis of multilateralism

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Abstract The rise of populist right parties is well-studied, but little attention has been given to how public service performance influences voter support. Given that public services are often the primary means through which citizens interact with the state, we argue that declining public services can create grievances that increase the appeal of populist right parties. Focusing on England’s National Health Service (NHS), we combine administrative data on local health facility closures with panel data on public preferences and voting intentions. Using a staggered difference-indifferences design, we find that closures reduce satisfaction with public services and increase support for populist right parties. These effects are moderated by migrant registrations at local health practices, highlighting the interaction between public service performance and immigration concerns in fueling populist right support. Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change.

Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right:

"Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change"

Nästan halva laget: Smilla Holmberg (2022-), Ellen Wangerheim (2020-), Emma Holmgren (2017-18, 2025-) Hanna Lundkvist (2019-2021), Filippa Angeldahl (2016-2017), Madelen Janogy (2021-2023), Julia Zigiotti Olme (2016-2018), Jonna Andersson (2022-2024).

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫

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This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.

A quick 🧵:

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

My recent book "Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy" (OUP 2024) argues that minorities can help strengthen and protect democracy. I explain the lessons of the book in a podcast hosted by Licia Cianetti from the @unibirmingham.bsky.social

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Meet up with Zeth if you are around! Up and coming great scholar!

On my way to Contested Solidarities at CEU Vienna!
I'll be presenting my work on the long-term legacies of the 1989 revolution on Tuesday. If you're around and want to catch up, my take-a-coffee-with-great-scholars schedule is wide open.

(2) "When the Far Right Makes the News: Protest Characteristics and Media Coverage of Far-Right Mobilization in Europe" by Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social

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From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse

Our new IMR paper on the great replacement theory is now open-access. We find that about 20% (!) of German adults believe that white majorities are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants in a secretive attempt by malevolent elites to undermine their own country.

doi.org/10.1177/0197...

PhD student in Sociology (A) The Department of Sociology , founded 1954, offers a lively and collaborative research environment with a strong international research profile. The department is especially competitive in the areas o

Open Ph.D. student position calls in Sociology and Sociological Demography at Stockholm University:

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Ph.D. student position in Sociological Demography: su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

The closing date is March 1.
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Today I signed the contract for The Oxford Handbook of the Social Movements of the Far Right (OUP), which I will co-edit with Manuela Caiani. More info will follow in due time.

Recently, our book on the Transformation of the Left in Europe came out

Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6

A few interviews that summarize key findings:
🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md
🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc
📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm

Universitetslektor i sociologi, inriktning personal, arbete & organisation Mer information om oss finns på: Sociologiska institutionen  Arbetsuppgifter Arbetsuppgifterna består huvudsakligen av undervisning, kursutveckling, handledning och examination främst inom kurser

New position at our department: Senior Lecturer in Sociology with specialization in Personnel, Work and Organization

Department of Sociology, Stockholm University

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Universitetslektor i sociologi, inriktning personal, arbete & organisation Mer information om oss finns på: Sociologiska institutionen  Arbetsuppgifter Arbetsuppgifterna består huvudsakligen av undervisning, kursutveckling, handledning och examination främst inom kurser

New position at our department: Senior Lecturer in Sociology with specialization in Personnel, Work and Organization

Department of Sociology, Stockholm University

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Border liberalization and immigration increased voting for the far right in Switzerland.

This is despite the lack of prominence of traditional predictors associated with anti-immigration, including cultural and economic threats.

Instead, we suggest a top-down mechanism to explain this finding.

Cover of the publication "Class consciousness and voting. Class as a political compass?" by Linus Westheuser and Thomas Lux, published by Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The cover illustration shows a stylized female worker flexing her muscles.

Class consciousness still shapes voting, but in a different way than in the past. That's the key finding of a study with @thomaslux.bsky.social now out in English.

We chart how class identity, interests and status link with voting for the left and right in Germany. A🧵
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New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵

Sad news. Walter Korpi was a great sociologist.

Important initiative. In Sweden, we had similar major studies on power (in 1985-1990) and democracy (1997-2000). It would be high time to launch a new one here as well.

If there’s one paper to read on local service deprivation & far-right support—this might be THE one!

New(ish) WP by Sanna Salo, @jensrydgren.bsky.social and me - ”Divided We Fall? Negotiating Responses to a Radical Right-Wing Party within the Swedish Labour Movement”

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My and @johannarickne.bsky.social 's paper on the ”Class Ceiling in Politics” is now out in the APSR with open access! We describe the key findings below. 1/9

La montée des partis populistes dans les pays nordiques Pas encore de compte ?

"La montée des partis populistes dans les pays nordiques" (together with Ryan Switzer)

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Far-right governments seek to cut billions of euros from research in Europe Anti-immigration parties are pushing policies that are hostile or indifferent towards science.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Field of study, political attitudes, and support for the radical right in Sweden and Europe This study uses three different surveys to investigate the links between various educational fields, radical right support, and political opinions. Lo…

Field of study, political attitudes, and support for the radical right in Sweden and Europe

Very interesting paper by Amanda Valldor, sociologist at SOFI
at Stockholm Uni

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks! Strange, it works from my computers. But try this: su.figshare.com/articles/pre...

And if this doesn't work, let me know and I send you the pdf.