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Linus Hagström

@linushagstrom.bsky.social

I have opinions & hobbies too, but here I’m a Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University. I study security, power, identity, narrative & emotion in international politics, esp East Asia. 日本語大丈夫! https://t.ly/1-z2c https://t.ly/FG0TI

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Jobs!

02.08.2025 22:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Looks like a really interesting position!

02.08.2025 22:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

These would be really cool jobs

02.08.2025 08:29 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Two postdocs at the Swedish Defence University:

02.08.2025 03:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Deadline: 31 Aug

02.08.2025 03:01 — 👍 49    🔁 42    💬 0    📌 4

Super interesting!

30.06.2025 19:20 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

As a spatial scholar, this sounds fascinating!

30.06.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

More job ops 👇

30.06.2025 19:29 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

We're hiring a postdoc w a strong foundation in international relations, political science, or similar to study how emotionally charged narratives influence international security & great power politics.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

30.06.2025 17:11 — 👍 11    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

Postdoc in Narrative Geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social

We’re looking for a postdoc w expertise in machine learning, data mining, or related quantitative methods to explore how emotionally charged narratives shape international security & great power politics.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

30.06.2025 17:07 — 👍 20    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 3
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Award-winning article highlights anxiety as a creative force in the research process Karl Gustafsson and Linus Hagström have been awarded the European Political Science journal's Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize for the best academic article of 2024.

An award-winning article by researchers from Stockholm University and the Swedish Defence University explores how anxiety can contribute to a more creative research process and more interesting research problems.
tinyurl.com/zbfs2z2n

@profgustafsson.bsky.social
@linushagstrom.bsky.social

10.06.2025 12:26 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

👏 Congratulations to ‪@ecprtheloop.bsky.social authors @profgustafsson.bsky.social & @linushagstrom.bsky.social on winning the 2024 Jacqui Briggs 📗 EPS Prize!
✍️ Read their Loop blog piece 'Embracing anxiety can help us do better research', based on the winning research: ow.ly/pIIq50W4ULl

06.06.2025 08:28 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize Congratulations to Karl Gustafsson and Linus Hagström of the Swedish Defence University

🏆 Our 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize goes to @profgustafsson.bsky.social‬ & @linushagstrom.bsky.social‬ for their article📗 The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in #PoliticalScience 👏 Congratulations!

@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social‬
#ECPRPrizes #AcademicSky #Polisky

30.05.2025 10:43 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize European Consortium for Political Research

I am delighted that @linushagstrom.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published last year in the @ecpr.bsky.social journal European Political Science. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...

30.05.2025 06:32 — 👍 28    🔁 2    💬 5    📌 0
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The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in political science: how to develop more compelling research problems by facing anxiety - European Political Science Research problems are crucial in the sense that they provide new research with purpose and justification. So why, despite the abundance of guidance available from an extensive methods literature, do g...

The article itself can be accessed here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

30.05.2025 07:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize European Consortium for Political Research

Very happy that @profgustafsson.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published in @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social journal European Political Science in 2024. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...

30.05.2025 07:15 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 0

Super interesting postdoc with some of the very best people in the field.

26.05.2025 12:42 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

One of those many things I wish I could apply to but can't, so I'll pass it along to one of you instead:

24.05.2025 00:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Ooh 👀

24.05.2025 06:45 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

23.05.2025 10:06 — 👍 118    🔁 51    💬 3    📌 4
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Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

Swedish Defence University is advertising a postdoc in quantitative narrative geopolitics. The role involves applying data science methods to examine how narratives shape international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry.
Deadline: August 31.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

23.05.2025 10:13 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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Postdoc with a focus on quantitative narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

Swedish Defence University is advertising a postdoc in quantitative narrative geopolitics. The role involves applying data science methods to examine how narratives shape international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry.
Deadline: August 31.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

23.05.2025 10:13 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis

The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

23.05.2025 10:06 — 👍 118    🔁 51    💬 3    📌 4

This piece in @jird-jour.bsky.social argues that Sweden’s erstwhile identity of non-alignment clashed with deeper identity constructs after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Finland's NATO bid. Joining NATO resolved the clash, restoring ontological security for many Swedes.

25.03.2025 17:51 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

This piece in @jird-jour.bsky.social argues that Sweden’s erstwhile identity of non-alignment clashed with deeper identity constructs after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Finland's NATO bid. Joining NATO resolved the clash, restoring ontological security for many Swedes.

25.03.2025 17:51 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Why, despite its longstanding identity as a non-aligned country, did Sweden apply for NATO membership in May 2022? Did this decision not fundamentally challenge its ontological security?

Elvira Hjertström & @linushagstrom.bsky.social explore these questions in our March Issue.

📄 👉 rdcu.be/eet8T

25.03.2025 16:01 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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”Helt klart är att vi inte kan lita på USA” Linus Hagström, professor i statsvetenskap, vill se ett svenskt närmande till europeiska länder med kärnvapen – och tycker Vita huset är ett större hot än Kreml.

Linus Hagström, professor i statsvetenskap, vill se ett svenskt närmande till europeiska länder med kärnvapen – och tycker Vita huset är ett större hot än Kreml.

– För svensk del är det framför allt USA:s ändrade utrikespolitik vi behöver vara oroliga för just nu.

04.03.2025 05:16 — 👍 40    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 3

Tack själv och för dina reflektioner!

25.02.2025 20:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Det Nato Sverige gick med i finns inte längre LINUS HAGSTRÖM Den säkerhetspolitiska analysen måste uppdateras

Det Nato Sverige gick med i finns inte längre. Regeringen bör undersöka möjligheterna att säga upp DCA-avtalet, skriver Linus Hagström, professor i statsvetenskap vid Försvarshögskolan:

www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/LMQ...

25.02.2025 07:56 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Det Nato Sverige gick med i finns inte längre LINUS HAGSTRÖM Den säkerhetspolitiska analysen måste uppdateras

Regeringen bör undersöka möjligheterna att säga upp DCA-avtalet, skriver Linus Hagström, professor i statsvetenskap vid Försvarshögskolan:

www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/LMQ...

25.02.2025 07:57 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

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