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Elin Bjarnegård

@elinbja.bsky.social

Professor at Uppsala University. Member of UPPGAP. Director of FIIN. Studies gender and masculinities in politics, authoritarianism, violence, corruption.

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Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel
YouTube video by Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

🎤📢 The recording of the public panel 'Political Masculinities in Europe' @BrIAS is now available online.
🦸‍♀️🔥Welcome by Karen Celis.
🎓🪒Interventions by @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_J...

12.02.2026 13:13 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Can a feminist foreign policy be undone? Reflections from Sweden In context of the retraction of Sweden's feminist foreign policy (FFP), this policy paper identifies three factors that make the FFP more resilient than ex

In 2022, Sweden retracted its feminist foreign policy, with the likely result that Sweden will lose its international leadership role on gender issues. ​This and more in the following article by
@elinbja.bsky.social, @anntowns.bsky.social & Katarzyna Jezierska.

doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

16.02.2026 13:59 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

wrapping up our political masculinities workshop at BrIAS with this public panel 😎

huge thanks to Karen Celis, @lizamugge.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social @payoub.bsky.social for their time, feedback and lovely company ✨🤓

11.02.2026 18:10 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Join us on 26 February, 10.00-11.00 CET

🔗 Event page: odihr.osce.org/event/661996
✅ Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧰 Sarajevo Tool for download: odihr.osce.org/odihr/586014

03.02.2026 09:29 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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The UPPGAP spring 2026 seminar series is here!

We’ve got fantastic speakers and fresh research on gender and politics lined up for the semester 🌟

26.01.2026 14:54 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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How are we socialized into (anti)democratic gender norms? MEN4DEM’s new report explores how socialization is a multidimensional process that requires to be analysed carefully, unpacking its multiple and intersecting dimensions.

To read the full report, click the link below!

🔗 lnkd.in/dhq7ucFt

26.01.2026 22:02 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2
Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel – The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels)
🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me!
This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant

brias.be/index.php/ev...

20.01.2026 13:29 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2
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Whether preying on people’s anxieties or playing the part of the progressive liberal, illiberal leaders see “gender” as a tool that can be adapted to whatever use best serves their interests, @elinbja.bsky.social and @parzetterberg.bsky.social argue.

03.01.2026 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Elin Bjarnegård and Michal Grahn elected to the leadership of SWEPSA – Department of Government – Uppsala University

@elinbja.bsky.social and I are leading SWEPSA (Swedish Political Science Association) for the coming two years! Looking forward to it! :)

www.uu.se/en/departmen...

08.12.2025 10:30 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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”Gender” is increasingly used as a political signal. In a new Journal of Democracy article with Pär Zetterberg we show how authoritarians use 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 as flexible tools of power - different messages to different audiences, same goal: regime legitimation.

🔗 lnkd.in/e6JDkn93

09.01.2026 15:47 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for coming and contributing!

05.12.2025 21:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Very happy, a bit tired, and grateful — with a head buzzing with ideas — after wrapping up the International Workshop on Sexual Corruption together with an amazing group of generous, curious, and deeply engaged experts.

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05.12.2025 16:24 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Professor Elin Bjarnegård speaks at the opening of the International Workshop on Sexual Corruption at Uppsala University.

Professor Elin Bjarnegård speaks at the opening of the International Workshop on Sexual Corruption at Uppsala University.

“We realized the importance having a name for it to be able to talk about sexual corruption – and to legislate” says prof. @elinbja.bsky.social at the International Workshop on #sexualcorruption hosted by #UU-RESC research environment, gathering practitioners and academics from the entire field.

03.12.2025 18:43 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Challenging the self-image: Abuse of power for sex in Sweden - Uppsala University Does abuse of power for sex take place in Sweden? This open panel challenges two aspects of Sweden’s self-image: being non-corrupt and gender-equal. It explores concrete instances of sexual corruption...

Are you in Uppsala next week? Don’t miss this open panel discussion about sexual corruption in Sweden.

#uuresc

www.uu.se/en/departmen...

27.11.2025 11:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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November 25 is White Ribbon Day, a campaign where men and boys pledge to end violence against women and girls. See how MEN4DEM is participating this year 🏳️✊

#men4dem #wespeakup

25.11.2025 19:11 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential Case studies from Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Sweden show that legal recognition is vital – and that legislation must address power imbalances and avoid criminalising the victims.

Read our latest U4-blog
Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...

12.11.2025 17:16 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

01.11.2025 11:45 — 👍 44    🔁 34    💬 0    📌 3

This roundtable was the perfect illustration of @men4dem.bsky.social, synthesizing artistic performance, activist experience and academic knowledge all in one.

30.10.2025 16:11 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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MEN4DEM has made it to Bergamo! 🙌📰

#MEN4DEM #GenderEquality #Masculinities #Democracy

30.10.2025 08:51 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2
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Picture of a book

Last, but certainly not least, a discussion between the editors and inspirational pioneers ⭐️ Joni Lovenduski & Pippa Norris ⭐️ to whom we dedicate the book.

It’s 30 years since their book came out, so it was time for a sequel!

27.10.2025 20:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Part III: Transforming Political Parties
⭐️ Tània Verge
⭐️Sarah Childs
⭐️Carnen Geha

27.10.2025 20:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Part II: Methods and Cases

⭐️ Karina Kosiara-Pedersen
⭐️ Ọmọ́máyọ̀wá O. Àbàtì, & Mayowa M. Adeniji
⭐️Malu A.C. Gattu & Kristin N. Wylie
⭐️Proma Raychaudhury
⭐️Michal Grahn
⭐️Petra Ahrens & Johanna Kantola
⭐️Kimberly Cowell-Meyers

27.10.2025 20:21 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Just look at this stellar line-up:

Part I: Concepts
⭐️Petra Meier, Sabine Lang & Birgit Sauer
⭐️Louise K. Davidson-Schmich
⭐️Zahra Runderkanpf & Meryl Kenny ⭐️Karen Beckwith
⭐️Cecilia Josefsson

27.10.2025 20:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

17 chapters from a dream team of authors covering key concepts; innovative methods & empirical cases from around the world; and strategies for change.

27.10.2025 20:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Gendering Party Politics: Feminist Institutionalist Perspectives Abstract. Gendering Party Politics explores the relationship between gender and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens. Across 17 chapt

It’s here! Gendering Party Politics published with Oxford University Press & available in all good bookshops in hardcover & paperback.

Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/book/61464

27.10.2025 20:04 — 👍 26    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1
SWEPSA

Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations!

swepsa.org/index.html?f...

08.10.2025 05:56 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨Three members of the MEN4DEM team are leading a section at the 2026 ECPG! 🚨

Swipe right to learn more!

#MEN4DEM @ecpr.bsky.social

07.10.2025 10:44 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
(Anti)democratic Masculinities Theory in action: transdisciplinary reflections and co-creation On September 29, Liza Mügge (University of Amsterdam) will be the guest speaker in a joint seminar organized by the Research Groups LIFE, RIGoP and SPARC. The theme will be (Anti)democratic Masculinit...

🎤🙌'(Anti)democratic Masculinities Theory in Action': upcoming talk at the University of Lisbon drawing on co-authored work with @elinbja.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social. www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/an...

10.09.2025 12:16 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Meet one of our expert organisations, Share the Care! 
 
Share the Care is a Polish organisation that promotes a partnership model of family life that focuses on parental and gender equality.
 
#MEN4DEM #genderequality #parentalequality #SharetheCare 

Read more on www.men4dem.eu

10.09.2025 08:18 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Meet one of MEN4DEM's Expert organisations, Cerchio degli Uomini!

Cerchio degli Uomini is an Italian non-profit association that aims to promote non-patriarchal masculinity and prevent gender-based violence.

#men4dem #caringmasculinities #genderequality

Read more on www.men4dem.eu

03.09.2025 10:30 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0