@uppgap.bsky.social
The Uppsala Gender and Politics Seminar (UPPGAP) is based at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden. www.uu.se/uppgap
Friday brought good news and bad news. Today I am now allowed to share the good.
Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens
Huge congratulations to the best @turnbulldugarte.com & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social for getting Wallenberg fellowships (equivalent to two ERC grants!!!) So well-deserved!!
03.12.2025 09:46 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Yesterday, I had a lovely opportunity to present co-authored work on how to counter femonationalism at
@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social . Engaged audience and great feedback! Thanks to @wurthmann.bsky.social for the invite!
@katharinalawall.bsky.social, @sophiemainz.bsky.social, @turnbulldugarte.com
I had the privilege to present my ongoing research on rebutting femonationalism (with @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @sophiemainz.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com) at @helsinki.fi yesterday. Great crowd and feedback. :) thanks to @jekantol.bsky.social & @cherrymmiller.bsky.social for having me.
27.11.2025 07:52 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Early this week, Cherry Miller and I had the pleasure of giving a PhD course in feminist research designs and methods to a talented group of 9 PhD students at @helsinki.fi So much talents and creativity in their projects! @uppgap.bsky.social
26.11.2025 09:28 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to share that @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social has awarded generous funding for my new project on the emotional dynamics of feminist alliances in the EU! Here’s to 4 more years of doing the research I love — together with Josefina Erikson 🥳🎉
24.11.2025 13:03 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
So happy to have received a new, generous grant (500k EUR) from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to continue exploring the causes and consequences of voluntary segregation among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden. This time with a dream team of @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
21.11.2025 08:16 — 👍 44 🔁 7 💬 10 📌 1A fun way to start the wknd:
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
Want to learn more about the development research environment at our department? SweDev are featuring their institutional support members in a series called ”behind the research ” starting with us: swedev.dev/behind-the-r...
28.10.2025 06:12 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Här skriver @sandrahkansson.bsky.social och jag om orsakerna till ungas politiska underrepresentation i Sverige, varför det är problematiskt och vilka åtgärder som kan vidtas. www.altinget.se/rikspolitik/...
12.09.2025 13:52 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The UPPGAP program for the fall 2025 is out. Check it out!
15.08.2025 09:30 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
The UPPGAP program for the fall 2025 is out. Check it out!
15.08.2025 09:30 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Check out this Elgar Encyclopedia entry on Political behavior of LGBT+ people penned by @wurthmann.bsky.social and myself. The piece summarizes what we know about queer political behavior and identifies some the remaining gaps. 🏳️🌈
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Excited to share that @grahn.bsky.social and I have co-authored a new chapter, "The Political Behavior of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans+ People", for the upcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics (ed. Zoe Lefkofridi).
#LGBTQ
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
If you are attending Stockholm Pride this year (and speak Swedish), come and see this panel on the growing polarization around LGBTQ+ rights, featuring a great lineup, including myself. :) program.stockholmpride.org/sv/events/29...
09.07.2025 11:56 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Research article "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu" by Michal Grahn & Cherry M. Miller. Abstract begins: The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between different approaches to FI and ethnographic methodologies. We propose ethnographic approaches suitable for scholars who see gendered institutions as real entities that constrain and enable human practices, as well as those who perceive them as sedimented clusters of meanings.
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In "Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography" @grahn.bsky.social & Cherry M Miller propose ethnographic approaches for scholars looking to research the gendered outcomes of institutions.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 polisky gendersky
buff.ly/4jmQsMv
My trip back from #epsa2025 by #train was a joy. 4k km, well-functioning AC (needed in the heat). Amazed at the amazing public transport network Europe offers. Door to door, just public transport. #sustainabletravel #climatechange @epssnet.bsky.social
02.07.2025 13:06 — 👍 37 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
🧵1/ Are primaries bad for political diversity? Conventional wisdom says yes—but our article in @wepsocial.bsky.social shows that candidate selection modes are not necessarily a bottleneck for representation, at least when it comes to demand. 🗳️👥 @sandrahkansson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Check out this new piece in @wepsocial.bsky.social by UPPGAP's very own @sandrahkansson.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social on representation outcomes of different candidate selection methods in 🇸🇪 gendersky polisky
04.06.2025 20:36 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of a journal article abstract from West European Politics, titled “Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation” by Michal Grahn and Sandra Håkansson from the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden. The article is marked as open access and published by Routledge. The abstract text is highlighted in yellow and states that while exclusive candidate selection methods (e.g., selection committees) are often thought to produce more descriptively representative outcomes than inclusive methods (e.g., primaries), such claims are usually based on cross-sectional comparisons. The authors conducted a conjoint experiment in Sweden involving 6,400 party members and 1,300 selection committee members, assessing preferences for candidate profiles based on gender, age, and immigrant background. The findings show that both groups exhibited similar preferences for underrepresented candidates across both selection modes. The study concludes that both inclusive and exclusive procedures can equally promote descriptive representation within supportive institutional contexts. Below the abstract, the listed keywords are: Political recruitment; descriptive representation; political parties; primaries; conjoint experiment.
A dot plot titled "Candidate preferences among rank-and-file party members and SCMs, in primary and ballot creation contexts." The y-axis lists candidate characteristics: Gender (Men, Women), Immigrant background (No, Yes), Age (18–35, 36–64, 65+), Education (No higher education, University degree), and Employment sector (Public, Private). The x-axis represents marginal means, ranging from 0.4 to 0.55, with a vertical dashed reference line at 0.5. For each characteristic, three groups are shown with their respective point estimates and 95% confidence intervals: Red squares for “Party members, primary context” Blue circles for “Selectors, primary context” Green diamonds for “Selectors, ballot creation context” The graph shows how different groups of selectors and party members vary in their marginal means when evaluating candidate characteristics. Confidence intervals are horizontal bars, and all estimates are clustered around the 0.5 mark, with some group differences, especially notable in age and education. Below the figure, a note explains that the values represent marginal means with 95% confidence intervals, calculated separately for each group, with standard errors clustered at the respondent level.
Online first: "Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation" by @grahn.bsky.social & @sandrahkansson.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#AcademicSky #Polisky
Today we hosted @marinampuig.bsky.social, who presented her insightful research on intersectionality and political representation. Thanks for joining our seminar! 🌟
12.05.2025 12:23 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
🧵 What kind of POPE do AMERICANS want?📸
Before the Conclave, @sophiemainz.bsky.social and I asked 1,500 U.S. adults to choose among hypothetical papal candidates.
Results: Americans prefer a liberal and *non-political* Pope. The latter might be challenging for Leo XIV.
Results ⬇️
Polisky Datasky
More new research by our UPPGAPers 💫
06.05.2025 13:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for having me @uppgap.bsky.social! Lots of great feedback, new insights, and engaging conversations!
30.04.2025 13:36 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Researchers sitting at a table and listening to a presentation during the Gender and Politics seminar at the Department of Government, Uppsala University.
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hearing @gventurini.bsky.social present her work on how Italian political parties balance candidate experience with efforts to diversify their lists. Thanks for joining us and share your insights! 💫
29.04.2025 11:35 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
Follow the Bsky account of our Department in Uppsala! :)
15.04.2025 13:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We’re live! 🚀
Say hello to the official Bluesky account of Uppsala University's Department of Government 🏛️✨
Follow us for the latest on cutting-edge research, publications 📚, and upcoming events.
Learn more about the dynamic and diverse UPPGAP environment!https://www.uu.se/en/department/government/news/archive/2025-04-07-our-research-environment-in-focus-gender-and-politics
11.04.2025 11:43 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
