Charles Parker

We're happy to announce at least three vacant PhD positions starting in fall 2026! Read more and apply here: www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide - Nature Communications Here the authors explore the effects of disasters on adaptation actions in 549 cities, finding that the effects of disaster frequency and severity are modest and depend on action type, population size...

What is the impact of #disasters on #ClimateAdaptation in cities? This study by Daniel Nohrstedt, @charlesparker.bsky.social & others at @cndsofficial.bsky.social finds the effects of disasters are limited & depend on action type, city size & adaptive capacity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lina Eriksson utilizes a #naturalhazard event in Sweden to examine the temporal dynamics of accountability in this @electoralstudies.bsky.social article, & finds poor #crisismanagement during the storm Gudrun had lasting punishment effects stretching over 3 elections.
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Silver Lining to Extreme Weather Events? Democracy and Climate Change Mitigation Abstract. Long-standing meteorological research has established that anthropogenic climate change increases the risk and intensity of extreme weather events, such as tropical cyclones, floods, and for...

Do extreme weather events have an effect on climate policy? In this @gepjournal.bsky.social piece, @thisislauri.bsky.social examines the relationship between external shocks and policy action.
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Youth and Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities This book provides a detailed analysis of youth participation in nine European countries in the current historical juncture.

In this book chapter, Katrin Uba investigates young adults’ #climatechange concerns in Sweden. Finding that young adolescents, 18-24 years, are more concerned than people over 50, which is best explained by differences in basic world views and values.
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Assessing Policy Issue Interdependencies in Environmental Governance | International Journal of the Commons

Studying water governance in Sweden, Daniel Nohrstedt, Johanna Hedlund & Örjan Bodin offer a methodological approach to the issue of policy interdependence, taking into account measures and possible solutions at the disposal of policy actors.
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Do cross-cutting discussions enhance pro-environmental attitudes? Testing green deliberative theory in practice A central notion among green political theorists is that deliberative engagement enhances environmental values. Despite the centrality of this claim within green political theory, there is a lack o...

In this @environmentalpol.bsky.social article, Maria Nordbrandt demonstrates that engagement in everyday discussion across ideological lines of difference is related to increased support for political efforts to protect the #environment among U.S. citizens.
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New kids on the block: taking stock of the recent cycle of climate activism Since late 2018, a global wave of mobilization under the banners of Fridays For Future (FFF) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) has injected new energy into global climate politics. FFF and XR took the ...

Is the “new” wave of #climate activism truly new? This @socmovstudies.bsky.social piece by Katrin Uba & colleagues suggests not. Movements like FFF & XR bring new energy, but both change & continuity exist. Main shift: politically neutral framing targeting state actors.
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Time for another highlight of some of our research from the last few years! This week we are focusing on work related to the #climate, #environment and #politics 🧵

Time for another showcase of the Department's research of the last few years! This week, we are looking at a wide range of work on #welfare, the #labormarket and other key aspects of #politicaleconomy 🧵
#politicalscience #statsvetenskap

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

COP30 is in the books.
Disappointments: No fossil fuel phaseout plan, delayed adaptation finance, & key texts dropped.
Glimmers of hope: The process survives, the Global Mutirão lands & advances cooperation, & renewables keep rising.

Dr. Michael E. Mann - The What Matters Most Podcast #1181 What Matters Most podcast host Paul Samuel Dolman welcomes climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann to discuss his book Science Under Siege.

I discussed my new book w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, with Paul Samuel Dolman on the #WhatMattersMost podcast: www.paulsamueldolman.com/parent/podca...

The Trump Administration and the COVID‐19 crisis: Exploring the warning‐response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency This article examines the Trump Administration's inability to mount a timely and effective response to the COVID-19 outbreak, despite ample warning. Through an empirical exploration guided by three e....

This @journalpa.bsky.social article by @charlesparker.bsky.social & Eric Stern sheds light on the psychological, organizational & political sources of foreseeable surprise & failure that help explain the #Trump admin’s sub-optimal #Covid-19 crisis response.

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Organizational Performance and Discrimination: Are High-Performing Schools Less Likely to Discriminate against Potential Clients? Recent studies argue that underperforming public organizations are more prone to stereotyping behavior and discrimination. However, empirical research concerning this subject is limited and focuses...

Are high-performing schools less likely to discriminate against potential clients? Asks @jonastaghizadeh.bsky.social in the first study of the relationship between organizational performance and #discrimination against clients/customers.

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The decollegialization of higher education institutions in Sweden This article surveys current management ideals of higher education institutions, and our analytical focus is on the balance between line management and faculty self-governance. It presents an empir...

Examining the decollegialization of higher education institutions in Sweden, @shirinaoberg.bsky.social and Johan Boberg show the consequences of the 2011 Autonomy Reform: a diluted role for collegial expertise and a loss of decision-making authority for collegial bodies.

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‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s’? Making sense of tax non-compliance among small business owners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Taxation practices are embedded in a complex web of institutional and social factors, norms and values, some of which encourage, some of which depress tax compliance. Rather than simply constitutin...

Camille Pellerin and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social explore the everyday practices of taxpaying in Addis Ababa to find that #taxation practices are governed by either a business logic or an emotional response.
@jeasjournal.bsky.social

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Public Channels of Access and State-Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System - Johanna Söderström, Marcus Wangel, 2023 The ability to access the state as a taxpaying citizen is important for the purposes of building trust and reciprocity, voicing grievances and disseminating kno...

Studying the tax system in #Namibia, @jsoderstrom.bsky.social and Marcus Wangel show how state-citizen encounters in the case of taxation are conditioned by five interacting factors.

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A Matter of Prescriptive Clarity? Analysing How Swedish Judges' Motives for Action Vary in the Preliminary Ruling Procedure This article explores how national judges' reasoning in the preliminary ruling procedure varies depending on the prescriptive clarity of European Union (EU) legal frameworks. Drawing on the logic of ...

In @jcms-eu.bsky.social, @karinleijon.bsky.social analyses how Swedish judges’ motives for action vary in the preliminary ruling procedure, depending on the clarity of EU legal frameworks.

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In this @epsrjournal.bsky.social piece, @giuliamariani.bsky.social examines the battle for #marriageequality in the United States. In contrast to the conventional wisdom, she shows that institutional reform around value-loaded issues is amenable to negotiation and compromise.
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Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction - Public Organization Review This research contributes to the ongoing debate on the relationship between agency autonomy and organizational interaction. A comparative design that includes agency managers in Norway and Sweden desc...

Comparing Sweden and Norway, @shirinaoberg.bsky.social and Helena Wockelberg examine agency, autonomy and organisational interaction.

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What can we learn from studies about policy successes in the Nordic countries? This volume edited by among others
@uu-polisci.bsky.social's Daniel Nohrstedt provides answers from 23 fascinating cases. Open access at the link!

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Monotonous or pluralistic public discourse? Reason-giving and dissent in Denmark’s and Sweden’s early 2020 COVID-19 responses COVID-19 outbreaks forced governments into epic policy choices conciliating democratic legitimacy and science-based policies. We examine how pervasive crises like this pandemic shape public discour...

Monotonous or pluralistic public discourse? In this article,
@peooberg.bsky.social, Erik Baekkeskov and Oliver Rubin study reason-giving and dissent in Denmark's and Sweden's early 2020 #Covid-19 responses.
@jeppjournal.bsky.social

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Agency control or autonomy? Government steering of Swedish government agencies 2003–2017 A central claim of the NPM doctrine is that public sector organizations will deliver better quality and improve efficiency if managers are given more autonomy in managerial and operational decision...

Agency Control or Autonomy? In this piece, @shirinaoberg.bsky.social and Helena Wockelberg study government steering of Swedish government agencies, using a unique database. @ipmjournal.bsky.social

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Another showcase of our department's research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #publicadministration (🧵)

“We’ve seen a lot of backsliding on climate commitments” - Uppsala University

Despite no leaders from the US, China, Russia, Japan, Australia or Turkey, COP30 opens today in Brazil. Ten years after Paris, the world must turn promises into action. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

Another showcase of our research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #democracy, #voterbehavior and #politicalparticipation. (🧵)

Emissions Gap Report 2025 UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leav...

Clean energy is rising, but only 1/3 of countries have yet to update their climate plans. That is not leadership. UNEP still sees a 2.8°C path. Even without the US, COP30 must close the gap with real action. www.unep.org/resources/em...

Yes: As I often say in response to unhelpful climate doomism, the truth is bad enough.

BUT Gates doesn't speak the truth. He parrots fossil fuel industry talking points that downplay the gravity of the climate crisis and obscure, rather than clarify, the way forward: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

In a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation

w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social

Behind the Research – SweDevs Institutional support members We are excited to introduce a new series highlighting our institutional support members. The members play a central role in the growth and development of our network. The first institution to take the...

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...