Citizens, Opinion, Representation

A key concern for this research group is bottom-up processes in advanced democracies. Many group members study some aspect of political participation or behavior either among the mass public or among elites. Central research topics include:

participation, social capital and civil society organizations
elections, election campaigns and voting behavior
public opinion
media and political communication
political parties and political representation
elite political behavior
quantitative, experimental and survey research methods

Associate professor (Coordinator)
Raimondas Ibenskas
Phd candidate (Coordinator)
Alexander Verdoes
Phd candidate
Berkay Alica
Postdoc
Lars Erik Berntzen
Professor
Gunnar Grendstad
PhD candidate
Mari Skåra Helliesen
Professor
Jonas Linde
Phd candidate
Ruben Berge Mathisen
Professor
Tor Midtbø
Postdoc
Martin Okolikj
Researcher
T rajche Panov
Professor
Yvette Peters
Postdoc
Linn Sandberg
Research Professor
Arjan Hille Schakel
Phd candidate
Lisa-Marie Selvik
Research Assistant
Alida Steigler
Professor
Kristin Strømsnes
Phd candidate
Lena Weltrich
Postdoc
Retu Wuest
Phd candidate
José Zurita-Tapia

Seminar series

CORE Lecture Series

The CORE Lecture Series invites leading international scholars to present their ongoing research.

Symposium

Stein Rokkan’s Legacy: The Past and Future of Comparative Politics

Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture Symposium “Stein Rokkan’s Legacy: The Past and Future of Comparative Politics” was held on Friday, October 29th. The symposium follows the 2021 Stein Rokkan memorial lecture on Thursday and commemorates the 100th birthday of Stein Rokkan The symposium re-evaluated...

Guest speaker

Silhouette of a hand placing a ballot in a box

Wouter Veenendaal: Population and Politics: The Impact of Scale

Wouter Veenendaal, associate professor at Leiden University, gave a short lecture on Population and Politics: The Impact of Scale. The presentation builds on Veendenaal’s book (co-authored with John Gerring, professor at the University of Texas at Austin) by the same name.

Seminar

Lena Wängnerud: Cleaners from Venus? Gender and anticorruption stereotypes across European regions

Lena Wängnerud, professor at the University of Gothenburg, gave a short lecture on Cleaners from Venus? Gender and anticorruption stereotypes across European regions The presentation builds on a paper with colleagues Monika Bauhr og Nicholas Charron.

Seminar

Bo Rothstein: Controlling Corruption - The Social Contract Approach

Bo Rothstein, professor at the University of Gothenburg, gave a short lecture on Controlling Corruption: The Social Contract Approach. The presentation builds on Rothstein's new book by the same name.

Activity

The research group meets once per month, on Wednesdays from 12:15 to 14, for presentations and discussions of research projects, guest lectures and student presentations of master thesis projects.

Relevant links

Centre for Research on Civil Society & Voluntary Sector

Research Network on Nordic Populism (NOPO)