Professor of Political Science, Dalarna University. Comparative Politics, Democratization, Constitutions, Presidential Politics, Eastern Europe.
Falun, Sverige
Joined September 2012
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"Raunio and Sedelius (2020) bit.ly/2SKQ0No contribute to significantly advancing our understanding of executive coordination and power-sharing mechanisms in semi-presidential regimes..." @PresidPolitics @palmacpolitics @prespow @pres_activism @Gia_Passarelli
Can parliamentarisation leave power concentrated? Jenny Åberg and I compare Armenia and Georgia in our new open-access article. Similar constitutional reforms, strikingly different outcomes. Full article: share.google/QAeFmBg10R0lXjc…
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New article in @EEPolitics: How are domestic political conflicts reframed in geopolitical terms after Russia’s war against Ukraine? We analyse the “geopoliticisation of domestic issues” across Central & Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea region. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The @PresidPolitics Robert Elgie Best Paper Prize 2025 goes to @Fromagehomme and @DesrosiersME for their excellent paper "Executive Aggrandizement and Term Limits Evasion in Africa: Critical Junctures and Democratic Divergence"! Big Congrats! @ECPR
Wanting a strong president is not necessarily about efficiency - often it’s a quiet nod to autocracy. Our new article in @EEPolitics tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @mkujanen @PresidPolitics
Does cohabitation weaken presidents? Our global study (1850–2022), now out in International Political Science Review, finds it does – but only in semi-presidential systems and under a broader definition of cohabitation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Social trust and crises. Ali Abdelzadeh and I examine the dynamics of social trust and its interaction with different fears during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a three-wave longitudinal dataset from Sweden (2020-2022). OA article at doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.70…
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Pleased to share our Special Issue in @PolStudiesRev
7 articles on causes, patterns and consequences of Presidential Activism: various contexts and w different methods.@mkujanen @PhilippKoeker @smoestrup @Gia_Passarelli @VesaKoskimaa @LPukelis @Jastramskis shorturl.at/GCt27
📢Special issue in @PolStudiesRev on presidential activism in semi-presidential countries. Full collection in -25 but here is our intro, framework and summaries. @mkujanen @PhilippKoeker @Gia_Passarelli @LPukelis @AnnaFruhstorfer @smoestrup @VesaKoskimaa journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Does cohabitation reduce the president's ability to exercise power? In our @IPSR_Journal article, Carsten Anckar & I provide a global examination of this RQ among dual executives from 1850 to 2022. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Publication: 'Semi-presidentialism and war: executive leadership models in Ukraine during Zelenskyi’s presidency' is now issued (40:4). I'm pleased to see that it's among the most viewed @EEPolitics articles over these recent months. Freely available: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
🔊💡Här begår jag poddsamtal utifrån senaste upplagan av vår bok Demokratiseringsprocesser: nya perspektiv och utmaningar. Välkommen att lyssna! shorturl.at/eK8G3
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Our recent @EEPolitics article is Open Access for anyone to read: 'Semi-presidentialism and war: executive leadership models in Ukraine during Zelenskyi’s presidency' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@laderafrutal, the originator of the term 'premier-presidentialism', discusses how the semi-presidential structure in #France now offers Macron flexibility in forming a government after the election. Worth reading. @pres_activism @PresidPolitics
Thoughts on the French premier-presidential system after the recent election.
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How has the war affected the balance of executive power in Ukraine? I've a new OA article in @EEPolitics, w Olga Mashtaler and Tapio Raunio. Empirical findings and a new theoretical model. @PresidPolitics @pres_activism
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📢New publication: Using 3-wave panel data from Sweden from 2020-2022, Ali Abdelzadeh and I examine links between citizens' satisfaction with government COVID-19 communication and management and institutional trust. shorturl.at/pRX13
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Nu är vår nya och rejält uppdaterade upplaga av "Demokratiseringsprocesser" ute! Lämplig för kurser inom t ex statsvetenskap, IR, freds- och konflikt, utvecklingsstudier och liknande. Info här: shorturl.at/kmnRY @Studentlitterat
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⏰📢CfP: NOPSA at @UiB 25-28 June, 2024. Elisabeth Bakke and I are excited to invite your abstract to Workshop 18: "Democracy and autocracy in the shadow of Russia". Deadline 18 December. nopsa2024.no/
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Just out in @PolStudiesRev! In this paper, @smoestrup and I seek to explain variations in presidential activism among four semi-presidential countries in Sub-Saharan Africa - a disturbingly understudied region in this field of research. shorturl.at/jxGZ4 @PresidPolitics
As #ecprgc23 is closing I'm extremely pleased with the outcome of our @PresidPolitics section. Big thanks to all panelists, chairs, and especially to our student, Petra, who tiredlessly supported all the way. And my congrats to @IPS_FSV_CUNI for a perfectly organised conference!
