Jens Rydgren
jensrydgren.bsky.social
Jens Rydgren
@jensrydgren.bsky.social

Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University | Research on nationalism, populism, radical right-wing parties and voters | Class politics | Ethnic relations | Social networks |

Jens Rydgren is a Swedish writer, political commentator and a professor of sociology, at Stockholm University. Specialising in research of political sociology, for many years he has studied populist right-wing parties. In 2002 he defended his thesis Political Protest and Ethno-Nationalist Mobilization: The Case of the French National Front in a debate with Sidney Tarrow of Cornell University. He has appeared as an expert on right wing populist parties, including the Sweden Democrats, in various news media. .. more

Political science 60%
Sociology 25%

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Are you interested in the #SD? K. M. Jylhä, J. Rydgren, and P. Strimling. “Radical Right-wing Voters From Right and Left: Comparing Sweden Democrat Voters Who Previously Voted for the Conservative Party Or the Social Democratic Party”. In: Scandinavian Political Studies 42.3-4
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Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!

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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded

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Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
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Thank you!

Thank you!!

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Our new project got funding from the Swedish Research Council!

"Structural Change, Education, and the Radical Right". It will explore how gender, place, and structural change intersect to shape young rural men’s changing political behavior in Sweden.

With @zethis.bsky.social & Sirus Dehdari.

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Grateful (and a bit stunned): 4.7M SEK from the Swedish Research Council for our project on why young men in rural regions turn to the radical right, with @jensrydgren.bsky.social and Sirus H. Dehdari

Bra text, Karin! Oerhört viktig fråga.

Big congratulations to @zethis.bsky.social, whose doctoral thesis has now been published! Outstanding work. And it is almost as thick as Tolstoy's War and Peace...
Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism.

What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections?

My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social!
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New book chapter for those who read German. On the Swedish radical right-wing party the Sweden Democrats. Included in the book Rechts Populismus in Europa: Der Einfluss rechter Parteien von Lissabon bis Bukarest, edited by Ernst Hillebrand.

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What a great start to the sabbatical! Tri-write with @slsalo.bsky.social and @jensrydgren.bsky.social 95% there - “We would like to accept the article for publication, but before we go ahead, we would like to give you the opportunity to make some further minor changes//…//.”
Just out
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cleavage politics in ordinary reasoning: How common sense divides
This study explores how the ideological divide between the radical right and liberal left is anchored in the common sense reasoning of ordinary citizens. Across Western Europe, cleavage research ha...
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Det går tillbaka till 1946 och en turné som Hammarbys hockeylag gjorde till England. Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson började uttala Hammarby på svengelska – ”Hammarbaj” och så småningom blev det "bajen". Se t.ex.: www.gamlahammarbyfotboll.se/hammarby-fot...
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Wrote a brief paper "Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations"

Some reflections on the first six months and what we generally know from the academic literature on the crisis of multilateralism

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(PDF) Second Attempt at America First: Donald Trump and the Survival of International Organizations
PDF | The second Trump administration poses a serious existential challenge to many international organizations (IOs). Compared to the first term, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right:

"Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change"

Nästan halva laget: Smilla Holmberg (2022-), Ellen Wangerheim (2020-), Emma Holmgren (2017-18, 2025-) Hanna Lundkvist (2019-2021), Filippa Angeldahl (2016-2017), Madelen Janogy (2021-2023), Julia Zigiotti Olme (2016-2018), Jonna Andersson (2022-2024).
Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫

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This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.

A quick 🧵:
Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

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My recent book "Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy" (OUP 2024) argues that minorities can help strengthen and protect democracy. I explain the lessons of the book in a podcast hosted by Licia Cianetti from the @unibirmingham.bsky.social

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Ethnic minorities are good for democracy – Here is why - New Books Network
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Meet up with Zeth if you are around! Up and coming great scholar!
On my way to Contested Solidarities at CEU Vienna!
I'll be presenting my work on the long-term legacies of the 1989 revolution on Tuesday. If you're around and want to catch up, my take-a-coffee-with-great-scholars schedule is wide open.

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On my way to Contested Solidarities at CEU Vienna!
I'll be presenting my work on the long-term legacies of the 1989 revolution on Tuesday. If you're around and want to catch up, my take-a-coffee-with-great-scholars schedule is wide open.
(2) "When the Far Right Makes the News: Protest Characteristics and Media Coverage of Far-Right Mobilization in Europe" by Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social

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From my undergraduate lecture notes on the Weimar Republic's collapse
Our new IMR paper on the great replacement theory is now open-access. We find that about 20% (!) of German adults believe that white majorities are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants in a secretive attempt by malevolent elites to undermine their own country.

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Open Ph.D. student position calls in Sociology and Sociological Demography at Stockholm University:

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