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Sandra Håkansson
@sandrahkansson.bsky.social
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Department of Government, Uppsala University

Gender & Politics | Representation | Political Violence
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sandrahkansson.bsky.social
Our project received funding from the Swedish Research Council! "How violent actors distort the path to political power: Evidence from Colombia" with Juan Diego Duque Salazar & @hannefjelde.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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fisherdanar.bsky.social
Now that #NoKings 2.0 is behind us, here's a quick 🧵 into the data we collected in DC on Saturday to start thinking about what the day-of-action can tell us about this wave of Resistance to Trump2.0 and its policies. The day turned out millions across the US in over 2700 locations across the US:
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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dagensarena.bsky.social
DEBATT | Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter inom fred, säkerhet, utveckling, folkrätt och mänskliga rättigheter. www.dagensarena.se/opinion/sver...
Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena
Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.
www.dagensarena.se
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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trevondlogan.bsky.social
A short 🧵 so everyone can learn that political violence is nothing new in America.

Of the 1,331 Black officials who served during Reconstruction, 158 (10.4%) were subjected to political violence. 1/7
September 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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grahn.bsky.social
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/...
Demokratin hotas när unga trängs bort - Altinget
Trots ett växande politiskt engagemang bland unga minskar deras representation i förtroendeuppdrag. Det hotar både ungas inflytande och demokratins legitimitet. För att vända utvecklingen krävs tydlig...
www.altinget.se
September 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sandrahkansson.bsky.social
Det finns ingen plats för politiskt våld i en demokrati, varken för fysiskt våld eller trakasserier, hot och hat. Min forskning visar att kvinnliga ledare systematiskt drabbas värre och att det hotar den demokratiska representationen. Kommenterar Wutzlers avhopp i DN:
www.dn.se/sverige/fick...
Fick nog av hatet – moderattoppen hoppar av
Carina Wutzler har fått nog av hat och personangrepp. Nu lämnar hon rollen som kommunstyrelsens ordförande.
www.dn.se
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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chenoweth.bsky.social
In over 99.5 percent of protest events in April and May, we recorded no injuries, arrests, or property damage — an unprecedentedly tiny fraction for a movement of this size and geographic dispersion.
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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chenoweth.bsky.social
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
A line chart with a blue line showing a large growth of protest events from Jan 20 - May 31, 2025, and a green line showing the relatively modest growth of protest events during the same period in 2017.
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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grahn.bsky.social
🧵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...
June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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grahn.bsky.social
7/ TL;DR: Whether inclusive or exclusive, how parties select candidates may matter less than we thought — when norms of political inclusion are already widely internalised. 📋🤝
#PoliSci #Representation #CandidateSelection #Primaries #Quotas #Sweden #WEP
June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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wepsocial.bsky.social
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
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.
June 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
In a DIY society, we all have an incentive to push the work of care downstream. Because that work is essential. But it's also too labor-intensive to be profitable. So, men push it onto women. And women with privilege either do that work themselves or push it onto others more vulnerable than them. 7/
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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johnholbein1.bsky.social
What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?

Short run: their risk of death rises.

A full 15 years later, they experience:

more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Depressing findings, but "Publish or Procreate" is a title for the ages.
cairosofie.bsky.social Sofie Cairo @cairosofie.bsky.social · May 22
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
May 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
sandrahkansson.bsky.social
www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University
www.uu.se
May 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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dekman.bsky.social
Och detta är läskigast av allt. SD vill även inskränka universitetsanställdas yttrandefrihet. Oavsett vad man tycker i sakfrågan är det givetvis djupt oroväckande att politiker tycker det är ”helt oacceptabelt” att forskare har en åsikt som inte går i linje med deras.
May 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social
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.
April 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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statsvetfo.bsky.social
Statsvetenskapliga föreningen arrangerar boklansering! 🚀

Kom och lyssna på ett samtal om kvinnor, politik, motstånd och könskvotering med @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social, @elinbja.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup och Jennifer Piscopo!

8 maj kl 15-16, Lunchrummet, Ö Åg. 19

Efteråt: 🍾+🍿+🫒+🍇+ 🍷
April 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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jonassjostedt.bsky.social
Imorgon reser jag till Ankara för att närvara på rättegången mot Joakim Medin.
Av åtalet framgår att det helt saknas bevisning mot Joakim, han har bara gjort sig skyldig till journalistik.
Den turkiska domstolen bör lägga ned åtalet.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/8q...
Svenska politiker till Medins rättegång i Turkiet
Jonas Sjöstedt (V) och Ulrika Westerlund (MP) reser till Ankara för att närvara vid den svenske journalisten Joakim Medins rättegång. – Det gäller att sätta lit
www.aftonbladet.se
April 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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uu-polisci.bsky.social
We’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.
April 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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grahn.bsky.social
🚨 Talking about harassment in politics hurts your political career.

Yes, even in 🇸🇪. And, yes, for both women & men.

Here’s what me and @sandrahkansson.bsky.social found in our Political Behavior paper using both experimental and descriptive approaches: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 👇
The Cost of Debating Harassment Against Politicians: Are Women and Men Affected Equally? - Political Behavior
Harassment of politicians is a growing global phenomenon, which threatens to erode the quality of democracy and descriptive representation. Past research has examined gender patterns of this violence ...
link.springer.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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katemanne.bsky.social
Why is nobody talking about the fact that Elon's DOGE henchmen are MEN. There is no way women would be granted access in the way these young dudebros have been. None. Male entitlement opens doors and we are all going to suffer for it
February 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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elsakugelberg.bsky.social
New paper💡! My work on online dating, power and social institutions is now published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! I provide a normative framework for what goes on in this part of the ‘digital sexual sphere’ and explore the role dating apps play in our societies.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere
www.cambridge.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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uppgap.bsky.social
We've finally made it to this side! 👋

Check out our semester schedule—we’ve got a stellar lineup of international researchers:
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM