Karl Gustafsson
@profgustafsson.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations at Stockholm University. Recent joined the Swedish Defence University.
Inför vårterminen 2026 söker jag en praktikant med inriktning på säkerhetspolitik.
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Praktik
- Försvarshögskolan
www.fhs.se
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Inför vårterminen 2026 söker jag en praktikant med inriktning på säkerhetspolitik.
www.fhs.se/om-forsvarsh...
www.fhs.se/om-forsvarsh...
I am off to Pamplona to attend the "Empires: Experience, Memory and Idea" conference at the University of Navarra. Looking forward to interesting discussions! en.unav.edu/web/institut...
International Conference "Empires: Experience, Memory and Idea". challenge ICS 2024-2025. Institute for Culture and Society. University of Navarra - Institute for Culture and Society
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October 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I am off to Pamplona to attend the "Empires: Experience, Memory and Idea" conference at the University of Navarra. Looking forward to interesting discussions! en.unav.edu/web/institut...
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Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.
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Deadline: 31 Aug
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Deadline: 31 Aug
August 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry.
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fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Deadline: 31 Aug
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Deadline: 31 Aug
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An award-winning article by researchers from Stockholm University and the Swedish Defence University explores how anxiety can contribute to a more creative research process and more interesting research problems.
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@profgustafsson.bsky.social
@linushagstrom.bsky.social
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Award-winning article highlights anxiety as a creative force in the research process
Karl Gustafsson and Linus Hagström have been awarded the European Political Science journal's Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize for the best academic article of 2024.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
An award-winning article by researchers from Stockholm University and the Swedish Defence University explores how anxiety can contribute to a more creative research process and more interesting research problems.
tinyurl.com/zbfs2z2n
@profgustafsson.bsky.social
@linushagstrom.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/zbfs2z2n
@profgustafsson.bsky.social
@linushagstrom.bsky.social
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👏 Congratulations to @ecprtheloop.bsky.social authors @profgustafsson.bsky.social & @linushagstrom.bsky.social on winning the 2024 Jacqui Briggs 📗 EPS Prize!
✍️ Read their Loop blog piece 'Embracing anxiety can help us do better research', based on the winning research: ow.ly/pIIq50W4ULl
✍️ Read their Loop blog piece 'Embracing anxiety can help us do better research', based on the winning research: ow.ly/pIIq50W4ULl
June 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
👏 Congratulations to @ecprtheloop.bsky.social authors @profgustafsson.bsky.social & @linushagstrom.bsky.social on winning the 2024 Jacqui Briggs 📗 EPS Prize!
✍️ Read their Loop blog piece 'Embracing anxiety can help us do better research', based on the winning research: ow.ly/pIIq50W4ULl
✍️ Read their Loop blog piece 'Embracing anxiety can help us do better research', based on the winning research: ow.ly/pIIq50W4ULl
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Very happy that @profgustafsson.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published in @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social journal European Political Science in 2024. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
May 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Very happy that @profgustafsson.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published in @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social journal European Political Science in 2024. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...
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🏆 Our 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize goes to @profgustafsson.bsky.social & @linushagstrom.bsky.social for their article📗 The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in #PoliticalScience 👏 Congratulations!
@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
#ECPRPrizes #AcademicSky #Polisky
@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
#ECPRPrizes #AcademicSky #Polisky
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize
Congratulations to Karl Gustafsson and Linus Hagström of the Swedish Defence University
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May 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🏆 Our 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize goes to @profgustafsson.bsky.social & @linushagstrom.bsky.social for their article📗 The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in #PoliticalScience 👏 Congratulations!
@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
#ECPRPrizes #AcademicSky #Polisky
@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
#ECPRPrizes #AcademicSky #Polisky
I am delighted that @linushagstrom.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published last year in the @ecpr.bsky.social journal European Political Science. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
May 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I am delighted that @linushagstrom.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published last year in the @ecpr.bsky.social journal European Political Science. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...
We're hiring! Two postdoc positions focusing on narrative geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
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Jobs
- Försvarshögskolan
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May 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We're hiring! Two postdoc positions focusing on narrative geopolitics @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
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🚨 New Publication in International Political Sociology:
#Sociability, #Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan
Find the paper here (open-access):
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#Sociability, #Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan
Find the paper here (open-access):
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Sociability, Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan
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May 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨 New Publication in International Political Sociology:
#Sociability, #Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan
Find the paper here (open-access):
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
#Sociability, #Emotions, and Encounters with the Uncommon Other: World-Making at the Rokumeikan
Find the paper here (open-access):
academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
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📢Publication alert!📢
I have a small part in this forum on Charlotte Epstein's excellent book 'The Birth of the State'.✨
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I was invited to reflect on the link between her argument and ontological security - not an easy task and probably the hardest 2,000 words of my life. 1/2
I have a small part in this forum on Charlotte Epstein's excellent book 'The Birth of the State'.✨
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
I was invited to reflect on the link between her argument and ontological security - not an easy task and probably the hardest 2,000 words of my life. 1/2
Forum on Charlotte Epstein’s Birth of the State: The Place of the Body in Crafting Modern Politics - Jens Bartelson, Nina C Krickel-Choi, R B J Walker, Lauren Wilcox, 2025
In this forum, four authors discuss Charlotte Epstein’s book Birth of the State: The Place of the Body in Crafting Modern Politics published in 2021. After havi...
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May 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📢Publication alert!📢
I have a small part in this forum on Charlotte Epstein's excellent book 'The Birth of the State'.✨
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
I was invited to reflect on the link between her argument and ontological security - not an easy task and probably the hardest 2,000 words of my life. 1/2
I have a small part in this forum on Charlotte Epstein's excellent book 'The Birth of the State'.✨
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
I was invited to reflect on the link between her argument and ontological security - not an easy task and probably the hardest 2,000 words of my life. 1/2
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New colleague wanted! At the Metropolitan University Prague's Center for Security Studies (C4SS), we're searching for a post-doc for up to 2 years. You'll work with us on IR/area studies and get decent salary for Czechia and other perks.
Call here: www.c4ss.cz/en/for-stude...
Call here: www.c4ss.cz/en/for-stude...
Call for Applications – C4SS
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January 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New colleague wanted! At the Metropolitan University Prague's Center for Security Studies (C4SS), we're searching for a post-doc for up to 2 years. You'll work with us on IR/area studies and get decent salary for Czechia and other perks.
Call here: www.c4ss.cz/en/for-stude...
Call here: www.c4ss.cz/en/for-stude...
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Why did Sweden join NATO? This new article in JIRD argues that non-alignment clashed with deeper identity constructs after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Finland's NATO bid. Joining NATO helped resolve the clash, thus restoring ontological security for many Swedes. tinyurl.com/yjnxdj3x
Changing identity to remain oneself: ontological security and the Swedish decision on joining NATO - Journal of International Relations and Development
Why, despite its longstanding identity as a non-aligned country, did Sweden apply for NATO membership in May 2022? Did this decision not fundamentally challenge Swedish ontological security? Conversel...
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December 20, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Why did Sweden join NATO? This new article in JIRD argues that non-alignment clashed with deeper identity constructs after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Finland's NATO bid. Joining NATO helped resolve the clash, thus restoring ontological security for many Swedes. tinyurl.com/yjnxdj3x
@yeonjujung.bsky.social is defending her PhD dissertation!
December 13, 2024 at 12:14 PM
@yeonjujung.bsky.social is defending her PhD dissertation!
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Last year, @profgustafsson.bsky.social and I published this article on how to deal with the insecurity of doing research. It is now assigned to an issue of European Political Science. It’s Open Access, so please feel free to download a copy or recommend to students! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in political science: how to develop more compelling research problems by facing anxiety - European Political Science
Research problems are crucial in the sense that they provide new research with purpose and justification. So why, despite the abundance of guidance available from an extensive methods literature, do g...
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November 30, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Last year, @profgustafsson.bsky.social and I published this article on how to deal with the insecurity of doing research. It is now assigned to an issue of European Political Science. It’s Open Access, so please feel free to download a copy or recommend to students! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Can’t wait to read this piece. As someone who writes about and mentors learners on how to craft research questions and show contributions to the literature, this seems a timely piece.
I have an issue. Or, more specifically, this article I published together with Linus Hagström now has an issue! It is now out (open access) in the latest issue of European Political Science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in political science: how to develop more compelling research problems by facing anxiety - European Political Science
Research problems are crucial in the sense that they provide new research with purpose and justification. So why, despite the abundance of guidance available from an extensive methods literature, do g...
link.springer.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Can’t wait to read this piece. As someone who writes about and mentors learners on how to craft research questions and show contributions to the literature, this seems a timely piece.
I have an issue. Or, more specifically, this article I published together with Linus Hagström now has an issue! It is now out (open access) in the latest issue of European Political Science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in political science: how to develop more compelling research problems by facing anxiety - European Political Science
Research problems are crucial in the sense that they provide new research with purpose and justification. So why, despite the abundance of guidance available from an extensive methods literature, do g...
link.springer.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:17 AM
I have an issue. Or, more specifically, this article I published together with Linus Hagström now has an issue! It is now out (open access) in the latest issue of European Political Science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excited to receive this in the mail! Well done @yeonjujung.bsky.social !
November 26, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Excited to receive this in the mail! Well done @yeonjujung.bsky.social !
Beyond excited to see my co-authored, with the one and only Maria Mälksoo, article ‘Memory Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion’ finally published in International Studies Quarterly academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
Memory-Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion
Abstract. Traditionally used within the context of hard military power in interstate relations, the concept of deterrence has been progressively extended to non
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March 8, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Beyond excited to see my co-authored, with the one and only Maria Mälksoo, article ‘Memory Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion’ finally published in International Studies Quarterly academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
I will be teaching a course on writing and publishing peer-reviewed journal articles this spring (late March-mid-June). It is open to PhD students in Sweden working on contemporary issues in East & Southeast Asia. The deadline is 20 February 2024. www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/activities/p...
The Craft of Writing and Publishing Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Lund University. Instructor Professor Karl Gustafsson, Stockholm University
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January 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I will be teaching a course on writing and publishing peer-reviewed journal articles this spring (late March-mid-June). It is open to PhD students in Sweden working on contemporary issues in East & Southeast Asia. The deadline is 20 February 2024. www.graduateschoolasianstudies.lu.se/activities/p...
"Gustafsson och Hagström sätter ord på ett gemensamt problem och erbjuder några konstruktiva vetenskapsteoretiska verktyg för att hantera det. Låt oss använda dem, och visa nya doktorander en väg att ta sig igenom ångesten!"
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November 30, 2023 at 7:52 AM
"Gustafsson och Hagström sätter ord på ett gemensamt problem och erbjuder några konstruktiva vetenskapsteoretiska verktyg för att hantera det. Låt oss använda dem, och visa nya doktorander en väg att ta sig igenom ångesten!"
www.su.se/ceul/forskni...
www.su.se/ceul/forskni...
Happy to have received a 3-year research grant together from the Swedish Research Council together with @linushagstrom.bsky.social for the project "Societal Security and Threats to Democracy". Looking forward to carrying out this project!
November 23, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Happy to have received a 3-year research grant together from the Swedish Research Council together with @linushagstrom.bsky.social for the project "Societal Security and Threats to Democracy". Looking forward to carrying out this project!
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Call for papers: Special Issue titled "Grappling with the Climate Crisis: Emotionally, Psychologically, Existentially", exploring the international politics of climate change sense-making. Edited by @nckc.bsky.social. Deadline for abstracts Nov 30. Thanks for sharing! cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...
October 25, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Call for papers: Special Issue titled "Grappling with the Climate Crisis: Emotionally, Psychologically, Existentially", exploring the international politics of climate change sense-making. Edited by @nckc.bsky.social. Deadline for abstracts Nov 30. Thanks for sharing! cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...