Nora Anter defending her thesis ”Meritocratic Municipalities? Promotions in Sweden’s Local Government Bureaucracy,”
with Lene Holm Pedersen as opponent.

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Today our researchers Moa Mårtensson and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social presented att Uppsala University’s pedagogical conference their research on supervision

(Event in Swedish)
This Thursday, the Uppsala Political Science Association (UPSA) is arranging a panel on AI usage in higher education, with both faculty and students as dialogue participants. The event is free and open to the public.

Follow UPSA here:
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Our (not for much longer) PhD candidate Nora Anter has nailed her doctoral dissertation to the wall of the department. Congratulations Nora!

Read Nora's dissertation here:
Meritocratic Municipalities?: Promotions in Sweden’s Local Government Bureaucracy
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This semester we are delighted to be able to welcome a new cohort of PhD students to the Department of Government at Uppsala University - Thu Le, Romy Nefs, Felicia Wartiainen and Erik Olsson, welcome!
@fwartiainen.bsky.social

A short thread on their fields of study below.

“We buy a sense of security from the machines”
AI can often help us make more rational decisions. But what happens to us when new technology increasingly controls our relationships? Assistant prof. Carl Öhman studies these issues from a religion-based critical perspective.

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The Uppsala Political Science Association’s thesis award of 2025 is awarded to Filip Garpenby, for his thesis “Classroom Discussions in Polarised Times: Implications for Students who Deviate from Consensus.”
Filip's exciting thesis can be accessed here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

Gz Filip!

On October 3rd at 14:15 (CEST), professor Herbert Kitschelt gives his Skytte Prize Lecture, livestreamed in Brusewitz Hall at the Department of Government, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala.

All are welcome to attend. The lecture will be followed by a mingle.

More at: www.skytteprize.com/news/the-202...

@cohman.bsky.social is one of two receivers of this year's Oscar Prize at Uppsala University. Grats Carl!

"Carl Öhman's book The Afterlife of Data asks important questions about who should control the data we leave behind us, and by extension, our collective history."

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On 1 June, the Department of Government welcomed two new professors of Political Science. Congratulations from all of us at the department to Helena Wockelberg and Nils Hertting!

Read more about Helena's research here: www.uu.se/en/contact-a...

And Nils' research here: www.uu.se/en/contact-a...

Celebrating one of our newly appointed professors Helena Wockelberg! If you want to find out more about her research have a look here: www.uu.se/kontakt-och-...

Sten Widmalm is the 2025 recepient of the pedagogical prize of the department's student body UPS!

"This prize gives us students an opportunity to show our appreciation for the fantastic work you and your colleagues do for us students, it means a lot to us." writes UPS.

Congratulations Sten!

🎓 Qinya Feng’s PhD defense is underway!
A Genetically Informed Approach to Trust and Attitudes towards Immigration
Wishing you all the best, Qinya! 🌟👏 #PhDDefense #UppsalaUniversity

Big congratulations to Anna Jeglinska who has now nailed her dissertation - Co-nationals under construction: Poland’s diaspora policy 1989–2023 - to the wall at Gamla Torget. Read Anna's disseration here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

The department's PhD student association went for a lovely retreat last week at Castle Wik by lake Mälaren, presenting their work to each other and discussing how to make the most of the PhD student experience. Thanks to everyone for coming, and the association board for organizing the trip!

Uppsala University's 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award in the field of law and social sciences has been awarded to our professor PeO Öberg! Big congratulations PeO!

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Anahita Assadi’s PhD defence is underway now:
A Silent Revolution: How digital technologies are transforming public administration through the backdoor
Opponent is Jenny de Fine Licht
A big moment, go Anahita!