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Department of Global Political Studies
Political Studies
The environment at the department is characterised by global perspectives and internationalisation. The main focus of our research is on global processes and their implications for power, security, justice and development. We provide courses and study programmes in both Swedish and English and our students come from all over the world.
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News | Published: 27 November 2024
Shedding light on propaganda and enemy images
What happens when a negative image of ‘the other’ takes hold in...
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News | Published: 6 November 2024
Tourism must become more inclusive
Tourism has been criticised for being both primarily targeted at...
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News | Published: 27 June 2024
Swedes: “We do not use the word race.”
Who can claim to be Swedish? And when this claim is made, is it...
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News | Published: 13 June 2024
Half do not come into contact with refugees
Western Europeans have a more positive attitude towards refugees...
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News | Published: 21 May 2024
Highly-respected Russian academic is new honorary doctor
Prominent political scientist Professor Vladimir Gel'man, highly...
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News | Published: 10 April 2024
Recruiters selected non-White applicants in experimental study
Recruiters mainly chose to proceed with Black female applicants...
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News | Published: 6 March 2024
Long-term repression could be counterproductive for the Kremlin
The outcome of the Russian presidential election is certain, but...
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News | Published: 8 February 2024
The art of seductive corporate conferences
Who are we representing when we attend a conference: the company...
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News | Published: 3 January 2024
New model to better anticipate refugee patterns
More sources and unconventional data can make it better to...
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News | Published: 20 December 2023
National myths strengthen Putin's position
Myths about Russia's predestined great power status are an...
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News | Published: 20 September 2023
President of the European Commission assumes more power
A decade of external crises has made the European Commission an...
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News | Published: 16 August 2023
Nostalgia characterises right-wing conservative news agenda
‘It was better before,’ that’s the message being conveyed on a...
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News | Published: 26 April 2023
Is artificial intelligence the future of healthcare in the Nordics?
The Nordic countries' national strategies point to the growing...
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News | Published: 19 April 2023
How creeping borders affect communities living under occupation
What is life like when a border guard suddenly appears in your...
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News | Published: 1 March 2023
Migrants struggle to get to know Sweden and the Swedes
The way migrants fit into society is school, work or community...
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News | Published: 16 February 2023
No end to the war while Putin is in power
There will be no negotiable solution to the war in Ukraine as...
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News | Published: 2 November 2022
People power and passion at the heart of Malmö
The district of Möllevången is more than just an inner-city area...
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News | Published: 7 September 2022
Artificial Intelligence doesn’t have to lead us to a dystopic future
Artificial intelligence could help us solve both environmental...
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News | Published: 26 August 2022
Human rights advocate to receive honorary doctorate
University Lecturer Mariia Tyshchenko from Ukraine will be...
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News | Published: 15 June 2022
Civil society crucial for successful integration
Sweden has the best conditions for receiving refugees, found an...
Education in Global Political Studies
Courses and study programmes at the Department of Global Political Studies are interdisciplinary and several are taught in English. We offer several bachelor’s programmes and master's programmes, as well as a wide range of freestanding courses. Search our courses in the course catalogue.
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
Peace and Conflict Studies
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
Human Rights
1 September 2025 - 4 June 2028Open for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
European Studies - Politics, Societies and Cultures, Bachelor's Programme
1 September 2025 - 4 June 2028Open for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations
1 September 2025 - 4 June 2028Open for application -
Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 credits
International Relations
1 September 2025 - 4 June 2028Open for application
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Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Master's Programme (One-Year)
1 September 2025 - 7 June 2026Open for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
1 September 2025 - 6 June 2027Open for application -
Programme, master’s level | 60 credits
Political Science: Global Politics and Societal Change, Master's Programme (One-Year)
1 September 2025 - 7 June 2026Open for application -
Programme, master’s level | 120 credits
Political Science: Global Politics, Master's Programme (Two-year)
1 September 2025 - 6 June 2027Open for application
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Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Caucasus Studies
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Global Politics of Artificial Intelligence - Transnationalism, Agency, and Governance
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Georgian I
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 credits
Public International Law
11 November 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, master’s level | 30 credits
Problems and Questions in Contemporary IMER Research
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Postcoloniality and Intersectionality
2 September 2024 - 10 November 2024 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
International Peace and Security - Public International Law and International Politics
2 September 2024 - 19 January 2025 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
Climate Change and Global Politics
Various start and end dates -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 credits
Artificial Intelligence - Ethics, Regulation, and Everyday Politics
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Course, bachelor’s level | 30 credits
The Law and Practice of the United Nations - Model United Nations
20 January 2025 - 8 June 2025
The research environment at GPS
Global Political Studies is an interdisciplinary department with research on politics, power relations and the construction of identity in local, national, international and global contexts. We focus on organisations, governance, policy instruments and decision-making processes, and also studies of international migration and migration-related social issues.
Research projects
Michel Vincent Anderlini
Christofer Berglund
Christian Fernandez
Peter Hallberg
Anders Hellström
Christina Johansson
Mona Lilja
Victor Lundberg
Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir
Sayaka Osanami Törngren
Kristian Steiner
Michael Strange
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2025 | Article in journal
Does Job Search Assistance Reduce Unemployment?: Evidence on Displacement Effects and Mechanisms
Maria Cheung, Johan Egebark, Anders Forslund, Lisa Laun, Magnus Rodin, Johan Vikstrom
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2025 | Book
Enemy Images: Emergence, Consequences and Counteraction
Kristian Steiner, Andreas Önnerfors
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2024 | Article in journal
Essä: Svenskfientlighet är inte rasism
Anders Hellström
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2024 | Article in journal
End of Discussion: Presidential Succession and Regime Legitimation in Russian Official Discourse during Putin's Fourth Term
Bo Petersson
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2024 | Chapter in book
The use of national myths in the rhetoric of populist radical-right parties in the Nordic countries
Anders Hellström, Katarina Pettersson
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2024 | Article in journal
Being and becoming local: migrants' personal social networks and their influence on inclusive visiting friends and relatives tourism experiences
Sara Licata, Sayaka Osanami Törngren
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2024 | Conference paper
New Perspectives on the Electoral Participation of Immigrants in Sweden
Derek Stanford Hutcheson, Vanja Mosbach
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2024 | Report
Rethinking Healthcare Democracy in the Era of Digital Technologies: Insights from Hard-to-Reach Communities in Southern Zimbabwean Provinces
Dennis Munetsi, Fadzayi Maphosa
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2024 | Conference paper
‘Everybody to the polls’? How the Russian regime uses the toolbox of electoral authoritarianism for selective (de)mobilisation of regime supporters’
Derek Stanford Hutcheson, Ian McAllister
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2024 | Conference paper
Authoritarian Resilience in the Russian Federation: the Electoral Sphere
Derek Stanford Hutcheson
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Research project
Gendered norms and practices in Nordic and Baltic Climate Policy Institutions: Implication for the Climate Transition
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Racialized emotional labour in Swedish welfare organisations
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Multistakeholder perspectives and experience of trust in digital health and AI
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Death and dying under military occupation: asserting sovereignty in Palestine, Georgia and Western Sahara
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"EqualAct" Equal chances in active labour market program placements for different groups? Examining decision making in the Swedish PES
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New perspectives on the electoral participation of immigrants in Sweden
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Research project
A comparative study of right-wing extremist attitudes and group-focused enmity in Sweden, Poland, and Germany (REA)
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"Ghetto Uber" in Detroit: A transdisciplinary approach to studying community-led transport solutions in unequal cities
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Collaborative cross-sectoral research communication as cognitive boosting towards inclusive hiring decisions
sayaka.torngren@mau.se -
Research project
Future Society and Democracy in Europe
michael.strange@mau.se -
Research project
A New Cold War? Africa’s place in the emerging global order
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Research project
Artificial Intelligence as an issue for Global Political Economy – actors, structures, constraints, and possibilities
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Research project
City for Everybody - Building Responsible Action for Inclusive Local Communities (CIFER)
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Climate-Induced Migration in Africa and Beyond: Big Data and Predictive Analytics (CLIMB)
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Research project
Coping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism (VORTEX)
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Research project
Nordic Fabulation Network
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Research project
Tackling structural & institutional racism in 8 EU Member States
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Research project
European Solidarity, Institutional Changes in Migration Policy, and Adaptation Strategies: De-Othering and Social Integration of Refugees i...
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Research project
Growing up in illegality: Young adults’ life histories about the impact of a childhood lived under a long-lasting threat of deportation...
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Research project
Authoritarian Policy Transfer in Post-Soviet States
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Research project
Value conflicts in urban biodiversity management - case studies of Swedish municipalities
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Research project
The Future of Resettlement: Vulnerability Revisited
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Research project
Organising with or against Formations of Migrant Labour? Challenges and New Directions for Labour Movements in Denmark and Beyond
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Academia and cultural production as ‘postmigrant’ fields in Sweden
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Critical examination of repatriation programmes in the EU periphery: The case of Kosovo
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Research project
Exploration of hiring discrimination and possibilities for intervention through eye-tracking
sayaka.torngren@mau.se -
Research project
Planning for Integration: Landscapes of Power in Borderland Governance
christofer.berglund@mau.se -
Research project
Conscription as Political Socialization in Divided Societies? Evidence from post-Soviet Estonia and post-independence Finland
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Damming Georgia: Hydro-power development in Georgia and its international, national, and local repercussions
nick.baigent@mau.se -
Research project
ReROOT: Arrival infrastructures as sites of integration for recent newcomers
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Research project
The continuation of conflict-related violence in postwar cities: Mapping violence at the street level
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Decolonizing Diplomacy: Negotiating Development Cooperation between African states and the European Union
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Waiting for family reunification
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
The mundane face of Europeanization: norm implementation and epistemic communities in Georgia 2012-2020
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Research project
Displacing Diversity – How social mix interventions are legitimised, experienced and resisted in a Danish neighbourhood
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Research project
PHED - Precision Health and Everyday Democracy
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Intersectionality and Climate Policy Making: Ways Forward to a Socially Inclusive and Sustainable Welfare State
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
”Under the hood” of the European Union Agency for Asylum: A study of bureaucratic structures, institutional arrangements and frontline...
Global Politics seminars
Program spring 2025
Unless otherwise specified, Wednesdays at 1.15 - 2.30/3.00 pm in Seminar room on 9th floor.
- 22 January VR outcome 2024: Discussion about implications for the future
- 5 February Fubu Ngubu & Elvis Tambe, Linnaeus University: “Parties at Work in Africa: Mobilising the Electorate – New Insights from the Afrobarometer”
- 12 February Michel Anderlini: “Civil service and European integration in the post-Soviet region: theoretical debates and concepts”
- 26 February Webster T. Chakawata (Sport Science, LS): “Bringing EU normative power to life through low politics”. Discussant: Michel Anderlini
- 12 March Rahel Weldeab Sebhatu: Final seminar
- 26 March Joel Agbesinyale: planning seminar
- 2 April Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen: “Deterrence by Other Means: The International Politics of Memory Laws”
- 23 April Joanna Doona, Lund University: “Political laughter and internet memes: civic forms of satire”
- 7 May Sara Eldén och Rasmus Ahlstrand (LS): “Tackling Precarious and Informal Work in the Nordic Countries”
- 21 May Mateo Villamil Valencia: Presentation of postdoctoral project
- 11 June AI in research
Research subjects
More about our research
Third-cycle education
We offer degrees at third-cycle level in the subjects of Global Politics and International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER).
Contact us
Do you have questions concerning your application, eligibility or the selection process?
Contact the Admission Office via admissions@mau.se or telephone number +46 40 665 75 00.
For study administrative questions
contact the study administrators at gpsstudent@mau.se
For study and career counselling
contact the study and careers advisors.
Link to the drop-in (same link every week)
Contact details for programs and courses can be found at the respective program or course webpage:
Education at Global Political Studies
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Mona Lilja - Associate Professor/Head of department/Senior lecturer
Head of Department
mona.lilja@mau.se
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Inge Dahlstedt - Head of unit/Senior lecturer
inge.dahlstedt@mau.se
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Johan Modée - Head of unit/Senior lecturer
johan.modee@mau.se
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Peter Hallberg - Associate Professor/Head of unit/Senior lecturer
peter.hallberg@mau.se
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Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir - Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Deputy head of the department
gunnhildur.lily.magnusdottir@mau.se
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Maja Povrzanovic Frykman - Professor
Director of third-cycle education
maja.frykman@mau.se
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Kristin Järvstad - Professor
Chairperson of the Research and supervising committee
kristin.jarvstad@mau.se
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Anna Andrén
Department administration and service (not student administration)
anna.andren@mau.se
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Martin Gagner - Programme coordinator
Department administration and service (not student administration)
martin.gagner@mau.se
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Frida Hallqvist - Administrative officer
Department administration and service (not student administration)
frida.hallqvist@mau.se
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Chahaya Torlegård - Administrative officer
chahaya.torlegard@mau.se