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Swedish Political Science Association

About the organization


The Swedish Political Science Association ("SWEPSA"), founded in 1970, is the disciplinary organisation for political scientists in Sweden. SWEPSA has both institutional members from the universities and university colleges in Sweden and individual members.


Membership is open to everyone with an interest in political science and includes researchers, teachers, Ph.D. students and practitioners of various kinds. As a member, you are entitled to take part in the annual meetings and related conference.


The annual conference rotates between the universities and university colleges and includes both general sessions and a range of smaller workshops where papers are presented and discussed. Traditionally, there have been sections for international politics, public administration, comparative politics and political theory, while in recent years additional groups have been formed to cover, for instance, gender politics, EU research, and environmental politics.


The purpose of SWEPSA is fourfold:

  1. to promote critical debate of the aims and means of political science and its function in society at large;
  2. to inform about research in the field;
  3. to stimulate co-operation between political scientists from different departments in Sweden; and
  4. to represent Swedish political science in international co-operations, e.g. in NOPSA, ECPR and IPSA, i.e. the Nordic, European and international organisations.


SWEPSA has a close collaboration with the Swedish political science journal "Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift", managed by a foundation at Lund University and published from 1964 and onwards, which contains both research articles and debates relating to political science. Since 2005, SWEPSA has a special section for information and debate published in this journal. SWEPSA members contribute regularly to the journal and enjoy a reduced subscription rate.


The chairmanship of SWEPSA rotates biannually between the different university-based political science departments, while its steering board is comprised of approximately 20 representatives from all departments including those from university colleges, doctoral students and practitioners.


Contact

Swedish Political Science Association

c/o Roxanna Sjöstedt

Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Lunds universitet
Box 52, 221 00 LUND

SWEDEN


E-mail: Roxanna.Sjostedt@svet.lu.se



Membership

Collective Membership Fee is paid for those employed within Swedish Political Science Departments.


Individual membership:

300 SEK for full-time employed

150 SEK for students

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Board of SWEPSA
2024-2025


Chairman

Hanna Bäck (Lund)


Vice chairman

Jörgen Ödalen (Uppsala)


Secretary/Treasurer

Roxanna Sjöstedt (Lund)


Board Members

Carolin Zorell (Örebro)

David Olsson (Karlstad)

Carl-Johan Sommar (Linköping)

Anna Bendz (Gothenburg)

Linda Alamaa (Halmstad)

Charlotta Söderberg (Luleå)

Therese Bjärstig (Umeå)

Ulrika Mörth (Stockholm)

Laura Pantzerhielm (Mälardalen)

Per-Anders Svärd (Södertörn)

Astrid Hedin (Malmö)

Ali Abdelzadeh (Dalarna)

Simon Hollis (National Defence College)

Emma Ricknell (Linneaus)

Pär Olausson (Mid Sweden)

Karl Dahlquist (West)


Doctoral Representative

Frederik Pfeiffer (Gothenburg)


Public Representatives

Thomas Larue (Swedish Parliament)

Tove Dannestam (Lund municipality)


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