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:
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.
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
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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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)