Jörgen Ödalen
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- E-mail:
- jorgen.odalen@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Associate Professor of Political Science. My primary research areas are within the disciplines of political philosophy and higher education policy studies. I mainly teach in the fields of political theory and human rights.
Biography
I am an Associate Professor of Political Science. Before starting at Uppsala University, I worked as a Senior Lecturer and educational developer at Linköping University, Associate Professor at Mälardalen University, and I also spent a few years outside of academia as an education policy analyst at the Education Department of the City of Stockholm. I received my PhD in 2008 at Uppsala University with a dissertation on theories of justice, which specifically addressed issues of justice in international trade.
Research
My primary research areas are within the disciplines of contemporary political philosophy, and higher education policy studies. I am particularly interested in issues concerning sovereignty and self-determination, both at the international and local levels, as well as questions of global justice, climate justice, migration, and human rights. In the field of higher education studies, I have conducted research on the effects of pedagogical training courses for teachers in higher education, and how teaching qualifications are assessed in recruitment processes for academic positions.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Journal of Academic Ethics, p. 437-450, 2022
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Part of Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
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How Coerced Municipal Amalgamations Thwart the Values of Local Self-Government
Part of Urban Affairs Review, 2020
- DOI for How Coerced Municipal Amalgamations Thwart the Values of Local Self-Government
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Part of Higher Education Research and Development, p. 339-353, 2019
- DOI for Teaching university teachers to become better teachers: The effects of pedagogical training courses at six Swedish universities
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Part of Lex Localis, p. 329-342, 2017
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Högskolepedagogiska meriter: En valuta med svag kurs?
Part of Universitet AB : Om kommodifiering, marknad och akademi, p. 137-176, Daidalos, 2017
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Att möta den högre utbildningens utmaningar
2016
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A free movement passport for the territorially dispossessed
Part of Climate justice in a non-ideal world, p. 208-226, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of History, p. 195-214, 2015
- DOI for Understanding Large-Scale Institutional Change: Social Conflicts and the Politics of Swedish Municipal Amalgamations 1952-1974
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Underwater Self-determination: Sea-level Rise and Deterritorialized Small Island States
Part of Ethics, Policy & Environment, p. 225-237, 2014
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How Should Local Government Be Organized?: Reflections from a Swedish Perspective
Part of Local Government Studies, p. 22-46, 2013
Recent publications
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Part of Discover Education, 2026
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Massuniversitetets utmaningar för kvaliteten på högre utbildning
SNS förlag, 2024
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Från nuläge till önskvärt läge: En förstudie om Enköpings kommuns arbete med social hållbarhet
2023
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Part of Journal of Academic Ethics, p. 437-450, 2022
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Part of Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Discover Education, 2026
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Part of Journal of Academic Ethics, p. 437-450, 2022
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How Coerced Municipal Amalgamations Thwart the Values of Local Self-Government
Part of Urban Affairs Review, 2020
- DOI for How Coerced Municipal Amalgamations Thwart the Values of Local Self-Government
- Download full text (pdf) of How Coerced Municipal Amalgamations Thwart the Values of Local Self-Government
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Part of Higher Education Research and Development, p. 339-353, 2019
- DOI for Teaching university teachers to become better teachers: The effects of pedagogical training courses at six Swedish universities
- Download full text (pdf) of Teaching university teachers to become better teachers: The effects of pedagogical training courses at six Swedish universities
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Part of Lex Localis, p. 329-342, 2017
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Kan en stat gå under, men ändå finnas kvar?: Stigande havsnivåer och avterritorialiserade östater
Part of Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, p. 26-43, 2015
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of History, p. 195-214, 2015
- DOI for Understanding Large-Scale Institutional Change: Social Conflicts and the Politics of Swedish Municipal Amalgamations 1952-1974
- Download full text (pdf) of Understanding Large-Scale Institutional Change: Social Conflicts and the Politics of Swedish Municipal Amalgamations 1952-1974
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Underwater Self-determination: Sea-level Rise and Deterritorialized Small Island States
Part of Ethics, Policy & Environment, p. 225-237, 2014
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How Should Local Government Be Organized?: Reflections from a Swedish Perspective
Part of Local Government Studies, p. 22-46, 2013
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Efter floden: Klimatmigration och den rika världens skyldigheter
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 140-147, 2011
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Kommunsammanläggningarna 1952–1974: Hur blev de politiskt möjliga?
Part of Offentlig Förvaltning. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, p. 3-36, 2010
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Den politiska basorganisationens framtid: Fyra realistiska vägval
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 115-133, 2009
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Självstyret och individens frihet
Part of Liberal debatt, 2009
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Kommunalt självstyre, demokrati och individuell autonomi
Part of Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, p. 35-52, 2008
Books
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Massuniversitetets utmaningar för kvaliteten på högre utbildning
SNS förlag, 2024
Chapters in book
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Part of Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
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Är filosofisk argumentation en tävling, en kamp, eller ett samarbete?
Part of Vänbok till Jörgen Hermansson, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2018
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Högskolepedagogiska meriter: En valuta med svag kurs?
Part of Universitet AB : Om kommodifiering, marknad och akademi, p. 137-176, Daidalos, 2017
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Part of Att äga framtiden, p. 65-76, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2017
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A free movement passport for the territorially dispossessed
Part of Climate justice in a non-ideal world, p. 208-226, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Ekonomisk globalisering och global rättvisa
Part of Myt eller verklighet?, p. 91-104, Norstedts, 2010
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Climate refugees: Normative problems and institutional solutions
Part of Democracy and governance for civil society, p. 123-142, Fukosha Publishing, 2010
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Kommunstruktur, självstyrelse och rätten till självbestämmande
Part of Federalism på svenska, Ratio, 2007
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
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Allt frid och fröjd?: Liberalismen och den mångkulturella utmaningen
Part of Politologen, p. 46-49, 2001
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Integration eller assimilation?: Invandrarpolitikens etik och den svenska integrationspolitiken
2000