Marcus Österman
Researcher at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 33 07
- E-mail:
- Marcus.Osterman@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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- E-mail:
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- Box 533
751 21 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I am an Associate Professor and researcher in Political Science at the Department of Government. My research interests include political economy, comparative research on educational systems, welfare state research and political participation.
I teach on the bachelor and master levels and I supervise bachelor and master level theses. I also supervise PhD students.
Biography
Research interests
My research interests include political economy, comparative research on educational systems and welfare state research. I finished my PhD thesis "Education, Stratification and Reform: Educational Institutions in Comparative Perspective" in December 2017. In the thesis I studied how educational institutions affect equality and social trust, as well as the political background of educational institutions. I particularly focused on the role of tracking.
I am currently working on a project that studies the relationship between unemployment and political participation, using Swedish register data.
Education
PhD in Political Science, Uppsala University, 2017.
MA (pol. mag.) in Political Science, Uppsala University, 2007.
BA (fil. kand) in Statistics, Uppsala University, 2006.
Work experience
Swedish National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen), 2008-2011.
Publications
Recent publications
Part of Policy Studies Journal, p. 285-306, 2025
- DOI for Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
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Part of Economics of Education Review, 2025
- DOI for Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
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Part of Research Handbook on Education and Democracy, p. 446-466, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
- DOI for Educational reforms as natural experiments for studying the effects of education on political participation, civic skills and civic values
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Part of Politics & Society, p. 376-408, 2024
- DOI for Free Movement versus European Welfare States?: Variations of the Fiscal Effects of EU Migrants across Welfare State Regimes
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Jolts at the ballot box: Electricity prices and voting in Swedish manufacturing communities
Part of Energy Research & Social Science, 2024
- DOI for Jolts at the ballot box: Electricity prices and voting in Swedish manufacturing communities
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Policy Studies Journal, p. 285-306, 2025
- DOI for Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
- Download full text (pdf) of Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
Part of Economics of Education Review, 2025
- DOI for Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
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Part of Politics & Society, p. 376-408, 2024
- DOI for Free Movement versus European Welfare States?: Variations of the Fiscal Effects of EU Migrants across Welfare State Regimes
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Jolts at the ballot box: Electricity prices and voting in Swedish manufacturing communities
Part of Energy Research & Social Science, 2024
- DOI for Jolts at the ballot box: Electricity prices and voting in Swedish manufacturing communities
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Shielding Free Movement? Reciprocity in Welfare Institutions and Opposition to EU Labour Immigration
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 41-63, 2023
- DOI for Shielding Free Movement? Reciprocity in Welfare Institutions and Opposition to EU Labour Immigration
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Opening a door to politics?: Labour market entrance and political candidacy among refugees
Part of Journal of ethnic and migration studies, p. 4052-4070, 2023
- DOI for Opening a door to politics?: Labour market entrance and political candidacy among refugees
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Part of Political Studies, p. 1298-1320, 2023
- DOI for Educating Democrats or Autocrats?: The regime-conditional effect of education on support for democracy
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Köer och valdeltagande i de allmänna valen 2022
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 917-967, 2023
Part of Social Indicators Research, p. 211-233, 2021
- DOI for Can We Trust Education for Fostering Trust?: Quasi-experimental Evidence on the Effect of Education and Tracking on Social Trust
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Does high unemployment mobilize the unemployed? Evidence using Swedish register data
Part of Socio-Economic Review, p. 341-365, 2021
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Part of Socio-Economic Review, p. 113-135, 2018
In education we trust?: Social trust and institutional reform of education
Articles, review/survey
Unemployment, workplace socialization, and electoral participation: evidence from Sweden
Part of European Sociological Review, p. 85-98, 2024
- DOI for Unemployment, workplace socialization, and electoral participation: evidence from Sweden
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Chapters in book
Part of Research Handbook on Education and Democracy, p. 446-466, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
- DOI for Educational reforms as natural experiments for studying the effects of education on political participation, civic skills and civic values
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