Michal Grahn

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Associate Professor within Swedish and comparative politics. My areas of interest include political representation, behavior, gender, and sexuality politics. Get more up-to-date info on michalgrahn.com.

Keywords

• political representation
• swedish politics
• political behaviour
• sexuality politics
• gender and politics
• party politics
• legislative studies

Biography

Education

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester and a Master of Science degree in Political Science from Uppsala University. In May 2019, I earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Uppsala University. My Ph.D. dissertation is titled "Incumbent Renomination: Accountability and Gender Bias."

Teaching experience

I have accumulated more than 2,000 clock hours of teaching experience, including lectures, seminars, thesis supervision, course creation and coordination, examination, and course evaluation. My teaching interests encompass comparative politics and methodology. Since autumn 2014, I have been teaching in the graduate course in qualitative methods, taking over as head teacher in 2018. In spring 2015, I began teaching in the undergraduate Comparative European Politics course, becoming the head teacher for the course in 2016.

Currently, I teach the following courses:

• Bachelor's Level: Bachelor's thesis, Comparative European Politics (Head Teacher)
• Master's Level: Master thesis, Gender, Power and Institutions, and Master Methods (Head Teacher)

Professional service

At present, I am an ordinary member of the Department Board and the Committee for Undergraduate and Graduate Studies (NUGA). I also serve as a Master of Ceremonies for the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. Between 2021 and 2023, I served as the project manager for the Department of Government's 400-year jubilee celebrations.

Research

I am currently (2024) involved in two research projects.

More rights, more participation? The rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals and their political engagement in Sweden

(PI, 2023-2026, Swedish Research Council).

In this project, we use Swedish register data to conduct temporal and intersectional analyses of political participation patterns among LGBTQ+ individuals in Sweden. Read more.

Output:

• Still proud at the polls? LGBT+ rights don't dilute the sexuality turnout gap. European Journal of Political Research. 2024.
• Trans inclusive no more? Allies & adversaries of gender self-identification in Sweden. European Journal of Politics & Gender. 2024. Co-author: Malin Holm.

Still segregated? Temporal and intersectional analysis of the residential, occupational and political segregation of sexual minorities in Sweden

(PI, 2023-2027, Swedish Research Council).

In this project, we examine the long-term trends in spatial, economic, and political segregation among LGBTQ+ individuals in Sweden, utilizing Swedish register data. Read more.

Media

The power over discourse: This is how Putin's propaganda machine works

Vladimir Putin's regime has over the last two decades increased its capacity to spread propaganda in Eastern Europe with the aim to destabilize the region's young democracies.

https://www.liberaldebatt.se/2022/03/makten-over-diskursen-hur-putins-propaganda-fungerar/

This is how inaccurate news about the Swedish Covid-19 strategy spread.

Political scientist Michal Smrek writes about how critical analyses of the "Swedish model" spread across the European press where they became increasingly factually inaccurate.

https://www.dn.se/debatt/sa-sprids-falska-nyheter-om-den-svenska-coronastrategin/

The Swedish model is popular at home. It is no social experiment.

Political scientist Michal Smrek writes about how the Swedish approach to battling Covid 19 is perceived at home. (in Slovak)

https://dennikn.sk/1824710/svedsky-model-boja-s-virusom-je-doma-popularny-nejde-o-socialny-experiment/?ref=list

Trump takes the lead in culture wars against trans people

Interview

https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/kulturkrigets-nya-front