Siri Sylvan
Postdoctoral position at Department of Government; Faculty
- E-mail:
- siri.sylvan@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
PhD since 2024.
My research interests include democratic theory, expertise, democratic resilience, and Hannah Arendt's political thought. In my dissertation, I examined the role of experts in democracy.
I am currently employed as VR-funded postdoctoral researcher, working in a project on democratic resilience against disinformation together with Carl Öhman (PI) and Åsa Wikforss, https://www.uu.se/en/department/government/research/democratic-resilience-in-an-age-of-information-warfare
Keywords
- Democratic theory
- Democratic resilience
- Expertise
- Judgment
- Hannah Arendt

Publications
Selection of publications
Recent publications
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Propaganda: Reinterpreting the Democratic Problem
Part of Constellations, 2026
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Att möta avgrunden: Viljan, omdömet och den demokratiska åsiktsbildningen
Part of Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, p. 2-18, 2026
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Coping with the Abyss: Willing, Judging, and the Meaning of Democratic Opinion-Formation
Part of Arendt Studies, p. 59-72, 2025
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Toward a New Democratic Theory of Expertise
2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Propaganda: Reinterpreting the Democratic Problem
Part of Constellations, 2026
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Att möta avgrunden: Viljan, omdömet och den demokratiska åsiktsbildningen
Part of Tidskrift för politisk filosofi, p. 2-18, 2026
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Coping with the Abyss: Willing, Judging, and the Meaning of Democratic Opinion-Formation
Part of Arendt Studies, p. 59-72, 2025
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