Moa Mårtensson
Researcher at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 27 99
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 779 64 62
- E-mail:
- moa.martensson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Biography
Moa Mårtensson, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, where she currently teaches courses on European Union politics and comparative politics, and previously taught methods. She defended her doctoral thesis, Political Representation in the European Union: A Multi-Channel Approach, in January 2016. Mårtensson's research interests are in the areas of European Union politics, political opposition, social and political equality, and citizen attitudes to climate policy. During the years 2011-2015 she was the coordinator of the Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science and the editorial secretary of its annual yearbook, Europaperspektiv, with the primary responsibility for editing its content. During the years 2017-2019, she participated in the REMINDER project, a consortium of 14 organizations that received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 program to explore the economic, social and political challenges of free movement within the EU. From 2017 to 2023, she worked on "The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe" and ”Minority and Female Politicians as Role Models”, in projects funded by the Swedish Research Council. She currently leads the project "Shifting the Calculus of Candidacy? Assessing the Impact of Hostile Political Climates on the Political Ambitions of Marginalized Groups", and participates in three projects exploring if and how the welfare state shapes citizen attitudes to costly climate measures: "Climate Policy as a Social Question" and "Can social policy reduce the risk of polarization over climate change mitigation?, both funded by Formas, and "Do welfare systems shape public support for climate action? A cross-country experimental assessment", funded by the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 81-103, 2025
- DOI for Combating climate change through the welfare state: can social insurance boost support for carbon taxes in Europe?
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Part of West European Politics, p. 398-422, 2025
- DOI for Dimensions of disagreement in EU affairs: is parliamentary opposition driven by left-right or European integration contestation?
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Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 756-781, 2024
- DOI for Drivers of parliamentary opposition in European Union politics: Institutional factors or party characteristics?
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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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Part of Party Politics, p. 100-111, 2023
Part of Du sköra nya värld, p. 497-509, SOM-institutet, 2022
Political Representation in the European Union: A Multi-Channel Approach
2015
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Recent publications
2025
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 81-103, 2025
- DOI for Combating climate change through the welfare state: can social insurance boost support for carbon taxes in Europe?
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Part of West European Politics, p. 398-422, 2025
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Part of Journal of Political Science Education, p. 1-18, 2025
Do Minorities Feel Welcome in Politics? A Cross-Cultural Study of the United States and Sweden
Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 1435-1444, 2024
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 81-103, 2025
- DOI for Combating climate change through the welfare state: can social insurance boost support for carbon taxes in Europe?
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Part of West European Politics, p. 398-422, 2025
- DOI for Dimensions of disagreement in EU affairs: is parliamentary opposition driven by left-right or European integration contestation?
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Part of Journal of Political Science Education, p. 1-18, 2025
Do Minorities Feel Welcome in Politics? A Cross-Cultural Study of the United States and Sweden
Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 1435-1444, 2024
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Part of Electoral Studies, p. 102741, 2024
- DOI for The empowerment effect of visible political representation: Examining the impact of Muslim representation on political outcomes
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Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 756-781, 2024
- DOI for Drivers of parliamentary opposition in European Union politics: Institutional factors or party characteristics?
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Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 412-429, 2024
- DOI for Is Oppositional Behaviour in European Union Affairs Gendered? Evidence from Plenary Debates and Committee Deliberations in Four Legislatures
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 173-195, 2024
- DOI for Do Members of Parliament Express More Opposition in the Plenary than in the Committee?: Comparing Frontstage and Backstage Behaviour in Five National Parliaments
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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
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Part of Party Politics, p. 100-111, 2023
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, p. 245-269, 2019
- DOI for Eurosceptic Challenger Parties and Political Opposition in European Union Politics: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
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EU har inte råd att blunda för klyftorna
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2017
Mixed Representation and Legitimacy in the European Union
Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 285-302, 2007
Chapters in book
Part of Du sköra nya värld, p. 497-509, SOM-institutet, 2022
Parlamentet som arena för opposition i EU-politiken: Ödeland eller konfliktzon?
Part of EU mellan federalism och flexibel integration, p. 85-114, Santérus Förlag, 2022
Hur mycket opposition finns det i svensk EU-politik?
Part of EU i riksdagen, p. 37-60, Svenska institutet för europapolitiska studier (Sieps), 2019
Analysing the Prosperity Gap: The Economic, Legal, and Political Challenges Facing the EU
Part of Bridging the Prosperity Gap in the EU, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
Part of The EU’s Role in Fighting Global Imbalances, p. 1-15, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
Collections (editor)
Bridging the Prosperity Gap in the EU: The Social Challenge Ahead
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
The EU's Role in Fighting Global Imbalances
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
The EU's Role in Fighting Global Imbalances
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015