Josefina Erikson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 13 13
- E-mail:
- Josefina.Erikson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Biography
Education
M. A. in political science (Uppsala University 2003)
Ph. D. in political science (Uppsala University 2011)
Associate professor (docent) in political science (Uppsala University 2019)

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2025
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, 2025
- DOI for Racism and Gender in the Parliamentary Workplace: Insight Into Immigrant Background MPs' Experiences of Discrimination in Sweden
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Part of Politics and Governance, 2024
- DOI for Adverse Contagion?: Populist Radical Right Parties and Norms on Gender Balance in Political Institutions
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Exploring Sustainability in Parliamentary Gender Equality Work: Insights from the Swedish Riksdag
Part of NORA, p. 17-34, 2024
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2025
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, 2025
- DOI for Racism and Gender in the Parliamentary Workplace: Insight Into Immigrant Background MPs' Experiences of Discrimination in Sweden
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Part of Politics and Governance, 2024
- DOI for Adverse Contagion?: Populist Radical Right Parties and Norms on Gender Balance in Political Institutions
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Exploring Sustainability in Parliamentary Gender Equality Work: Insights from the Swedish Riksdag
Part of NORA, p. 17-34, 2024
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Part of Politics & Gender, p. 1061-1086, 2023
- DOI for Feminine Leadership Ideals and Masculine Practices: Exploring Gendered Leadership Conditions in the Swedish Parliament
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Three Dimensions of Gendered Online Abuse: Analyzing Swedish MPs' Experiences of Social Media
Part of Perspectives on Politics, p. 896-912, 2023
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Gender, Power and Privilege in the Parliamentary Workplace
Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 1-19, 2022
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Part of Regulation and Governance, p. 818-835, 2022
- DOI for Beyond client criminalization: Analyzing collaborative governance arrangements for combatting prostitution and trafficking in Sweden
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 20-38, 2022
- DOI for The Parliament as a Gendered Workplace: How to Research Legislators’ (UN)Equal Opportunities to Represent
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Part of Gender, Work and Organization, p. 1379-1397, 2021
- DOI for A special fund for gender equality?: Institutional constraints and gendered consequences in Swedish collective bargaining
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Equal playing field?: On the intersection between gender and being young in the Swedish Parliament
Part of Politics, Groups, and Identities, p. 81-100, 2021
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Part of European Journal of Politics and Gender, p. 403-421, 2021
Part of Politique Européenne, p. 190-214, 2021
Part of Policy sciences, p. 181-203, 2020
- DOI for How platforms facilitate collaboration across organizational boundaries: fighting human trafficking in Sweden
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The speaker’s gender equality group in the Swedish parliament a toothless tiger?
Part of Politics, Groups, and Identities, p. 627-636, 2020
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Part of Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, p. 263-285, 2019
- DOI for Institutions, Gendered Perceptions, and Frames of Meaning: Explaining Strategic Choices of Women MPs in Swedish Prostitution Policy
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Part of Representation, p. 65-80, 2019
- DOI for Does Higher Education Matter for MPs in their Parliamentary Work?: Evidence from the Swedish Parliament
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Part of International Political Science Review, p. 197-214, 2019
- DOI for The legislature as a gendered workplace: Exploring members of parliament's experiences of working in the Swedish parliament
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Part of NORA Nordic journal of feminist and gender research, p. 22-40, 2019
- DOI for An Ideational Approach to Gendered Institutional Change: Revisiting the Institutionalization of a New Prostitution Regime in Sweden
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En dynamisk frameanalys av policyskapande
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 237-254, 2018
Making the most of the frame: Developing the analytical potential of frame analysis
Part of Policy Studies, p. 109-126, 2018
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, p. 139-154, 2017
Ideas and actors in policy processes. Where is the interaction?
Part of Policy Studies, p. 451-467, 2015
Books
Criminalising the Client: Institutional change, gendered ideas and feminist strategies
Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017
Chapters in book
Lärarfacken och den dubbla rollen - tjänsteman och profession
Part of Fackligt arbete bland svenska tjänstemän ur ett hundraårigt perspektiv, Tam-arkiv, 2016
The various “problems” of prostitution: A dynamic frame analysis of Swedish prostitution policy
Part of Prostitution, Harm and Gender Inequality, Ashgate, 2012
Att kriminalisera sexköparen: Kvinnor som politiska aktörer
Part of Bortom rösträtten, p. 156-174, Samtidshistoriska institutet, Södertörns högskola, 2011