Johanna Söderström
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 27 93
- E-mail:
- Johanna.Soderstrom@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Atterbomska huset, Valvgatan 4
SE-75310 Uppsala
Sweden - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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- 0000-0003-3210-8609
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Short presentation
I am interested in the intersection between democratization, peacebuilding and statebuilding.
I work on the political mobilization of ex-combatants, and the long-term conditions of peace, and the conceptualization of relational peace.
I am interested in methodology, and explore different forms of interviews, such as focus groups and life history interviews.
I also research African taxation practices and mobilization among far-right online activists.
You can find out more about me on my website.
Keywords
- colombia
- ddr
- democratization
- electoral behavior
- electoral violence
- ex-combatants
- focus groups
- letters to the editor
- liberia
- life histories
- namibia
- peacebuilding
- policy feedback
- political mobilization
- political participation
- qualitative methods
- quantitative methods
- relational peace
- statebuilding
- sub-saharan africa
- taxation
- veterans
Biography
2019 – , Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, Uppsala University
2017/2018, EURIAS research fellow at NIAS, Amsterdam (Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions – COFUND Programme – FP7).
2017, Docent (political science), Uppsala University.
2017 fall – , Associate Professor (Professor II), Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
2017 spring, Associate Professor (untenured), Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
2013-2016, Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship postdoc, Uppsala University.
2012, visiting postdoc at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, and CMI.
2011, PhD in political science, Department of Government, Uppsala University.
2005, MA political science and MA social science, Uppsala University.
2004, BA political science, Uppsala University.
2000, IB diploma, Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa.
Media
Below you can find some videos about some of my recent work.
Living Politics after War
Life after war is intrinsically political for former combatants. As wars end, societies and former combatants face a period of transition. This book explores their experience of coming home.
Introducing our edited volume Relational peace practices
In these videos, editors J Söderström, M Åkebo and A Jarstad introduce the book, followed by chapter contributors on their case studies on Cambodia, South Africa, Cyprus, Colombia and Sri Lanka.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsl2Dr6gMO43FgMlFluEpuABUwEpZ5mqd
Relational peace among elites in Cambodia?
In this video, author Johanna Söderström presents her chapter “Relational peace among elites in Cambodia? Domination, distrust and dependency.”
https://youtu.be/WXN9dZH_Jf8?si=1LjHWkzKy_4amYmT
Publications
Selection of publications
- Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System (2023)
- Life histories and life diagrams (2022)
- Taxation in Namibia (2022)
- Pluralism, temporality and affect (2022)
- Friends, Fellows, and Foes (2021)
- Life diagrams (2020)
- The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge (2020)
- Living politics after war (2020)
- Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens (2019)
- Citizens by Design? (2018)
- Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018)
- Understanding Armed Groups and Party Politics (2016)
- Livsberättelser (2016)
- The Resilient, the Remobilized and the Removed (2016)
- Peacebuilding and Ex-Combatants (2015)
- The political consequences of reintegration programmes in current peace-building (2013)
- Second Time Around (2013)
- Focus Groups (2011)
- Dissent and Opposition among Ex-Combatants in Liberia (2011)
- Politics of Affection (2011)
- Political opposition and democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa (2011)
- Ex-Combatants at the Polls (2010)
- Valerfarenheter bland f.d. kombattanter (2009)
Recent publications
- Peace with Adjectives (2024)
- Relational peace practices (2023)
- Relational peace among elites in Cambodia? (2023)
- Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System (2023)
- ‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s’? (2022)
All publications
Articles
- Peace with Adjectives (2024)
- Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System (2023)
- ‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s’? (2022)
- Taxation in Namibia (2022)
- Pluralism, temporality and affect (2022)
- Friends, Fellows, and Foes (2021)
- Life diagrams (2020)
- The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge (2020)
- Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens (2019)
- Citizens by Design? (2018)
- Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018)
- Understanding Armed Groups and Party Politics (2016)
- The Resilient, the Remobilized and the Removed (2016)
- Ebola and the Ex-Combatant Community (2014)
- Getting From Insurgency to Politics (2014)
- The political consequences of reintegration programmes in current peace-building (2013)
- Second Time Around (2013)
- Rejoinder by Johanna Söderström (2012)
- Dissent and Opposition among Ex-Combatants in Liberia (2011)
- Political opposition and democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa (2011)
- Ex-Combatants at the Polls (2010)
- Valerfarenheter bland f.d. kombattanter (2009)
Books
- Relational peace practices (2023)
- Living politics after war (2020)
- Peacebuilding and Ex-Combatants (2015)
- Political Opposition and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa (2013)
- Politics of Affection (2011)
Chapters
- Relational peace among elites in Cambodia? (2023)
- Life histories and life diagrams (2022)
- Livsberättelser (2016)
- Dissent and opposition among ex-combatants in Liberia (2013)
- Focus Groups (2011)
Conferences
- Namibian Peace since 1989: (2015)
- Electoral Meaning among Ex-Combatants (2008)
- Electoral Meaning among Ex-Combatants - the Gateway to Democracy in Liberia? (2008)
- Dissent and Opposition among Ex-Combatants (2008)
- Electoral Meaning among Ex-Combatants in Liberia (2008)
- Reintegration of ex-combatants (2007)
Reports
- Varieties of peace (2017)
- Peace agreements in the 1990s – what are the outcomes 20 years later? (2015)
- The concept of Political Reintegration in current peace research (2013)