Jenny Jansson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 33 31
- E-mail:
- Jenny.Jansson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- Atterbomska huset, Valvgatan 4
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Trade Unions and Student Unions; Staff Unions; The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees; Fackförbundet ST inom universitets- och högskoleområdet, Sektionen vid Uppsala universitet
- E-mail:
- jenny.jansson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Thunbergsv. 7 A
- Postal address:
- Box 533
751 21 Uppsala
Keywords
- trade union movement
- labor movement
- organizational identity
- e-archive
- social media
- Sweden
Biography
My research interests include identity formation in the trade union movement, industrial action, minimum wages, labor leaders during the interwar period in Europe, and the labor movement in the age of digitalization.
CV
2020- Senior lecturer and associate professor
2012-2020 researcher and teacher at Department of Government, Uppsala university
2006-2012 PhD student and teacher at Department of Government, Uppsala university.
2011 visiting scholar at the Institute for Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley
2009 Research Coordinator for Uppsala Forum on Peace, Democracy and Justice.
2004 Desk officer at the Nordic-Baltic group, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Government's Office, Stockholm
I coordinate the Workers’ Education Research Network (WERN), for more information, see: https://workerseducationresearchnetwork.wordpress.com/
Prizes
Jansson & Uba were awarded Hartmann's stipend for the book Trade Unions on YouTube 2022.
Crafting the Movement was awarded the Swepsa book prize for best book about Swedish politics 2019-2022.
The article “Vad studerade arbetare i Sverige och Storbritannien?” was awarded the Kjersti Bosdotter prize, https://www.arbark.se/sv/2020/06/kjersti-bosdotter-priset-2019/
The article "From Movement to Organization" was appointed Best Article by a Recent PhD 2013 by the journal Labor History
Manufacturing Consensus was appointed best phd disseration 2012 by the journal Labor History

Publications
Selection of publications
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A threat to protest as a winning strategy for the labour movement: long-term experience from Sweden
Part of Social Movement Studies, p. 431-451, 2026
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Cycles of labour protests: public and private sector unions' contentious actions
Part of Employee relations, p. 840-856, 2023
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Part of Acta Sociologica, p. 175-190, 2023
- DOI for Labour leaders as identity entrepreneurs: Identity formation in the Swedish trade union movement in the 1920s
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Re-inventing the self: Implications of trade union revitalization
Part of Economic and Industrial Democracy, p. 450-468, 2022
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Crafting the movement: identity entrepreneurs in the Swedish trade union movement, 1920-1940
Cornell University Press, 2020
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Trade Unions on YouTube: Online Revitalization in Sweden
Palgrave Pivot, 2019
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11: Two Branches of the Same Tree? Party-union Links in Sweden in the 21st Century
Part of Left-of-Centre Parties and Trade Unions in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford University Press, 2017
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Class Formation in Sweden and Britain: Educating Workers
Part of International labor and working class history, p. 52-69, 2016
Recent publications
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A threat to protest as a winning strategy for the labour movement: long-term experience from Sweden
Part of Social Movement Studies, p. 431-451, 2026
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Workers’ Education Over a Hundred Years. Trends in Sweden
Part of Moving the social. Journal of social history and the history of social movements, p. 69-94, 2026
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Minimum Wages in Global Perspective: Histories, Struggles and Contested Functions
Part of Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power, p. 1-15, 2025
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The Nordic Model and the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
Part of Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power, p. 151-164, 2025
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Part of Partier och partisystem, Studentlitteratur AB, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
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A threat to protest as a winning strategy for the labour movement: long-term experience from Sweden
Part of Social Movement Studies, p. 431-451, 2026
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Workers’ Education Over a Hundred Years. Trends in Sweden
Part of Moving the social. Journal of social history and the history of social movements, p. 69-94, 2026
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Minimum Wages in Global Perspective: Histories, Struggles and Contested Functions
Part of Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power, p. 1-15, 2025
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The Nordic Model and the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages
Part of Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power, p. 151-164, 2025
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Political Youth Wings: Schools for Politicians?
Part of Moving the social. Journal of social history and the history of social movements, p. 111-137, 2025
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Varieties of industrial action: the use of blockades in labor disputes
2024
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Cycles of labour protests: public and private sector unions' contentious actions
Part of Employee relations, p. 840-856, 2023
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Part of Acta Sociologica, p. 175-190, 2023
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Re-inventing the self: Implications of trade union revitalization
Part of Economic and Industrial Democracy, p. 450-468, 2022
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Political campaigns on YouTube: Trade unions’ mobilization in Europe
Part of New technology, work and employment, p. 240-260, 2021
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Partiväsendets framväxt i Uppland
Part of Originalet, p. 4-6, 2021
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Labor Gone Digital (DigiFacket): Experiences from Creating a Web Archive for Swedish Trade Unions
Part of Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2020
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Part of Moving the social. Journal of social history and the history of social movements, p. 5-12, 2020
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Organisationsidentitet: viktigt för facket
Part of Nio-fem: Tidskrift om arbetsliv & profession, p. 36-37, 2019
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Vad studerade arbetare i Sverige och Storbritannien?
Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 28-36, 2019
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DigiFacket: ett projekt om att arkivera hemsidor och flöden i sociala medier
Part of Arkiv, samhälle och forskning, 2018
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Er forholdet mellom Arbeiderpartiet og LO unikt?
Part of Aftenposten, 2017
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Schwedische Gewerkschaften auf YouTube: Neues Medium, alte Strategien?
Part of Mitteilungen. Archive der Arbeiterjugendbewegung, p. 24-29, 2016
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Class Formation in Sweden and Britain: Educating Workers
Part of International labor and working class history, p. 52-69, 2016
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Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 22-29, 2015
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Från individ till människa: bildning och arbetarrörelsen
Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 22-29, 2015
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Part of Slagmark : tidsskrift for idéhistorie, 2015
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Arbetarrörelsens digitala omvandling
Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 58-59, 2015
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Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 4-4, 2015
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Borderland Stories: Life at the Russian Border
Part of Tractus Aevorum, p. 234-238, 2014
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From movement to organization: Constructing identity in Swedish trade unions
Part of Labor history, 2013
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Part of Tiden, p. 24-27, 2012
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Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 44-49, 2011
Books
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Politiskt deltagande: Val, partier och protester
Studentlitteratur AB, 2023
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Crafting the movement: identity entrepreneurs in the Swedish trade union movement, 1920-1940
Cornell University Press, 2020
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Trade Unions on YouTube: Online Revitalization in Sweden
Palgrave Pivot, 2019
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Statsvetenskapliga föreningen, 2018
Chapters in book
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Part of Partier och partisystem, Studentlitteratur AB, 2025
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Part of Sociala rörelser i Sverige, p. 69-92, Studentlitteratur AB, 2025
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Den svenska modellen och direktivet om adekvata minimilöner
Part of Vänbok till Anders L Johansson, p. 173-185, BoD - Books on Demand, 2025
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Trade Unions’ Protest Cycles in Sweden, 1980–2020
Part of Trade Union Activism in the Nordic Countries since 1900, p. 255-278, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
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Actors Behind Contention Over the Welfare State in the 1980s
Part of Social Movements in 1980s Sweden, p. 27-53, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
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Part of The European Union and the Technology Shift, p. 161-183, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
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Part of EU och teknologiskiftet, p. 177-205, Santérus Förlag, 2020
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Part of Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, häfte 170, p. 677-679, Riksarkivet, 2019
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Från individ till människa: bildning i arbetarrörelsen
Part of Bildning och kultur, p. 69-83, Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund, 2018
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Creating Tax-Compliant Citizens in Sweden: The role of Social Democracy
Part of The Leap of Faith, p. 56-78, Oxford University Press, 2018
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11: Two Branches of the Same Tree? Party-union Links in Sweden in the 21st Century
Part of Left-of-Centre Parties and Trade Unions in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford University Press, 2017
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Motströms. Kampen mot kraftverket i Sölvbacka strömmar 1972–79
Part of Politik underifrån. Kollektiva konfrontationer under Sveriges 1900-tal, Arkiv förlag & tidskrift, 2016
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De visionära kommunaltjänstemännen: Självbilder hos ett fack i förändring
Part of Tjänstemännen och deras rörelser, TAM-Arkiv, 2016
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Spindeln i nätet: Sigfrid Hansson och LOs fackliga bildningsprojekt under 1920- och 1930-talen
Part of Årsbok om folkbildning, Föreningen för folkbildningsforskning, 2012
Conference papers
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Producing Politicians?: Study Activities in Political Youth Wings
2021
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Notice of Industrial Action: A new measure of industrial conflict?
2019
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National trade union involvement in the European Semester: Case study Sweden
2019
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Neither Sticks nor Carrots: Swedish Trade Union Involvement in the European Semester
2018
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Building Organizations? Content and scope of workers’education in Sweden and Britain
2018
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Class Formation in Sweden and Britain: Educating Workers
2016
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Educating Workers: Class Formation in Sweden and Britain
Part of Educating Workers: Class Formation in Sweden and Britain, 2015
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
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Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 91-93, 2025
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Minimum Wage Regimes. Statutory Regulation, Collective Bargaining and Adequate Levels
Part of Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power, 2025
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Obligatorisk läsning på fackliga utbildningar
Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 127-128, 2022
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Part of Nio-fem. Tidsskrift om arbetsliv & profession, 2019
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The untapped possibilities of YouTube as a trade union tool
2018
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Bland diplomater, journalister och äventyrare: Ögonvittnesskildringar av ryska revolutionen
Part of Arbetarhistoria, p. 80-81, 2018