Jonas Larsson Taghizadeh
Researcher at Department of Government; Faculty
- E-mail:
- Jonas.Larsson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
My ongoing research focuses on education policy and the effects of changes in the education system on academic achievement, labor market outcomes, and political participation.
Keywords
- education reforms
- political participation
- political behavior
- school segregation
- student achievement
- peer effects
- school choice
- school closures
- discrimination
Biography
Education and Titles:
Docent in Political Science, Uppsala University 2022
PhD in Political Science, Uppsala University 2016
MA (Pol. mag.) in Political Science, Uppsala University 2009
BA in economics, Uppsala University 2010
Contact information and publication list:
Google scholar homepage: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=tFcflfkAAAAJ&hl=sv
You can get in touch with me via email: jonas.larsson@statsvet.uu.se
Research
Current projects (pågående projekt):
An upper secondary education for all? How does the design of upper secondary eduction affect the risk of dropping out and unemployment?
Shuffling Students, Shaping Futures? The impact of school closures and the opening of voucher schools on student achievement, school segregation and exclusion from society

Publications
Selection of publications
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A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
Part of European Journal of Political Research, 2026
- DOI for A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
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Part of Policy Studies Journal, p. 285-306, 2025
- DOI for Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
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Part of Economics of Education Review, 2025
- DOI for Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
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Discrimination in marketized welfare services: a field experiment on Swedish schools
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 1095-1125, 2024
- DOI for Discrimination in marketized welfare services: a field experiment on Swedish schools
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Rallying around the unwaved flag: national identity and Sweden’s controversial Covid strategy
Part of West European Politics, p. 1063-1088, 2023
- DOI for Rallying around the unwaved flag: national identity and Sweden’s controversial Covid strategy
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The effects of implicit biases on real-life client discrimination among public officials
Part of Research & Politics, 2022
- DOI for The effects of implicit biases on real-life client discrimination among public officials
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 154-172, 2022
- DOI for Do Politicians Discriminate against Ethnic Minority Constituents?: A Field Experiment on Social Interactions between Citizens and Swedish Local Politicians
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Recent publications
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The downside of civic nationalism?: Blaming immigrants in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic
Part of Ethnicities, 2026
- DOI for The downside of civic nationalism?: Blaming immigrants in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic
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A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
Part of European Journal of Political Research, 2026
- DOI for A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
- Download full text (pdf) of A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
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Part of Policy Studies Journal, p. 285-306, 2025
- DOI for Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
- Download full text (pdf) of Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
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Part of Economics of Education Review, 2025
- DOI for Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
- Download full text (pdf) of Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
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Discrimination in marketized welfare services: a field experiment on Swedish schools
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 1095-1125, 2024
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All publications
Articles in journal
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The downside of civic nationalism?: Blaming immigrants in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic
Part of Ethnicities, 2026
- DOI for The downside of civic nationalism?: Blaming immigrants in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic
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A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
Part of European Journal of Political Research, 2026
- DOI for A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
- Download full text (pdf) of A track too far?: The effect of general versus vocational upper secondary education on voter turnout
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Part of Policy Studies Journal, p. 285-306, 2025
- DOI for Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
- Download full text (pdf) of Making citizens: The effects of attending a public versus a privately managed school on voter turnout
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Part of Economics of Education Review, 2025
- DOI for Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
- Download full text (pdf) of Choosing the right path: The effects of pursuing general versus vocational secondary education on dropout risk and youth inactivity
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Discrimination in marketized welfare services: a field experiment on Swedish schools
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 1095-1125, 2024
- DOI for Discrimination in marketized welfare services: a field experiment on Swedish schools
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Part of Public Performance & Management Review, p. 368-390, 2023
- DOI for Organizational Performance and Discrimination: Are High-Performing Schools Less Likely to Discriminate against Potential Clients?
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Rallying around the unwaved flag: national identity and Sweden’s controversial Covid strategy
Part of West European Politics, p. 1063-1088, 2023
- DOI for Rallying around the unwaved flag: national identity and Sweden’s controversial Covid strategy
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Part of Local Government Studies, p. 590-622, 2023
- DOI for Are more affluent parents treated more favourably by elementary school principals?: Socioeconomic discrimination among local Swedish public officials
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The effects of implicit biases on real-life client discrimination among public officials
Part of Research & Politics, 2022
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 154-172, 2022
- DOI for Do Politicians Discriminate against Ethnic Minority Constituents?: A Field Experiment on Social Interactions between Citizens and Swedish Local Politicians
- Download full text (pdf) of Do Politicians Discriminate against Ethnic Minority Constituents?: A Field Experiment on Social Interactions between Citizens and Swedish Local Politicians
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The Welfare State Upholders: Protests Against Cuts in Sickness Benefits in Sweden 2006–2019
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, p. 321-345, 2021
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Part of Journal of Behavioral Public Administration (JBPA), 2021
- DOI for Caseload, time-pressure and discrimination: Are school principals who have less time for e-mail correspondence more likely to discriminate in their e-mail replies?
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Effects of School Closures on Displaced Students and Future Cohorts
Part of Labour Economics, 2020
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Part of Economics of Education Review, 2020
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Part of Interest Groups & Advocacy, p. 91-111, 2017
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Quality over quantity?: Technical information, interest advocacy and school closures in Sweden
Part of Interest Groups & Advocacy, p. 101-119, 2015
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Protests against Welfare Retrenchment: Healthcare Restructuring in Sweden
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, p. 1-20, 2014
Chapters in book
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Vem vinner på lobbying? Utlandsföddas och inföddas politiska kontakter om skolnedläggningar
Part of Mångfaldens dilemman, p. 101-120, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
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Part of Bostadsförsörjning i storstadsregioner: En studie av Amsterdam, Helsingfors, Oslo och Köpenhamn, Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning, Uppsala universitet, 2009
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Part of Bostadsförsörjning i storstadsregioner: En studie av Amsterdam, Helsingfors, Oslo och Köpenhamn, Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning, Uppsala universitet, 2009