Christer Karlsson
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
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- +46 18 471 33 43
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- Christer.Karlsson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- Teatrum, G:a Torget 2 vån.3
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Christer Karlsson is Professor at the Department of Government. He received his P.h.D. in 2001 for the thesis Democracy, Legitimacy and the European Union. His research has focused on political opposition, constitutional change and climate change politics. His work has featured in journals such as Global Environmental Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies and Journal of European Public Policy. He is currently heading the project The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe.
Keywords
- climate change
- democratic theory
- constitutional law
- political opposition
Research
Ongoing and previous research projects:
• The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe: Examining Plenary Debates in Thirteen Parliaments, funded by The Swedish Research Council (2019-2022)
• Searching for Opposition in European Union Affairs, funded by The Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (2015-2019)
• Constitutional Amendment or Constitutional Alteration? funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2010-2013)
• Clipore (Climate Policy Research), funded by MISTRA (2007-2010)
•The Mechanisms of Democracy, funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2002-2006)
• Reform strategies for the European Union, funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2002-2006)
Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Party Politics, p. 100-111, 2023
Part of West European Politics, p. 286-310, 2022
- DOI for Comparing oppositional behaviour in European Union affairs: empirical evidence from six member states
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Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 230-251, 2021
- DOI for Patterns of Parliamentary Opposition: Empirical Evidence from the Deliberations in the German Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs
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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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The Alleged Opposition Deficit in European Union Politics: Myth or Reality?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 888-905, 2018
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Part of Environmental Politics, p. 519-540, 2018
- DOI for The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States: Assessing American leadership from Copenhagen to Paris
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The European Union as a global climate leader: confronting aspiration with evidence
Part of International Environmental Agreements, p. 445-461, 2017
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 255-275, 2016
- DOI for Explaining constitutional change: making sense of cross-national variation among European Union member states
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Dialogos Förlag, 2016
Part of International Relations, p. 434-454, 2015
Comparing Constitutional Change in European Union Member States: In Search of a Theory
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 566-581, 2014
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 5-34, 2013
Fragmented Climate Change Leadership: Making Sense of the Ambiguous Outcome of COP-15
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 268-286, 2012
Part of Global Environmental Politics, p. 89-107, 2011
Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment: An Inconvenient Truth?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 923-943, 2010
The illusion of accountability in the European Union
Routledge, 2009
Deliberation at the European Convention: The final verdict
Part of European Law Journal, p. 604-619, 2008
Democracy, legitimacy and the European Union
2001
Recent publications
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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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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Part of Party Politics, p. 100-111, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
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?
- Download full text (pdf) of Dimensions of disagreement in EU affairs: is parliamentary opposition driven by left-right or European integration contestation?
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
- Download full text (pdf) of Is Oppositional Behaviour in European Union Affairs Gendered? Evidence from Plenary Debates and Committee Deliberations in Four Legislatures
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
- Download full text (pdf) of Do Members of Parliament Express More Opposition in the Plenary than in the Committee?: Comparing Frontstage and Backstage Behaviour in Five National Parliaments
Part of Party Politics, p. 100-111, 2023
Part of West European Politics, p. 286-310, 2022
- DOI for Comparing oppositional behaviour in European Union affairs: empirical evidence from six member states
- Download full text (pdf) of Comparing oppositional behaviour in European Union affairs: empirical evidence from six member states
Part of Parliamentary Affairs, p. 230-251, 2021
- DOI for Patterns of Parliamentary Opposition: Empirical Evidence from the Deliberations in the German Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs
- Download full text (pdf) of Patterns of Parliamentary Opposition: Empirical Evidence from the Deliberations in the German Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs
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?
- Download full text (pdf) of Eurosceptic Challenger Parties and Political Opposition in European Union Politics: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
The Alleged Opposition Deficit in European Union Politics: Myth or Reality?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 888-905, 2018
- DOI for The Alleged Opposition Deficit in European Union Politics: Myth or Reality?
- Download full text (pdf) of The Alleged Opposition Deficit in European Union Politics: Myth or Reality?
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 519-540, 2018
- DOI for The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States: Assessing American leadership from Copenhagen to Paris
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The European Union as a global climate leader: confronting aspiration with evidence
Part of International Environmental Agreements, p. 445-461, 2017
Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 239-252, 2017
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 255-275, 2016
- DOI for Explaining constitutional change: making sense of cross-national variation among European Union member states
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Om samstämmigheten mellan generaladvokatens yttranden och EU-domstolens domar
Part of Europarättslig tidskrift, p. 383-398, 2016
Part of East European Politics, p. 446-465, 2016
- DOI for Constitutional change in light of European Union membership: trends and trajectories in the new member states
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Part of International Relations, p. 434-454, 2015
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2015
Akademikerförakt, härskarteknik och insinuationer
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2015
Comparing Constitutional Change in European Union Member States: In Search of a Theory
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 566-581, 2014
Konstitution kan förebygga kris
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2014
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, p. 5-5, 2014
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 5-34, 2013
MOOCs-studenter bildar B-laget
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2013
En högskoleledning i fritt fall
Part of Gefle Dagblad, 2013
The Legitimacy of Leadership in International Climate Change Negotiations
Part of Ambio, p. 46-55, 2012
Fragmented Climate Change Leadership: Making Sense of the Ambiguous Outcome of COP-15
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 268-286, 2012
Hotet mot det breda universitetet
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2012
Bordlägg ny fördelning av resurser
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2012
Part of Global Environmental Politics, p. 89-107, 2011
Kontrollerna gör arbetet ineffektivare
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2011
Resursslöseri vid universitetet
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2011
The Convention Method Revisited: Does It Have a Future and Does It Matter?
Part of European Law Journal, p. 717-735, 2010
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 41-50, 2010
Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment: An Inconvenient Truth?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 923-943, 2010
Att leda eller inte leda?: USA och den globala klimatpolitiken
Part of Internationella studier, p. 25-31, 2009
Transatlantiskt ledarskap i Köpenhamn - dröm eller verklighet?
Part of Internationella studier, p. 79-88, 2009
Bortom Kyoto: vad vill EU? Vad kan EU?
Part of Internationella Studier, p. 4-11, 2008
Deliberation at the European Convention: The final verdict
Part of European Law Journal, p. 604-619, 2008
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, p. 5-5, 2005
Part of Tiden, p. 27-33, 1998
Part of Tiden, p. 23-28, 1997
Part of Tiden, p. 19-24, 1995
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 1995
Articles, review/survey
Demokratisering eller status quo?
Part of Tvärdrag, p. 25, 2001
Books
Dialogos Förlag, 2016
Chapters in book
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
Hur bör vi utse akademiska ledare?
Part of Det hotade universitetet, p. 226-239, Dialogos Förlag, 2016
Part of Research Handbook on Climate Governance, p. 191-201, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
Leadership and international cooperation
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership, p. 580-594, Oxford University Press, 2014
Taking accountability seriously
Part of The illusion of accountability in the European Union, Routledge, 2009
Examining the illusion of accountability
Part of The illusion of accountability in the European Union, Routledge, 2009
EU treaty reform and accountability
Part of The illusion of accountability in the European Union, Routledge, 2009
Part of Statsvetare ifrågasätter, p. 377-392, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2008
Om samtalets politiska betydelse
Part of Samtalets mekanismer, p. 9-28, Liber förlag, 2008
Finns det ett gemensamt offentligt rum i Europa?
Part of Samtalets mekanismer, p. 212-243, Liber förlag, 2008
Samtal pågår: deliberation och förhandling i konventet om Europas framtid
Part of Samtalets mekanismer, p. 171-194, Liber förlag, 2008
Unionens kamp för klimatet: en obekväm sanning
Part of EU och den globala klimatfrågan, p. 21-50, Santérus Förlag, 2008
Part of The treaty of Nice, p. 287-306, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006
Sweden: In the Shadow of Enlargement?
Part of The treaty of Nice, p. 287-306, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006
Den deliberativa drömmen och politisk praktik: Samtalsdemokrati eller elitdiskussion?
Part of Demokratins mekanismer, p. 214-230, Liber, 2003
Europeiska unionens nuvarande problem och framtida vägval
Part of EU - demokratiskt och effektivt?, p. 9-58, EU 2004-kommittén, 2002
Utökad tillämpning av majoritetsbeslut - frälsning eller undergång?
Part of Östutvidgning, majoritetsbeslut och flexibel integration, p. 103-124, Santérus Förlag, 2001
Collections (editor)
Dialogos Förlag, 2016
Dialogos Förlag, 2016
The illusion of accountability in the European Union
Routledge, 2009
Liber förlag, 2008
Conference papers
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
Part of Respons, 2015
Om universitetet blir aktiebolag
2013
Replik: Skillnad på ideal och praktik
2013
Vi är inte överens om en toppstyrd högskola
2013
Book review: The Real World of EU accountability - What deficit?
Part of Acta Politica, p. 432-35, 2011