Sven Oskarsson
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 63 24
- E-mail:
- Sven.Oskarsson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Sven Oskarsson is Professor at the Department of Government. He mainly teaches methods at different levels. His research interests include political representation and participation and social science genomics. His previous work has appeared in journals such as American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, Nature and Behavior Genetics. For more information see his personal website.

Publications
Recent publications
Examining Voting Spillover Effects of Text Message Reminders
Part of British Journal of Political Science, 2025
Early voting can widen the turnout gap: The case of childbirth
Part of Electoral Studies, 2024
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Part of Labour Economics, 2024
Part of Political Analysis, p. 181-194, 2023
- DOI for Quantifying Bias from Measurable and Unmeasurable Confounders Across Three Domains of Individual Determinants of Political Preferences
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Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects
Part of Nature Genetics, p. 581-592, 2022
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All publications
Articles in journal
Examining Voting Spillover Effects of Text Message Reminders
Part of British Journal of Political Science, 2025
Early voting can widen the turnout gap: The case of childbirth
Part of Electoral Studies, 2024
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Part of Labour Economics, 2024
Part of Political Analysis, p. 181-194, 2023
- DOI for Quantifying Bias from Measurable and Unmeasurable Confounders Across Three Domains of Individual Determinants of Political Preferences
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Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects
Part of Nature Genetics, p. 581-592, 2022
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Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 997-1012, 2022
- DOI for Immigrant Political Representation and Local Ethnic Concentration: Evidence from a Swedish Refugee Placement Program
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The Perpetuity of the Past: Transmission of Political Inequality across Multiple Generations
Part of American Political Science Review, p. 1004-1018, 2022
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Persistent Inequalities: The Origins of Intergenerational Associations in Voter Turnout
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 1337-1352, 2022
The Ex-Factor: Examining the Gendered Effect of Divorce on Voter Turnout
Part of American Political Science Review, p. 1293-1308, 2022
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Part of British Journal of Political Science, p. 475-482, 2022
Effects of Settlement into Ethnic Enclaves on Immigrant Voter Turnout
Part of Journal of Politics, p. 578-584, 2022
Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository
Part of Nature Human Behaviour, p. 1744-1758, 2021
Part of Electoral Studies, 2021
- DOI for The relationship between political attitudes and political participation: Evidence from monozygotic twins in the United States, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
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Part of Journal of Politics, p. 1158-1162, 2021
Does Education Instill Civic Duty?: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States and Sweden
Part of International journal of public opinion research, p. 183-195, 2021
A polygenic score for educational attainment partially predicts voter turnout
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
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Selective abstention in simultaneous elections: Understanding the turnout gap
Part of Electoral Studies, 2021
Practice makes voters?: Effects of student mock elections on turnout
Part of Politics, p. 377-393, 2020
Parents, Peers, and Politics: The Long-term Effects of Vertical Social Ties
Part of Quarterly Journal of Political Science, p. 221-253, 2020
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Part of Nature Genetics, p. 245-257, 2019
Access to education and political candidacy: Lessons from school openings in Sweden
Part of Economics of Education Review, p. 138-148, 2019
Part of American Political Science Review, p. 108-122, 2019
- DOI for Enhancing Electoral Equality: Can Education Compensate for Family Background Differences in Voting Participation?
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Part of Nature Genetics, p. 1112-+, 2018
Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG
Part of Nature Genetics, p. 229-237, 2018
It Runs in the Family: A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees
Part of Political Behavior, p. 883-908, 2018
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Can Political Inequalities Be Educated Away? Evidence from a Large-scale Reform
Part of American Journal of Political Science, p. 222-236, 2017
Education and Social Trust: Testing a Causal Hypothesis Using the Discordant Twin Design
Part of Political Psychology, p. 515-531, 2017
Personality and Political Tolerance: Evidence from India and Pakistan
Part of Political Studies, p. 235-254, 2016
How does education affect adolescents' political development?
Part of Economics of Education Review, p. 182-193, 2016
Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
Part of Nature, p. 539-542, 2016
Part of Political Behavior, p. 579-601, 2016
Linking Genes and Political Orientations: Cognitive Ability as Mediator Hypothesis
Part of Political Psychology, p. 649-665, 2015
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Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics?: Evidence from Sweden
Part of American Political Science Review, p. 703-724, 2015
The Relationship Between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Participation
Part of American Journal of Political Science, p. 888-903, 2014
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Pre-Birth Factors, Post-Birth Factors, and Voting: Evidence from Swedish Adoption Data
Part of American Political Science Review, p. 71-87, 2014
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Part of Behavior Genetics, p. 282-294, 2014
- DOI for Genetic Influences on Political Ideologies: Twin Analyses of 19 Measures of Political Ideologies from Five Democraciesand Genome-Wide Findings from Three Populations
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Replicability and Robustness of Genome-Wide-Association Studies for Behavioral Traits
Part of Psychological Science, p. 1975-1986, 2014
Political Tolerance in India Descriptions and Explanations from the Heartland
Part of Asian Survey, p. 533-558, 2013
The Genetic Origins of the Relationship between Psychological Traits and Social Trust
Part of Twin Research and Human Genetics, p. 21-33, 2012
Similarity vs. homogeneity: Contextual effects in explaining trust
Part of European Political Science Review, p. 345-369, 2011
Tolerance in challenging political environments in Uganda, Kenya, India, and Pakistan
Part of Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 105-112, 2010
Generalized trust and political support: a cross-national investigation
Part of Acta Politica, p. 423-443, 2010
Does Oil Still Hinder Democracy?
Part of Journal of Development Studies, p. 1067-1083, 2010
Power, trust, and institutional constraints: individual level evidence
Part of Rationality and Society, p. 171-195, 2009
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Making Capitalism Work: Fair Institutions and Trust
Part of Economic and Industrial Democracy, p. 294-320, 2009
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Part of Politics & Society, p. 359-385, 2005
The Structure and Determinants of Trust: The Cases of Japan and Sweden
Part of Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, p. 183-204, 2005
Institutional Explanations of Union Strength: An Assessment
Part of Politics & Society, p. 609-635, 2003
Books
Påverka och påverkas: 1994 års reformering av arbetslöshetsförsäkringen
Uppsala universitet, 1997
Chapters in book
Part of Valdeltagande och representation, Delmi, 2017
Spelar gener roll för politiska attityder och beteenden?
Part of Statsvetenskapens frågor, p. 225-235, Studentlitteratur, 2013
Demokrati och ekonomisk tillväxt
Part of Myt eller Verklighet?, p. 11-28, Norstedts, 2010
Ekonomisk utveckling och demokrati: Moderniseringsteorin
Part of Myt eller Verklighet?, p. 29-48, Norstedts, 2010
Är prometokratierna förlorade?
Part of Prometokrati, p. 269-289, Studentlitteratur, 2010
Vår tids Graal: Sambandet mellan ekonomisk tillväxt och demokrati
Part of Myt eller Verklighet?, p. 187-200, Norstedts, 2010
Part of Prometokrati, p. 43-69, Studentlitteratur, 2010
Makt, institutioner och tillit
Part of Statsvetare ifrågasätter, p. 201-215, Statsvetenskapliga Föreningen i Uppsala, 2008
Part of Deltagandets mekanismer, p. 68-89, Liber, 2006
Förtroende, politiska institutioner och tillväxt
Part of Utbildning och ekonomisk utveckling, p. 83-104, Finansdepartementet, 2005
Organized Labor and Varieties of Capitalism
2005
Class Struggle in the Wake of Globalization: Union Organization and Economic Integration
Part of Europe - One Labour Market?, 2002
Collections (editor)
Prometokrati: Mellan Diktatur och Demokrati
Studentlitteratur, 2010
Myt eller Verklighet?: Om Samband mellan Demokrati och Ekonomisk Tillväxt
Norstedts, 2010
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Manuscripts (preprints)
Reports
Ledde förlängd gymnasieutbildning till ökat valdeltagande?
2017
Leder bättre tillgång till utbildning till ökat politiskt deltagande?
2016
Kan politisk ojämlikhet utbildas bort?
2014
Making Capitalism Work: Fair Institutions and Trust
2007
Creating trust: The role of power asymmetries and institutional constraints
2007
Vem röstar och varför?: en analys av valdeltagandet i 2002 års kommunfullmäktigeval
2003