Our researchers in the media, 2 September – 24 October 2025
Politicians subjected to hatred, Nobel prizes and a controversial cultural canon – over the past few weeks, scholars from the disciplinary domain have commented on a range of issues in the media.
Selection from the media 2 September – 24 October 2025.
Note that no links to material behind a paywall are provided. Instead, please use Retriever Research at the University Library (see Fact box below).
Hatred towards politicians
Anna-Karin Hatt resigns, leading almost all Swedish media outlets to contact Sandra Håkansson, researcher at the Department of Government, to interview her about hatred towards politicians. In 2022 she released the SNS report: Betalar kvinnor ett högre pris för makten? Hot och våld mot svenska politiker (Do women pay a higher price for power? Hatred and violence towards Swedish politicians). Håkansson appeared in 34 articles in connection with Anna-Karin Hatt’s resignation.
Nobel Prizes in Literature, Economics and Peace
The week of the Nobel Prize announcements gives our researchers a lot of visibility. The literature prize was commented on by Tünde Blomqvist, Senior Lecturer in Hungarian at the Department of Modern Languages, and Jana Rüegg, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies at the Department of Literature and Rhetoric. Erik Öberg, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, was interviewed about the Economics Prize. The Peace Prize generated several interviews with our peace and conflict professors Isak Svensson and Peter Wallensteen, as well as Leon Poblete, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business Studies.
Kovändningen: ”Viktig” blev ”problematisk” (The turnaround: ‘Important’ became ‘problematic’), interview with Leon Poblete (SvD)
László Krasznahorkai tilldelas Nobelpriset i litteratur (László Krasznahorkai awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature), interview with Tünde Blomqvist (ETC)
Analysts say Trump unlikely to win Nobel Peace Prize, but who will? Interview with Peter Wallensteen (AFP)
Cultural canon gets people talking
Gina Gustavsson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Government and independent columnist in DN, writes an editorial entitled: Svenskar är minst stolta i Europa över sin kultur – och det märks i vår kanon (Swedes are the least proud of their culture in Europe – and it shows in our canon). Torsten Pettersson, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Literature and Rhetoric, and a member of the group that selected the literary works included in the canon, writes and is interviewed about the reasons behind the choices.
Svenskar är minst stolta i Europa över sin kultur – och det märks i vår kanon (Swedes are the least proud of their culture in Europe – and it shows in our canon), editorial by Gina Gustavsson (DN)
"Jag får räkna med att hemsökas av de ratade" (“I can expect to be haunted by the rejected”), Under strecket, Torsten Pettersson (SvD)
House prices could rise due to new mortgage rules
At the beginning of the summer, the government presented proposals for new mortgage rules. One of the experts featured in several media outlets is Karl Walentin, Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, who argues that the government has not analysed and described the effects the rules will have on house prices.
Varnar för nya regler: bostadspriser kan stiga (Warning on new rules: house prices could rise) SvD
The Karnak Temple in ancient Egypt
An international team of researchers has carried out the most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey to date of the temple city of Karnak in Egypt. The group was led by Angus Graham, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation, and the news was widely reported in the international media. His name is mentioned in 88 articles.
3,000 years of secrets hidden beneath Egypt’s greatest temple (Today News 24)
Sandra Gunnarsson
Material behind a paywall
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