Johanna Söderström
Forskare vid Institutet för forskning om målkonflikter i hållbar samhällsomställning/ Uppsala
- Besöksadress:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postadress:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala
Universitetslektor docent vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Forskare och lärare
- Telefon:
- 018-471 27 93
- E-post:
- Johanna.Soderstrom@statsvet.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- Atterbomska huset, Valvgatan 4
75310 Uppsala - Postadress:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
- CV:
- Ladda ned CV
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-3210-8609
Kort presentation
I am interested in the intersection between democratization, peacebuilding and statebuilding.
I work on the political mobilization of ex-combatants, and the long-term conditions of peace, and the conceptualization of relational peace.
I am interested in methodology, and explore different forms of interviews, such as focus groups and life history interviews.
I also research African taxation practices and mobilization among far-right online activists.
You can find out more about me on my website.
Nyckelord
- peacebuilding
- political participation
- quantitative methods
- democratization
- ex-combatants
- veterans
- qualitative methods
- sub-saharan africa
- taxation
- statebuilding
- focus groups
- life histories
- colombia
- liberia
- namibia
- electoral violence
- electoral behavior
- policy feedback
- ddr
- political mobilization
- relational peace
- letters to the editor
Biografi
2019, Senior lecturer, Department of Government, Uppsala
2017/2018, EURIAS research fellow at NIAS, Amsterdam (Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions – COFUND Programme – FP7).
2017, Docent (political science), Uppsala University.
2017 fall – 2018 spring, Associate Professor (Professor II), Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
2017 spring, Associate Professor (untenured), Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
2013-2016, Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship postdoc, Uppsala University.
2012, visiting postdoc at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, and CMI.
2011, PhD in political science, Department of Government, Uppsala University.
2005, MA political science and MA social science, Uppsala University.
2004, BA political science, Uppsala University.
2000, IB diploma, Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa.
Media
Nedan hittar du en del filmer där jag berättar mer om min forskning.
Living Politics after War
Samtal om Johanna Söderströms bok Living Politics after War med Li Bennich-Björkman. Bild och redigering: Tove Hellkvist.
Presentation av vår antologi Relational peace practices
I dessa filmer, presenterar redaktörerna J Söderström, M Åkebo and A Jarstad boken, följt av kapitelförfattare som berättar om deras fallstudier i Kambodja, Sydafrika, Cypern, Colombia och Sri Lanka.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsl2Dr6gMO43FgMlFluEpuABUwEpZ5mqd
Relational peace among elites in Cambodia?
I den här filmen berättar Johanna Söderström om sitt kapitel “Relational peace among elites in Cambodia? Domination, distrust and dependency.”

Publikationer
Urval av publikationer
Ingår i Journal of Political Science Education, s. 1-18, 2025
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 153-173, 2024
- DOI för Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries
Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
Ingår i International Studies Review, 2024
- DOI för Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
Uncomfortable interviews: A research journey of discomfort and how to make the most of it
Ingår i Qualitative Research, 2024
Manchester University Press, 2023
Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System
Ingår i Administration & Society, s. 264-293, 2023
- DOI för Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System
Pluralism, temporality and affect: methodological challenges of making peace researchable
Ingår i Conflict, Security and Development, s. 411-433, 2022
- DOI för Pluralism, temporality and affect: methodological challenges of making peace researchable
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Pluralism, temporality and affect: methodological challenges of making peace researchable
Taxation in Namibia: An everyday political practice without deliberation and influence
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 197-216, 2022
- DOI för Taxation in Namibia: An everyday political practice without deliberation and influence
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Taxation in Namibia: An everyday political practice without deliberation and influence
Life histories and life diagrams
Ingår i Handbook of Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research Methods, s. 196-213, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace
Ingår i International Studies Review, s. 484-508, 2021
- DOI för Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace
Living politics after war: Ex-combatants and veterans coming home
Manchester University Press, 2020
Ingår i Democracy and Security, s. 105-122, 2020
- DOI för The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge: How Crime Impacts Cognition among Citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge: How Crime Impacts Cognition among Citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa
Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories
Ingår i Qualitative Research, s. 3-21, 2020
- DOI för Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories
Ingår i Conflict and society, s. 168-185, 2019
- DOI för Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens: Achievements and Grievances among Former Combatants from Three Wars
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens: Achievements and Grievances among Former Combatants from Three Wars
Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ingår i Political Studies, s. 869-886, 2018
- DOI för Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa
Citizens by Design?: Explaining Ex-Combatant Satisfaction With Reintegration Programming
Ingår i Journal of Development Studies, s. 133-152, 2018
The Resilient, the Remobilized and the Removed: Party Mobilization among Former M19 Combatants
Ingår i Civil Wars, s. 214-233, 2016
Understanding Armed Groups and Party Politics
Ingår i Civil Wars, s. 109-117, 2016
Livsberättelser: Att leva och förstå politik efter krig
Ingår i Introduktion till Politisk etnografi – metoder för statsvetare, s. 83-103, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2016
Peacebuilding and Ex-Combatants: Political Reintegration in Liberia
Routledge, 2015
Second Time Around: Ex-Combatants at the Polls in Liberia
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 409-433, 2013
Ingår i Conflict, Security and Development, s. 87-116, 2013
Politics of Affection: Ex-Combatants, Political Engagement and Reintegration Programs in Liberia
2011
Political opposition and democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ingår i Democratization, s. 1057-1066, 2011
Dissent and Opposition among Ex-Combatants in Liberia
Ingår i Democratization, s. 1146-1167, 2011
Focus Groups: Safety in numbers?
Ingår i Understanding Peace Research, s. 146-164, Routledge, 2011
Ex-Combatants at the Polls: Exploring Focus Groups & Electoral Meaning
Ingår i Anthropology Matters, 2010
Valerfarenheter bland f.d. kombattanter: En ny syn på demokrati i Liberia?
Ingår i Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, s. 300-314, 2009
Senaste publikationer
2025
Ingår i Journal of Political Science Education, s. 1-18, 2025
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 153-173, 2024
- DOI för Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries
Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
Ingår i International Studies Review, 2024
- DOI för Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
Uncomfortable interviews: A research journey of discomfort and how to make the most of it
Ingår i Qualitative Research, 2024
Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
Ingår i Journal of Political Science Education, s. 1-18, 2025
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 153-173, 2024
- DOI för Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries
Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
Ingår i International Studies Review, 2024
- DOI för Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Peace with Adjectives: Conceptual Fragmentation or Conceptual Innovation?
Uncomfortable interviews: A research journey of discomfort and how to make the most of it
Ingår i Qualitative Research, 2024
Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System
Ingår i Administration & Society, s. 264-293, 2023
- DOI för Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Public Channels of Access and State–Citizen Encounters in the Namibian Tax System
Pluralism, temporality and affect: methodological challenges of making peace researchable
Ingår i Conflict, Security and Development, s. 411-433, 2022
- DOI för Pluralism, temporality and affect: methodological challenges of making peace researchable
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Pluralism, temporality and affect: methodological challenges of making peace researchable
Ingår i Journal of Eastern African Studies, s. 395-414, 2022
Taxation in Namibia: An everyday political practice without deliberation and influence
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 197-216, 2022
- DOI för Taxation in Namibia: An everyday political practice without deliberation and influence
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Taxation in Namibia: An everyday political practice without deliberation and influence
Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace
Ingår i International Studies Review, s. 484-508, 2021
- DOI för Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Friends, Fellows, and Foes: A New Framework for Studying Relational Peace
Ingår i Democracy and Security, s. 105-122, 2020
- DOI för The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge: How Crime Impacts Cognition among Citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge: How Crime Impacts Cognition among Citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa
Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories
Ingår i Qualitative Research, s. 3-21, 2020
- DOI för Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Life diagrams: a methodological and analytical tool for accessing life histories
Ingår i Conflict and society, s. 168-185, 2019
- DOI för Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens: Achievements and Grievances among Former Combatants from Three Wars
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Seeking Recognition, Becoming Citizens: Achievements and Grievances among Former Combatants from Three Wars
Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ingår i Political Studies, s. 869-886, 2018
- DOI för Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ladda ner fulltext (pdf) av Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa
Citizens by Design?: Explaining Ex-Combatant Satisfaction With Reintegration Programming
Ingår i Journal of Development Studies, s. 133-152, 2018
The Resilient, the Remobilized and the Removed: Party Mobilization among Former M19 Combatants
Ingår i Civil Wars, s. 214-233, 2016
Understanding Armed Groups and Party Politics
Ingår i Civil Wars, s. 109-117, 2016
Getting From Insurgency to Politics
Ingår i World Politics Review, 2014
Ebola and the Ex-Combatant Community
Ingår i Cultural anthropology, 2014
Second Time Around: Ex-Combatants at the Polls in Liberia
Ingår i Journal of Modern African Studies, s. 409-433, 2013
Ingår i Conflict, Security and Development, s. 87-116, 2013
Rejoinder by Johanna Söderström
Ingår i Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, s. 485-486, 2012
Political opposition and democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ingår i Democratization, s. 1057-1066, 2011
Dissent and Opposition among Ex-Combatants in Liberia
Ingår i Democratization, s. 1146-1167, 2011
Ex-Combatants at the Polls: Exploring Focus Groups & Electoral Meaning
Ingår i Anthropology Matters, 2010
Valerfarenheter bland f.d. kombattanter: En ny syn på demokrati i Liberia?
Ingår i Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, s. 300-314, 2009
Böcker
Living politics after war: Ex-combatants and veterans coming home
Manchester University Press, 2020
Peacebuilding and Ex-Combatants: Political Reintegration in Liberia
Routledge, 2015
Doktorsavhandlingar, monografi
Kapitel i böcker, delar av antologi
Relational peace among elites in Cambodia?: Domination, distrust, and dependency
Ingår i Relational peace practices, s. 51-73, Manchester University Press, 2023
Life histories and life diagrams
Ingår i Handbook of Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research Methods, s. 196-213, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
Livsberättelser: Att leva och förstå politik efter krig
Ingår i Introduktion till Politisk etnografi – metoder för statsvetare, s. 83-103, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2016
Dissent and opposition among ex-combatants in Liberia
Ingår i Political Opposition and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, s. 112-133, Routledge, 2013
Focus Groups: Safety in numbers?
Ingår i Understanding Peace Research, s. 146-164, Routledge, 2011
Konferensbidrag
Namibian Peace since 1989: Stunted Promise?
Ingår i Peace agreements in the 1990s–, s. 6-10, 2015
Electoral Meaning among Ex-Combatants in Liberia: Exploring the Use of Focus Groups
Ingår i Exploring and Expanding Boundaries of Research Methods, London, UK, 31 October - 1 November 2008., 2008
Dissent and Opposition among Ex-Combatants: Implications for the Consolidation of Democracy?
2008
Electoral Meaning among Ex-Combatants - the Gateway to Democracy in Liberia?
2008
Electoral Meaning among Ex-Combatants: the Gateway to Democracy in Liberia?
2008
Reintegration of ex-combatants: democratic citizenship after war
2007
Rapporter
Samlingsverk (redaktörskap)
Manchester University Press, 2023
Political Opposition and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Routledge, 2013