Sven Oskarsson
Professor vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Forskare och lärare
- Telefon:
- 018-471 63 24
- E-post:
- Sven.Oskarsson@statsvet.uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postadress:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
- Akademiska meriter:
- FD
Kort presentation
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.

Publikationer
Senaste publikationer
Ingår i Nature Human Behaviour, s. 794-805, 2025
- DOI för Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient
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Examining Voting Spillover Effects of Text Message Reminders
Ingår i British Journal of Political Science, 2025
Early voting can widen the turnout gap: The case of childbirth
Ingår i Electoral Studies, 2024
- DOI för Early voting can widen the turnout gap: The case of childbirth
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Ingår i Labour Economics, 2024
Ingår i Political Analysis, s. 181-194, 2023
- DOI för Quantifying Bias from Measurable and Unmeasurable Confounders Across Three Domains of Individual Determinants of Political Preferences
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Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
Ingår i Nature Human Behaviour, s. 794-805, 2025
- DOI för Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient
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Examining Voting Spillover Effects of Text Message Reminders
Ingår i British Journal of Political Science, 2025
Early voting can widen the turnout gap: The case of childbirth
Ingår i Electoral Studies, 2024
- DOI för Early voting can widen the turnout gap: The case of childbirth
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Ingår i Labour Economics, 2024
Ingår i Political Analysis, s. 181-194, 2023
- DOI för 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
Ingår i Nature Genetics, s. 581-592, 2022
- DOI för Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects
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Ingår i British Journal of Political Science, s. 997-1012, 2022
- DOI för 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
Ingår i American Political Science Review, s. 1004-1018, 2022
- DOI för The Perpetuity of the Past: Transmission of Political Inequality across Multiple Generations
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Persistent Inequalities: The Origins of Intergenerational Associations in Voter Turnout
Ingår i Journal of Politics, s. 1337-1352, 2022
Ingår i British Journal of Political Science, s. 475-482, 2022
The Ex-Factor: Examining the Gendered Effect of Divorce on Voter Turnout
Ingår i American Political Science Review, s. 1293-1308, 2022
- DOI för The Ex-Factor: Examining the Gendered Effect of Divorce on Voter Turnout
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Effects of Settlement into Ethnic Enclaves on Immigrant Voter Turnout
Ingår i Journal of Politics, s. 578-584, 2022
Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository
Ingår i Nature Human Behaviour, s. 1744-1758, 2021
Ingår i Journal of Politics, s. 1158-1162, 2021
Does Education Instill Civic Duty?: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States and Sweden
Ingår i International journal of public opinion research, s. 183-195, 2021
A polygenic score for educational attainment partially predicts voter turnout
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
- DOI för A polygenic score for educational attainment partially predicts voter turnout
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Ingår i Electoral Studies, 2021
- DOI för The relationship between political attitudes and political participation: Evidence from monozygotic twins in the United States, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark
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Selective abstention in simultaneous elections: Understanding the turnout gap
Ingår i Electoral Studies, 2021
Practice makes voters?: Effects of student mock elections on turnout
Ingår i Politics, s. 377-393, 2020
Parents, Peers, and Politics: The Long-term Effects of Vertical Social Ties
Ingår i Quarterly Journal of Political Science, s. 221-253, 2020
- DOI för Parents, Peers, and Politics: The Long-term Effects of Vertical Social Ties
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Ingår i Nature Genetics, s. 245-257, 2019
Access to education and political candidacy: Lessons from school openings in Sweden
Ingår i Economics of Education Review, s. 138-148, 2019
Ingår i American Political Science Review, s. 108-122, 2019
- DOI för Enhancing Electoral Equality: Can Education Compensate for Family Background Differences in Voting Participation?
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Ingår i Nature Genetics, s. 1112-+, 2018
Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG
Ingår i Nature Genetics, s. 229-237, 2018
It Runs in the Family: A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees
Ingår i Political Behavior, s. 883-908, 2018
- DOI för It Runs in the Family: A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees
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Can Political Inequalities Be Educated Away? Evidence from a Large-scale Reform
Ingår i American Journal of Political Science, s. 222-236, 2017
Education and Social Trust: Testing a Causal Hypothesis Using the Discordant Twin Design
Ingår i Political Psychology, s. 515-531, 2017
Personality and Political Tolerance: Evidence from India and Pakistan
Ingår i Political Studies, s. 235-254, 2016
How does education affect adolescents' political development?
Ingår i Economics of Education Review, s. 182-193, 2016
Ingår i Political Behavior, s. 579-601, 2016
Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
Ingår i Nature, s. 539-542, 2016
Linking Genes and Political Orientations: Cognitive Ability as Mediator Hypothesis
Ingår i Political Psychology, s. 649-665, 2015
- DOI för Linking Genes and Political Orientations: Cognitive Ability as Mediator Hypothesis
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Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics?: Evidence from Sweden
Ingår i American Political Science Review, s. 703-724, 2015
Ingår i Behavior Genetics, s. 282-294, 2014
- DOI för 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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Pre-Birth Factors, Post-Birth Factors, and Voting: Evidence from Swedish Adoption Data
Ingår i American Political Science Review, s. 71-87, 2014
- DOI för Pre-Birth Factors, Post-Birth Factors, and Voting: Evidence from Swedish Adoption Data
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The Relationship Between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Participation
Ingår i American Journal of Political Science, s. 888-903, 2014
- DOI för The Relationship Between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Participation
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Replicability and Robustness of Genome-Wide-Association Studies for Behavioral Traits
Ingår i Psychological Science, s. 1975-1986, 2014
Political Tolerance in India Descriptions and Explanations from the Heartland
Ingår i Asian Survey, s. 533-558, 2013
The Genetic Origins of the Relationship between Psychological Traits and Social Trust
Ingår i Twin Research and Human Genetics, s. 21-33, 2012
Similarity vs. homogeneity: Contextual effects in explaining trust
Ingår i European Political Science Review, s. 345-369, 2011
Tolerance in challenging political environments in Uganda, Kenya, India, and Pakistan
Ingår i Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, s. 105-112, 2010
Generalized trust and political support: a cross-national investigation
Ingår i Acta Politica, s. 423-443, 2010
Does Oil Still Hinder Democracy?
Ingår i Journal of Development Studies, s. 1067-1083, 2010
Power, trust, and institutional constraints: individual level evidence
Ingår i Rationality and Society, s. 171-195, 2009
- DOI för Power, trust, and institutional constraints: individual level evidence
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Making Capitalism Work: Fair Institutions and Trust
Ingår i Economic and Industrial Democracy, s. 294-320, 2009
- DOI för Making Capitalism Work: Fair Institutions and Trust
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Ingår i Politics & Society, s. 359-385, 2005
The Structure and Determinants of Trust: The Cases of Japan and Sweden
Ingår i Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, s. 183-204, 2005
Institutional Explanations of Union Strength: An Assessment
Ingår i Politics & Society, s. 609-635, 2003
Böcker
Påverka och påverkas: 1994 års reformering av arbetslöshetsförsäkringen
Uppsala universitet, 1997
Doktorsavhandlingar, sammanläggning
Kapitel i böcker, delar av antologi
Ingår i Valdeltagande och representation, Delmi, 2017
Spelar gener roll för politiska attityder och beteenden?
Ingår i Statsvetenskapens frågor, s. 225-235, Studentlitteratur, 2013
Är prometokratierna förlorade?
Ingår i Prometokrati, s. 269-289, Studentlitteratur, 2010
Demokrati och ekonomisk tillväxt
Ingår i Myt eller Verklighet?, s. 11-28, Norstedts, 2010
Ekonomisk utveckling och demokrati: Moderniseringsteorin
Ingår i Myt eller Verklighet?, s. 29-48, Norstedts, 2010
Vår tids Graal: Sambandet mellan ekonomisk tillväxt och demokrati
Ingår i Myt eller Verklighet?, s. 187-200, Norstedts, 2010
Ingår i Prometokrati, s. 43-69, Studentlitteratur, 2010
Makt, institutioner och tillit
Ingår i Statsvetare ifrågasätter, s. 201-215, Statsvetenskapliga Föreningen i Uppsala, 2008
Ingår i Deltagandets mekanismer, s. 68-89, Liber, 2006
Förtroende, politiska institutioner och tillväxt
Ingår i Utbildning och ekonomisk utveckling, s. 83-104, Finansdepartementet, 2005
Organized Labor and Varieties of Capitalism
2005
Class Struggle in the Wake of Globalization: Union Organization and Economic Integration
Ingår i Europe - One Labour Market?, 2002
Manuskript (preprint)
Rapporter
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
Samlingsverk (redaktörskap)
Myt eller Verklighet?: Om Samband mellan Demokrati och Ekonomisk Tillväxt
Norstedts, 2010
Prometokrati: Mellan Diktatur och Demokrati
Studentlitteratur, 2010