Head of HR and Office, and Senior Research Coordinator Phone: +46 76-540 12 44E-mail:[email protected] As the head of HR and office, I have the overall responsibility for all HR areas of the inst

Katarina Engberg

I hold a PhD in Peace and Conflict Research (Uppsala University), and a Master in Public Administration, MPA (Harvard Kennedy School). I have been a Fellow and research associate with Weatherhead Cent

“Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals”, Politics & Policy Vol 44 (1), 2016, pp 56-73. This paper focuses on a specific category of political actors – “pol

Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting it detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has resulted in profou

Waldemar Ingdahl

At the Institute for Futures Studies I am working in the project "New methods for sharing research findings with society". I have previously worked as a communications officer and science journalist,

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the

Daniel Lindvall

I am a researcher in sociology at the Institute for Futures Studies and the Climate Leadership Initiative at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University. My research focuses on climate and en

For three years, three researchers and two research assistants have surveyed and interviewed a group of people who are remarkably invisible in research. it's remarkable since it is a category of peopl (in Swedish).

This project examines so called "policy professionals", people who are employed in order to affect policy and politics. What is the impact of them, rather than elected officials, gaining more influence over politics?

Maja Fjaestad

I am an expert coordinator at the Centre for Health Crises at KI and Associate Professor at KTH. I previously worked as State Secretary for the Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs and before for strategic development and Nordic cooperation at the Prime Minster’s office. I have also worked as researcher at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH. I have also been visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and Desk officer at the Ministry of Industry and political adviser in energy issues to Minister of Energy, Mona Sahlin.