Partners are research institutions that have a long-term and close relationship with the Institute for Futures Studies. Currently we collaborate closely with the following institutes: The Oxford Uehiro

Journal of Language and Politics, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 485–496. Abstract In this paper I discuss, critically, the literature on populism and the extent to which it applies to the contemporary radical

Anna Lührmann: Walking the Talk. Which Parties Threaten Democracy?

The recent increase of democratic declines around the world has sparked a new generation of studies on the topic. Scholars agree that these days the main threat to democracy arises from democratically

AbstractThe recent increase of democratic declines around the world -- what Lührmann and Lindberg(2019) have dubbed "third wave of autocratization'' -- has sparked a new generation of studies on the t

Democratization, vol 30, issue 6 Abstract This article studies the response by public sphere institutions in democratic societies to far-right parties, focusing specifically on public broadcasting organ

Professor Li Bennich-Björkman, Department of Political Science, Uppsala University Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the Institute’s se

This project's highly international and interdisciplinary collaboration will create synergies and develop important means to tackle climate change.

Organization Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619848014  Abstract In this paper, I study an epitomic case of institutional carriers of ideas: revolving door lobbyists. In a multi-directional interv

Almedalen 2018: Sverigedemokraternas väljare - vilka är de?

På några få år har Sverigedemokraterna vuxit till att bli ett av Sveriges största riksdagspartier men mycket är fortfarande okänt om deras väljare. Hur – och i vilken utsträckning – skiljer sig Sverig

Väljarna, pengarna och den nya eliten. Forskning om demokratins utmaningar

Gustaf Arrhenius, Janine Wedel och Kirsti Jylhä berättar om forskning som visar hur makt på olika sätt förskjuts från väljarna till en mindre grupp i samhället, och om hur det gynnar systemkritiska pa