The Case of the Return of the Cold War and the Future of US—China Relations

After an almost unbroken, two-decade-long rise, Swedish housing prices fell sharply in 2022. But even if real estate price contractions are regarded as an important factor behind financial crises and economic recession, is our knowledge about them limited by the lack of historical data.

This project offers a new understanding of how, under which circumstances and why different forms and degrees of coercive regulations and practices have shaped the labor market and working conditions in Sweden.

Gender division of labour and economic change studied through 19th century crofters’households.

In 2018, more than half of all people killed in the 34 countries suffering from civil war died in Afghanistan or Syria. Why do some civil wars become more severe than others?

Overcoming obstacles and advancing democracy in the European Neighbourhood

How regional inequalities affect the perceived legitimacy of international organizations

The project examines geopolitical impacts on state and stakeholder perceptions of Arctic governance in Sweden and in international organizations such as the Arctic Council, European Union, and United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea.

The Role of Integrated Governance for a Just and Legitimate Adaptation to Climate Risks.

Assessing conflicts, co-creating solutions.

This publication project included the translation of short stories by six Hong Kong women writers. Each short story is accompanied by a ‘close reading’ which offers an interpretation of the text.

This project examines how countries suffering from food insecurity can develop coping mechanisms and be supported by the international community.

Private companies are increasingly adapting to climate change, and these responses can have widespread effects on society, affecting areas like water access, safety, and public services. Our project seeks to map and explain these public-private interactions in climate adaptation and assess their potential to advance democratic and effective adaptation.

Climate change adaptation has become one of the world's top priorities, currently being handled by an array of local, national and international actors.

The expectations on global climate institutions to deliver are growing, and as a consequence these institutions appear to be more contested than ever before. This project examines why some individuals believe in the legitimacy of global climate governance while others do not, focusing on an understudied factor: social inequality.

The aim of this project is to show how Swedish consumer society was maintained and transformed in relation to gender and citizenship during World War II.

Advertising and the socio-economic transformation of Sweden ca 1970–2000

This project aims to provide a thorough investigation of the journey of the soybean, from a key food staple in ancient Asia to today’s expansive biotech agriculture in South America producing the fundamental ingredient behind “cheap” meat.

The project studies the return and potential effects of military conscription through a qualitative comparison of how the institution has been envisioned and legitimated by political and military officials in four European countries.

The Swedish textile and garment industry and the European integrations 1957–1995

Today’s international security problems have unique characteristics. They emerge incrementally, over time and space, deepening and interacting with various conditions that hamper effective responses.

There is scientific consensus on the significant alteration of the nitrogen cycle from local to global scales caused by human activities.

This project brings more nuance to the history of suffrage in Sweden. As history is usually written, 1921 marks the end of the struggle for suffrage. But rather than regarding the reform of 1921 as a definitive democratic breakthrough, the research project examines the events of the following century as a continuing but non-linear process of democratisation.