Democracies tend to want to cooperate more than non-democratic states. Political scientist Jonas Tallberg is examining whether this generally accepted view is true, both by delving into history and by studying contemporary trends. His findings may be of help to politicians in their efforts to navigate an ever-changing world.
Seminarierna äger rum i Rum A900 (Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer) eller i Gula Villan (Minerva), Svante Arrhenius väg 33.
How can teachers improve the conditions for the inclusion of students with foreign background? This was the subject of a conference at Stockholm University where researchers met primary school teachers and shared their insights.
Jonas Tallberg and Lisa Dellmuth, co-directors of the Stockholm Center on Global Governance, SCGG, gave an interview earlier this year with the Swedish Research Council.
The Department of Political Science advertises currently three post-doc positions in Political Science, out of which one is connected to the Stockholm Center on Global Governance.
During June 11-14, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology hosted ACCESS Forum 2024. Bilateral research collaboration and sustainable development goals of the Agenda 2030 were the focus of 13 research groups
Del 11 al 14 de junio, la Universidad de Estocolmo y el Real Instituto de Tecnología KTH organizaron el ACCESS Forum 2024. La colaboración bilateral en investigación y los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible de la Agenda 2030 fueron el enfoque de 13 grupos de investigación
The role of the United States, the world's most powerful country, is as central as ever. In November, America elects its president - or rather re-elects, as its choice looks certain to be between its current and its previous incumbent.
May 22-23, 2024, scholars and policy makers met to discuss Turkey-EU Relations including the push/pull between transactionalism and norms regarding democracy and human rights.
In a recently published dissertation the intricate challenges within international refugee law related to issues of when an individual is excluded from universal humanitarian protection are thoroughly examined. This study underscores the necessity for a system that effectively safeguards the most vulnerable while addressing new and evolving threats, such as terrorism.
On May 2, the Stockholm Center on Global Governance and Stockholm University hosted an official inauguration event at the Scheffler Palace (Schefflerska palatset). The event featured an engaging lineup of speakers and insightful panel discussions which highlighted urgent challenges, but also potential promises of global governance today.
The Blix Seminars are organised with support from the Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation and the Magnus Bergvall Foundation and usually gathers on Wednesdays, 3 PM at Gula villan (Svante Arrhenius väg 33).
In autumn 2024, a new course in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations will start at the Department of Psychology. The course provides an introduction to social psychological theories and research on intergroup relations.
In order to strengthen the scientific contacts between Stockholm University and Italy, a delegation from the Italian embassy was invited to the University together with researchers from various departments at Stockholm University. The visit was held at the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies library
The recent intensification of intergroup conflicts around the world highlights the importance of finding ways to reconcile members of adversary groups.
Last week, the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies - NILAS, Stockholm University, we received an Erasmus guest scholar, Dr. Mónika Szente-Varga, Ass. Prof. at the Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training at the Department of International Security Studies at the Ludovika University of Public Service, in Hungary.
The Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG) is an international and interdisciplinary research center on global governance, located at Stockholm University.
Professor and SCGG co-director Jonas Tallberg gave a presentation to introduce the SCGG at the Swedish Research Council’s first network meeting for Centers of Excellence. The event was held on March 7, at Piperska Muren, Stockholm.
We are excited to announce the establishment of the Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG), a pioneering hub for research and dialogue on global governance issues. Established to address pressing global challenges, SCGG aims to foster interdisciplinary research and cultivate solutions to today's most complex global governance challenges.
Den 7 februari anordnade HBC en boklansering inklusive samtal om Hans Blix' senaste bok "A Farewell to Wars. The Growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force" som utkom på Cambridge University Press i november 2023) mellan författaren och Thomas Jonter, professor i internationella relationer vid SU.
Department of Economic History and International Relations
Information manipulation related to climate and water can create security risks, increase polarization, and erode trust in climate science and democratic principles. Karina Shyrokykh, Associate Professor in International Relations, participated in a panel discussion on misinformation and disinformation around climate and water during COP28.
Department of Economic History and International Relations
On november 24 Suanne Mistel Segovia Tzompa succesfully defended her thesis "Global Adaptation Governance and Indigenous Peoples: Legitimacy, Justice and Participation".
The Hans Blix Centre, in cooperation with the Swiss Embassy in Stockholm, organized a workshop about Sweden's and Switzerland's roles in the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea since 1953.
Are you interested in public health sciences? Thinking of studying a master’s programme in Stockholm? Join us online via Zoom November 9 at Stockholm University Virtual International Master's Days and learn more about our international master´s programme.
Hans Blix centrum arrangerade i samarbete med schweiziska ambassaden i Stockholm en workshop om Sveriges och Schweiz' roll i Neutrala nationernas övervakningskommission (NNSC) i Korea sedan 1953.
Department of Economic History and International Relations
New Mistra program on 'Governing Critical Raw Material Supply Chains for a Sustainable Transition' at the Department of Economic History and International Relations and the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University.
Department of Economic History and International Relations
The book Crises and Challenges for the European Union argues that crises and challenges are no longer unique events facing the EU, but rather, they are better understood as sustained conditions that have changed the relationships between member states and the prospects for integration.
Lisa Dellmuth is professor of International Relations at the Department of Economic History and International Relations. She is one of Stockholm University’s new professors who will be installed at a ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall on September 29.
The health of Finnish migrants in Sweden lies between that of the populations in Sweden and Finland. The mortality rate among Finns in Sweden is lower than that of the population in Finland. These are some of the results of a new study from the Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University in collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki.
Hans Blix centrum, together with its partners Centre for Modern European Studies at the University of Copenhagen and PluriCourts at the University of Oslo, will host the international workshop "Nordic jurists and International Law, 1880s-1970s" between 26 and 28 January. 28 researchers from various disciplines, based at 15 universities in nine countries, will gather in Stockholm to discuss the contribution of Nordic jurists to the rise and evolution of International Law.
Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano is professor in Latin American studies at the Department of Romance Studies and Classics. He is one of Stockholm University’s new professors who will be installed at a ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall on September 29.
The requirements on wastewater treatment proposed in new EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive draft is unlikely to have a decisive effect on the nutrient inputs to the Baltic Sea. This is concluded in a new fact sheet, describing the requirements in the proposed directive in relation to the current situation regarding wastewater treatment in the Baltic Sea catchment.
Department of Economic History and International Relations
A research group at Stockholm University has received funding to establish an internationally leading center on research about the contestation of international cooperation.
Studies of dark matter and of global governance are the focus of the two centres of excellence that Stockholm University is granted by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). Language researchers at the university are also part of a new centre at Uppsala University.
What roles do religion and region of origin play in childbearing? In contrast to earlier research, a new doctoral thesis on the subject of sociological demography demonstrates that region of origin has a greater bearing than religion on ideal number of children, fertility intentions and achieved number of children.
Researchers at Stockholm University have been granted SEK 12 millions from Formas for a research project on the role of companies in climate adaptation.
Researchers at Stockholm University have been granted SEK 12 millions from Formas for a research project on the role of companies in climate adaptation.
Department of Economic History and International Relations
A new research is published by Karina Shyrokykh, Lisa Dellmuth and Elisa Funk 'Managing networks: Cohesion and fluidity in EU climate cooperation with European neighbours'.
Seminarium om Sveriges agerande under andra världskriget med särskild hänsyn till humanitära frågor. Huvudtesen är att Sverige förde en småstatsliberalistisk politisk snarare än en småstatsrealistisk som forskare ofta hävdat.
During this meeting SIDA presented its structure and work areas and NILAS’ staff and affiliated researchers presented their ongoing research projects on Latin America
The book "200 Years of Peace" studies Sweden's two centuries of peace from fresh societal, political and military perspectives. It is the outcome of the Blix Centre's first ever workshop held in April 2020.
I boken "200 Years of Peace" analyseras den långa svenska freden ur både samhälleliga och politiskt-militära perspektiv. Boken är resultatet av centrumets första workshop någonsin som hölls digitalt i början av pandemin i april 2020.
In a new study, the researchers found large birthweight inequalities among the descendants of non-western immigrants compared to the descendants of Swedes. The largest differences were found in the third generation. The researchers warn inequalities may continue to widen in subsequent generations.
A recent study from Stockholm University investigates how immigrants’ childbearing – their age at first birth and number of children – are associated with norms and family support in their destination country. Is it easier for immigrants from countries with low fertility rates to achieve their childbearing ideals in Sweden, a country with strong support for childbearing and parenthood?
There is a connection between armed conflict and violence in intimate relationships, according to a PhD thesis in Sociological Demography from Stockholm University. The study is based on data from Colombia and shows that the risk for women of victimization to violence from their partners or ex-partners increases in areas with higher levels of conflict. The study also shows that women in these areas are more likely to stay in violent relationships.
Immigrants who are active in religious organizations in Sweden are less likely to participate in politics compared to immigrants who are not active in such organizations, a new PhD study from Stockholm University shows. Those who have experienced societal discrimination based on religion are even less likely to participate in politics or to vote. The greatest impact is seen among Muslims in Sweden.
What would Sweden’s population development have been like if it wasn’t for the uprising against Assad and the following war in Syria? A new study in demography published in the academic journal PLOS ONE has the answer. In the study, the authors have created and calculated hypothetical scenarios to determine the demographic development in Sweden and Norway – without the immigration following the Syrian war.
Sixty years ago, Hans Blix left Stockholm University to take up a successful diplomatic career. Now, a research centre on the history of international relations has been established at the university in his name.
On May 18, the formal inauguration of Hans Blix Centre for the history of international relations took place. Despite operating largely digitally during its first two years, the Centre has already established itself as a hub for research in the field.
The workshop’s aim was to facilitate the sharing of ideas about sustainability and justice related to energy use in a new geopolitical context. Its purpose was to contribute to further academic, economic and political engagement between Latin America and the Nordic countries. Oslo, May 9, 2022.
Thaïs Machado-Borges represented NILAS at the meeting of Research Centres and Study Associations based in Europe dedicated to the analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Bi-regional Relations between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
On 28 February, the IPCC presented a new climate report. But what is required for adaptation measures to be perceived as legitimate and fair? That question is the focus of Lisa Dellmuth's research.
What does international law say about the possibilities of bringing President Putin to justice, about sanctions and freedom of expression in war? Stockholm University researchers in law provide the answers.
The CIVIS Alliance, in which Stockholm University is a participant, offers several courses for students who want to study at one or more partner universities in Europe.
How does citizens in Nigeria succeed in raising issues into a security arena so that they appear on the political agenda? Akinbode Fasakin, researcher in political science at Stockholm University and the Swedish Defence University investigates ordinary people’s security issues in postcolonial Nigeria.
In what way did the research at Stockholm University contribute to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow? Several of Stockholm University's climate researchers were present during the climate meeting. What was it like to sit in on the negotiations? What did the researchers take home? See four filmed interviews with Karin Bäckstrand, Alasdair Skelton, Suanne Segovia and Ayşem Mert.
Suanne Segovia from Stockholm University is present at the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow. She is a doctoral student at the Department of Economic History and International Relations and a participant in the GlocalClim project. At COP26 in Glasgow, she meets, among other things, representatives of indigenous peoples to discuss their role in climate adaptation. Here is an interview from the climate meeting with Suanne Segovia.
In a new study in PLOS ONE, researchers from Mistra Geopolitics and Stockholm University have published the first dataset quantifying climate change adaptation by 30 international organizations (1990-2017). The study finds increasing engagement with adaptation, with striking consistency across all thirty organizations and nine issue areas examined.
A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in the aftermath of climate-related disasters is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests. The results underline the importance of climate-related hazards for understanding aid disbursements.
This research project aims to examine how Vocational and Educational Training responded to the structural changes in the labour market and the role it played in the inclusion of immigrants in Sweden from the 1950:s to 2020.
This project builds on the research project Staging Migration, which creates new knowledge on the potential of children's theater to stage an inclusive Sweden. The results point to the ways that theater creates meeting places for psychosocial identification, social analysis, and critical reflection that contribute to civil repair.
The school in Sweden is supposed to be equal, but where children and young people live and which school they attend has become of decisive importance for their opportunities to reach the national knowledge requirements. Two schools that break this pattern piqued the researchers' curiosity.
This project examines how supranational and non-state actors are anticipating changes in the biosphere and how they are developing their capacities to be able to rapidly respond to humanitarian crises and surprises in the multilateral contexts in which they operate.
Democracy, Autocracy, and International Cooperation is a research project exploring why, how, and under what conditions countries’ political regimes affect how they behave in international cooperation. The project is funded by the European Research Council and the Swedish Research Council.
The purpose of this research programme is to improve our understanding of the patterns, mechanisms and consequences of ethnic, socioeconomic and demographic segregation over time using a multiscalar approach and including features of the built environment.
Understanding how the foreign-born population perceives and responds to further in-migration in the host country is essential for evaluating social cohesion. This project studies how migrants perceive, respond to, and are shaped by further migration.
Education and Employment Careers of Refugee Youth who arrived as Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children. This project construct a very large and comprehensive panel data set from different sources, making it possible to follow children who have arrived in Sweden between 2003 and 2017.
Encountering diplomacy in early modern Southeast Asia is a study in global history. It explores how diplomatic practices and foreign relations were shaped in maritime Southeast Asia's pluralistic, multi-centric, open geography during the 17th and 18th centuries. In this period, exchange between local polities and aspiring European colonial powers flourished.
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 Historical Data Archive (H-DATA) is a hub of historical country-level data going as far back as the French revolution or even further and offers unparalleled depth of data and temporality, enabling researchers to answer critical questions about the past but to also understand the origins of, and find historical parallels to, present-day problems.
The present research project aims to study career guidance and counseling for newly arrived youth and young adults in upper secondary education and adult education, with specialattention to the conditons for social inclusion and recogntion.
Can self-employment increase upward mobility? The main objective of this project is to study income mobility among natives and immigrants and we ask specifically if self-employment can increase upward mobility.
This project aims to describe and understand the fundamentals of integration of youth, and its variation across five countries (Norway, Sweden, England, Germany and the Netherlands). We use the large-scale CILS4EU/CILS-NOR data on young people of immigrant and majority origins.
Strong motivation, agency, language skills and supporting social networks, these are key factors for successful integration and migrants' access to their previous vocation in Sweden. In the study 20 skilled migrants and five employers’ representatives were interviewed.
Research project that aims to examine the interaction between Swedish national criminal law and international law in Swedish courts, regarding cases of so-called international crimes.
Why, how, and with what consequences do global governance institutions gain, sustain and lose legitimacy? These issues are at the heart of LegGov – a six-year research program in Stockholm, Lund, and Gothenburg.
This project explores linguistic and institutional dynamics in multilingual workplaces, examining interactional practices and identity construction. Using audio/video data, it focuses on backstage talk, leadership, and socio-technical practices in manager-employee meetings, employing EMCA, MCA, and socio-technical methods.
The worldwide migration today are at historical levels. Previous research has shown that migrants live longer than natives, but also that migrants have higher morbidity rates. In other words, they live longer, but with poorer health. This project will examine this paradox, focusing on the migrant populations of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
How can the reception of newly arrived young people in different municipalities be successfully organized to provide better opportunities to complete their education and the transition to upper secondary school? That is the main question that the researchers in the project want to find answers to.
Research project based at Stockholm University and funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and the Social Sciences, 2019-2021.
Migrant Trajectories is a research programme that explores the life trajectories of migrants from their arrival in Sweden to the present, focusing on the five main life domains – geographical residence and housing, family formation, labour market participation, educational careers, and social security – and the interrelationships between them.
Inequality in the length of life is the most fundamental of all inequality, but has been overlooked in the study of international migrants. For migrants, this represents a complex mix of their previous conditions in the origin country, the migration process, and current and often disadvantageous conditions in the host country.
Research shows that an increasing segregation has created a tangible inequality between different municipalities and individual schools. Where children and young people live and which school they attend has become of decisive importance for the possibility of reaching the knowledge requirements and continuing their studies.
This project evaluates refugees' health status and the effect of different asylum policies. We examine who takes the voluntary health screenings, as well as the health impact of having access to primary care during the asylum process, the type of residence permit (temporary or permanent), and the support given to unaccompanied minors.
Increased rates of immigration have led to rising concerns about integration in Europe. Social ties are often argued to promote integration by helping immigrants locate work and housing.
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 purpose of the project Staging Migration is to produce theoretical and empirical knowledge about the potential of children's theater to stage an inclusive Sweden, and to investigate whether and how social boundaries between ”us” and ”them” may be reproduced as an unintended consequence.
Doctoral thesis, monograph: "Staging Violence, Singing Hope: Trauma, Memory, and Affect in Three Musical and Dance Performances by North Korean Migrants in South Korea".
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to transform human society and is increasingly viewed by states and international organizations as an area of strategic importance.
Dissertation project aimed at examining the relationship between the two legal principles (qui iure and sic utere) which are usually considered to define 1. territorial state sovereignty and 2. the limits to this sovereignty imposed by the international law of borders.
The U-Train project addresses the needs regarding design and delivery of online courses during wartime and after, as a part of reconstructing the higher education sector in Ukraine. The project engages teachers from Ukrainian universities to complete pedagogical training which is hard to accomplish in the turmoil of war.
In the Stockholm area, there are more than 200 upper secondary schools to choose from and a large number of programmes and specialisations, which makes the choice difficult for many. This thesis addresses this topic by examining the experiences of upper secondary school choice among a specific group of students, those who are newly arrived in Sweden.
It is currently estimated that there are up to 300 000 Kenyan citizens working in the Gulf states on temporary contracts. Conditions for women domestic workers are particularly harsh. Reports of physical, psychological and sexual violence are frequent.
Interfler is one of the regular research groups in the section Swedish and Scandinavian Languages in the Department of Swedish and Multilingualism. The group consists of researchers with interests in interaction and multilingualism, both in everyday life and different public domains such as education and working life.
The International and Comparative Education Research group focuses on the intersection between theory, policy and pedagogy applied to the comparative and international inquiry of global educational issues.
We investigate cognition and processes in interpreting, subtitling and translation. This involves studying advanced language use, the brain, executive functions, and cognitive and social processes in interpreting and translation.