The implementation of gender fair language is often associated with negative reactions and
hostile attacks on people who propose a change. This was also the case in Sweden in 2012 …

Does enhanced descriptive representation lead to substantive representation? Legislators
who share descriptive features with disadvantaged groups do not necessarily represent their …

Cultural backlash research explains voting for populist radical right (PRR) parties mostly by
socioeconomic factors and anti-immigration attitudes, neglecting the role of gender values …

Gender serves as a lens that makes visible important issues in the field of representation:
Whom do elected politicians represent? What is at stake in the parliamentary process? What …

Despite almost unanimous adherence to the principle of gender equality in contemporary
Denmark, a society with a long historical record of gender equality policies and almost 40 …

How do individual party representatives respond to direct policy requests from citizens when
the requests go against the party's position? In a survey experiment, 2,547 Swedish …

As new parties have emerged in Europe on the left and the right, they have placed pressure
on mainstream parties to adjust their issue positions and engage with new issues. This …

While a growing body of work suggests that women representatives are less likely to be
involved in corruption scandals, we know less about if changes in representation patterns …

Studies have widely documented that women's descriptive representation in parliaments
enhances their substantive representation. We probe this relationship under varying levels …

Forskning om politiker har en lång tradition vid Göteborgs universitet. Traditionellt har
riksdagsforskningen och kommunpolitikerforskningen dock bedrivits i olika miljöer och …