Mikael Persson

@chdausgaard Congratulations! Send a copy to Gothenburg if you have any left!

I've defended my PhD! 🎉 ...back in November. I never quite got around to posting about it, but here we are! The full thesis is available on my website: chdausgaard.github.io Two of its four articles will soon be out in the AJPS and JOP. 1/

@mlewisbeck You are too kind!

A stalwart bunch of top scholars!

The ambitious people of the Gothenburg Research Group on Elections, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior (GEPOP) 2026!

Glad to share this entry on "Responsiveness" that Anders Sundell and I wrote for the @ipsa.org Companion to Political Science. Thanks to Daniel Stockemer, Stephen Sawyer and Audrey Gagnon for editing. link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/97…

🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with Jennifer Oser, Ruth Dassonneville, @ProfPersson , and Anders Sundell. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The connection between public opinion & policy adoption across 40 countries is stronger for citizens active in multiple types of nonelectoral political activity, though voters are only slightly better represented than non-voters link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Vi har för många byråkrater som ägnar sig åt så abstrakta arbetsuppgifter att de inte ens klarar att beskriva sin egen verksamhet på begriplig svenska. gp.se/ledare/gotebor…

Noah Christoffersson gör 18:e mål för säsongen när ÖIS tar ledningen mot GIF Sundsvall! 🔴🔵 📲 Se matchen på HBO Max

Power endures not through dramatic shifts, but through the steady accumulation of small advantages that lock the status quo in place. (6)

Drawing on data from 43 countries and more than 130 policy issues, we show that high-income citizens’ advantage stems largely from their satisfaction with preserving the status quo. (5)

New in Policy Studies Journal: Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence (with Anders Sundell) (1) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ps…

Hur hade valet 2022 egentligen slutat om samtliga väljare röstat på det parti som de tyckte var bäst? Läs mer på Valforskningsprogrammets hemsida! gu.se/valforskningsp…

The 5th Nordic Political Behavior Workshop in Trondheim!

Call for proposals! Vi bjuder in forskare att ge förslag på frågor som ska ingå i Valundersökningen 2026. Läs mer på vår hemsida gu.se/en/swedish-nat…

New paper with Anders Sundell published in West European Politics: Ideological bias in policy implementation: public opinion and policy outcomes in 43 democracies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📢 Call for proposals: Submit survey module ideas for inclusion in the Swedish National Election Study 2026. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 👉 gu.se/en/swedish-nat… #SNES2026 #electionstudies

Som sagt 383 dagar kvar till nästa val i Sverige. Valforskningsprogrammet planerar en stor nationell valundersökning, den 32:a i ordningen sedan 1956. Sprid vår inbjudan att lämna förslag på frågor att ställa till de svenska väljarna i samband med valet. gu.se/en/swedish-nat…