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Department of Global Political Studies
Political Studies
The environment at the department is characterised by global perspectives and internationalisation. The main focus of our research is on global processes and their implications for power, security, justice and development. We provide courses and study programmes in both Swedish and English and our students come from all over the world.
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News | Published: 30 June 2026
Anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice are linked
Anti-Semitic attitudes and beliefs in Sweden are strongly linked...
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News | Published: 25 March 2026
The future of the EU, our species, and an AI overload – a Malmö University academic is in discussions
Researcher Michael Strange has participated in discussions on th...
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News | Published: 13 March 2026
Sovereignty without territory
After several years under occupation, the people of eastern...
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News | Published: 17 December 2025
New database to provide better knowledge about inclusion and discrimination in Malmö
Migration researchers at Malmö University are developing a new...
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News | Published: 2 October 2025
Sweden risks losing top position in international integration index
Swedish integration policy has long been at the top of...
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News | Published: 25 September 2025
The abortion struggle in Ireland – a victory with a bitter taste
Ireland repealed its abortion ban in 2018 – a victory that was...
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News | Published: 18 September 2025
Communicating climate change – without losing the audience
How can we foster genuine understanding of the consequences of...
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News | Published: 4 September 2025
ERC grants millions to research on the human rights of undocumented migrants
Researcher Jacob Lind has been awarded a SEK 17 million Starting...
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News | Published: 29 April 2025
Trump's trade tariffs: “The really big battlefield is AI”
The US has been using its market to influence the domestic...
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News | Published: 15 April 2025
MIM: researching the drivers and consequences of migration
There is a lot going on at the Malmö Institute for Migration...
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News | Published: 24 March 2025
New online journal on migration studies for a broad audience
The Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) is launching an...
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News | Published: 21 March 2025
Moving on after the threat of deportation as a child
Children who have grown up with the threat of deportation carry...
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News | Published: 5 February 2025
How Georgian villagers halted construction of power plants
Even if both the government and big business are behind a major...
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News | Published: 27 November 2024
Shedding light on propaganda and enemy images
What happens when a negative image of ‘the other’ takes hold in...
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News | Published: 6 November 2024
Tourism must become more inclusive
Tourism has been criticised for being both primarily targeted at...
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News | Published: 21 May 2024
Highly-respected Russian academic is new honorary doctor
Prominent political scientist Professor Vladimir Gel'man, highly...
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News | Published: 10 April 2024
Recruiters selected non-White applicants in experimental study
Recruiters mainly chose to proceed with Black female applicants...
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News | Published: 8 February 2024
The art of seductive corporate conferences
Who are we representing when we attend a conference: the company...
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News | Published: 3 January 2024
New model to better anticipate refugee patterns
More sources and unconventional data can make it better to...
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News | Published: 20 December 2023
National myths strengthen Putin's position
Myths about Russia's predestined great power status are an...
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Seminar , 1 October | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Migrationsseminarium: Race, Interests, and Perceptions in International Migration: A Review
Thursday 1 October, 13:15 - 15:00 -
Seminar , 15 October | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Migration seminar: What does it mean to pay legal immigrants to leave liberal democracies?
Thursday 15 October, 13:15 - 15:00 -
Seminar , 10 September | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Migration seminar: What happens when exceptional migration measures become embeded
Thursday 10 September, 13:15 - 15:00 -
Seminar , 3 September | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Migration seminar: A Long Journey Home
Thursday 3 September, 13:15 - 15:00 -
Event , 28 August | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Nailing of thesis – Hilda Gustafsson
Friday 28 August, 13:15 - 14:00 -
Dissertation defence , 18 September | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Dissertation defence – Hilda Gustafsson
Friday 18 September, 10:15 - 13:00 -
Seminar , 24 September | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Migration seminar: Becoming the Road: Migrant-Made Infrastructures
Thursday 24 September, 13:15 - 15:00 -
Seminar , 17 September | FACULTY OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Planning seminar: Selective Translation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Thursday 17 September, 13:15 - 15:00
Education
Courses and study programmes at the Department of Global Political Studies are interdisciplinary and several are taught in English. We offer several bachelor’s programmes and master's programmes, as well as a wide range of freestanding courses.
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 creditsEuropean Studies - Politics, Societies and Cultures, Bachelor's Programme
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 creditsHuman Rights
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 creditsInternational Migration and Ethnic Relations
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 creditsInternational Relations
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Programme, bachelor’s level | 180 creditsPeace and Conflict Studies
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Programme, grundnivå | 180 hpStatsvetenskap: Politik, organisation och ledning, kandidatprogram
31 augusti 2026 - 3 juni 2029
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Programme, master’s level | 60 creditsInternational Migration and Ethnic Relations, Master's Programme (One-Year)
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Programme, master’s level | 120 creditsInternational Migration and Ethnic Relations, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
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Programme, master’s level | 60 creditsPolitical Science: Global Politics and Societal Change, Master's Programme (One-Year)
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Programme, master’s level | 120 creditsPolitical Science: Global Politics, Master's Programme (Two-year)
Various start and end dates
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Course, bachelor’s level | 30 creditsCaucasus Studies
31 August 2026 - 17 January 2027Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 creditsClimate Change and Global Politics
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Course, grundnivå | 30 hpFörvaltningsrätt
18 januari 2027 - 6 juni 2027 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 15 creditsGeorgian I
31 August 2026 - 17 January 2027Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 creditsInternational Peace and Security - Public International Law and International Politics
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Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 creditsKey Global Institutions of the 2020s: Defending Democracy or Breaking the System?
5 October 2026 - 29 November 2026 -
Course, master’s level | 30 creditsProblems and Questions in Contemporary IMER Research
31 August 2026 - 17 January 2027Open for application -
Course, bachelor’s level | 7,5 creditsPublic International Law
9 November 2026 - 17 January 2027Open for application -
Course, grundnivå | 30 hpStatsvetenskap I
31 augusti 2026 - 17 januari 2027 -
Course, bachelor’s level | 30 creditsThe Law and Practice of the United Nations - Model United Nations
18 January 2027 - 6 June 2027
Research
Global Political Studies is an interdisciplinary department with research on politics, power relations and the construction of identity in local, national, international and global contexts. We focus on organisations, governance, policy instruments and decision-making processes, and also studies of international migration and migration-related social issues.
Researchers, publications and research projects
Christofer Berglund
Inge Dahlstedt
Christian Fernandez
Peter Hallberg
Astrid Hedin
Anders Hellström
Nahikari Irastorza
Mona Lilja
Victor Lundberg
Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir
Anders Melin
Sayaka Osanami Törngren
Haodong Qi
Brigitte Suter
Magdalena Ulceluse
Karen Ravn Vestergaard
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Katarina Mozetic
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2026 | Article in journal
Who gets seen? Racial representation on Swedish primetime television
Sayaka Osanami Törngren
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2026 | Article in journal
What is socially constructed about race? A cross-national study of racial perception and categorization
Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Marcus Nyström, Emi Moriuchi
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2026 | Article in journal
From Just Price to Resilient Markets - Unfair Pricing and Digital Market Abuses in EU Competition Law and Policy
Behrang Kianzad
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2026 | Article in journal
Gender Pay Equity and Social Sustainability: Perspectives From Ukrainian Energy Companies
Mariia Tyshchenko, Anastasiya Virkovska, Tetiana Dluhopolska, Denys Verba
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2026 | Report
Climate transitions in collaboration
Alicia Smedberg, Per Linde, Anders Melin
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2026 | Conference paper
Public sector's climate commoning and infrastructural care
Alicia Smedberg, Per Linde, Anders Melin, Joakim Nordqvist
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2026 | Article in journal
Migrant by Proxy: How Big Data Defines and Redefines Human Mobility
Tuba Bircan, Alina Sîrbu, Haodong Qi, Carlos Arcila Calderón, Albert Ali Salah
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2026 | Chapter in book
'Translocal-By-Necessity: Ethnographic Film-Making During Conflict and Displacement
Josepha Wessels, Brigitte Suter
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2026 | Chapter in book
Straddling Lives: Protection Holders Living Between Germany and Ukraine
Katarina Mozetič, Larissa Kokonowskyj
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2026 | Article in journal
Personal Names in Swedish Academia: Ambiguities of Difference from the Perspective of Postmigration
Maja Povrzanovic Frykman, Eleonora Narvselius
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Research projectFighting for Rights: Ukraine's Rainbow Soldiers and the Politics of Citizenship
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Research projectThe right to give rights. Welfare professionals as guardians of undocumented migrants’ human rights.
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Research projectTowards A Working Definition of Fairness in Digital & AI Markets
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Research projectWorkshops on the study of the civil service in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova
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Research projectDigitalisation meets Integration: Delving into the Unexplored Dynamics of Refugee Remote Work
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Research projectHuman Rights Mobilisation of Welfare Professionals Against the Informers Act - Arguments, Strategies and Practices (HUMASP)
jacob.lind@mau.se -
Research projectClimate transitions in interaction
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Research projectPracticing Hope: Challenging myths and changing narratives of youth in super-diverse urban communities (YouHope)
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Research projectFrom Compliance to Competitiveness: Swedish Organizations and CSRD’s Social Sustainability Mandates
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Research projectBUILDS-UP: Building Universal and Inclusive Local Design - a Swedish-Ukrainian Partnership
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Research projectGendered norms and practices in Nordic and Baltic Climate Policy Institutions: Implication for the Climate Transition
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Research projectThe politics of mineral extraction: Ghana's Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector in perspective
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Research projectEveryday borders: Cross-border domestic workers in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla
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Research projectRacialized emotional labour in Swedish welfare organisations
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Research projectEmbodied Memory in Post-violence Contexts. Circassians - A Transnational Analysis
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Research projectDeath and dying under military occupation: asserting sovereignty in Palestine, Georgia and Western Sahara
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Research project"EqualAct" Equal chances in active labour market program placements for different groups? Examining decision making in the Swedish PES
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Research projectNew perspectives on the electoral participation of immigrants in Sweden
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Research projectA comparative study of right-wing extremist attitudes and group-focused enmity in Sweden, Poland, and Germany (REA)
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Research project"Ghetto Uber" in Detroit: A transdisciplinary approach to studying community-led transport solutions in unequal cities
stephen.marr@mau.se -
Research projectFuture Society and Democracy in Europe
michael.strange@mau.se -
Research projectClimate-Induced Migration in Africa and Beyond: Big Data and Predictive Analytics (CLIMB)
haodong.qi@mau.se -
Research projectCoping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism (VORTEX)
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Research projectWorkers Divided: Solidarities, Social Reproduction, and Contradictions of Migrant Labour in Danish Trade Unionism
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Research projectPlanning for Integration: Landscapes of Power in Borderland Governance
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Research projectConscription as Political Socialization in Divided Societies? Evidence from post-Soviet Estonia and post-independence Finland
christofer.berglund@mau.se
Research environments
Research groups
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Research group
Public Administration and Politics
Public administration is a crucial but neglected aspect of liberal democracy as well as authoritarian rule, at the national as well as transnational and international levels.
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Research group
AI Politics Hub
Since 2020 the AI Politics Hub has provided an interdisciplinary environment for research and teaching on the politics and political-economy of artificial intelligence.
Research subjects and doctoral education
Contact us
Do you have questions concerning your application, eligibility or the selection process?
Contact the Admission Office via admissions@mau.se or telephone number +46 40 665 75 00.
For study administrative questions contact the study administrators at gpsstudent@mau.se
For study and career counselling contact the study and career advisors at the faculty.
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Mona Lilja – Associate Professor/Head of department/Professor
mona.lilja@mau.se
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Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Deputy head of the department
gunnhildur.lily.magnusdottir@mau.se
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Inge Dahlstedt – Unit manager/Senior lecturer
Head of unit: International Migration and Ethnic Relations
inge.dahlstedt@mau.se
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Peter Hallberg – Associate Professor/Unit manager/Senior lecturer
Head of unit: Global and regional studies
peter.hallberg@mau.se
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Johan Modée – Unit manager/Senior lecturer
Head of unit: Politics, rights and organisation
johan.modee@mau.se
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Frida Hallqvist – Administrative officer
The department's administration and services (not study administration)
frida.hallqvist@mau.se
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Martin Gagner – Programme coordinator
The department's administration and services (not study administration)
martin.gagner@mau.se
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Chahaya Torlegård – Administrative officer
The department's administration and services (not study administration)
chahaya.torlegard@mau.se
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Alexander Borggren – Administrator
The department's administration and services (not study administration)
alexander.borggren@mau.se
Christofer Berglund
Inge Dahlstedt
Christian Fernandez
Peter Hallberg
Astrid Hedin
Anders Hellström
Nahikari Irastorza
Mona Lilja
Victor Lundberg
Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir
Anders Melin
Sayaka Osanami Törngren
Haodong Qi
Brigitte Suter
Magdalena Ulceluse