Global Politics
At Malmö University, the Global Politics research environment is rooted in fields such as Caucasus Studies, European Studies, Gender Studies, Human Rights, International Migration and Ethnic Relations, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Political Science.
Our researchers share a pluralistic understanding of agency and political contexts, recognising the growing number of actors in political arenas and how contemporary institutions and practices often extend political activity beyond the state’s domestic sphere.
A central focus is to broaden and deepen our understanding of power at global, regional, and local levels. Key questions also concern governance, democracy, and sustainable development.
Global Politics involves the analysis of transnational and international networks, relations, and institutions – political, social, economic, military, and cultural alike.
Christofer Berglund
Peter Hallberg
Astrid Hedin
Mona Lilja
Victor Lundberg
Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir
Anders Melin
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2026 | Article in journal
The Capability Approach as a Normative Framework for Urban Biodiversity Management: Strong Points and Unresolved Issues
Anders Melin
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2026 | Article in journal
Learning from Decline: The African Copperbelt, Detroit, and the Value of Unexpected Comparisons
Stephen Marr
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2025 | Book
Det omistliga: Om förlusten av mångfald i natur och kultur – och hur den kan återskapas
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Oscar Hemer
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2025 | Report
Who Shapes Climate Policy? Education and Gender in Nordic Climate Institutions
Wilma Henning, Viena Lahtinen, Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir, Saari Pikkala
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2025 | Report
Who Is Involved? Gender Representation in Northern European Climate Institutions
Wilma Henning, Viena Lahtinen, Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir, Viljia Šatienė, Nina Saviolidis
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2025 | Report
Using AI in Teaching at a Social Sciences Department
Michael Strange, Jess Haynie-Lavelle, Henrik Emilsson, Behrang Kianzad
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2025 | Article in journal
Cause without Rebels? Rise and Fall of the Talish-Mughan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan
Christofer Berglund, Karli-Jo Storm
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2025 | Article in journal
Why Ukraine should avoid copying Finland's 1944 path to peace with Moscow
Bo Petersson
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2025 | Conference paper
Cohesion and Intergroup Relations in the Estonian Defense Forces
Jason Lyall, Christofer Berglund, Kairi Kasearu, Eleri Lillemäe
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2025 | Article in journal
Why do countries resettle refugees? An analysis of Sweden's commitment to refugee resettlement
Henrik Emilsson
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Research projectFighting for Rights: Ukraine's Rainbow Soldiers and the Politics of Citizenship
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Research project
The right to give rights. Welfare professionals as guardians of undocumented migrants’ human rights.
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Research project
Experiences and Expectations of Work among Ugandan LGBT+ Activists: Imaginaries of Decent Work Futures in a Global, Mobile & Connected World
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Research project
Towards A Working Definition of Fairness in Digital & AI Markets
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Research project
Workshops on the study of the civil service in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova
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Research project
Human Rights Mobilisation of Welfare Professionals Against the Informers Act - Arguments, Strategies and Practices (HUMASP)
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Research project
Practicing Hope: Challenging myths and changing narratives of youth in super-diverse urban communities (YouHope)
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Research project
Gendered norms and practices in Nordic and Baltic Climate Policy Institutions: Implication for the Climate Transition
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Research project
Everyday borders: Cross-border domestic workers in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla
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Research project
The politics of mineral extraction: Ghana's Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector in perspective
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Research project
Death and dying under military occupation: asserting sovereignty in Palestine, Georgia and Western Sahara
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Research project
New perspectives on the electoral participation of immigrants in Sweden
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Research project
"Ghetto Uber" in Detroit: A transdisciplinary approach to studying community-led transport solutions in unequal cities
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Research project
Future Society and Democracy in Europe
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Research project
Climate-Induced Migration in Africa and Beyond: Big Data and Predictive Analytics (CLIMB)
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Research project
Coping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism (VORTEX)
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Research project
European Solidarity, Institutional Changes in Migration Policy, and Adaptation Strategies: De-Othering and Social Integration of Refugees i...
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Research project
Organising with or against Formations of Migrant Labour? Challenges and New Directions for Labour Movements in Denmark and Beyond
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Research project
The Significance of the Congress for Cultural Freedom for the Cultural Cold War in the Nordic region, 1950-1967
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Research project | DOCTORAL PROJECT
Critical examination of repatriation programmes in the EU periphery: The case of Kosovo
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Research project
Planning for Integration: Landscapes of Power in Borderland Governance
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Research project
Conscription as Political Socialization in Divided Societies? Evidence from post-Soviet Estonia and post-independence Finland
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Research project
PHED - Precision Health and Everyday Democracy
Research environments
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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.
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Research group
Deepfake Democracy Project
The Deepfake Democracy Project is an interdisciplinary research initiative at Malmö University investigating how AI-generated video deepfakes threaten democratic resilience in European and Nordic contexts. Using a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) model...
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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.
