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Political sociology

Research group Political sociologists in our department use a variety of theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches, and data sources to examine both the political implications of social processes as well as the consequences of politics for social relations and patterns of stratification and inequality.

Political Sociology is the study of the relationship between society and politics. Research in this subfield is concerned with how aspects of society (e.g., social structure, inequality) affect political outcomes (e.g., values, attitudes, behavior, processes, policies) and how, in turn, these politics reinforce the status quo or promote change in society.

Political sociologists study a diversity of phenomena including sociopolitical values and attitudes, voting behavior, collective action and social movements, ideology and political parties, development and consequences of social policies, support for and effects of political institutions, social and political order, patterns of stratification and inequality and policy feedback effects. In our department, several research projects investigate such questions, especially in the following research areas:

Climate and Environmental Sociology
Racism, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Migration
Social Movements and Political Action
Social Policy and Welfare

Affiliated with the group

Andrea Bohman
Associate professor
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Maureen A. Eger
Associate professor
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Daniel Gabrielsson
Doctoral student
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Mikael Goossen
Associate professor
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Sanna Hardell
Doctoral student
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Ingemar Johansson Sevä
Associate professor
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Joakim Kulin
Associate professor
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Samuel Merrill
Associate professor
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Henrik Sigurdh
Doctoral student
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Ida Öun
Associate professor
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Research projects

The nature of tolerance and its consequences
While tolerance is considered necessary to achieve and maintain democracy, research on tolerance has been in a state of disarray. Theoretical and...
Type of project Research project
Duration 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2026
Latest update: 2024-09-19