Research grants

2025

The Kamprad Family Foundation

Designed for Acceptance – Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of Environmental Policy in Collaboration with Swedish Municipalities
The size of the project: 6 900 000 SEK.
Researchers: Magnus Bergquist, Department of Psychology (principal investigator), Sverker Jagers and Simon Källman, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

2024

The Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Thoughts from the grassroots of the school. Teachers attitudes to Gy25
The size of the project: 1 092 113 SEK.
Researchers: Anna Bendz ​ (principal investigator) Department of Political Science and Patrik Öhberg, The SOM Institute, University of Gothenburg.

NordForsk

Effects of Integration Policies on Long Run Outcomes in 3 Nordic Countries
The size of the project: 10 400 000 NOK.
Researchers: Andreas Kotsadam​ (principal investigator) and Iman Abu Zueiter, The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Kristen Kao and Jacob Sohlberg, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Henning Finseraas (NTNU), and Merlin Schaeffer, University of Copenhagen.

The Swedish Research Council

Debtors as voters: How does rising household debt impact political behaviour
The size of the project: 5 079 000 SEK.
Researchers: Mikael Persson, University of Gothenburg (principal investigator) and Paula Roth, Stockholm School of Economics.

Sexual corruption. Understanding, measuring and preventing abuse of power for sex
The size of the project: 17 996 000 SEK.
Researchers: Elin Bjarnegård, Uppsala University (principal investigator), Åsa Eldén, Uppsala University, Dolores Calvo, Uppsala University, Amy Alexander and Lena Wängnerud, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Silje Lundgren, Linköping University, and Sofia Jonsson, University of Bergen.

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond

MEDEM Laboratory of Data Linkage
The size of the project: 12 000 000 SEK.
Researcher: Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

Diasporas and foreign policy: A comparative analysis
The size of the project: 5 343 388 SEK.
Researchers: Lisbeth Aggestam, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg (principal investigator) and Isabell Schierenbeck, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.

FORTE

The Political Consequences When Jobs Disappear
The size of the project: 4 899 000 SEK.
Researchers: Johannes Lindvall, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg (principal investigator) and Orsa Kekezi, Stockholm University.

A sense of justice? Attitudes to punishment in Sweden
The size of the project: 4 986 000 SEK.
Researchers: Klara Hermansson, University of Gävle (principal investigator), Kristina Jerre, Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Tove Pettersson, Stockholm University, and Marie Demker, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.