2023-present: Project Researcher in Political Science, Södertörn University, part-time
2018-present: Professor of Political Science, Dalarna University
2012: Associate Professor of Political Science, Dalarna University
2006: PhD in Political Science, Örebro University
2000: Master in Political Science, Örebro University
2010-2018: Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Dalarna University
2009-2010: Post-doc in Political Science, Örebro University
2006-2009: Researcher/Substitute Lecturer in Political Science, Örebro University
2000-2006: PhD Student, Örebro University
2025/03: Guest lecturer, Charles University, Prague
2023/05: Guest lecturer, Sapienza University, Rome.
2018/11: Guest researcher/teacher, Charles University, Prague
2017/05: Guest researcher, University of Bergen
2016/05: Guest researcher, University of Bergen
Comparative politics, thesis supervision, social science methods, international relations, democratization, bachelor and master levels. About 8000-9000 hrs of teaching at different programmes, courses and levels.
Maarika Kujanen, Tampere University (co-supervisor)
Veronica De Majo, Örebro University (co-supervisor)
Jenny Åberg, Örebro University (main supervisor, PhD Defense 2020)
Eva Hämberg, Örebro University (main supervisor, PhD Defense 2017)
Erik Lundberg, Örebro University (co-supervisor, PhD Defense 2014)
Comparative politics, democratisation, political institutions, executive politics, Central and Eastern Europe, presidentialism, parliamentarism, semi-presidentialism, political parties.
2023-2026: The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen): "Semi-Presidential Shifts in the Shadow of Russia: Executive Power and Party Behavior in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukarine" (Project Leader/PI).
2020-2024: Academy of Finland: "Taming the Presidents? Exploring the Links between Presidential Activism, Policy-Making Capacity and Regime Legitimacy" (Participant)
2015: East European Politics Prize 2013 (Best article award EEP)
2014-2018: Swedish Research Council (VR): “Semi-Presidentialism and Governability in Transitional Regimes” (Project leader)
2012-2015: Forte: ”Social tillsyn i teori och praktik” (Participant)
2006-2010: Swedish Research Council (VR): “The Dynamics of Hybrid Regimes” (Participant)
2021-present: Chair of the ECPR Standing Group on Presidential Politics.
2017-2026: Panel and/or Section leader, annual ECPR General Conference.
2023/04/24-2023/04/28: Workshop leader (with Tapio Raunio) ”Presidents, Governments, and Policymaking”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Toulouse.
2023/02/09 Examining Committee Member, Natia Gamkrelidze’s PhD Dissertation “Reimagining Georgia”, Linnaeus University, Växjö.
2022/03/22: Table discussion on politics and democracy in Ukraine, SVT, Utrikesbyrån.
2020-2021: Research Director of the Research Profile Intercultural Studies (ISTUD), DU.
2020-2023: Member of the Dalarna University Board.
2019-2021: Vice Chairman, Doctoral Program Board, DU.
2018-2019: Expert Investigator for International IDEA and the Center for Constitutional Transitions, Berkely Univ. Final Report: Choudhry, S., Sedelius, T. & Kyrychenko, J. 2018. “Semi-Presidentialism and Inclusive Government in Ukraine: Reflections for Constitutional Reform”. Stockholm: International IDEA and Kyiv: Centre of Policy and Legal Reform.
2017-2019: Head Representative [Ämnesföreträdare] of Political Science Department, DU
2014-15: Faculty Dean, DU.