Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Sedelius
ORCID: 0000-0001-6594-5804
Academic degrees and titles
Professor of Political Science, Dalarna University, 2018/04/01--
Associate Professor (docent) in Political Science, Dalarna University, 2012/06/01
PhD in Political Science, Örebro University, 2006/06/21
Master in Politics, Örebro University, 2000/10
Research areas: comparative politics, democratisation, political institutions, Central and Eastern Europe, presidentialism, parliamentarism, semi-presidentialism, presidents, prime ministers, political parties.
Teaching: comparative politics, thesis supervision, social science methods, international relations, democratization, and more. About 6000 hours of teaching at different courses and levels (2000--).
PhD-supervision: Jenny Åberg (main supervisor 2015-), Veronica De Majo (co-supervisor, 2011-), Eva Hämberg (main supervisor, PhD 2017), Erik Lundberg (co-supervisor, PhD 2014).
Grants and awards:
2015: East European Politics Prize 2013, (Best article award 2013)
2014: Swedish Research Council (VR): 5.7 MSEK, “Semi-Presidentialism and Governability in Transitional Regimes” (project leader, main applicant))
2012: Forte 2.9 MSEK, ”Social tillsyn i teori och praktik” (co-applicant)
2006: Swedish Research Council (VR): 3.4 MSEK “The Dynamics of Hybrid Regimes” (co-applicant)
Commission of trust 2010- :
2017-2020: Member of the Dalarna University Board
2010-14, 2017-: Head Representative [Ämnesföreträdare] of Political Science Department, DU
2017-: Vice Research Director [bitr. forskningsledare] for the Research Profile Intercultural Studies (ISTUD), DU
2015-: Steering Committe Member of the ECPR SG on Presidential Politics
2014-15: Faculty Dean, DU
2012-14: Faculty vice Dean, DU
Research projects
Publications
- . Semi-Presidential Policy-Making in Europe : Executive Coordination and Political Leadeship, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Book.
- . Shifting Power-Centres of Semi-Presidentialism : Exploring Executive Coordination in Lithuania, Government and Opposition, 2019, Vol. 54, No. 4, 637-660. Article : refereed.
- . Presidents and Cabinets : Coordinating Executive Leadership in Premier-Presidential Regimes, Political Studies Review, 2019. Article : refereed.
- . Institutions, Coordination, and Leadership, Part of: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Chapter of book.
- . The Semi-Presidential Cases in Comparative Context, Part of: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Chapter of book.
- . Formal Coordination Mechanisms, Part of: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Chapter of book.
- . Informal Avenues of Influence, Part of: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Chapter of book.
- . Decision-Making in Foreign and Security Policies and EU Affairs, Part of: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Chapter of book.
- . Semi-Presidential Systems, Oxford Bibliographies, 2019.
- . Semi-Presidentialism and Governability in Transitional Regimes : Final Project Report, 2019. Report.
- . A Structured Review of Semi-Presidential Studies : Debates, Results, and Missing Pieces, British Journal of Political Science, 2018. Article : refereed.
- . Från privatsak till politisk kraft? : Borlänges interreligiösa råd och förväntningar på religion som resurs i lokalsamhället, Interkulturellt utvecklingscentrum Dalarna (IKUD), 2018. Report.
- . Den komplexa frågan kring religionens roll, Dala-Demokraten, 2018, No. 7 feb. Article : popular science.
- . Semi-presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine : Reflections for Constitutional Reform, 2018. Report.
- . Eastern Europe’s semi-presidential regimes, Part of: Routledge Handbooks, Routledge, 2018. Chapter of book.
- . Unravelling Semi-Presidentialism : Democracy and Government Performance in Four Distinct Regime Types, Democratization, 2018, Vol. 25, No. 1, 136-157. Article : refereed.
- . Falu dialogguide : En vägledning till medborgardialog, 2017. Report.
- . Between Institutions and Personalities : Determinants of Trust in the Baltic Presidents, 2017. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Studying semi-presidentialism : A systematic review of research directions and future challenges, 2016. Conference paper : refereed.
- . A Systematic Review of Semi-Presidential Studies : Struggling to Move beyond Linz, 2016. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Inspection of social services in Sweden : a comparative analysis of the use and adjustment of standards, Nordic Social Work Research, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 2, 138-151. Article : refereed.
- . Unpacking Semi-Presidentialism : Government performance and democracy in four different regime types, Swepsa 2016 : 2016. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Review : Cohabitation and conflicting politics in French policymaking, 2016.
- . Ukrainas konstitutionella sicksackande : Regimförändring och partiutveckling under semipresidentialism, Nordisk Østforum, 2016, Vol. 30, No. 1, 18-37. Article : refereed.
- . Semi-presidential shifts in Ukraine : institutional perils and party presidentialization, 2015. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Party presidentialization in Ukraine, Part of: The presidentialization of political parties, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Chapter of book.
- . Demokratiseringsprocesser : Nya perspektiv och utmaningar, Studentlitteratur, 2014. Book.
- . National Linkages and Ambiguous EU Approaches among European Civil Society Organisations, Journal of Contemporary European Research, 2014, Vol. 10, No. 3, 322-336. Article : refereed.
- . Recension av Russisk Politikk, Universitetsforlaget, 2014.
- . Regime Dynamics and Semi-Presidentialism in Ukraine, 2014. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Issues of Regime Change and Semi-Presidentialism in Ukraine, 2014. Conference paper.
- . Two Decades of Semi-Presidentialism : Issues of Intra-Executive Conflict in Central and Eastern Europe 1991-2011, East European Politics, 2013, Vol. 29, No. 2, 109-134. Article : refereed.
- . Towards Presidential Rule in Ukraine : Hybrid Regime Dynamics under Semi-Presidentialism, Baltic Journal of Law and Politics, 2012, Vol. 5, No. 1, 20-45. Article : refereed.
- . A Troubled Tandem? : Character and Issues of Intra-Executive Conflict under Semi-Presidentialism, 2012. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Turning the Clock Backwards? : Hybrid Regime Dynamics in Post-Orange Ukraine, Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA) : 2011. Conference paper.
- . E-deltagande som medborgerligt och politiskt projekt, Part of: Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet, Örebro universitet, 2011. Chapter of book.
- . Twenty Years of Semi-Presidentialism : Intra-Executive Conflict in Eastern Europe 1991-2010, CBEES: Political Leadership and Changes of Power in the Baltic Sea Region : 2011. Conference paper.
- . Representativ demokrati 2.0 : En utvärdering av Malmöinitiativet och Malmöpanelen, 2010. Report.
- . Intra-Executive Conflict and Cabinet Instability : Effects of Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Government and Opposition, 2010, Vol. 45, No. 4, 505-530. Article : refereed.
- . Politiska utmaningar : Demokratienkäten 2004, Part of: Studier i folkhälsovetenskap, Örebro universitet, 2010. Chapter of book.
- . Indikatorer för hållbar välfärdsutveckling på stadsdelsnivå, Part of: Studier i folkhälsovetenskap, Örebro universitet, 2010. Chapter of book.
- . Individer, inte partier! : Politikens presidentialisering och starka politiska ledare, Part of: Politik, protest, populism: Deltagande på nya villkor, Liber, 2010. Chapter of book.
- . Presidentmakt och parlamentarism i Östeuropa, Part of: Det nya Östeuropa - stat och nation i förändring, Studentlitteratur, 2009. Chapter of book.
- . Semi-Presidential Perils : Trends and Issues of Intra-Executive Conflict in Eastern Europe, Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte 2009 : 2009. Conference paper.
- . Demokrati eller presidentdiktatur? : Konstitutionella vägval i postkommunistiska länder, Nordisk Østforum, 2008, Vol. 22, No. 2, 141-161. Article : refereed.
- . The Tug-of-War between Presidents and Prime Ministers : Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, VDM Verlag, 2008. Book.
- . Från sovjetrepublik till presidentdiktatur, Part of: Samtidigt i Vitryssland, KIC, 2008. Chapter of book.
- . Dilemmas of Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA) Conference : 2008. Conference paper.
- . Hybridregimer : Förändrade förutsättningar för demokrati och demokratibistånd, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2007, Vol. 109, No. 2, 133-137. Article : refereed.
- . Välfärdsutveckling på stadsdelsnivå : Baronbackarna i Örebro, Dalhem i Helsingborg, Hageby i Norrköping och Pettersberg i Västerås, 2007. Report.
- . The Tug-of-War between Presidents and Prime Ministers : Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Örebro Studies in Political Science, 2006. Doctoral thesis.
- . Alternatives to Democracy : The Resilience of Elitist and Authoritarian Preferences in Central and Eastern Europe, Part of: Central Europe Beyond Double Enlargement, Lithuanian Political Science Association, 2004. Chapter of book.
- . Pro-premiär eller pro-president? : Om distinktionen mellan parlamentarism, presidentialism och semi-presidentialism, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2002, Vol. 105, No. 4, 273-295. Article : refereed.
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