Thomas Sedelius

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  

• Demokratikontraktet: Samarbetsavtal mellan Falu kommun och Högskolan Dalarna om lokal demokratiutveckling
  2016-10-01
• Interreligiöst råd i Borlänge (IRIB)
  2016-10-01
• Semipresidentialism och regeringskapacitet i transitionsländer
  2015-01-01
• Social tillsyn i retorik och praktik
  2011-12-08

• Sedelius, Thomas, Linde, Jonas. Unravelling Semi-Presidentialism : Democracy and Government Performance in Four Distinct Regime Types, Democratization, 2018, Vol. 25, No. 1, 136-157. Artikel : refereegranskat.
• Sedelius, Thomas, Åberg, Jenny. Eastern Europe’s semi-presidential regimes, Ingår i: Routledge Handbooks, Routledge, 2018. Kapitel av bok.
• Choudhry, Sujit, Sedelius, Thomas, Kyrychenko, Julia. Semi-presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine : Reflections for Constitutional Reform, 2018. Rapport.
• Åberg, Jenny, Sedelius, Thomas. A Structured Review of Semi-Presidential Studies : Debates, Results, and Missing Pieces, British Journal of Political Science, 2018. Artikel : refereegranskat.
• Axelson, Tomas, Hansson, Ulf, Sedelius, Thomas, Axelson, Tomas (red), Stier, Jonas (red). Från privatsak till politisk kraft? : Borlänges interreligiösa råd och förväntningar på religion som resurs i lokalsamhället, Interkulturellt utvecklingscentrum Dalarna (IKUD), 2018. Rapport.