
Personlig presentation av Thomas Sedelius
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. 6000+ hrs of teaching at different programmes, courses and levels (2000--).
PhD-supervision: Maarika Kujanen (co-supervisor, 2020-), Jenny Åberg (main supervisor, PhD 2020), Veronica De Majo (co-supervisor, 2011-), Eva Hämberg (main supervisor, PhD 2017), Erik Lundberg (co-supervisor, PhD 2014).
Grants and awards:
2020: Academy of Finland, 480 000 EUR: "Taming the Presidents? Exploring the Links between Presidential Activism, Policy-Making Capacity and Regime Legitimacy" (co-applicant, PI: Tapio Raunio, Tampere University)
2015: East European Politics Prize 2013, (Best article award )
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 2012- :
2020-: Research Director [forskningsledare] of the Research Profile Intercultural Studies (ISTUD), DU
2019--: Vice Chairman, Doctoral Programmes Board [Forskarutbildningsnämnden], DU
2017-2020, 2020-2022: Member of the Dalarna University Board
2010-14, 2017-2019: Head Representative [Ämnesföreträdare] of Political Science Department, DU
2017-2019: Deputy Research Director [bitr. forskningsledare] of 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
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Sedelius
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=s0EL-4AAAAAJ&hl=sv&oi=ao
- Presidents between National Unity and Ethnic Divisions : Public Trust across the Baltic States, Journal of Baltic Studies, 2020. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Presidents and Cabinets : Coordinating Executive Leadership in Premier-Presidential Regimes, Political Studies Review, 2020, Vol. 18, No. 1, 53-70. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Semi-Presidential Policy-Making in Europe : Executive Coordination and Political Leadeship, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Bok. .
- A Structured Review of Semi-Presidential Studies : Debates, Results, and Missing Pieces, British Journal of Political Science, 2020, Vol. 50, No. 3, 1111-1136. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Vägen till arbete för invandrade akademiker? : En utvärdering av kursen Korta vägen i Dalarna 2019, Interkulturellt utvecklingscentrum Dalarna (IKUD), 2020. Rapport. .
- Shifting Power-Centres of Semi-Presidentialism : Exploring Executive Coordination in Lithuania, Government and Opposition, 2019, Vol. 54, No. 4, 637-660. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Institutions, Coordination, and Leadership, Ingår i: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Kapitel av bok. .
- The Semi-Presidential Cases in Comparative Context, Ingår i: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Kapitel av bok. .
- Formal Coordination Mechanisms, Ingår i: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Kapitel av bok. .
- Informal Avenues of Influence, Ingår i: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Kapitel av bok. .
- Decision-Making in Foreign and Security Policies and EU Affairs, Ingår i: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Kapitel av bok. .
- Semi-Presidential Systems, Oxford Bibliographies, 2019. .
- Semi-Presidentialism and Governability in Transitional Regimes : Final Project Report, 2019. Rapport. .
- Från privatsak till politisk kraft? : Borlänges interreligiösa råd och förväntningar på religion som resurs i lokalsamhället, Interkulturellt utvecklingscentrum Dalarna (IKUD), 2018. Rapport. .
- Den komplexa frågan kring religionens roll, Dala-Demokraten, 2018, No. 7 feb. Artikel : populärvetenskaplig. .
- Semi-presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine : Reflections for Constitutional Reform, 2018. Rapport. .
- Unravelling Semi-Presidentialism : Democracy and Government Performance in Four Distinct Regime Types, Democratization, 2018, Vol. 25, No. 1, 136-157. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Eastern Europe’s semi-presidential regimes, Ingår i: Routledge Handbooks, Routledge, 2018. Kapitel av bok. .
- Falu dialogguide : En vägledning till medborgardialog, 2017. Rapport. .
- Between Institutions and Personalities : Determinants of Trust in the Baltic Presidents, 2017. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- 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. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Unpacking Semi-Presidentialism : Government performance and democracy in four different regime types, Swepsa 2016 : 2016. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- 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. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Studying semi-presidentialism : A systematic review of research directions and future challenges, 2016. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- A Systematic Review of Semi-Presidential Studies : Struggling to Move beyond Linz, 2016. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- Semi-presidential shifts in Ukraine : institutional perils and party presidentialization, 2015. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- Party presidentialization in Ukraine, Ingår i: The presidentialization of political parties, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Kapitel av bok. .
- Demokratiseringsprocesser : Nya perspektiv och utmaningar, Studentlitteratur, 2014. Bok. .
- National Linkages and Ambiguous EU Approaches among European Civil Society Organisations, Journal of Contemporary European Research, 2014, Vol. 10, No. 3, 322-336. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Recension av Russisk Politikk, Universitetsforlaget, 2014. .
- Regime Dynamics and Semi-Presidentialism in Ukraine, 2014. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- Issues of Regime Change and Semi-Presidentialism in Ukraine, 2014. Konferensbidrag. .
- 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. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Towards Presidential Rule in Ukraine : Hybrid Regime Dynamics under Semi-Presidentialism, Baltic Journal of Law and Politics, 2012, Vol. 5, No. 1, 20-45. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- A Troubled Tandem? : Character and Issues of Intra-Executive Conflict under Semi-Presidentialism, 2012. Konferensbidrag : refereegranskat. .
- Turning the Clock Backwards? : Hybrid Regime Dynamics in Post-Orange Ukraine, Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA) : 2011. Konferensbidrag. .
- 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. Konferensbidrag. .
- E-deltagande som medborgerligt och politiskt projekt, Ingår i: Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet, Örebro universitet, 2011. Kapitel av bok. .
- 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. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Politiska utmaningar : Demokratienkäten 2004, Ingår i: Studier i folkhälsovetenskap, Örebro universitet, 2010. Kapitel av bok. .
- Indikatorer för hållbar välfärdsutveckling på stadsdelsnivå, Ingår i: Studier i folkhälsovetenskap, Örebro universitet, 2010. Kapitel av bok. .
- Individer, inte partier! : Politikens presidentialisering och starka politiska ledare, Ingår i: Politik, protest, populism: Deltagande på nya villkor, Liber, 2010. Kapitel av bok. .
- Representativ demokrati 2.0 : En utvärdering av Malmöinitiativet och Malmöpanelen, 2010. Rapport. .
- Presidentmakt och parlamentarism i Östeuropa, Ingår i: Det nya Östeuropa - stat och nation i förändring, Studentlitteratur, 2009. Kapitel av bok. .
- Semi-Presidential Perils : Trends and Issues of Intra-Executive Conflict in Eastern Europe, Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte 2009 : 2009. Konferensbidrag. .
- Demokrati eller presidentdiktatur? : Konstitutionella vägval i postkommunistiska länder, Nordisk Østforum, 2008, Vol. 22, No. 2, 141-161. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- The Tug-of-War between Presidents and Prime Ministers : Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, VDM Verlag, 2008. Bok. .
- Från sovjetrepublik till presidentdiktatur, Ingår i: Samtidigt i Vitryssland, KIC, 2008. Kapitel av bok. .
- Dilemmas of Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA) Conference : 2008. Konferensbidrag. .
- Hybridregimer : Förändrade förutsättningar för demokrati och demokratibistånd, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2007, Vol. 109, No. 2, 133-137. Artikel : refereegranskat. .
- Välfärdsutveckling på stadsdelsnivå : Baronbackarna i Örebro, Dalhem i Helsingborg, Hageby i Norrköping och Pettersberg i Västerås, 2007. Rapport. .
- The Tug-of-War between Presidents and Prime Ministers : Semi-Presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe, Örebro Studies in Political Science, 2006. Doktorsavhandling. .
- Alternatives to Democracy : The Resilience of Elitist and Authoritarian Preferences in Central and Eastern Europe, Ingår i: Central Europe Beyond Double Enlargement, Lithuanian Political Science Association, 2004. Kapitel av bok. .
- Pro-premiär eller pro-president? : Om distinktionen mellan parlamentarism, presidentialism och semi-presidentialism, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 2002, Vol. 105, No. 4, 273-295. Artikel : refereegranskat. .