About us/Contact

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The research group on power, politics and governance is based at Karlstad university, Sweden. It is run by a steering committee of four senior researchers in political science. Additionally, the group involves several PhD-students who conduct their research under supervision of the senior researchers.

An advisory board that convene with the PPG steering committee once every semester was formed in February 2026. The members of the board stay on for two years and will help provide valuable input for the research activities of PPG as well as the long term development of the group.

Steering committee

Tomas Mitander, tomas.mitander@kau.se
Research profile: https://www.kau.se/personal/tomas-mitander

Malin Rönnblom, malin.ronnblom@kau.se
Research profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/malin-ronnblom

David Scott, david.scott@kau.se
Research profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/david-scott

Andreas Öjehag, andreas.ojehag@kau.se
Research profile: https://www.kau.se/forskare/andreas-ojehag

advisory board

Regine Paul, Professor at the Department of Government, University of Bergen and Research Group Leader on “Technology and Statehood” at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne

Paul Stubbs, Senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics Zagreb

Rosalind Edwards, Professor of sociology at the University of Southampton

Lukas Smas, Associate Professor in human geography at Stockholm University

Colin Lorne, Senior Lecturer in geography at the Open University