Charles Parker
Professor of Political Science, @uu-polisci.bsky.social, Uppsala University 🇸🇪 • Climate Change • Crisis • Disasters • Global Environmental Politics • International Relations • Public Policy.
- Spoke to Swedish Radio about Trump's war on climate policy & research. The implications for climate action are significant. sverigesradio.se/artikel/president-trumps-ettariga-krig-mot-klimatet-demoniserar-forskare
- Infographic from our piece in Sweden's leading daily DN: In this election year, we argue Sweden needs both military defense AND crisis prep for natural hazards (extreme weather cost Europe €208B, 2021-2024). Both-and, not either-or. www.dn.se/debatt/sveri...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerNew debate article out! www.dn.se/debatt/sveri...
- New piece in DN Debatt with CNDS colleagues: Sweden needs both strong total defense AND crisis preparedness for natural hazards and pandemics. Storm Johannes shows us the next big test likely won’t be military. Both-and, not either-or. www.dn.se/debatt/sveri...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerWe're happy to announce at least three vacant PhD positions starting in fall 2026! Read more and apply here: www.uu.se/en/departmen...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerWhat is the impact of #disasters on #ClimateAdaptation in cities? This study by Daniel Nohrstedt, @charlesparker.bsky.social & others at @cndsofficial.bsky.social finds the effects of disasters are limited & depend on action type, city size & adaptive capacity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerLina Eriksson utilizes a #naturalhazard event in Sweden to examine the temporal dynamics of accountability in this @electoralstudies.bsky.social article, & finds poor #crisismanagement during the storm Gudrun had lasting punishment effects stretching over 3 elections. doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerDo extreme weather events have an effect on climate policy? In this @gepjournal.bsky.social piece, @thisislauri.bsky.social examines the relationship between external shocks and policy action. direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerIn this book chapter, Katrin Uba investigates young adults’ #climatechange concerns in Sweden. Finding that young adolescents, 18-24 years, are more concerned than people over 50, which is best explained by differences in basic world views and values. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerStudying water governance in Sweden, Daniel Nohrstedt, Johanna Hedlund & Örjan Bodin offer a methodological approach to the issue of policy interdependence, taking into account measures and possible solutions at the disposal of policy actors. thecommonsjournal.org/articles/10....
- Reposted by Charles ParkerIn this @environmentalpol.bsky.social article, Maria Nordbrandt demonstrates that engagement in everyday discussion across ideological lines of difference is related to increased support for political efforts to protect the #environment among U.S. citizens. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerIs the “new” wave of #climate activism truly new? This @socmovstudies.bsky.social piece by Katrin Uba & colleagues suggests not. Movements like FFF & XR bring new energy, but both change & continuity exist. Main shift: politically neutral framing targeting state actors. doi.org/10.1080/1474...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerTime for another highlight of some of our research from the last few years! This week we are focusing on work related to the #climate, #environment and #politics 🧵
- Reposted by Charles ParkerTime for another showcase of the Department's research of the last few years! This week, we are looking at a wide range of work on #welfare, the #labormarket and other key aspects of #politicaleconomy 🧵 #politicalscience #statsvetenskap
- COP30 is in the books. Disappointments: No fossil fuel phaseout plan, delayed adaptation finance, & key texts dropped. Glimmers of hope: The process survives, the Global Mutirão lands & advances cooperation, & renewables keep rising.
- Reposted by Charles ParkerI discussed my new book w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, with Paul Samuel Dolman on the #WhatMattersMost podcast: www.paulsamueldolman.com/parent/podca...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerThis @journalpa.bsky.social article by @charlesparker.bsky.social & Eric Stern sheds light on the psychological, organizational & political sources of foreseeable surprise & failure that help explain the #Trump admin’s sub-optimal #Covid-19 crisis response. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerAre high-performing schools less likely to discriminate against potential clients? Asks @jonastaghizadeh.bsky.social in the first study of the relationship between organizational performance and #discrimination against clients/customers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Charles ParkerExamining the decollegialization of higher education institutions in Sweden, @shirinaoberg.bsky.social and Johan Boberg show the consequences of the 2011 Autonomy Reform: a diluted role for collegial expertise and a loss of decision-making authority for collegial bodies. doi.org/10.1080/2002...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerCamille Pellerin and @jsoderstrom.bsky.social explore the everyday practices of taxpaying in Addis Ababa to find that #taxation practices are governed by either a business logic or an emotional response. @jeasjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Charles ParkerStudying the tax system in #Namibia, @jsoderstrom.bsky.social and Marcus Wangel show how state-citizen encounters in the case of taxation are conditioned by five interacting factors. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerIn @jcms-eu.bsky.social, @karinleijon.bsky.social analyses how Swedish judges’ motives for action vary in the preliminary ruling procedure, depending on the clarity of EU legal frameworks. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerIn this @epsrjournal.bsky.social piece, @giuliamariani.bsky.social examines the battle for #marriageequality in the United States. In contrast to the conventional wisdom, she shows that institutional reform around value-loaded issues is amenable to negotiation and compromise. doi.org/10.1017/S175...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerComparing Sweden and Norway, @shirinaoberg.bsky.social and Helena Wockelberg examine agency, autonomy and organisational interaction. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerWhat can we learn from studies about policy successes in the Nordic countries? This volume edited by among others @uu-polisci.bsky.social's Daniel Nohrstedt provides answers from 23 fascinating cases. Open access at the link! fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerMonotonous or pluralistic public discourse? In this article, @peooberg.bsky.social, Erik Baekkeskov and Oliver Rubin study reason-giving and dissent in Denmark's and Sweden's early 2020 #Covid-19 responses. @jeppjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Charles ParkerAgency Control or Autonomy? In this piece, @shirinaoberg.bsky.social and Helena Wockelberg study government steering of Swedish government agencies, using a unique database. @ipmjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Charles ParkerAnother showcase of our department's research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #publicadministration (🧵)
- Despite no leaders from the US, China, Russia, Japan, Australia or Turkey, COP30 opens today in Brazil. Ten years after Paris, the world must turn promises into action. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerAnother showcase of our research from the last few years - this week's theme thread is on #democracy, #voterbehavior and #politicalparticipation. (🧵)
- Clean energy is rising, but only 1/3 of countries have yet to update their climate plans. That is not leadership. UNEP still sees a 2.8°C path. Even without the US, COP30 must close the gap with real action. www.unep.org/resources/em...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerYes: As I often say in response to unhelpful climate doomism, the truth is bad enough. BUT Gates doesn't speak the truth. He parrots fossil fuel industry talking points that downplay the gravity of the climate crisis and obscure, rather than clarify, the way forward: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerIn a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social
- Reposted by Charles ParkerWant to learn more about the development research environment at our department? SweDev are featuring their institutional support members in a series called ”behind the research ” starting with us: swedev.dev/behind-the-r...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerGreat to see this roundtable and reviews out! Looking forward to more continued conversations around peace research’s way forward! With M Åkebo and A Jarstad Thanks to @h-diplo.bsky.social @tlyons.bsky.social @lkriesberg.bsky.social @emmamurphy.bsky.social Paul Diehl issforum.org/roundtables/...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerHow do populists and radical right-wingers threaten liberal democracy, why are conservatives mistaken in accepting them as partners and why should populists not be excluded or banned? Prof. Anthoula Malkopoulou suggests compulsory voting as democratic self-defence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkb...
- Reposted by Charles Parker🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs! Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions. www.uu.se/en/press/pre... Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerThis semester we are delighted to be able to welcome a new cohort of PhD students to the Department of Government at Uppsala University - Thu Le, Romy Nefs, Felicia Wartiainen and Erik Olsson, welcome! @fwartiainen.bsky.social A short thread on their fields of study below.
- On this Intl Day for #DRR we reflect on what it means to build back better. With my @cndsofficial.bsky.social colleagues, we show that even catastrophic floods rarely bring lasting drops in fatalities. Real resilience needs political will & commitment to adaptation. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerThis coming Tuesday, our professor @shirinaoberg.bsky.social, Stockholm University professor Jan Teorell and others will hold an open lecture at the Riksdag library on the theme "Constitutional Challenges in Our Time." Time: 17.30–18.30 Address: Storkyrkobrinken 7A www.riksdagen.se/sv/aktuellt/...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerAnd congratulations to @karinleijon.bsky.social and Linda Moberg, for receiving SWEPSA’s prize for best article 2024, in Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift!! "Kommunalt självstyre och rättighetslagstiftning. Om fördelningen av makt och ansvar mellan stat och kommun". journals.lub.lu.se/st/article/v...
- 🧵1/ 🌀Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina laid bare how denial, fragmented institutions, and crowded political agendas can turn a long-predicted storm into a full-blown catastrophe. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- 2/ In our article, my colleagues and I examined the Katrina disaster through three perspectives—psychological, organizational, and agenda-political—to better understand how and why things went so wrong.
- 3/ This wasn’t just a FEMA failure. The failures stretched across federal, state, and local governments. Katrina was a long-predicted event. It became a disaster because many responsible authorities didn’t act on those warnings.
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View full thread9/ Katrina taught us that failing to act on known risks has devastating consequences. Let’s not forget. Let’s not repeat it. 🌀 📘 Full article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Charles ParkerHappy to see this paper out in the July issue of CP! Using the case of abortion policy, I argue that clientelistic parties engage in strategic, mutually beneficial interactions with influential interest groups when material exchanges no longer guarantee office.
- New article on Fast Track by Camilla Reuterswärd, “Policy Commitment as Voter Mobilization Strategy: Clientelist Parties, Interest Groups, and Abortion Policy in Subnational Mexico,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
- Amid global conflict & crisis, it’s easy to lose sight of the climate emergency. But we have just 2 yrs to stay within the 1.5C carbon budget. Breaching it will bring more extreme weather & misery. The window is closing, but action now can still avert the worst. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Off to a great start!
- Reposted by Charles ParkerCheck out our latest Webinar " Coping with disasters - short and long term psychological impacts of Natural Hazards" youtu.be/HKgq5Byq9pk
- Reposted by Charles ParkerSo happy to see this article written with @fursthenrik.bsky.social published!
- Reposted by Charles Parker🧵1/ Are primaries bad for political diversity? Conventional wisdom says yes—but our article in @wepsocial.bsky.social shows that candidate selection modes are not necessarily a bottleneck for representation, at least when it comes to demand. 🗳️👥 @sandrahkansson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerSuper happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners.
- New article from our latest issue (Issue 8, 2025): "Hitting the Sweet Spot? The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments" by Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social and Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky #socialscience #academicsky
- Amid the Trump-Musk media circus, President Trump just did something deeply troubling: he invoked Title 10 to send National Guard troops to LA without the California governor’s consent. Rare, alarming & a direct threat to state sovereignty & democratic norms. www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Pretty sure Elon musk just discovered the Premium edition of buyer’s remorse.
- Reposted by Charles ParkerTomorrow at the Department of Government, Anna Jeglinska defends her thesis Co-nationals under construction: Poland’s diaspora policy 1989–2023, with @harrismylonas.bsky.social as external reviewer. Location: Brusewitzsalen, Östra Ågatan 19, Uppsala Time: 13:15 www.uu.se/en/events/de...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerOnline first: "Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation" by @grahn.bsky.social & @sandrahkansson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... #AcademicSky #Polisky
- Reposted by Charles Parker@timothysnyder.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @scottlucas.bsky.social Nobel prize winning economists e.g.: dacemoglumit.bsky.social, and Skytte prize winners @skytteprize.bsky.social speak out e.g.: @frankfukuyama.bsky.social @juergenhabermas.bsky.social and many more:
- Skytte prize winners speak out www.ft.com/content/939b...
- Reposted by Charles Parker🎓 Qinya Feng’s PhD defense is underway! A Genetically Informed Approach to Trust and Attitudes towards Immigration Wishing you all the best, Qinya! 🌟👏 #PhDDefense #UppsalaUniversity
- Reposted by Charles ParkerTwenty-one Skytte Prize winner in a joint letter in today's @financialtimes.com : “President Donald Trump and his administration are on a spectacularly dangerous path” Read more here : www.skytteprize.com/news/twenty-...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerHow does rapid urban growth affect the risk of electoral violence in African cities? In a new article (open access in World Development), I find that cities growing more rapidly were at higher risk of electoral violence. doi.org/10.1016/j.wo... (1/9)
- Reposted by Charles ParkerWe just found out that SWEPSA has named Martin Jacobson’s PhD thesis the best thesis in Sweden! Congratulations! Martin Jacobson "Land & Liberty: On the Natural Monopoly of Violence" - access it here: uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record... see swepsa.org
- Reposted by Charles ParkerAnahita Assadi’s PhD defence is underway now: A Silent Revolution: How digital technologies are transforming public administration through the backdoor Opponent is Jenny de Fine Licht A big moment, go Anahita!
- It’s the story of his life: fail, then claim victory.
- “Increasingly often, [Trump] ends up backing down and simply declaring a win. His opponents appear to be catching on.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
- Reposted by Charles ParkerWhat happens in the Arctic, doesn't stay in the Arctic. drtomharris.substack.com/p/arctic-sea... #climatechange #arctic #seaice #albedo #ecology #weather #permafrost
- Reposted by Charles ParkerElection observation has emerged as an important institution for ensuring fair and conflict-free democratic elections. The Department of Government now trains election observers for the EU's and OSCE's election observation missions throughout the world, together with @fbafolke.bsky.social
