Christer Karlsson
Professor at Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Forskare och lärare
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 33 43
- E-mail:
- Christer.Karlsson@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- Teatrum, G:a Torget 2 vån.3
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Short presentation
Christer Karlsson is Professor at the Department of Government. He received his P.h.D. in 2001 for the thesis Democracy, Legitimacy and the European Union. His research has focused on political opposition, constitutional change and climate change politics. His work has featured in journals such as Global Environmental Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies and Journal of European Public Policy. He is currently heading the project The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe.
Keywords
- climate change
- constitutional law
- democratic theory
- political opposition
Research
Ongoing and previous research projects:
• The Paradox of Political Opposition in Multilevel Europe: Examining Plenary Debates in Thirteen Parliaments, funded by The Swedish Research Council (2019-2022)
• Searching for Opposition in European Union Affairs, funded by The Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (2015-2019)
• Constitutional Amendment or Constitutional Alteration? funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2010-2013)
• Clipore (Climate Policy Research), funded by MISTRA (2007-2010)
•The Mechanisms of Democracy, funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2002-2006)
• Reform strategies for the European Union, funded by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2002-2006)
Publications
Selection of publications
- The influence of Eurosceptic challenger parties on mainstream party behaviour (2023)
- Comparing oppositional behaviour in European Union affairs (2022)
- Patterns of Parliamentary Opposition (2021)
- Eurosceptic Challenger Parties and Political Opposition in European Union Politics (2019)
- The Alleged Opposition Deficit in European Union Politics (2018)
- The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States (2018)
- The European Union as a global climate leader (2017)
- Explaining constitutional change (2016)
- Det hotade universitetet (2016)
- Climate change leaders and followers (2015)
- Comparing Constitutional Change in European Union Member States (2014)
- Nationella domstolar som politiska aktörer (2013)
- Fragmented Climate Change Leadership (2012)
- Looking for Leaders (2011)
- Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment (2010)
- The illusion of accountability in the European Union (2009)
- Deliberation at the European Convention (2008)
- Democracy, legitimacy and the European Union (2001)
Recent publications
- Dimensions of disagreement in EU affairs (2024)
- Do Members of Parliament Express More Opposition in the Plenary than in the Committee? (2024)
- Drivers of parliamentary opposition in European Union politics: Institutional factors or party characteristics? (2024)
- Is Oppositional Behaviour in European Union Affairs Gendered? Evidence from Plenary Debates and Committee Deliberations in Four Legislatures (2023)
- The influence of Eurosceptic challenger parties on mainstream party behaviour (2023)
All publications
Articles
- Dimensions of disagreement in EU affairs (2024)
- Do Members of Parliament Express More Opposition in the Plenary than in the Committee? (2024)
- Drivers of parliamentary opposition in European Union politics: Institutional factors or party characteristics? (2024)
- Is Oppositional Behaviour in European Union Affairs Gendered? Evidence from Plenary Debates and Committee Deliberations in Four Legislatures (2023)
- The influence of Eurosceptic challenger parties on mainstream party behaviour (2023)
- Comparing oppositional behaviour in European Union affairs (2022)
- Patterns of Parliamentary Opposition (2021)
- Eurosceptic Challenger Parties and Political Opposition in European Union Politics (2019)
- The Alleged Opposition Deficit in European Union Politics (2018)
- The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States (2018)
- The European Union as a global climate leader (2017)
- Assessing the European Union’s global climate change leadership (2017)
- Explaining constitutional change (2016)
- Om samstämmigheten mellan generaladvokatens yttranden och EU-domstolens domar (2016)
- Constitutional change in light of European Union membership (2016)
- Dags för Lemne att lämna (2015)
- Policyprofessionella i offentlig tjänst har faktiskt ett mandat (2015)
- Climate change leaders and followers (2015)
- Akademikerförakt, härskarteknik och insinuationer (2015)
- Konstitution kan förebygga kris (2014)
- Akademi utan krisplan (2014)
- Comparing Constitutional Change in European Union Member States (2014)
- MOOCs-studenter bildar B-laget (2013)
- En högskoleledning i fritt fall (2013)
- Nationella domstolar som politiska aktörer (2013)
- The Legitimacy of Leadership in International Climate Change Negotiations (2012)
- Fragmented Climate Change Leadership (2012)
- Hotet mot det breda universitetet (2012)
- Bordlägg ny fördelning av resurser (2012)
- Book review: The Real World of EU accountability - What deficit? (2011)
- Looking for Leaders (2011)
- Resursslöseri vid universitetet (2011)
- Kontrollerna gör arbetet ineffektivare (2011)
- Hur regleras EU-medlemskapet? (2010)
- The Convention Method Revisited (2010)
- Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment (2010)
- Att leda eller inte leda? (2009)
- Transatlantiskt ledarskap i Köpenhamn - dröm eller verklighet? (2009)
- Deliberation at the European Convention (2008)
- Bortom Kyoto (2008)
- Ratificering i baklås (2005)
- Demokratisering eller status quo? (2001)
- EU-demokratin långt borta (1998)
- Den globala sanningen (1997)
- Demokrati och medborgarkultur (1995)
- Idéer om demokrati (1995)
Books
- Det hotade universitetet (2016)
- Det hotade universitetet (2016)
- Det hotade universitetet (2016)
- The illusion of accountability in the European Union (2009)
- Samtalets mekanismer (2008)
- Democracy, legitimacy and the European Union (2001)
Chapters
- Parlamentet som arena för opposition i EU-politiken (2022)
- Hur mycket opposition finns det i svensk EU-politik? (2019)
- Hur bör vi utse akademiska ledare? (2016)
- Climate Leadership (2015)
- Leadership and international cooperation (2014)
- EU treaty reform and accountability (2009)
- Taking accountability seriously (2009)
- Examining the illusion of accountability (2009)
- Samtal pågår (2008)
- Tre idéer om allmänintresset (2008)
- Finns det ett gemensamt offentligt rum i Europa? (2008)
- Om samtalets politiska betydelse (2008)
- Unionens kamp för klimatet (2008)
- Sweden: In the Shadow of Enlargement? (2006)
- In the shadow of enlargement? (2006)
- Den deliberativa drömmen och politisk praktik (2003)
- Europeiska unionens nuvarande problem och framtida vägval (2002)
- Utökad tillämpning av majoritetsbeslut - frälsning eller undergång? (2001)
Conferences
Reports
- Hur mycket opposition finns det i svensk EU-politik? (2018)
- Global Climate Change Leadership in the Eyes of the Beholders (2009)
- A new beginning? (2008)
- The Climate Change Challenge and the Need for Global Governance (2008)
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