Political Psychology

What is political psychology?

Political psychology is an interdisciplinary academic field studying the relationships between psychological and political processes, such as how psychological biases affect our cognition, information-processing, and political behavior.

What do you do?

I am teaching political psychology to American exchange students at DIS Abroad in Stockholm (syllabus here), and previously also to graduate students in psychology at Stockholm University. I also have a research project that you can read about here.

In 2017 I was awarded the Sture Eskilsson award for my work in political psychology.

Here are some interviews where I’m speaking about political psychology:

Psykologtidningen - “Psykologi kan förändra debatten”

Sveriges Radio - “Relationer i en tid av polarisering”

Morgonpasset i P3 - “Att dejta över blockgränser”

Institutet för Nyfikna Idioter - “Vad är politik?”

Ideologipodden - “Moralens psykologi”

I’ve written a book chapter about Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Foundations Theory in this book.

I do public speaking, workshops, and other events related to political psychology and communication, please contact me for more information.