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Linda Berg
Senior Lecturer
Department of Political ScienceDirector of Studies
Department of Political ScienceAbout Linda Berg
Presentation
Linda Berg, PhD, is senior lecturer in political science and Director of Studies for the Centre for European studies (CES), which administers the cross-disciplinary educational programmes in European studies. She is also associated researcher to the Centre for European Research (CERGU). Together with Professor Henrik Oscarsson, she is co-principal investigator of the Swedish European Parliament Studies, at the Swedish National Election Studies Programme, at the University of Gothenburg.
Linda was the director of the Centre for European Research (CERGU) between 2013-2019. She was a visiting fellow (postdoc) to the Institute of Governance, School of Political and Social Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 2007-2008.
Linda defended her dissertation 12 October 2007. The title is: Multi-level Territorial Attachments. The Influence of Territorial Attachments on Political Trust and Welfare Attitudes.
Area of interests
Linda's main research interest concerns different aspects of the European integration process from a multi-level perspective, especially identification, political attitudes and voting behaviour. She is, together with Henrik Oscarsson, responsible for the Election studies of the Swedish European Parliament Elections. She has also studied regional elections, local and regional authorities connections to the EU, and is a member of the board for SNES, Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science.
Current research
Linda's current research is mainly about attitudes towards the EU and voting behaviour in European parliament elections. Previous projects have focused on governance of migration (with Andrea Spehar) and political cleavages, focusing on the case of the wolf issue (with Maria Solevid). She has also researched the relationship between territorial identities and welfare attitudes in Europe and multilevel governance in the EU. As a member of the Swedish National Election Studies Program she mainly studies the European Parliament elections, but also regional elections and differences in voting behaviour in elections at different territorial levels.
Teaching and tutoring
Linda mainly teaches at the European studies programmes (Bachelor and Master). Linda is co-course coordinator for European Heritage and Identity (10 credits), which is is the joint introductory course for the two Master's programme in European Studies (Social science and arts track).
At the Bachelor's Programme she is responsible for the Thesis course (15 credits), as well as the prize-awarded course Practical EU-knowledge (15 credits) provided in cooperation with the librarians at the European Documentation Centre.
Linda is also tutoring and examining a large number of theses, master's and bachelor's, as well as developing and teaching other courses. In both 2011 and 2012 she was rewarded the individual education prize from the Göta student union, and the University of Gothenburg team pedagogical prize in 2009 for the course Practical EU knowledge.
Publications
Linda's reseach is published in many different forms, as journal articles: Policy Studies, European Perspectives on Politics and Society, Electoral Studies; book contributions: e.g. in Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times (Palgrave MacMillan 2018), Cultural Borders of Europe (Berghahn Books, 2017), Regional and National Elections in Western Europe (Palgrave 2013), conference papers, as well as a large number of Swedish chapters, edited books, reports and popular scientific articles.
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The Swedish regional elections
2018
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Regional and Federal Studies - 2020 -
Voting behaviour in European Parliament Elections - the case of
Sweden
Linda Berg
Contested Community - 2020 -
Contested Community. Forskning om Europafrågor nr.
34
Linda Berg
2020 -
Europaparlamentsvalet 2019 – Sverige går sin egen väg. Rapport
2019:11epa
Linda Berg
2019 -
Rekordhögt stöd för
EU
Linda Berg, Kajsa Evertsson, Falk Elisabeth, Maja Sörebro
Andersson, U., Rönnerstrand, B., Öhberg, P. & Bergström, A (red) Storm och stiltje, SOM-rapport nr 74 - 2019 -
Rekordhög
röstdelning
Linda Berg, Gissur Ó Erlingsson, Henrik Oscarsson
Andersson, U., Rönnerstrand, B., Öhberg, P. & Bergström, A (red) Storm och stiltje, SOM-rapport nr 74 - 2019 -
The Swedish European parliament election
2019
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Bolin, Niklas, Falasca, Kajsa, Grusell, Marie & Nord, Lars (Eds) Welcome to Euroflections - Leading Academics on the European elections 2019 - 2019 -
European Parliament elections preview:
Sweden
Linda Berg, Jonathan Polk
The London School of Economics and Political Science European Politics and Policy Blog - 2019 -
Citizens' Trust in the EU as a Political
System
Linda Berg
Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times. Interdisciplinary European Studies - 2018 -
Utländsk bakgrund och val av person och
parti
Linda Berg
Belevander, P. & Spång, M (red.) Valdeltagande och representation - Om invandring och politisk integration i Sverige, rapport 2017:7 - 2017 -
Territorial and Religious Identifications in
Europe
Linda Berg
Cultural Borders of Europe - 2017 -
Medborgarnas tillit till EU som politiskt
system
Linda Berg
Bakardjieva E. A., Michalski A., Oxelheim L. (red.). Tilliten i EU vid ett vägskäl: Europaperspektiv 2017 - 2017 -
Identifikation med Europa och inställning till
EU
Linda Berg, Klara Bové
Ekvilibrium - 2016 -
Multi-level Europeans at the
polls
Linda Berg
Panel: Citizenship and Political Identity in Changeable Times, at the ECPR General Conference. Prague: 7-10 September 2016 - 2016 -
Identifikation med Europa och inställning till
EU
Linda Berg, Klara Bové
Oscarsson H. & Solvid M. (red.). Ekvilibrium - 2016 -
Svenskarnas attityder till EU har stabiliserats: Analys av SOM-institutets undersökning 2015. Europapolitisk analys, September,
2016:9epa
Linda Berg, Klara Bové
2016 -
Ekonomiska bedömningar och
EU-attityder
Linda Berg, Rutger Lindahl
Berg L., Ivarsson I., Lindahl R., Ström P. (red.). Gränsöverskridande: Vänbok till Claes G. Alvstam - 2016 -
Gränsöverskridande : vänbok till Claes G. Alvstam / [redaktörer: Linda Berg
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Svenskarna mer positiva till EU
igen
Linda Berg, Frida Vernersdotter
Bergström A., Johansson B., Oscarsson H. & Oskarson M. (Red.) Fragment - 2015 -
Svenskarna åter alltmer positiva till EU. Europapolitisk analys, Juni,
2015:16epa
Linda Berg
2015 -
Supervalåret 2014. Demokratistatistik: Rapport
20
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Tracing a political cleavage. The wolf issue in
Sweden
Linda Berg, Maria Solevid
European Politics and Society - 2015 -
20 år med
personval.
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Multi-level voting behaviour in the Swedish ‘super election year’ 2014”, presented at 22nd International Council of
Europeanists
Linda Berg
The 22nd International Council of Europeanists, Paris, France - 2015 -
The Swedish general election
2014
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Electoral Studies - 2015 -
Flernivåidentifikation och
EU-attityder
Linda Berg, Rutger Lindahl
Förhoppningar och farhågor - Sveriges första 20 år i EU. - 2014 -
EU-skeptikernas frammarsch – Valet till Europaparlamentet 2014
(2014:2op)
Linda Berg, Magnus Blomgren, Jakob Lewander
2014 -
Förhoppningar och farhågor - Sveriges första 20 år i
EU
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The Swedish European elections will be held in the shadow of September’s national election, but European issues will play a key
role
Linda Berg, Jonathan Polk
LSE EUROPP blogg - 2014 -
Partierna har ofta fel fokus i
EU-valrörelsen
Linda Berg
Göteborgs Posten - 2014 -
Korsdrag i
EU-politiken
Linda Berg
Alba.nu Om kultur, vetenskap & samhälle - 2014 -
Multi-level parties? Strategies for the 2014 all-tier elections in
Sweden
Linda Berg
International Conference of Europeanists “Resurrections”, Washington DC, March 14-16 - 2014 -
Sweden: From Mid-term County Council Elections to Concurrent
Elections
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Regional and National Elections in Western Europe. Territoriality of the Vote in Thirteen Countries - 2013 -
EU-val i skuggan av
krisen
Linda Berg
Alba.nu. Om kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2013 -
National visions, local realities: Swedish urban migration
management
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
20th International Conference of Europeanists. Crisis and Contingency: States of (In)stability - 2013 -
Swimming against the tide: Why Sweden supports increased labour mobility within and from outside the
EU
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
Policy Studies - 2013 -
Regionala val i
Sverige
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Omstritt omval - 2012 -
Vi tar om 'et
igen
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Omstritt omval - 2012 -
Swimming against the tide: Why Sweden Support Open Door Labour Migration Policies in Sweden and within the
EU
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
19th International Conference of Europeanists (CES), Boston, 22-24 March 2012 - 2012 -
Den ekonomiska krisen kan stärka
EU
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2012 -
Multilevel governance of migration policies in
Sweden
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
IMESCOE general conference “Managing migrant integration in a multilevel context: challenges in Europe and North America, Amsterdam, 29 August 2012 - 2012 -
Tracing a new political cleavage. The wolf issue in
Sweden
Linda Berg, Maria Solevid
Annual Meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association - 2012 -
EU skakar i den ekonomiska
krisen
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - om kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2012 -
Regional Elections in
Sweden
Linda Berg, Henrik Oscarsson
Regionalisation of regional elections, Book conference - 2012 -
Omstritt
omval
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Den monetära unionen och välfärdsopinioner i
Europa
Linda Berg
Överlever EMU utan fiskal union? Europaperspektiv 2011 - 2011 -
Religious and territorial identifications in
Europe
Linda Berg
18th International Conference of Europeanists – The Causes, Consequences and Meaning of Transnationalization, in Barcelona, 20-22 June 2011 - 2011 -
Svenskarna alltmer positiva till
EU
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - om kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2011 -
Välfärd i Europa – utblickar inför
framtiden
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
EU och välfärdens Europa: Familj, arbetsmarknad, migration - 2011 -
Migration och migrationspolitik i
Europa
Andrea Spehar, Linda Berg
EU och välfärdens Europa: Familj, arbetsmarknad, migration - 2011 -
Välfärd i Europa – förutsättningar för en social
dimension
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
EU och välfärdens Europa: Familj, arbetsmarknad, migration - 2011 -
EU och Välfärdens Europa: Familj, Arbetsmarknad,
Migration.
Linda Berg, Andrea Spehar
2011 -
Fortsatt polarisering i
vargfrågan
Maria Solevid, Linda Berg
Lycksalighetens ö. Sören Holmberg, Lennart Weibull och Henrik Oscarsson (red) - 2011 -
Svenskarna alltmer positiva till
EU
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2011 -
Rutger – Göteborgare, svensk,
europé
Linda Berg
I Europamissionens tjänst. Vänbok till Rutger Lindahl - 2011 -
Västsvenskarna och
omvärlden
Linda Berg, Rutger Lindahl
Västsvensk demokrati i tid och rum. SOM-rapport nr 51 - 2011 -
Varför är regioner ingen
valfråga?
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2010 -
Blir EU mer demokratiskt
nu?
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2010 -
Solidaritetens och identitetens
gränser
Linda Berg
Väljarbeteende i Europaval - 2010 -
Book
Reviews
Linda Berg
Regional & Federal Studies - 2010 -
National Identity and Political
Trust
Linda Berg, Mikael Hjerm
Perspectives on European Politics and Society - 2010 -
Gärna varg, men inte på min
bakgård
Maria Solevid, Linda Berg
Nordiskt ljus. - 2010 -
Har Sveriges ordförandeskap i EU någon
betydelse?
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2009 -
Så får du koll inför
EU-valet
Linda Berg
Sydsvenska Dagbladet - 2009 -
Multi-level Europeans and welfare state
attitudes
Linda Berg
paper prepared for the Spring Conference of the Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science, Göteborg 12-12 March 2009 - 2009 -
Har Sveriges ordförandeskap i EU någon
betydelse?
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidnskrift för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2009 -
EU kan påverkas på många
plan
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidskrift för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle - 2009 -
Är Skottland en region eller ett
land?
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle, nr 2, 2008. - 2008 -
Regional Identity and
Solidarity
Linda Berg, Aisla Henderson
Early draft presented at the Annual Conference of the IPSA Research Committee 28, Comparative Federalism and Federation, “Balancing Federal Systems: Implications for Politics and Policy”, in Berlin 3-4 October 2008. Co-sponsored by the ECPR standing group on Regionalism, hosted by Hertie School of Governance. - 2008 -
Multi-level Europeans and Political
Trust
Linda Berg
Paper presented at the PSA British and Comparative Territorial Politics Conference, University of Edinburgh 10-11 January 2008. - 2008 -
Multi-level Europeans and Trust in government at different
levels
Linda Berg
Paper presented at the Poltics Seminar, University of Stirling, 26 February 2008. - 2008 -
Multi-level Europeans and Welfare
Attitudes
Linda Berg
Paper prepared for the UACES conference Exchanging Ideas on Europe 2008: Rethinking the European Union, Edinburgh, 1-3 September 2008. - 2008 -
Who should decide? A comparative analysis of multilevel governance in
Europe
Linda Berg, Mikael Hjerm
Nordic Social Attitudes in a European Perspective - 2008 -
Allt för stort fokus på
regiongränser
Linda Berg
Alba.nu - tidning för kultur, vetenskap och samhälle, - 2007 -
Multi-level Europeans. The Influence of Territorial Attachments on Political Trust and Welfare
Attitudes
Linda Berg
2007 -
Svenska kommuners och regioners kanaler till Bryssel : subnationella nivåers försök att påverka EU:s
policyprocess
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Multi-level Europeans & Political
Trust
Linda Berg
Spring conference of the Swedish Network of European Studies in Political Science (SNES), Södertörn University College, 15-16 March 2007. - 2007 -
Multi-level Europeans, Political Trust & Welfare
Attitudes
Linda Berg
Paper presented at the Elections, Parties and Opinion (EPOP) Seminar, Edinburgh University, 9 November 2007. - 2007 -
Multi-level Identities and Welfare
Attitudes
Linda Berg
Presented at the Territorial Politics Research Group Seminar, Edinburgh University, 23 November 2007 - 2007 -
-level Territorial Attachments and Political
Trust
Linda Berg
The 20th IPSA world congress, Fukuoka, Japan, July 9-13, 2006 - 2006 -
Multi-level Territorial Attachments, Political Trust and Welfare
Attitudes
Linda Berg
Uppsats presenterad vid ERC:s (European Research Colloquium) dissertation workshop, Amsterdam Vrije university, 31 maj-1juni 2006 - 2006 -
Multi-level territorial attachment and political
support
Linda Berg
ISP -(Institutions, Social cleavages & Preferences) projektmöte i Göteborg, 21-22 november 2005 - 2005 -
Hemmahörande på flera
nivåer
Linda Berg
Lyckan kommer, lyckan går, SOM-rapport 36 - 2005 -
Investigating Multi-level territorial
Attachments
Linda Berg
ISP (Institutions, Social cleavages & Preferences) konferensen i Vindeln, Umeå, 12-13 september 2005. - 2005 -
Bortom regionens gräns - Internationalisering i Västra
Götaland
Linda Berg, Rutger Lindahl
Nilsson, L. (red). Svensk samhällsorganisation i förändring. Västsverige vid millennieskiftet - 2004 -
Hemkänsla
Linda Berg
Oscarsson, H. & Holmberg, S. (red). Kampen om euron - 2004 -
Territorial Attachments in a Multi-level Political
Society
Linda Berg
Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte i Stockholm, 7-9 oktober 2004 - 2004