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Mikael Gilljam
Head of Department
Department of Political ScienceAbout Mikael Gilljam
Area of interests
Democracy
Public opinion
Election studies
Research methods
Ongoing research projects
Mechanisms of Democracy, financed by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (with colleagues in Göteborg, Uppsala, Stockholm and Lund). Multidisciplinary Opinion and Democracy Research Group (MOD)
Responsive Democracy: Longitudinal Analyses on the relationship between Public Opinion and Public Policy (with Mikael Persson).
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Metodpraktikan
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Reconsidering the Role of Procedures for Decision
Acceptance
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael J Persson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm
British Journal of Political Science - 2019 -
Determinants of polling accuracy: The effect of opt-in Internet
surveys
Jacob Sohlberg, Mikael Gilljam, Johan Martinsson
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties - 2017 -
Responsiveness Beyond Policy Satisfaction – Does it Matter to
Citizens?
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Comparative Political Studies - 2017 -
Measuring Generalized Trust. An Examination of Question Wording and the Number of Scale
Points
Sebastian Lundmark, Mikael Gilljam, Stefan Dahlberg
Public Opinion Quarterly - 2016 -
Cross-national Comparisons of Polling
Accuracy
Jacob Sohlberg, Mikael Gilljam
AAPOR, 71st Annual Conference. May 12–15, 2016. Austin, Texas. - 2016 -
Testing the Opinion-policy Link in
Sweden
Mikael J Persson, Mikael Gilljam
Papper presented at the Midwest Political Science Assocation Annual Meeting - 2016 -
Unequal Political Responsiveness in the Welfare State? Testing the Opinion-policy Link in
Sweden
Mikael J Persson, Mikael Gilljam
Paper presented at the American Politicacl Science Association 2016 - 2016 -
Contact in context: does intergroup contact function (better) in high-threat
contexts?
Andrej Kokkonen, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Journal of ethnic and migration studies - 2016 -
Subjective Well-Being and Quality of Government – Why Happy Citizens Are Good for
Democracy
Peter Esaiasson, Stefan Dahlberg, Mikael Gilljam
Annual Political Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, September 3-6 - 2015 -
Den lokala demokratins
utmaningar
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
Låt fler forma framtiden! Bilaga till betänkande av 2014 års Demokratiutredning – Delaktighet och jämlikt inflytande SOU (2015:96) - 2015 -
Measurements and Determinants of Polling Accuracy: Comparing Measures of Accuracy and Assessing Effects of Polling
Practices
Jacob Sohlberg, Mikael Gilljam, Johan Martinsson
AAPOR Annual Conference, May 14-17, 2015, Hollywood, Florida - 2015 -
Den allmänna opinionen: En introducerande
handbok
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Ruling Majority and Opposition: How Parliamentary Position Affects the Attitudes of Political
Representatives
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
Parliamentary Affairs - 2015 -
Diverse workplaces and interethnic friendship formation – A multilevel comparison across 21 OECD
countries
Andrej Kokkonen, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Journal of ethnic and migration studies - 2015 -
Migration-Based Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A multilevel analysis of how country, neighborhood and workplace diversity affects social trust in 22
countries.
Andrej Kokkonen, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2014 -
Politiker till vänster och
höger
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
David Karlsson och Mikael Gilljam (red): Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommun - 2014 -
Partier, representationsprinciper och bilderna av den svenska
demokratin
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
David Karlsson och Mikael Gilljam (red): Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommun - 2014 -
Politikerna i
flernivåsystemet
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
David Karlsson och Mikael Gilljam (red): Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommun - 2014 -
Svenska politikers
demokratisyn
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
David Karlsson och Mikael Gilljam (red): Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommun - 2014 -
Att studera
politiker
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
David Karlsson och Mikael Gilljam (red): Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommun - 2014 -
Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och
kommuner
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Paying the Price for Party Prominence and Political
Company
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
Paper presented at XVII Nordic Political Science Association Congress, Gothenburg August 12-15, 2014 - 2014 -
When does transparency generate legitimacy? Experimenting on a context-bound
relationship
Jenny De Fine Licht, Daniel Naurin, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions - 2014 -
The Integrating Potential of Diverse
Workplaces
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Uppsats för presentation vid The Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, augusti-september, 2012 - 2013 -
Migration Based Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Multilevel Analysis of How Country, Neighborhood and Workplace Diversity Affect Social Trust in 22
Countries
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Uppsats för presentation vid The Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, 30 augusti-2 september, 2012 - 2013 -
Sources of Elite Democratic Satisfaction. How Elected Representatives Evaluate Their Political
System
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
Stefan Dahlberg, Henrik Oscarsson & Lena Wängnerud (red) Stepping Stones. Research on Political Representation, Voting Behavior, and Quality of Government - 2013 -
Kommissionen ger inte svar på viktiga
frågor
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten Debatt 2013 06 24 - 2013 -
The Effects of Direct Voting and Deliberation on Legitimacy Beliefs: An Experimental Study of Small Group
Decision-Making
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
European Political Science Review - 2013 -
Communicative Responsiveness and Other Central Concepts in Between-Election
Democracy
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Between-Election Democracy: The representative relationship after Election Day - 2013 -
Participation Effects in Panel Surveys: Evidence from a Seven-Wave Randomized
Experiment
Sebastian Lundmark, Mikael Gilljam
American Association for Public Opinion Research 68:th Annual Conference - 2013 -
HOW TO MEASURE GENERALIZED TRUST: WORDINGS, SCALES, AND DON’T
KNOWS
Sebastian Lundmark, Mikael Gilljam, Stefan Dahlberg
World Association of Public Opinion Research 66:th Annual Conference - 2013 -
Cost-of-Ruling in a Local Multiparty system. The effects of party prominence and political company in Swedish local
elections
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
Paper prepared for NORKOM XXII Åbo, November 21-23, 2013 - 2013 -
Participation Effects in Panel Surveys: Evidence from a Seven-Wave Randomized
Experiment
Sebastian Lundmark, Mikael Gilljam
Uppsats presenterad vid The Annual AAPOR Conference, Boston, maj, 2013 - 2013 -
How to Measure Generalized Trust. Wordings, Scales, and Don’t
Knows.
Sebastian Lundmark, Mikael Gilljam, Stefan Dahlberg
Uppsats presenterad vid The Annual WAPOR Conference, Boston, maj, 2013 - 2013 -
Deciding the Fair Way or Having it My Way? A New Look at Procedural Fairness Theory in the Domain of Policy
Decisions.
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm, Mikael J Persson
Uppsats presenterad vid The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april, 2013. - 2013 -
Cost of Ruling in Local Elections. How Prominence and Political Company Affect Election Results of Parties in Government and
Opposition
David Karlsson, Mikael Gilljam
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 11-14, 2013 - 2013 -
Societal Conditions and the Effect of Intergroup Contact on Perceived Group
Threat
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
The Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april, 2012 - 2012 -
Contextual diversity and social trust in 20
countries
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Annual Meeting of the American Policial Science Association 2012, New Orleans - 2012 -
A Tradeoff Between Quality and Quantity. An Examination of the Negative Relationship Between Unit and Item Non-Response in Survey
Research
Johan Martinsson, Elias Markstedt, Mikael Gilljam
The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Orlando, maj 2012 - 2012 -
Which Decision-Making Arrangements Generate the Strongest Legitimacy Beliefs? Evidence from a Randomized Field
Experiment
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
European Journal of Political Research - 2012 -
På folkets sida? Synen på demokrati bland journalister, politiker och
medborgare
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Svenska journalister 1989-2011 / Kent Asp (red.) - 2012 -
Tungan på vågen-partier i svenska
kommuner
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
Tungan på vågen. Vågmästare och balanspartier. RJ:s Årsbok 2012/2013 / Jenny Björkman & Björn Fjaestad (red.) - 2012 -
Representatives' Attitudes Toward Citizen Protests in Sweden: The Impact of Ideology, Parliamentary Position and
Experiences
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson, David Karlsson
Legislative Studies Quarterly - 2012 -
Conditional Representation: Representative Democracy under Internal
Stress
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april 2012 - 2012 -
Ruling Majority and Opposition: How Parliamentary Position Affect the Attitudes of Political
Representatives
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) in Chicago, April 12-15 2012 - 2012 -
Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Multilevel Analysis of 3200 School Classes in 22
Countries
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, Seattle - 2011 -
Comparison of Web and Mail Responses in a Census of Swedish Local Political
Representatives
Mikael Gilljam, Donald Granberg, Bengt Holm, David Karlsson, Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell
Survey Practice - 2011 -
Post-decision consolidation in large group
decision-making
E Bäck, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, O Svenson, T Lindholm
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY - 2011 -
Does transparency generate legitimacy? An experimental study of procedure acceptance of open- and closed-door
decision-making”,
Jenny De Fine Licht, Daniel Naurin, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Quality of Government Working Paper Series - 2011 -
Representatives In and Out of Office. How Parliamentary Position Affect Political
Attitudes
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
Papper presenterat vid Tjugonde Nordiska kommunforskakonferensen 24-25 november 2011 i Göteborg (XX NorKom 2011) - 2011 -
Ruling Majority and Opposition: How Parliamentary Position Affect the Attitudes of Political
Representatives
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
Paper presented at the MOD Conference at University of Gothenburg, October 13th 2011. - 2011 -
Medborgarnas
demokratiuppfattningar
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Lycksalighetens ö. Holmberg, S., Weibull, L. & Oscarsson, H. (red) - 2011 -
How to Survey All 14000 Swedish Local Political Representatives and Get 10000
Responses
Mikael Gilljam, Donald Granberg, Holm Bengt, David Karlsson, Mikael J Persson, Anders Sundell
Uppsats presenterad vid AAPOR, Pheonix, maj - 2011 -
Off-Election Democracy: Towards an Integrative Analytical
Framework
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Uppsats presenterad vid The ECPR Joint Sessions, St Gallen - 2011 -
Skolforskare med
problem
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Pedagogisk Forskning i Sverige - 2011 -
Skolforskning med problem: Funderingar kring en rapport om resultaten i svensk
grundskola
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Pedagogisk Forskning i Sverige - 2011 -
Politik på hemmaplan. Tiotusen fullmäktigeledamöter tycker om politik och
demokrati
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Representatives' Acceptance of Citizen Protests: The Impact of Ideology, Experience, and Parliamentary Position on Protest
Acceptance
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson, David Karlsson
Uppsats presenterad vid The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, april 2010 - 2010 -
Leader Responsiveness in Off-Election
Democracy
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Presenterad vid APSA, Washington DC, september 2010 - 2010 -
Ethnic Diversity and Democratic Citizenship: Evidence from a Social
Laboratory
Andrej Kokkonen, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Scandinavian Political Studies - 2010 -
Biased Attributions Regarding the Origins of Preferences in a Group Decision
Situation.
Emma Bäck, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm
European Journal of Social Psychology - 2010 -
The Voice of the Pupils: An Experimental Comparison of Decisions made by Elected Pupil Councils, Pupils in Referenda, and Teaching
Staff
Mikael Gilljam, Peter Esaiasson, Torun Lindholm
Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability - 2010 -
Wich constitutional arrangements generate the strongest legitimacy
beliefs?
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson
Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-26, 2010 - 2010 -
Representationsprinciper i riksdag och
kommun
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson, Anders Sundell
Martin Brothén & Sören Holmberg: Folkets representanter. En bok om riksdagsledamöter och politisk representation i Sverige. - 2010 -
Migration Based Ethnic Diversity, Interethnic Tolerance and Generalized Trust: A Multilevel Analysis of 3000 Schools in 23
Countries
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
the ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 2009 - 2009 -
Remissvar på Grundlagsutredningens betänkande "En reformerad grundlag" SOU 2008:125. Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Göteborgs
universitet
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Effects of Decision-Making Forms on
Legitimacy
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
ECPR general conference - 2009 -
Representatives' Acceptance of Citizen Protests: The Impact of Ideology, Experience, and Parliamentary Position on Protest
Acceptance
Mikael Gilljam, Mikael J Persson, David Karlsson
Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-26, 2010 - 2009 -
How Constitutional Arrangements Generate Legitimacy Beliefs: Evidence from a Controlled Field Experiment on Democratic
Decision-Making
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
the ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 2009 - 2009 -
The Underestimated Importance of Voting: An Experimental Comparison of Aggregative and Deliberative
Decision-Making
Mikael J Persson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Presented at the conference Building Bridges: North American and European Political Psychology Today, Lund, December 2009 - 2009 -
Patterns of Local Public Administration
Reform
Anders Sundell, Mikael Gilljam, Victor Lapuente
Presenterat på Annual Meeting of The American Political Science Association 2009, Toronto. - 2009 -
Ethnic Heterogeneity in Schools – Its Effects on Trust, Tolerance and Test
Scores
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Paper prepared for delivery at the 2008 European Conference for Educational Research, Gothenburg, September 10-12, 2008. - 2008 -
Ethnic Heterogeneity in the School System – Its Effects on Trust, Tolerance and Test
Scores.
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Presented at the Biannual Nordic Political Science Association Meeting, Tromsø, August 2008; at the Annual American Political Science Association Meeting, Boston, August/September 2008 - 2008 -
Önsketänkande
2.0.
Mikael Gilljam
Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Aktuella frågor, - 2008 -
Sökes: aktiva
politiker
Mikael Gilljam
Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Aktuella frågor, - 2008 -
Partiombud, individualister och väljardelegater. Folkvaldas representationsideologier på lokal och nationell
nivå.
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson, Anders Sundell
Papper presenterat vid Den XVII Nordiske Kommunalforskerkonferansen - 2008 -
Metodpraktikan. Konsten att studera samhälle, individ och
marknad
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Decision- Making in Large Groups: Group Membership and Post-Decision
Consolidation.
Torun Lindholm, Emma Bäck, O Svensson, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, 2007. - 2007 -
Attributional Biases About the Origins of Preferences in a Group-Decision
Situation.
Emma Bäck, Torun Lindholm, Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
The 2007 SPSP Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Preconference, Memphis, 2007. - 2007 -
When Winning Is Everything. An Experimental Account of Determinants of
Decision-Acceptance
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm
Schools, in General Public, and among Students of Political Science. Paper prepared for the 4th General ECPR Conference, Pisa, 6-8 September, 2007 - 2007 -
When Winning Is Everything. An Experimental Account of Determinants of Decision-Acceptance in Schools, in the General Public, and among Students of Political
Science.
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam, Torun Lindholm
Presented at the IPSA Meeting on Politics, Culture and Socialization, Antwerp, September 2007 - 2007 -
Vänsterpartiet på politisk
ökenvandring
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten, GP Debatt, 2007-06-01. - 2007 -
Ånger bakom allianstappet – räkna med mer
oenighet
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten, GP Debatt, 2007-02-01. - 2007 -
Hur känner vi igen den goda lokala demokratin? Några
funderingar.
Mikael Gilljam
2007 -
Efforts to Enhance Local Democracy: A Road to More
Vitality?.
Mikael Gilljam, Ola Jodal
Andrén, Mats. (ed) Questions of Local Citizenship. Göteborg University: Cefos - 2007 -
Att styra ett lokalsamhälle – kommunalpolitiker och deras
demokratiuppfattningar.
Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson
The XVI Nordic Local Government Studies-conference, Göteborg, 23-25 november, 2007 - 2007 -
Valdemokratins
mekanismer
Hanna Bäck, Mikael Gilljam
Valets mekanismer / Hanna Bäck & Mikael Gilljam (red) - 2006 -
Mellanvalsdemokrati
Martin Brothén, Mikael Gilljam
Bäck, H. & Gilljam, M. (red). Valets mekanismer - 2006 -
Enighet till varje
pris
Mikael Gilljam
Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Aktuella frågor, 2006-10-15. - 2006 -
Alliansen tog hem segern i Perssons
paradgren
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten, GP Debatt, 2006-09-19. - 2006 -
Valundersökningar ger mer underhållning än
sanning
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten, GP Debatt, 2006-09-03. - 2006 -
Göran Persson måste ge besked om han vill stanna i fyra
år
Mikael Gilljam
Dagens Nyheter, DN Debatt, 2006-08-19. - 2006 -
V och mp får inga regeringsposter av Göran
Persson
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten, GP Debatt, 2006-06-04 - 2006 -
Demokratisk samhällsplanering klämd mellan
sköldar
Mikael Gilljam
I Blücher, Gösta & Graninger, Göran (red): Planering med nya förutsättningar. Ny lagstiftning, nya värderingar. - 2006 -
Politiker tycker om
demokrati
Mikael Gilljam
Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift - 2006 -
Kommunala demokratisatsningar - vägen till en mer vital
demokrati?
Mikael Gilljam, Ola Jodal
Esaiasson, P. & Westerholm, A. (red). Deltagandets mekanismer : det politiska engagemangets orsaker och konsekvenser - 2006 -
Valets
mekanismer
Hanna Bäck, Mikael Gilljam
2006 -
Leijonborgs utspel
förvånar
Mikael Gilljam
Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Aktuella frågor, 2006-02-25 - 2006 -
Mellanvalsdemokrati
Martin Brothén, Mikael Gilljam
"Riksdagen i en ny tid. Bilaga 5. Sex rapporter till 2002 års riksdagskommitté". Framställning till riksdagen 2005/06:RS3 - 2005 -
Ännu för tidigt räkna ut
vänsterkoalitionen
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten - 2005 -
Demokratiutveckling i svenska kommuner. Del 3: Kommunala demokratisatsningar - vägen till en mer vital
demokrati?
Mikael Gilljam, Ola Jodal
2005 -
Kommunalt styre hotas av
grundlagsutredning
Mikael Gilljam
Göteborgs-Posten, GP Debatt, 2005-01-23 - 2005 -
Vitalisera den representativa
demokratin
Peter Esaiasson, Mikael Gilljam
Riksdagens årsbok 2004 - 2004 -
Ja-sidans
skuldbörda
Mikael Gilljam
Oscarsson, H. & Holmberg, S. (red). Kampen om euron - 2004 -
Yttrande över Justitiedepartementets promemoria Samråd efter folkinitiativ, Ds
2004:2
Mikael Gilljam
2004 -
Demokratiutveckling i svenska kommuner. Del 2: Förklaringar till skillnader mellan
kommunerna.
Mikael Gilljam, Ola Jodal, Oskar Cliffordson
2004 -
Demokratiutveckling i svenska kommuner. Del 1: En kartläggning av vad som har
gjorts
Mikael Gilljam, Ola Jodal, Oskar Cliffordson
2004