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 the co­‐founder of Poplar, a non-profit organisation dedicated to improve political civility in society. We help people improve their communication skills, critical thinking, and understanding of cognitive biases as well as social mechanisms affecting their political behaviour. Our work and approaches are built on scientific methods and research, especially from the field of political psychology. You can find more information about Poplar at our website.

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 is an interview with me speaking about political psychology in a magazine, and you can listen to interviews here, here, and here (all in Swedish). 

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.