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Aksel Sundström

Aksel Sundström

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Political Science

D-Index
30
Citations
3748
World Ranking
1190
National Ranking
18

Overview

Aksel Sundström is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and specializes in social sciences, with a research focus spanning various subfields including gender studies, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, and economics and econometrics.

Their research covers numerous topics, chiefly gender politics and representation, electoral systems and political participation, social policy and reform studies, political conflict and governance, fiscal policies and political economy, wildlife conservation and criminology analyses, and international development and aid.

Sundström has contributed to a range of recent publications, including:

  • V-Dem Codebook v11 (2021) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1 (2021) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Codebook V10 (2020) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Explaining Youths' Relative Absence in Legislatures (2020) in PS Political Science & Politics
  • Age Inequalities in Political Representation: A Review Article (2023) in Government and Opposition

Sundström's publication record includes a book titled Youth without Representation (2022), published by the University of Michigan Press.

Frequent coauthors in Sundström's research include:

  • Daniel Stockemer
  • Michael Coppedge
  • John Gerring
  • Carl Henrik Knutsen
  • Staffan I. Lindberg

The main publication venues where Sundström's work frequently appears are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Social Science Quarterly
  • World Development
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Government and Opposition

Best Publications

  • V-Dem Codebook V8

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Women’s Political Empowerment: A New Global Index, 1900-2012

    Aksel Sundström;Pamela Paxton;Yi Ting Wang;Yi Ting Wang;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • V-Dem Codebook v11

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  • Energy saving in Swedish households. The (relative) importance of environmental attitudes

    Johan Martinsson;Lennart J. Lundqvist;Aksel Sundström

  • V-Dem Codebook V10

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  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Organizing the Audit Society: Does Good Auditing Generate Less Public Sector Corruption?:

    Maria Gustavson;Aksel Sundström

  • Corruption as an obstacle to women’s political representation: Evidence from local councils in 18 European countries

    Aksel Sundström;Lena Wängnerud

  • Corruption and regulatory compliance: Experimental findings from South African small-scale fisheries

    Aksel Sundström

  • Covenants with broken swords: Corruption and law enforcement in governance of the commons

    Aksel Sundström

  • Corruption in the commons: why bribery hampers enforcement of environmental regulations in South African fisheries

    Aksel Sundström

  • Regional variation in voter turnout in Europe: The impact of corruption perceptions

    Aksel Sundström;Daniel Stockemer

  • Age representation in parliaments: Can institutions pave the way for the young?

    Daniel Stockemer;Aksel Sundström

  • Age Inequalities in Political Representation: A Review Article

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  • Youth without Representation

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  • Regional environmental performance and governance quality: a nonparametric analysis

    George E. Halkos;Aksel Sundström;Nickolaos G. Tzeremes

  • Gender differences in environmental concern among Swedish citizens and politicians

    Aksel Sundström;Aaron M. McCright

  • Women's rights in democratic transitions: A global sequence analysis, 1900–2012

    Yi Ting Wang;Patrik Lindenfors;Aksel SundstrÖm;Fredrik Jansson

  • What determines women’s political representation at the local level? A fine-grained analysis of the European regions

    Aksel Sundström;Daniel Stockemer

  • Understanding illegality and corruption in forest governance.

    Aksel Sundström

  • Women and nuclear energy: Examining the gender divide in opposition to nuclear power among swedish citizens and politicians

    Aksel Sundström;Aaron M. McCright

  • Corruption and Violations of Conservation Rules: A Survey Experiment with Resource Users

    Aksel Sundström

  • Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Explaining Youths’ Relative Absence in Legislatures

    Aksel Sundström;Daniel Stockemer

  • Violence and the Costs of Honesty: Rethinking bureaucrats’ choice to take bribes

    Aksel Sundström

  • Coping with illegal fishing: An institutional account of success and failure in Namibia and South Africa

    Martin Sjöstedt;Aksel Sundström

  • Corruption and citizens’ satisfaction with democracy in Europe: what is the empirical linkage?

    Daniel Stockemer;Aksel Sundström

  • RESEARCH NOTE Gender differences in environmental concern among Swedish citizens and politicians

    Aksel Sundström;Aaron M. McCright

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Stockemer
Daniel Stockemer University of Ottawa
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
Jeffrey K. Staton
Jeffrey K. Staton Emory University
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin
Jan Teorell
Jan Teorell Stockholm University
Aaron M. McCright
Aaron M. McCright Michigan State University
Bo Rothstein
Bo Rothstein University of Gothenburg
Sören Holmberg
Sören Holmberg University of Gothenburg
George Halkos
George Halkos University Of Thessaly
John Gerring
John Gerring The University of Texas at Austin

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