2026 Annika Björkdahl: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	28	1393	1269	22	22	124	3232

Annika Björkdahl publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annika Björkdahl sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 124 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Annika Björkdahl D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annika Björkdahl sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Annika Björkdahl is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research is situated within the broad domain of social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, and international relations. Björkdahl's work extends into gender studies, geography, planning and development, and general arts and humanities.

Their research topics cover a variety of aspects related to peace and security, including:

Peacebuilding and International Security
Global Peace and Security Dynamics
Global Security and Public Health
Gender, Security, and Conflict
Geographies of human-animal interactions
Political Conflict and Governance
International Law and Human Rights

Björkdahl has several recent publications, with articles published in prominent journals. Notable papers include:

"Space for Peace: A Research Agenda," 2022, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
"Friction in Transitional Justice Processes: The Colombian Judicial System and the ICC," 2021, International Journal of Transitional Justice
"Introducing Space for Peace," 2022, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
"Places of Pain and Spaces of Silence: Re-Visiting a Bosnian Rape Camp," 2023, Geopolitics

Björkdahl has also contributed to collaborative work, evident through frequent co-authorships with researchers such as Stefanie Kappler, Johanna Mannergren, Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Timothy Williams, and Ted Svensson.

The main publication venues where Björkdahl's work appears include:

Manchester University Press eBooks
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Cooperation and Conflict
International Journal of Transitional Justice
Geopolitics

In addition to journal articles, Björkdahl has published books, including "Peace and the politics of memory" (2024) through Winchester University Press.

Best Publications

Norms in international relations: some theoretical and methodological reflections

Annika Björkdahl

374
Citations
Norm advocacy: a small state strategy to influence the EU

Annika Björkdahl

282
Citations
Precarious peacebuilding: friction in global–local encounters

Annika Björkdahl;Kristine Höglund

240
Citations
From Idea to Norm - Promoting Conflict Prevention

Annika Björkdahl

197
Citations
Norm-maker and Norm-taker: Exploring the normative influence of the EU in Macedonia

Annika Björkdahl

135
Citations
The emerging EU peacebuilding framework: confirming or transcending liberal peacebuilding?

Oliver Richmond;Annika Björkdahl;Stefanie Kappler

120
Citations
Gendering agency in transitional justice

Annika Björkdahl;Johanna Mannergren Selimovic

114
Citations
‘Global’ norms and ‘local’ agency: frictional peacebuilding in Kosovo

Annika Björkdahl;Ivan Gusic

102
Citations
Peacebuilding and Friction: Global and Local Encounters in Post-Conflict Societies.

Annika Björkdahl;Kristine Höglund;Gearoid Millar;Jaïr van der Lijn

89
Citations
A Gender‐Just Peace? Exploring the Post‐Dayton Peace Process in Bosnia

Annika Björkdahl

81
Citations
Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation: Peace, Space and Place

Annika Björkdahl;Stefanie Kappler;Johan Galtung

80
Citations
Importing EU norms? Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings

Annika Björkdahl;Natalia Chaban;John Leslie;Annick Masselot

70
Citations
Promoting norms through peacekeeping: UNPREDEP and conflict prevention

Annika Björkdahl

63
Citations
Urban peacebuilding

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58
Citations
Space for Peace: A Research Agenda

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56
Citations
Swedish Norm Entrepreneurship in the UN

Annika Björkdahl

46
Citations
Ideas and Norms in Swedish Peace Policy

Annika Björkdahl

45
Citations
Everyday international relations: Editors’ introduction

Annika Björkdahl;Martin Hall;Ted Svensson

43
Citations
Importing EU Norms

Annika Björkdahl;Natalia Chaban;John Leslie;Annick Masselot

43
Citations
A tale of three bridges: agency and agonism in peace building

Annika Björkdahl;Johanna Mannergren Selimovic

40
Citations
The ‘field’ in the age of intervention : power, legitimacy, and authority versus the ‘local’.

Oliver P. Richmond;Stefanie Kappler;Annika Björkdahl

38
Citations
Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation

Annika Björkdahl;Stefanie Kappler

36
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristine Höglund Uppsala University

Oliver P. Richmond University of Manchester

Ole Elgström Lund University

Hanna Bäck Lund University

External Links

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