Cecilia Josefsson is Associate Professor (Docent) in Political Science in the Department of Government at Uppsala University. Her research focuses on political institutions and representation with a focus on gender, in a wide variation of contexts including sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Scandinavia. Currently, she is researching gendered working conditions and leadership in the Swedish Parliament.

Read more from Associate Professor Cecilia Josefsson:

Josefsson, C (2024) Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas. Oxford University Press.

Erikson, J., Håkansson, S., & Josefsson, C. (2021). Three Dimensions of Gendered Online Abuse: Analyzing Swedish MPs’ Experiences of Social Media. Perspectives on Politics, 1-17.https://doi.org/10.1017/S153759272100204

Josefsson, C. (2020). How candidate selection structures and genders political ambition: illustrations from Uruguay, European Journal of Politics and Gender, 3(1), 61-78. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510819X15693187680761