Mikael Gilljam

Presentation

Professor

Area of interests

• Democracy
• Public opinion
• Election studies
• Decision-making in schools
• Research methods

Ongoing research projects

• Mechanisms of Democracy, financed by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (with colleagues in Göteborg, Uppsala, Stockholm and Lund)
• Forms of Decision-Making in Well-Functioning Schools, financed by The Swedish Research Council (with colleagues in Göteborg and Stockholm)
• What Politicians Mean by Democracy, financed by The Swedish Research Council
• Schools, Ethnicity and Democracy, financed by Göteborg University (with colleagues in Göteborg)

Teaching

• Methods, bachelor level
• Essay co-ordination, bachelor level
• Essay examination, bachelor and master level
• Methods, teacher training program
• Main supervisor/Assistant supervisor for six PhD candidates