- University of Gothenburg
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Department of Political Science
- Staff
- Faculty
- Hinnfors, Jonas
Jonas Hinnfors
Presentation
Professor of Political Science.
Chair, Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA).
Member of the Board, Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA).
At the University of Stirling, Scotland (Politics Division, School of Arts & Humanities): Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
Managing the Swedish part of the European research programme "Imagination - Urban Implications and Governance of CEE Migration" (2013-16) / Urban Europe Joint Programming Initiative
For telephone contact, please dial 0046 31 7864672 or 0046 709 931976.
Follow me on twitter @JonasHinnfors
Research
Social Democracy, Migration Policy, Parties/Party Behaviour; Ideology, Welfare State.
Recent Publications
J Hinnfors. ”le consentement à l'économie de marché, une constante social-démocrate en Suède et au Royaume-Uni”, pp 17-35, Critique Internationale, No 43, 2009 -- English Version: "Market-Friendly Social Democracy".
U Bjereld, M Demker & J Hinnfors. Varför vetenskap? Lund: Studentlitteratur 2009 (new edition).
J Hinnfors "Social Democracy." International . in B Badie, D Berg-Schlosser & L Morlino (eds.) Encyclopedia of Political Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2011. pp 2424-27.
J Hinnfors, A Spehar & G Bucken-Knapp. ”The Missing Factor: Why Social Democracy Can Lead to Restrictive Immigration Policy”, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol 19, 2012:4.
A-M Ekengren & J Hinnfors. Uppsatshandbok. Hur du lyckas med din uppsats ["Dissertation/Thesis Handbook. How to Succeed with your Dissertation/Thesis"], Lund: Studentlitteratur, (new edition), 2012, 148 pp.
U. Korkut, G. Bucken-Knapp, A. McGarry, J. Hinnfors, & H. Drake (eds.), The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe (Forthcoming, June 2013, Palgrave).
A. Spehar, G. Bucken-Knapp & J. Hinnfors, "Ideology and Entry Policy: Why Non-Socialist Parties in Sweden Support Open Door Migration Policies", in U. Korkut, G. Bucken-Knapp, A. McGarry, J. Hinnfors, & H. Drake (eds.), The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe (Forthcoming, June 2013, Palgrave).
U Korkut, J. Hinnfors and H Drake, "Conclusions", in U. Korkut, G. Bucken-Knapp, A. McGarry, J. Hinnfors, & H. Drake (eds.), The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe (Forthcoming, June 2013, Palgrave).
Recent Workshop
With colleagues Andrea Spehar and Gregg Bucken-Knapp I hosted the 14-15 June International Workshop "Political Parties and Migration Policy Puzzles: The European Scene" (University of Gothenburg).
Recent Conference Papers
"Socialdemokratins ideologiska vilsenhet", paper presented at the Labour Movement Research Network Conference, Stockholm 8-9 May 2009.
Y Aucante & J Hinnfors. "Social Democracy, ideological change, and the global crisis: lost opportunity or business as usual” (with Yohann Aucante)", Paper presented at the "Policy Choice During Societal Change", SWEPSA Annual Conference, Gothenburg, 30 September-2 October 2010, 14 pp.
A Spehar, G Bucken-Knapp & J Hinnfors. "Ideology and Entry Policy: Why Non-Socialist Parties in Sweden Support Open Door Migration Policies", Paper presented at the "Politics of Migration: Citizenship, Inclusion and Discourse in Europe Conference". A Joint Workshop of GCU Institute for Society and Social Justice, PSA Comparative European Politics, and French Politics Specialist Groups, Glasgow 10-12 November, 2011.
G Bucken-Knapp, J Hinnfors, A Spehar & P Levin. "No Nordic Model: Understanding Differences in the Labour Migration Policy Preferences of Mainstream Finnish and Swedish Political Parties", Paper presented at the ECPR Sixth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, the section on Immigration, Migration and Asylum, Tampere, Finland, 13-15 September 2012.
G Bucken-Knapp, J Hinnfors, A Spehar & P Levin. “Swedish exceptionalism? Understanding the Integration Policy Preferences of Mainstream Swedish Political Parties”, (with Gregg Bucken-Knapp and Andrea Spehar), paper presented at the conference ”PSA Specialist groups, Immigrants in Europe: Between the Eurozone Crisis and the Arab Spring”, University of Westminster, London, 9 November 2012.
Evaluator Assignments
Frequently commissioned as research and education evaluator (Journal Peer Review Assignments; Higher Education Agency Commissions etc; Denmark, Estonia, Sweden)
Educational Experience
Gothenburg: Comparative Politics, Supervision, all educational levels.
Stirling University, Scotland: Party Systems in a Comparative Perspective, Advanced Level.
Doctoral Student Supervision Experience: 14 PhD students in all.
Miscellaneous
Love all manner of food, including British!
Contact Information
Jonas.Hinnfors(@)pol.gu.se
Room, A508
Phone:
+46 (0) 31-786 4672
