Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson
Principal Investigator - WP III
Professor of Political Science and Electoral Studies
Department of Political Science
University of Gothenburg
Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson (born 1972) is professor in Political Science, Electoral Studies, at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. He is the head of the Swedish National Election Studies Program. His research interest focuses on public opinion and electoral behavior, and he holds a special interest in citizens' political knowledge and their effects on political attitudes and behavior. He is co-editor of The Research Handbook on Political Partisanship (Edward Elgar, 2020) with more than 40 participants from the entire world covering most topics and current discourses on the origins and effects of political partisanship.
Selected Publications
Oscarsson, G. H. E., & Holmberg, S. (Eds.). (2020). The Research handbook on political partisanship. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Oscarsson, H., & Rapeli, L. (2018). Citizens and Political Sophistication. In H. Oscarsson & L. Rapeli, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.220
Oscarsson, H., & Rosema, M. (2019). Consideration set models of electoral choice: Theory, method, and application. Electoral Studies, 57, 256–262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2018.08.003
Oscarsson, H., & Strömbäck, J. (2020). Covid 19 Kunskap och konspirationer: SOM-undersökningen om coronaviruset 2020. SOM-institutet.