Curriculum Vitae
1 April 2025
Karl Magnus Johansson, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University
Personal Data
Born: Kalmar, Sweden, 2 May 1966
Citizenship: Swedish
Civil status: Married, one stepson
Education & Qualifications
PhD Political Science, Lund University, Sweden (1997/05)
Visiting Research Student, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (1992/01-03)
BA Political Science and Economics (and much more besides), Lund University, Sweden (1990/06)
Language studies: New Jersey/USA (Upsala College) (1987/06-07), Vienna (1990/07), Salamanca (1991/07), Paris (1992/07), London (2001/05)
Professorial Affiliate
Affiliate Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University (2021/05- )
Principal Employment Experience
Part Time Professor, European University Institute (2018/03-2019/05)
Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University (2011/04-2021/03)
Associate Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University (2001/07-2011/03)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Södertörn University (1998/07-2001/06)
Research Fellow, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (1997/09-2000/06)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lund University (1997/07-1998/06)
Coordinator, Centre for European Studies, Lund University (1997/07-1998/06)
Junior Lecturer in Political Science, Lund University (1994/07-1997/06)
Teaching Assistant (Amanuensis), Department of Political Science, Lund
University (1991/11-1994/06)
Visiting Scholar Positions
Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University (2001/07-08)
Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn (1999/11) (2000,
appointed Senior Fellow)
Awards
Robert Schuman Scientific Prize (Prix Scientifique ‘Robert Schuman’, travaux de recherches universitaires portant sur l’histoire, le développement et le
fonctionnement du Groupe du PPE-DE du Parlement Européen) (2003)
Södertörn University Students’ Union Award for the best teacher 2000/2001 (2001)
Fahlbeck Award for the best undergraduate thesis in Political Science at Lund University (1990)
Internal Research Grant
Södertörn University, ‘Contested Democracy’, collaborative research platform (2023)
External Research Grants
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS), ‘The networks of Europarties’, collaborative research project, co-investigator (2020); ‘The partisan dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe’, consulting assignment (2022)
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), ‘Political Resources: A Research Initiation Project’, collaborative research initiation project (2018)
European Parliament/European University Institute, ‘The European ambition: study on the EPP Group’s contribution and its impact on the European integration process and on the directly elected European Parliament’, collaborative research project, co-investigator (2017)
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen), ‘Symbiotic leader-media relations? Exploring interaction between prime ministers and the media in Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden’, collaborative research project, co-investigator and project leader (2013)
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), ‘The Nordic Model of Democracy: Diffusion, Competition, Europeanisation’, collaborative research project, co-investigator (2007)
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen), ‘New Voices, Old Roots: Dilemmas of Populism in Enlarged Europe’, collaborative research project, co-investigator (2006)
Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen), ‘Adaptation or Transformation? Europeanization in the Baltic States’, collaborative research project, co-investigator and project leader (2003)
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), ‘The Government Offices and the Organization of Society’, collaborative research project, co-investigator (2003)
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond), ‘The Swedish Right 1904-2000: Friend or Foe of Modernization?’, collaborative research project, co-investigator (1999)
Swedish Institute of International Affairs, ‘Transnational party networks and the agenda of European union’, individual research project, principal investigator (1997)
External Professional Service (Selection)
Member of the Programme Board of the Europe in Transition research initiative, Research Council of Norway (2014-2017)
Elector of the Swedish Research Council (2015)
Member of the Steering Committee of the Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science (SNES) (2002-2010, 2016-2017)
Member of the Steering Committee of the Centre for German Studies (2002-2005)
Member of the Board of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA) (2002-2003)
Member and/or conference participation (selection): American Political Science Association (Boston 2008), International Studies Association (New York 2009), European Union Studies Association (Pittsburgh 1999, Austin 2005, Montreal 2007), European Consortium for Political Research (General Conference/Joint Sessions) (Leiden 1993, Budapest 2005, Pisa 2007, Potsdam 2009), European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on the European Union (Bordeaux 2002), International Political Science Association (Quebec City 2000, Fukuoka 2006), Nordic Political Science Association (Uppsala 1999, Reykjavik 2005, Tromsø 2008), Pan-European International Relations Conference (Vienna 1998), Swedish Political Science Association (Linköping 1991, Köpenhamn 1992, Lund 1996, Uppsala 1997, Linköping 1998, Örebro 2000, Göteborg 2001, Växjö 2002, Umeå 2003, Stockholm 2004, Uppsala 2008, Örebro 2009, Göteborg 2010, Stockholm 2013, Stockholm 2015, Visby 2016), Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science (SNES) (1997-2010, 2015, 2017), Central and East European Communication and Media Consortium (CEECOM) (Zagreb 2015, Ljubljana 2017), International Communication Association (ICA) (Prague 2018), University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) (Lille 2022)
Book manuscript reviewer: National Defence College/CRISMART (Crisis Management Research and Training), SNS Förlag, Södertörn Academic Studies, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Budrich UniPress, Routledge
Article referee: Acta Politica, Austrian Journal of Political Science, Cooperationand Conflict, European Journal of Political Research, Government and
Opposition, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Journal of European Integration, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Public Policy, Party Politics, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Scandinavian Political Studies, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, West European Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Public Administration, Comparative European Politics, Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift, Policy & Politics Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the academic journal Open Political Science (2017-2022)
University Service (Selection)
Member of the Steering Group of the Centre for the Study of Political Organization, Södertörn University (2017/07-2019/06), Chair, Reference Group
(2019/01-2019/12)
Member of the Recruitment Committee, Södertörn University (2008/07-2010/09, 2015/09-2016/12, 2017/11-2019/06), Chair (2015/10-2016/12)
Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science, Södertörn University (2007/01- 2010/12)
Head, Political Science, Södertörn University (2000/07-2002/12)
Head, European Programme, Södertörn University (1998/09-2000/06)
Societal Outreach (Selection)
Member of the Swedish Society for International Affairs (Utrikespolitiska
samfundet) (2012- )
Member of Letterstedtska föreningen (2007- ) Member of the SNS Democratic Audit (SNS Demokratiråd), Center for Business and Policy Studies (2001)
Associated Researcher at SNS, Center for Business and Policy Studies (2000/07-2004/06)
Expert commentator in Swedish and international media on politics in Sweden, in Europe, and in the European Union
Teaching and Supervision
PhD dissertations supervised jointly to completion:
• Anders Nordström, The Interactive Dynamics of Regulation: Exploring the Council of Europe’s Monitoring of Ukraine (2008)
• Pelle Åberg, Translating Popular Education: Civil Society Cooperation between Sweden and Estonia (2008)
Ph.D. courses:
• Political Science Theory
Graduate courses:
• European Politics
• Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Analysis
• Politikens institutioner
• EU, Europa och världen
• Approaches to Political Science
• International Relations I
• International Relations II
• Non-State Actors in International Relations
• Empirical Political Theory
• Organisationer i samhället
• Förändring, reformer och styrning
• Political Analysis
• Global Governance
• Political Organization
• Mentoring
• Thesis supervision
Undergraduate courses:
• Internationella relationer
• Politik i Sverige och andra länder
• Demokrati och samhällsorganisation
• Makt och demokrati
• Utrikespolitisk analys
• Europeisk integration
• Komparativ politik
• Förvaltningspolitik
• Internationella relationer
• Utrikespolitisk analys
• Politikens organisering
• Demokrati
• Politiska system
• Östersjövärldar
• Nordic Politics and Parties
• Multilateral Negotiation
• European Integration
• Europeisering och institutionell förändring
• Europeisk integration och diversitet
• Europapolitik
• Internationella relationer A: Samarbete och integration i teori och praktik
• International Relations A: Cooperation and Integration in Theory and
Practice
• Nordic Politics in Comparative Perspective
• Thesis supervision