Hanna Bäck

Professor

Political Science

Main research or teaching areas

1. Comparative politics
2. Political parties and governments
3. Political behavior and political psychology

Current research and teaching

My research focuses mainly on political parties and coalition politics in Western European parliamentary democracies, focusing on topics such as coalition formation, portfolio allocation, cabinet reshuffles, policy-making in multiparty governments, and legislative behavior. I also do research on political behavior/political psychology, focusing mainly on explaining protest activity, radicalization and affective polarization. Other topics I focus on in my research are state capacity, corruption and foreign policy-making.

I teach comparative politics, political psychology and research methods.