JENNY MADESTAM
http://www.statsvet.su.se/homepages/jenny_madestam.htm
jenny.madestam@statsvet.su.se
Contact Information
Department Political Science
Stockholm University
S-106 91 Stockholm
Tel: +46 (0) 8 16 38 13
Personal
Married, three children
Current Position
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2013Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, Stockholm university, Sweden, 2009
M.S. in Political Science, Stockholm University, 2000
B.A. in Political Science, Stockholm University, 1998
Fields
Party Leadership, Political Leadership, Political Parties, Swedish Politics, Qualitative Methods
Previous Positions
Post-Doc, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2011- 2013
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2010-2011
Teaching Assistant, Swedish Politics, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2002
Lecturer, Bachelor Thesis Seminar – Swedish Politics, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2002
Assistant To Dean of Ph.D. program, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2000-2002
Research Assistant, Professor Tommy Möller, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University and The
Foundation of Business and Industry, 2000
Political Advisor, Swedish Government, Ministry of Education and Science, 2000
Political Assistant, Swedish Government, Ministry of Education and Science, 2000
Research Assistant, Parliamentary Commission on Democracy and Professor Tommy Möller, Department of Political
Science, Stockholm University, 1999
Assistant, Head Office of Swedish Consumer Cooperation Union, 1998-1999
Publications and Working Papers
“Privat eller offentlig – spelar det någon roll?” (“Private or Public, Does it Matter?”) Book chapter with Göran
Sundström and Göran Bergström in Johansson, Olof & Svedberg Lars (eds.), Att leda mot skolans mål, Malmö:
Gleerups
“A Friendly Father Figure And A Superficial Intellectual. Party Elites’ Ambivalent Leadership Ideal” (Thesis),
Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2009
“Party Leader Cultures in Swedish Parties”, mimeo, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2004
“A Methodological Approach–How To Study Swedish Party Leaders Qualitatively”, mimeo, Department of Sociology,
Uppsala University, 2002
“Swedish Party Leaders about Party Leadership–Research on Leadership in Political Science”, Dissertation plan,
Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 2001
“Party Leaders: Actors within A Structure and the Art of Providing Explanations”, mimeo, Department of Political
Science, Stockholm University, 2001
“The Demands of Citizens and the Declining Authority of Party Leaders”, mimeo, Department of Political Science,
Stockholm University, 2000
“The Party Members’ Perception of the Ideal Party Leader”, Mimeo, Department of Political Science, Stockholm
University, 2000
“What Makes the Local Party Organization Successful? A Comparative Study of Four Conservative Party
Organizations”, Mimeo, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, 1998
Non-Academic Publications
“Nya ledare ritar om den politiska kartan”, Göteborgsposten, 2003-12-18
“Moderaterna byter varumärke”, Göteborgsposten, 2003-10-23
“Brister i Göran Perssons ledarskap” - uttryck för socialdemokratins schizofrena kravspecifikation? Om en
arbetarrörelse med ambivalent partiledarkultur”, Göteborgsposten, 2003-09-24
“Sahlins ledarproblem beror mer på partiet än på henne”, Newsmill, 2009-12-09
“Statsvetare och SVT:s valexpert: Sahlin bör inte lita på Wetterstrand och Erikssons nej till Alliansen”, Svt Debatt,
2010-09-09
“Därför sluter S leden bakom sin partiledare”, DN Debatt, 2010-10-08
“Partiledarbyten öppnar för ny politisk riktning”, Göteborgsposten, 2011-01-23
“Därför går det bättre för Socialdemokraterna utan partiledare”, Svt Debatt, 2011-02-10
“Med Waidelich har Juholt hittat nyckeln till storstadens medelklassväljare”, Svt Debatt, 2011-03-31
“Familjen som politiskt varumärke”, Newsmill, 2011-04-03
“S-kvinnor behöver ett nytt ledarskap”, Svt Debatt, 2011-04-14
“Genialt drag om Reinfeldt avgår nu”, Newsmill, 2011-05-13
“Kvinnornas hårda strid inom Mp tecken på jämställdhet”, Svt Debatt, 2011-05-20
“Det slog gnistor om Reinfeldt och Juholt i dag”, Svt Debatt, 2011-06-15
“Annie Lööf måste välja riktning nu för att rädda Centerpartiet ur krisen”, Svt Debatt, 2011-09-02
“Lööf vill signalera nystart”, Brännpunkt, Svenska Dagbladet, 2011-09-29
“Omvänd könsmaktsordning i Centerpartiet, Svt Debatt, 2011-09-30
“Vänsterpartiet räknar med Sjöstedt-effekt”, Brännpunkt, Svenska Dagbladet, 2012-01-07
“Dåliga undersökningar ger uppseendeväckande resultat”, DN Debatt, 2012-01-16
“Det bästa S kan göra nu är att låta Juholt gå”, Svt Debatt, 2012-01-19
“Modigt av S att göra sig av med Juholt”, Svt Debatt, 2012-01-21
“Löfvens popularitet tvingar Reinfeldt att agera”, Svt Debatt, 2012-03-07
“Arkelsten har inte levt upp till förväntningarna”, Svt Debatt, 2012-04-20
“Äktenskapet mellan Moderaterna och svenska folket knakar i fogarna”, Svt Debatt, 2012-05-10
“Allvarligt att regeringen prickas av KU”, Svt Debatt, 2012-05-31
”Miljöpartiet populäraste partiet bilda regering med”, DN Debatt, 2012-06-29
Awards and Fellowships
Torsten Söderbergs Scholarship, “Political Leadership and Social Media”, 2014-2016
Forte, “Shared Leadership”, 2014-2016
Granholm Foundation (Granholms Stiftelse), “Vem blir partiledare och hur?”, 2010-2011
Anna Ahlströms and Ellen Terserius Scholarship, Stockholm University, 2011-2013
Parliamentary Fellowship (Riksdagsstipendiat), the Swedish Parliament, 2004-2005
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Nordic Political Science Association, Travel Grant, 2002
Stockholm University and Bagge Association, Graduate Scholarship, 2000-2002
Teaching Experience
Swedish Politics (undergrad), 2002-2005, 2009-2010
Thesis supervisor (undergrad), 2003-2005, 2009-2010
Interactive Methods (Master), 2008-2009
Research Methods (undegrad), 2010-2011
Social science/Demokrati och Samhälle and Demokrati, stat och kommun (undegrad), 2009Political Leadership and Democracy (undergrad), 2011Thesis supervisor (Master), 2011National Education for School Principals/Rektorsutbildningen (continuing education), 2011Seminar and Conference Presentations
European network conference, (Saltsjöbaden), Nordic Political Science Association, (Ålborg), “Politiskt ledarskap och
jämställdhet”, Talmannens referensgrupp för jämställdhetsfrågor, (Almedalen), “Politiskt ledarskap”, Stockholms
universitet, (Almedalen), “Politikens medialisering”, Riksbankens jubileumsfond/FAS, (Almedalen), “Statsvetare,
fjärde statsmakten?”, Statsvetenskapliga förbundet, (Almedalen), Swedish Association of Political Science,
(Gothenburg), Swedish Association of Political Science, (Stockholm), Various seminars with Novus Opinion
(Stockholm)
Miscellaneous
Op-ed, Expressen editorial page
Various media appearances (TV, radio, newspapers)
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