Articles by Michal Grahn

June 3, 2024

Let young people into politics: they won’t disappoint

Michal Grahn
Evidence shows that young people make productive legislators who work hard and get reelected. With elections to the European Parliament imminent, voters have a chance to significantly boost youth representation in European politics. Michal Grahn argues that youth representation matters because young people are growing increasingly disillusioned with democracy
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May 21, 2024

LGBTQ vote can keep far-right forces at bay in the forthcoming EP election

Michal Grahn
Far-right parties are growing increasingly hostile towards LGBTQ rights. In the forthcoming European Parliament elections, such parties are expected to gain significant ground. Michal Grahn shows that non-straight voters might, through mobilisation, help keep far-right forces at bay
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Michal Grahn
Researcher, Department of Government, Uppsala University

Michal's interests are political representation, political participation, political parties, gender, youth and sexuality politics.

His work has been published in European Journal of Political Research, Research & Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Politics & Gender and other outlets.

Michal currently leads two large-scale projects on the political behaviour and socio-economic inclusion of LGBT+ persons in Sweden.

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