Pär Zetterberg

Short-term Researcher, the General Fellowship Programme, SCAS.
Professor of Political Science, Uppsala University

Pär Zetterberg mainly does research in the area of comparative politics, with a focus on gender. His
research covers issues such as candidate recruitment, political parties, electoral quotas, political
violence, authoritarianism, and political representation. His research has been published in American
Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Democracy,among
other journals. He is co-editor of the book Gender and Violence against Political Actors (Temple
University Press, 2023).

At SCAS, he will work together with Elin Bjarnegård on a book manuscript tentatively titled
Autocratic Genderwashing: Women’s Rights as Authoritarian Strategies. This book examines
how autocratic leaders adopt gender equality reforms to appear liberal and democratic while
diverting attention from persistent authoritarian practices.  

Pär Zetterberg is in residence mid-November - mid-December 2024.
This information is accurate as of the academic year 2024-25.