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annikafreden.bsky.social

@annikafreden.bsky.social
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Associate professor of political science, Lund University. I study political behavior specializing in the intersection between computational and social science methods.

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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sovra i bruset och ta del av vår analys av AI-frågan i valrörelsen!
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We have a result. Commenting on it here: www.cbsnews.com/news/sweden-...
cbsnews.com
Sweden faces political uncertainty as far-right loses some of its vote share in super close election
Sweden's left-wing opposition are holding a slim lead after an election that saw the far-right's share of the vote
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/stat...
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My say on the present Swedish election campaign: www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/klar...
abcnyheter.no
Klart rødgrønt forsprang i Sverige: – Skal ikke tro at valget er vunnet
Meningsmålingene viser et klart rødgrønt forsprang i Sverige. Men med tre uker igjen til mål og mange partier som kan legge inn en sluttspurt, er ingenting avgjort.
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
swedenherald.com/article/expe...
swedenherald.com
Expert on the Liberals' time pressure says it looks difficult | Sweden Herald
The Liberals are now putting everything into attracting voters' support
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Election Year. I discuss the consequences of the Swedish -and Danish - electoral systems: sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt...
sverigesradio.se
Fyraprocentsspärren i riksdagen – bra eller dålig? - Förmiddag i P1
Det är valår. Det pratas om lag och ordning men som vanligt pratas det också om en valteknisk fråga, fyraprocentsspärren i riksdagen. Är det rimligt att ...
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Back on track: the question about Liberal party’s survival in parliament. I give my view: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sd-o...
sverigesradio.se
SD öppnar för stödröster till Liberalerna för att trygga Tidö 2.0 - Godmorgon världen
Liberalerna kämpar under 4-procentsspärren och stödröster kan bli avgörande för regeringsunderlaget.Sverigedemokraterna säger att de kan komma att uppmana ...
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
www.dn.se/sverige/svar... Interviewed by DN on the Swedish Liberal party’s prospects for (strategic) votes
dn.se
Svårt för Liberalerna att räkna med stödröster
Statsvetare tror det behövs rejäl uppgång för Liberalerna för att partiet ska få allmänborgerliga röster.
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/10/2025
Negative emotions have fallen back to roughly their pre-pandemic levels, well below where they would be if the earlier trend had continued. Our analysis of the data, however, shows that the recovery is far from even
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The world has become surprisingly less grumpy
But our analysis of polling data shows an uneven recovery in how people feel
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Finally on my way to Norrköping and #ic2s2! We’ll present some cool stuff on using LLMs for replicating social science experiments.
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... Liberal party in Sweden is looking for a new leader again. Leaders’ policy profiles can be crucial to vote choice also under PR, our study shows. L’s might earn from emphasising school and education.
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | Reevaluating the Influence of Leaders Under Proportional Representation: Quantitative Analysis of Text in an Electoral Experiment
We propose that leaders play a more important role in voters’ party sympathy in proportional representation systems (PR) than previous research has suggested...
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annikafreden.bsky.social @annikafreden.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Interdisciplinary work at its best! Co-authored with M Johansson and D Saynova: Word embeddings on ideology and issues from Swedish parliamentarians’ motions: a comparative approach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
Word embeddings on ideology and issues from Swedish parliamentarians’ motions: a comparative approach
Quantitative analysis of large-scale political text data in the form of word embeddings has great potential for systematising differences between political parties. We examine the differences betwe...
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