By Jonathan Polk (Lund University) There are eight parliamentary parties in Sweden and in the 2026 electoral campaign they cluster into two blocs of varying cohesiveness. On the right, there are the three parties of government, the Moderates (M), Christian Democrats (KD), and Liberals (L), with support from the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD). The red-green [...]
Online symposium on "Party System Institutionalization, Presidentialism and Democracy" in homage to Prof. Scott Mainwaring (Notre Dame University, USA). Watch SYMPOSIUM
Presentation at the 13th International Congress of Mongolists (Ulaanbaatar). View LINK
By Nikandros Ioannidis (Cyprus University of Technology) DISY and AKEL kept every seat, but ELAM doubled its strength, two outsider parties entered parliament, and the president lost most of his original parliamentary support base. Cyprus's parliamentary election of 24 May produced a result that was simultaneously reassuring and disruptive. With a turnout of 66.9%, the [...]
Presentation at the ODIHR Workshop on Political Integrity in Political Parties (Chisinau). View LINK
Presentation at ADEPT's Monday Dialogue on "Adjustment of legislation on political parties in the Republic of Moldova". Watch VIDEO Read DOCUMENT View LINK View LINK View LINK
Member of a PhD. Thesis Committee, together with Scott Pruysers, Ruben Zaiotti, Robert Finbow, Kristin Good, and Nik Thomas (Dalhousie University, Canada). The PhD. Thesis, titled "The Different Worlds of Direct Public Funding of Political Parties: Empirical Application of a Novel Typological Framework", was successfully defended by Tobias Schminke (Dalhousie University).
Interview on political party finance in The Philippines. View LINK Watch INTERVIEW (from 19:30)
Interview on the crisis of government in the United Kingdom. Watch INTERVIEW (from minute 21:51)
Presentation on "Money in Politics: Who Pays for Elections?" at the De La Salle University (Manila).
