CURRICULUM VITAE
HANNA BÄCK
August 8th, 2016
PERSONAL AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Born: December 20, 1975 in Stockholm (Hammarby), Sweden
Children: one daughter, Emilia, born September 24, 2009 in Berlin, Germany
Address: Department of Political Science, Lund University
Box 52, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Phone : +46 46 2220161
Fax : +46 46 2224006
E-mail : [email protected]
Website: http://svet.lu.se/en/hanna-back
EDUCATION, DEGREES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015 (Feb.)
2013
2012 (Feb.)
2011–
2008 (June)
2007–2011
2006–2007
2005–2006
2004
2003 (Oct.)
2001–2002
2000
1998 (Feb.)
Full professor, Lund University
Qualified teaching practioner, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University
Visiting fellowship at Nuffield college, University of Oxford
External fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim
Associate professor (“docent”) in Political Science, Uppsala University.
Junior professorship at the MZES, University of Mannheim
Post-doctoral fellowship, University of Twente
Post-doctoral fellowship, European University Institute, Florence
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan
Ph.D. Department of Government, Uppsala University
Visiting scholar, Department of Political Science, University of California San Diego
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan
B.A. in Political Science, University of Stockholm
AWARDS
2008
2004
2002
Winner of one of the two annual Vincent Wright Memorial prizes for best article in
West European Politics 2007 (together with Patrick Dumont).
Winner of the Gunnar Hazelius Prize for best dissertation in Social Science and
History (Uppsala University).
Winner of the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for best workshop paper presented at the
ECPR Joint Sessions in Grenoble 2001.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Feb. 2015–
Aug. 2011–Feb. 2015
Nov. 2007–July 2011
Oct. 2006–Oct. 2007
Oct. 2005–Sept. 2006
Nov. 2003–Sept. 2005
Sept. 1998–Oct. 2003
Full professorship, Lund University
Associate professorship (senior lecturer), Lund University
Junior professorship, University of Mannheim
Post doctoral fellowship, University of Twente
Post doctoral fellowship, European University Institute
Employed as post-doctoral researcher, Uppsala University
Employed as Ph.D. Candidate, Uppsala University
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editor (journal)
Associate editor of the journal Political Psychology (2015–2020)
Peer reviewer
(journals)
Acta Politica
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
British Journal of Political Science
Comparative European Politics
Comparative Political Studies
Electoral Studies
European Journal of Political Research
European Political Science Review
European Union Politics
Journal of Legislative Studies
Journal of Politics
Journal of Public Policy
Kommunal Ekonomi och Politik
Legislative Studies Quarterly
Party Politics
Political Analysis
Political Behavior
Political Science Research and Methods
Political Studies
Politics
Public Choice
Scandinavian Political Studies
Sociological Methods and Research
Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift
West European Politics
Reviewer
(funding agencies)
Marianne & Marcus Wallenberg foundation
Project evaluation (2011)
The Swedish Research Council
Call for “Comparative research”(2012)
The Swedish Research Council
General call (political science, media, peace
and conflict, 2016)
Expert
Democracy Investigation (Dir. 2014-111)
Government investigation (2014)
Project leader
‘Explaining radicalization and political violence: Online and offline professes’, research
project funded by the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg foundation (2017–2020,
approx. 400.000 euro).
‘Yes Minister! A Survey of Cabinet Ministers’ Influence on Social Policy in Seven West
European Countries’, research project funded by FORTE (2014–2016, approx. 400.000 euro).
‘Extreme Activism? Psychological Determinants of Protest Behavior’, research project
funded by the Swedish Research Council (2011–2014, approx. 400.000 euro).
‘The Ideological Cohesion of Parliamentary Parties’, research project funded by
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (2011–2014, approx. 300.000 euro).
‘”Strong” vs. “Weak” Governments and the Challenge of Economic Reforms”’, research
project, part of SFB program, funded by the German Science Foundation (with
Wolfgang C. Müller, 2010–2013 approx. 240.000 euro).
‘The Presidentialization of Parliamentary Democracies’, research project funded by the
Swedish Research Council (with T. Persson, 2007–2009, approx. 290.000 euro).
Project/program
collaborator
‘The Political Psychology of Radicalization’, project funded by FORTE (led by Emma
Bäck, 2015-2018, approx. 400.000 euro).
‘Political participation among young people – from party democrats to social media
activists?, project funded by the Wallenberg foundation (led by Malena Rosén
Sundström, 2015-2017, approx. 500.000 euro).
‘State-making and the Origins of the Global Political Order in the long 19th Century and
Beyond’, program funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (led by Jan Teorell, 2015–
2020, approx. 3,6 million euro).
‘From the Margins to the Mainstream: Populist Radical Right Parties and Government
Formation in Europe’, project funded by the Wallenberg foundation (led by Ann-
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Cathrine Jungar, 2014–2017, approx. 500.000 euro).
‘Bringing Policies back in. Explaining Payoff Allocation in Coalition Governments’,
project funded by the German Science Foundation (led by Heike Klüver, 2014–2017,
approx. 330.000 euro).
‘”Strong” vs. “Weak” Governments and the Challenge of Economic Reforms”’, project,
part of SFB program (2nd funding period), funded by the Austrian Science Foundation
(led by Wolfgang C. Müller, 2014–2017 approx. 300.000 euro).
Network steering
committees
The Selection and Deselection of Political Elites (SEDEPE) network (with Keith
Dowding, Patrick Dumont, Matthew Kerby and Luca Verzichelli).
The network “Anxieties of Democracy”, led by Ira Katznelson (cooperation American
Social Science Research council, SSRC & German Research Foundation).
Conference organizer
Workshop chair SWEPSA conference Lund 2014
Panel chair ECPR General conference Glasgow 2014
Workshop chair ECPR Joint Sessions Salamanca 2014
Panel chair ECPR General conference Bordeaux 2013
Workshop chair SWEPSA conference Växjö 2012
Panel chair ECPR General conference Reykjavik 2011
Workshop chair ECPR Joint Sessions 2011
Panel chair ECPR General conference Potsdam 2009
Panel chair ECPR General conference Pisa 2007
PH.D. SUPERVISION AND COMMITTEES
Ph.D.
Supervisor of Ph.D. project of Annika Fredén, Lund University (finished 2016)
supervisor
Supervisor of Ph.D. project of Katharina Barié, University of Mannheim (expected 2016)
Supervisor of Ph.D. project of Sebastian Hartmann, University of Mannheim (finished 2014)
Co-supervisor of Ph.D. project of Anders Backlund, Södertörn University (expected 2019)
Co-supervisor of Ph.D. project of Carlo Knotz, Lund University (expected 2017)
Co-supervisor of Ph.D. project of Stina Melander, Lund University (finished 2013)
Co-supervisor of Ph.D. project of Christoph Uhl, University of Hamburg (expected 2017)
Member of
External member of Sofie Blombäck’s committee, Göteborg University, 2015
Ph.D.
External member of Henrik Emilsson’s committee, Malmö university, 2014
committees
External member of Mikael Persson’s committee, Göteborg University, 2013
External member of Artur Nilsson’s committee, Lund University (psychology), 2013
Internal member of Nils Gustafsson’s committee, Lund University, 2013
External member of Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik’s committee, University of Vienna, 2013
Internal member of Michael Wahman’s committee, Lund University, 2012
External member (“opponent”) of Svend Dahl’s committee, Stockholm University, 2011
External member of Andrej Kokkonen’s committee, Göteborg University, 2011
External member of Albert Falcó-Gimeno’s committee, Pompeu Fabra University, 2011
External member (“opponent”) of Henrik Serup Christensen’s committee, Åbo Akademi, 2011
External member of Hanne Fjelde’s committee, Uppsala University, 2009
External member of Irina Stefuriuc’s committee, Free University of Brussels (VUB), 2008
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PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
Hanna Bäck, Wolfgang C. Müller & Benjamin Nyblade. (Forthcoming). “Multiparty Government and Economic
Policy-Making. Coalition Agreements, Prime Ministerial Power and Spending in Western European
Cabinets”. Conditionally accepted in Public Choice.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Heike Klüver. 2016. “Bicameralism, Intra-party Bargaining, and the Formation of Party
Policy Positions: Evidence from the German Federal System”. Party Politics 22: 405-417.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Wolfgang C. Müller. 2016. “Intra-party Diversity and Ministerial Selection in
Coalition Governments”. Public Choice 166: 355-378.
Emma A. Bäck, Hanna Bäck & Holly Knapton. 2015. “Group Belongingness and Collective Action: Effects of
Need to Belong and Rejection Sensitivity on Willingness to Participate in Protests Activities”. Scandinavian
Journal of Psychology 56: 537-544.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Jale Tosun. 2015. “Partisanship, Ministers and Biotechnology Policy”. Review of
Policy Research 32: 556-575.
Holly Knapton, Hanna Bäck & Emma Bäck. 2015. “The Social Activist: Conformity to the Ingroup Following
Rejection as a Predictor of Political Participation”. Social Influence 10: 97-108.
Hanna Bäck & Johannes Lindvall. 2015. “Commitment Problems in Coalitions: A New Look at the Fiscal
Policies of Multiparty Governments”. Political Science Research and Methods 3: 53–72.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Jochen Müller. 2014. “Who Takes the Parliamentary Floor? The Role of Gender in
Speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag”. Political Research Quarterly 67: 504–518.
Marc Debus & Hanna Bäck. 2014. “Der Einfluss von Mandatstyp und Wahlkreiseigenschaften auf die inhaltlichen
Positionen in Parlamentsreden”. Swiss Political Science Review 20: 330–353.
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck & Gema Garcia-Albacete. 2013. “Protest Activity, Social Incentives and Rejection
Sensitivity: Results from a Survey Experiment about Tuition Fees”. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of
Social Protest 1: 1–15.
Martin E. Hansen, Robert Klemmensen, Sara B. Hobolt & Hanna Bäck. 2013. “Portfolio Saliency and Ministerial
Turnover. Dynamics in Scandinavian Post-War Cabinets”. Scandinavian Political Studies 36: 227–248.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller & Henry Bäck. 2013. “Regional Government Formation in Varying
Multi-Level Contexts. A Comparison of Eight European Countries”. Regional Studies 47: 368–387.
Hanna Bäck, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson & Jörn Fischer. 2012. “European Integration and Prime
Ministerial Power. A Differential Impact on Cabinet Reshuffles in Germany and Sweden”. German Politics
21: 184–208.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Patrick Dumont. 2011. “Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of
Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies”. European Journal of Political Research 50: 441–478.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Anders Westholm. 2011. “Explaining Modes of Participation. A Dynamic Test of
Alternative Rational Choice Models”. Scandinavian Political Studies 34: 74–97.
Hanna Bäck, Patrick Dumont, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson & Kåre Vernby. 2009. “Does European
Integration Lead to a Presidentialization of Executive Politics? Ministerial Selection in Swedish Post-War
Cabinets”. European Union Politics 10: 226–252.
Hanna Bäck, Thomas Persson & Henk Erik Meier. 2009. “Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs. The Proportional
Allocation of Ministerial Posts in Coalition Governments”. Journal of Legislative Studies 15: 10–34.
Leif Lewin, Barbro Lewin, Hanna Bäck & Lina Westin. 2008. “A Kinder, Gentler Democracy? The Consensus
Model and Swedish Disability Politics”. Scandinavian Political Studies 31: 291–310.
Hanna Bäck & Axel Hadenius. 2008. “Democracy and State Capacity. Exploring a J-shaped Relationship”.
Governance 21: 1–24.
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Hanna Bäck & Patrick Dumont. 2008. “Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of
Formateurs in Parliamentary Government Formation”. Public Choice 135: 353–373.
Hanna Bäck. 2008. “Intraparty Politics and Coalition Formation: Evidence from Swedish Local Government”.
Party Politics 14: 71–89.
Hanna Bäck & Patrick Dumont. 2007. “Combining Large-n and Small-n Strategies: The Way Forward in Coalition
Research”. West European Politics 30: 467–501.
Patrick Dumont & Hanna Bäck. 2006. “Why So Few and Why So Late? Green Parties and the Question of Governmental
Participation”. European Journal of Political Research 45: S35–S67.
Hanna Bäck. 2003. “Explaining and Predicting Coalition Outcomes. Conclusions from Studying Data on Local
Coalitions”. European Journal of Political Research 42: 441–472.
WORK IN PROGRESS (ARTICLES)
Mariyana Angelova, Hanna Bäck, Wolfgang C. Müller & Daniel Strobl. (Forthcoming). “Veto Player Theory
and Reform Making in Western Europe”. Unpublished manuscript.
Mariyana Angelova, Hanna Bäck, Wolfgang C. Müller & Daniel Strobl. (Forthcoming). “Electoral Cycles in
Policy Making: How Governments Time Reforms”. Unpublished manuscript.
Emma Bäck & Hanna Bäck. (Forthcoming). “Why engage in collective action? Informational and normative
influence in protest participation”. Unpublished manuscript.
Hanna Bäck & Marc Debus. (Forthcoming). “Representing the Region on the Floor. Electoral Districts,
Economic Characteristics, and Speechmaking in the German Bundestag”. Unpublished manuscript.
Hanna Bäck, Patrick Dumont & Thomas Saalfeld. (Forthcoming). “Portfolio Allocation and Cabinet Duration in
Parliamentary Democracies”. Unpublished manuscript.
Hanna Bäck, Matthew Kerby & Thomas Persson. (Forthcoming). “The Survival of Ministers in Times of Crisis.
An Analysis of Turnover in Canadian and Swedish Cabinets”. Unpublished manuscript.
Hanna Bäck & Martin Rosema. (Forthcoming). “Strategic Voting in Proportional Systems. Voting for Coalitions
and Prime Ministers”. Unpublished manuscript.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Staffan Lindberg. (Forthcoming). “Cabinets, Prime Ministers and Corruption. A
Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Governments in Post-war Europe”. Unpublished manuscript.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Alexander von Hagen-Jamar. (Forthcoming). “War, Performance and the Survival of
Foreign Ministers”. Unpublished manuscript.
MONOGRAPHS AND EDITED VOLUMES
Hanna Bäck & Marc Debus. 2016. Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking.
Palgrave MacMillan.
Hanna Bäck & Mikael Gilljam. 2006 (eds). Valets mekanismer [The Mechanisms of Elections]. Stockholm: Liber.
Hanna Bäck. 2003. Explaining Coalitions. Evidence and Lessons From Studying Coalition Formation in
Swedish Local Government. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Hanna Bäck & Torbjörn Bergman. 2016. “The Parties in Government Formation”. Oxford University Press
Handbook of Swedish Politics (ed. Jon Pierre). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hanna Bäck. 2015. “Partierna och regeringsbildningen” [The parties and government formation]. In Magnus
Hagevi (ed.): Partier och partisystem. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Hanna Bäck & Henry Bäck. 2012. “Balanspartier i regeringsbildningar” [Balance parties in government
formation]. In Björkman & Fjaestad (eds): Tungan på vågen. Vågmästare och balanspartier. Riksbankens
Jubileumsfonds Årsbok. Makadam Förlag.
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Hanna Bäck, Thomas Persson, Kåre Vernby & Lina Westin. 2011. “Presidentialisation from a Historical
Perspective: Ministerial Selection and Reshuffling in Swedish Cabinets”. In Thomas Persson & Matti Wiberg
(eds.): Parliamentary Government in the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads. Stockholm: Santérus Förlag.
Hanna Bäck. 2010. “Den svenska regeringsbildningen i ett jämförande perspektiv” [Swedish Government
Formation in a Comparative Perspective]. In Jörgen Hermansson (ed): Regeringsmakten i Sverige. Ett
experiment i parlamentarism, 1917–2009. Stockholm: SNS.
Jacques Thomassen & Hanna Bäck. 2009. “European Citizenship and Identity”. In Jacques Thomassen (ed): The
Legitimacy of the European Union after Enlargement. Oxford University Press.
Hanna Bäck. 2009. “Intraparty Politics and Local Coalition Formation”. In Daniela Giannetti & Kenneth Benoit
(eds): Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies. London: Routledge.
Hanna Bäck, Thomas Persson, Kåre Vernby & Helena Wockelberg. 2009. ”In Tranquil Waters? Swedish
Cabinet Ministers in the Post-War Era”. In Keith Dowding & Patrick Dumont (eds): The Selection of
Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing. London: Routledge.
Hanna Bäck & Jan Teorell. 2009. “The Stability of Partisanship. Evidence from a Russian Panel Study”. In John
Bartle & Paolo Bellucci (eds): Political Parties and Partisanship. Social Identity and Individual Attitudes.
London: Routledge.
Thomas Persson, Hanna Bäck & Jörgen Hermansson. 2008. “Parlamentarismen ifrågasatt” [Questioned Parliamentary
Democracy]. In Sverker Gustavsson, Jörgen Hermansson & Barry Holmström (eds): Statsvetare ifrågasätter.
Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
Hanna Bäck, Carina Gunnarson & Magdalena Inkinen. 2008. “Explaining Generalised Trust”. In Carina Gunnarson.
Cultural Warfare: Fighting the Mafia in Palermo. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Hanna Bäck & Mikael Gilljam. 2006. “Valdemokratins mekanismer” [The Mechanisms of Electoral
Democracy]. Introduction in Hanna Bäck & Mikael Gilljam (eds). Valets mekanismer. Stockholm: Liber.
Hanna Bäck & Kåre Vernby. 2006. ”Medborgarna uppfattar partierna” [The Citizens Perceive the Parties]. In
Hanna Bäck & Mikael Gilljam (eds). Valets mekanismer. Stockholm: Liber.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Anders Westholm. 2006. “Medborgarna och deltagandeparadoxen” [The Citizens
and the Paradox of Participation]. In Peter Esaiasson & Anders Westholm (eds): Deltagandets mekanismer.
Stockholm: Liber.
Hanna Bäck. 2003. “Vad krävs för en fungerande valdemokrati?” [Conditions for a Working Electoral
Democracy]. In Mikael Gilljam & Jörgen Hermansson (eds): Demokratins mekanismer. Stockholm: Liber.
Hanna Bäck. 2000. “En ny ’regering’ tillträder i Stockholm” [A New Government is Appointed in Stockholm].
In Henry Bäck & Folke Johansson (eds): Mellan samlingsregering och parlamentarism – Studier i
genomförandet av begränsat majoritetsstyre i Stockholms stad. Stockholm: IKE.
REPORTS, REVIEWS AND PUBLISHED PAPERS
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Staffan Lindberg. 2016. “Cabinets, Prime Ministers and Corruption. A Comparative
Analysis of Parliamentary Governments in post-war Europe”. STANCE Working Paper Series, 2016: 6, Lund
University.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Alexander von Hagen-Jamar. 2016. “War, Performance and the Survival of Foreign
Ministers”. STANCE Working Paper Series, 2016: 4, Lund University.
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck & Nils Gustafsson. 2015. ”Ungas politiska deltagande. Nya former och aktivitet
genom sociala medier?”. I Låt fler forma framtiden! Forskarantologi, Bilaga till betänkande av 2014 års
demokratiutredning, SOU 2015: 96.
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck, Henry Montgomery & Felix Funck. 2013. “Åsikter och engagemang i samhällsfrågor.
Resultat från en webbundersökning”. Psykologiska rapporter från Lund vol. 6, nr. 1.
Hanna Bäck. 2012. “Puzzles of Government Formation. Coalition Theory and Deviant Cases”. Book review
(eds. Andeweg, De Winter, Dumont, publisher: Routledge) in West European Politics.
Hanna Bäck. 2012. “The Ideological Cohesion of Parliamentary Parties and Its Implications for DecisionMaking in Modern Democracies”. Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift 114: 68–76.
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Jacques Thomassen & Hanna Bäck. 2008. “European Citizenship and Identity after Enlargement”. EUI working
papers SPS 2008/02.
Hanna Bäck, Thomas Persson, Kåre Vernby & Lina Westin. 2007. Från statsminister till president? Sveriges
regeringschef i ett jämförande perspektiv. [From Prime Minister to President? The Swedish Prime Minister in
a Comparative Perspective]. Stockholm: Justice Department.
Magdalena Inkinen & Hanna Bäck. 2005. Diskriminering i politiken? En översikt av kunskapen om bemötanden
och strukturella hinder bland förtroendevalda i Sverige . Stockholm: Justice Department.
Hanna Bäck & Richard Öhrvall. 2004. Det nya seklets förtroendevalda [Representatives of the New Century].
Stockholm: Kommunförbundet, Landstingsförbundet & Justitiedepartementet.
Hanna Bäck. 2001. “Explaining Coalition Formation – The Case of Swedish Local Government”. Strathclyde
Papers on Government and Politics.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Sverker Sikström, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, Emma A. Bäck & Hanna Bäck. 2016. “Group Polarization on an Online
Xenophobic Forum: From Emotional to Cognitive Content”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
International Society for Political Psychology in Warsaw, July 13-16th 2016.
Emma A. Bäck, Hanna Bäck, Niklas Altermark & Holly Knaption. 2016. “A Throw from the Extreme. Political
Attitude Shift Following Inclusion by a Radical Group in the Cyberball Paradigm. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology in Warsaw, July 13-16th 2016.
Hanna Bäck & Marc Debus. 2016. “Representing the Region on the Floor. Electoral Districts, Economic
Characteristics, and Speechmaking in the German Bundestag”. Paper presented at the 3rd General Conference
of the ECPR Standing Group of Parliaments in Munich, June 30– July 2.
Hanna Bäck & Marc Debus. 2016. “When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of
Gender in Legislative Debates”. Paper presented at the 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group
of Parliaments in Munich, June 30– July 2.
Mariyana Angelova, Hanna Bäck, Wolfgang C. Müller & Daniel Strobl. 2016. “Veto Player Theory and Reform
Making in Western Europe”. Paper for presentation at the Annual MPSA conference in Chicago, 7-10 April.
Hanna Bäck, Thomas Persson & Frida Nilsson. 2016. “Portfolio Design in Sweden: Formal Rules, Conventions
and Data Sources”. Country report for presentation at the workshop ‘The Politics of Portfolio Design’ in
Vienna, March 10–12.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Staffan Lindberg. 2015. “Cabinets, Prime Ministers and Corruption. A Comparative
Analysis of Parliamentary Cabinets in Post-war Europe”. Paper for presentation at the 22nd International
Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Paris, July 8-10.
Holly M. Knapton, Hanna Bäck & Emma A. Bäck. 2015. “Conforming to collective action. An experimental
study of personality, social norms, and political participation”. Paper presented at the Annual Conference for
the International Society for Political Psychology, San Diego.
Emma A. Bäck, Hanna Bäck & Nils Gustafsson. 2015. “What’s so social about social media? Personality and
incentives as predictors of political participation”. Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the
International Society for Political Psychology, San Diego.
Emma Bäck & Hanna Bäck. 2014. “Why engage in collective action? The conditional effect of social support and
incentives on protest activity”. Paper presented at the ECPR General conference in Glasgow, 3–6 September.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Jale Tosun. 2014. “Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Outputs. A
Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries”. Paper presented at the ECPR
General conference in Glasgow, 3–6 September.
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck & Holly Knapton. 2014. “Groups, Incentives and Collective Action: The Role of
Social Support and Rejection”. Paper for presentation at the ISPP Annual Scientific Meeting, July 4–7.
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck, Holly Knapton & Henry Montgomery. 2014. “Who Becomes Active? The Role of
Personality and Incentives in Electoral and Non-Electoral Participation”. Paper for presentation at the ISPP
Annual Scientific Meeting, July 4–7.
Hanna Bäck, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus & Jochen Müller. 2014. “Campaigning in the House. The Unequal
Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups”. Paper presented at the EPSA
Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, 19–21 June, and the ECPR General conference in Glasgow.
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Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Wolfgang C. Müller. 2013. “Intra-party Diversity and Ministerial Selection in
Coalition Governments”. Paper presented at the ECPR General conference in Bordeaux, 4–7 September.
Hanna Bäck, Matthew Kerby & Thomas Persson. 2013. “The Survival of Ministers in Times of Crisis. An
Analysis of Turnover in Canadian and Swedish Cabinets”. Paper presented at the ECPR General conference
in Bordeaux, 4–7 September.
Emma Bäck & Hanna Bäck. 2013. “The Odd One Out. The Effect of Rejection on Collective Action
Participation”. Paper presented at the ECPR General conference in Bordeaux, 4–7 September.
Hanna Bäck, Wolfgang C. Müller & Benjamin Nyblade. 2013. “Multiparty Government and Economic PolicyMaking. Coalition Agreements, Prime Ministerial Power and Spending in Western European Cabinets”.
Paper presented at the 3rd Annual EPSA conference in Barcelona, 20–22 June.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Heike Klüver. 2013. “How intra-party bargaining influence policy position choice
in federalist countries”. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual EPSA conference in Barcelona, 20–22 June.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Jochen Müller. 2013. “Who is allowed to take the floor? The role of saliency and
gender when explaining speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag”. Paper presented at the 71st Annual MPSA
conference in Chicago, 11–14 April and at the 3rd Annual EPSA conference in Barcelona, 20–22 June.
Emma Bäck, Hanna Bäck & Gema García Albacete. 2012. “Protest Activity, Social Incentives and Rejection
Sensitivity. Results from a Survey Experiment about Tuition Fees”. Paper presented at the conference
Theory, Action and Impact of Social Protest, Canterbury, October 13 th–14th.
Gema García Albacete, Hanna Bäck & Emma Bäck. 2012. “Contextual and Individual-level Determinants of
Political Protest. The Interaction between Feelings of Discrimination and Institutional Arrangements”. Paper
presented at the conference Theory, Action and Impact of Social Protest, Canterbury, October 13 th–14th.
Hanna Bäck, Wolfgang C. Müller & Benjamin Nyblade. 2012. “Multiparty Government and Economic PolicyMaking. Coalition Agreements, Spending and Reform Behavior in Western European Cabinets”. Paper
prepared for presentation at the 2012 APSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, August 30–September 2.
Hanna Bäck, Henk Erik Meier & Thomas Persson. 2012. “Controlling Agency Loss. An Analysis of Ministerial
Turnover in German and Swedish Post-War Cabinets”. Paper presented at the 70th Annual MPSA conference
in Chicago, 12–15 April.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Wolfgang C. Müller. 2011. “Intra-party Conflict and Ministerial Selection in
Coalition Governments”. Paper presented at the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments Conference in
Leiden, 24–25 November.
Hanna Bäck & Johannes Lindvall. 2011. “Coalitions, Time Horizons and Policy Choices” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Seattle, 1–4 September.
Hanna Bäck, Patrick Dumont & Thomas Saalfeld. 2011. “Portfolio Allocation and Cabinet Duration in Parliamentary
Democracies”. Paper presented at the ECPR General Conference in Reykjavik, 25–27 August.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Wolfgang C. Müller. 2010. “The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties. An
Evaluation of the Method of Deriving MPs’ Policy Positions from Parliamentary Speeches”. Paper presented
at the 68th Annual MPSA Conference in Chicago, 22–25 April.
Hanna Bäck, Henk Erik Meier, Jörn Fischer & Thomas Persson. 2009. “European Integration and Prime
Ministerial Power. A Differential Impact on Cabinet Reshuffles in Germany and Sweden”. Paper presented at
the ECPR General Conference in Potsdam, 10–12 September.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Wolfgang C. Müller. 2009. “The Idelogical Cohesion of Political Parties. An
Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany”. Paper presented at the ECPR General
Conference in Potsdam, 10–12 September.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Henry Bäck. 2009. “Regional Government Formation in Varying Multi-Level
Contexts” Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Lisbon, April 14–19.
Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Patrick Dumont. 2008. “Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of
Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association in Boston, August 28–31.
Hanna Bäck, Henk Erik Meier, and Thomas Persson. 2008. “A Differential Impact of Europe on ExecutiveLegislative Relations? Comparing Trends of Ministerial Selection in Swedish and German Post-War
Cabinets”. Paper presented at the XV NOPSA conference in Tromsø, August 6–9.
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Hanna Bäck & Martin Rosema. 2008. “Government Formation and Strategic Voting in Multiparty Systems.
Voting for Coalitions in the Netherlands”. Paper presented at the Political Studies Association Annual
Conference, Swansea, UK, April 1–3.
Hanna Bäck & Bengü Dayican. 2008. “Protest Behavior in European Societies. The Role of Individual
Incentives and the Political Context”. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association
Conference in Chicago, April 3–6.
Hanna Bäck, Patrick Dumont, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson & Kåre Vernby. 2007. “Does European
Integration Lead to a Presidentialization of Executive Politics? Ministerial Selection in Swedish Post-War
Cabinets”. Paper presented at the ECPR General Meeting in Pisa, September 6–8.
Hanna Bäck, Bengü Dayican & Kaat Smets. 2007. “Contextual Explanations to Non-Electoral Forms of Political
Participation: A Cross-Country Analysis.” Paper presented at the ECPR General Meeting in Pisa, September 6–8.
Hanna Bäck, Thomas Persson & Kåre Vernby. 2007. “European Integration and Prime Ministerial Power: An
Interrupted Time-Series Study of Cabinet Reshuffles”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association in Chicago, August 30–September 2.
Hanna Bäck, Patrick Dumont, Thomas Persson & Kåre Vernby. 2007. “Presidentialized Executive Politics. The Effect
of European Integration in the Swedish Case”. Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Helsinki, May 7–12.
Hanna Bäck & Patrick Dumont. 2006. “Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of
Formatuers in Parliamentary Government Formation”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, August 31–September 3.
Hanna Bäck & Jan Teorell. 2006. “The Stability of Partisanship. Evidence from a Russian Panel Study”. Paper
presentated at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Nicosia, April 25–30.
Hanna Bäck & Axel Hadenius. 2005. “Democracy and Governance. A Dynamic Study of a J-Shaped Relationship”.
Paper presented at the Quality of Government conference in Göteborg, November 17–19.
Hanna Bäck & Kåre Vernby. 2005. ”Väljarna och partirymden. En studie av osäkerhet och tendens i väljarnas
uppfattningar av partierna”. Paper presented at the NOPSA meeting in Reykjavik, Aug 11–13.
Hanna Bäck & Jan Teorell. 2005. “Party Attachment and Political Participation. A Panel Study of Citizen Attitudes and
Behavior in Russia”. Paper presented at the Karlstad Seminar in Studying Political Action, June 7–9.
Hanna Bäck & Thomas Persson. 2005. “Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs. A Study of the Mechanism Underlying
Gamson’s Law of Proportionality”. Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Granada.
Hanna Bäck. 2005. “Intraparty Politics and Coalition Formation. Evidence from Swedish Local Government”.
Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Granada, April 14-19.
Hanna Bäck, Jan Teorell & Anders Westholm. 2004. “Explaining Modes of Participation. A Dynamic Test of
Alternative Theoretical Models. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association in Chicago, September 2–5.
Hanna Bäck & Patrick Dumont. 2004. “A Combination of Methods. The Way Forward in Coalition Research”. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, Sept 2–5.
Hanna Bäck & Kåre Vernby. 2003. “In the Eye of the Beholder. Sources of Uncertainty in MPs’ placements of Other
Parties. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago, April 3–6.
Hanna Bäck. 2002. “Increasing Predictive Performance and Understanding Coalitional Mechanisms.”. Paper
presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Torino, March 22–27.
Hanna Bäck. 2001. “Coalition Formation and the Inclusion of Green Parties in Swedish Local Government”.
Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Grenoble, April 6–11.
Hanna Bäck. 2000. “Coalition Theory Revised? Coalition Formation in Swedish Local Government”, Paper
presented at the 9th Nordic Local Government Studies Conference in Bergen, November 24–26.
Hanna Bäck. 1999. “Kommunala koalitionsregeringar – uppläggningen av en studie av koalitionsbildningen i de
svenska kommunerna”. Paper presented at the 8th Nordic Local Government Studies Conference.
Hanna Bäck. 1999. “Mål, begränsningar och institutioner – att förklara den kommunala koalitionsbildningen”.
Paper presented at the Nordic Political Science Conference NOPSA in Uppsala, August 19–21.
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REFERENCES
Professor Michael Laver
Wilf Family Department of Politics
New York University
726 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-9580, US
Email: [email protected]
Professor Wolfgang C. Müller
Department of Government
University of Vienna
Hohenstaufeng. 9/7, A-1010 Wien, Austria
[email protected]
Professor Kaare Strøm
Department of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0521, US
E-mail: [email protected]
Professor Jacques Thomassen
Department of Political Science & Research Methods
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, NL
E-mail: [email protected]
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