Curriculum Vitae: Martin Karlsson 2013-12-10 Date of birth 15-07-1982 E-mail Website martin.karlsson@oru.se http://www.oru.se/humus/martin_karlsson Address Telephone Sveavägen 2b 702 14 Örebro Sweden 019-303627 (office) 070-4604979 (cell phone) Education 2008 MA. Political Science, Örebro Univ. Employments 2008 Assistant in research project, Örebro Univ. 2008 (2013) Doctoral candidate, Örebro School of Public Affairs (FOVU), Örebro Univ. Assignments 2008-2009 Project manager European Citizens Consultations 2009: Sweden. 2009 2010 Evaluation Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR). 2010 2012 Reviewer for journals such as New media & Society, Information, Communication & Society, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Politiikka and First Monday (16 articles in total). 2010 Assistant to the director of the Örebro School of Public Affairs. 2010 Co editor of the book Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: Tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet, Örebro University. 2010 2011 Research report Sektor 3. 2010 2012 Member of the steering committee for Natkom, ( The national local government research program ) 2012 Consultation response to Vital kommunal demokrati (SOU 2012:30) (Vital local democracy), together with Erik Amnå and Ann-Sofie Lennqvist Lindén. 2012 Organizer, CiCeP 2012 The first annual workshop of the network Citizen Centric eparticipation, Örebro, together with Magnus Jonsson & Joachim Åström. Teaching 2008 2013: a total of 473 hours at Örebro University, Mid Sweden University and Dalarna University 2008 2013 E-Government 2009 Democratic Theory 2009 US Foreign Policy 2009 Academic Writing 2009 2012 Supervision of under graduate essays 2010 Change and stability in the Swedish party system, Mid Sweden University 2010 2013 Statistical research methods (under graduate and graduate level) 2011 2012 Public Intelligence 1
2011 2013 Comparative politics Research grants Citizen centric e-participation: A trilateral collaboration for democratic innovation, Vinnova, 1.6 Million (co-applicant) Attitude/SecurIT, MSB, 3.1 Million (co-applicant) Building Pervasive Participation (Bpart), Formas, 2.8 Million (co-applicant) Participation in research projects 2008 2009: Evaluation of the European Citizens Consultations 2009, (project member) 2010 2012: Nationella kommunforskningsprogrammet ( The national local government research program ), (project member). 2012 2014: Citizen centric e-participation: A trilateral collaboration for democratic innovation, (project member). 2012 2016: Attitude/SecurIT, (project member). 2013 2015: Building Pervasive Participation (Bpart), (project member). Invited lectures and public presentations (16) European Commission (Stockholm), The European Citizens Consultations 2009, Stockholm 2008. FOJO Media Institute, Citizens role in the EU, Kalmar 2009. Örebro Municipality, Five perspectives on citizen dialogues, Örebro 2009. The Swedish National Council of Adult Education, How to get everyone onboard the digital train (Panel discussion), Solna 2010. Technical Council, Örebro Municipality, Citizen dialogues: Perspectives, examples and lessons, Örebro 2010. Örebro Municipality, Towards parties without members?, Örebro 2011. Makthavare.se, Towards parties without members, Stockholm 2011. Sektor 3, Towards parties without members, Stockholm 2011. Ekonomidagarna, The national local government research program, Örebro 2011. Studieförbundet vuxenskolan, Towards parties without members, Västerås 2012. The municipal executive board of Askersund, Citizen dialouges, Askersund 2012. Örebro University, E-petitioning in Sweden, Great Brittan and Iceland, Visby (Almedalen) 2012. Imcode Partner AB, E-petitioning in Swedish local government: Examples, lessons and perspectives, Visby (Almedalen) 2012. Vinnova/Mid Sweden University, Representativeness in collective decision-making processes, Regeringskansliet, Stockholm, 2012. Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR)/The Network for Health and Democracy, Can citizen dialogues strengthen representative democracy?, Stockholm, 2013. Falu kommun, Medborgarnas förstärkta röst i kommuner och landsting demokrativecka, Falu demokrativecka, 2013. Örebro kommun, Hur använder sig politiker av nya kommunikationsformer för att föra dialog med medborgare?, Utvecklingsarenan, 2013. 2
Doctoral training, courses 2008 2013 90 credits Interview methodology Text analysis Quantitative methods Political theory 15 credits Public affairs Challenges for local government Teaching in higher education Structural equation modeling Gender and public affairs Political representation Other courses 2008 2013 Information management (3,5 credits) Complex survey methodology Media appearances Gomorron Sverige, SVT 1, The European Citizens Consultations 2009, 2009-05-07 Rakt på sak, Sveriges Radio P4 Örebro, The declining member organizations of political parites, 2012-10-16 Nyheter, Sveriges Radio P4 Örebro, Advertisement could be a good method for attracting new party members, 2012-10-16 Borås tidning, Good chances to work in politics, 2013-03-11. P4 Morgon Örebro, Sveriges Radio, Opinion polls, 2013-06-04 Tvärsnytt, SVT 1, Politicians ignore referendums, 2013-06-07. P4 Morgon Västmanland, Sveriges Radio, Declining party engagement among citizens, 2013-11-28 Tvärsnytt, SVT 1, Twitterhets bland politiker - ett problem för demokratin?, 2013-12-10 List of publications Books (1) 1. Hellberg, A-S., Karlsson, M., Larsson, H., Lundberg, E., & Persson, M. (Eds.) Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: Tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet, Örebro: Örebro University. 2. Karlsson, M. (2013) Covering distance: Essays on representation and political communication, Doctoral Dissertation, Örebro: Örebro University. Articles in peer-review journals (9) 3. Karlsson, M. (2012) Understanding divergent patterns of political discussion in online forums - Evidence from the European Citizens Consultations, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 9(1): 64-81. 4. Åström, J., Karlsson, M., Linde, J., & Pirannejad, A. (2012) Understanding the rise of e- participation in non-democracies: Domestic and international factors, Government Information Quarterly, 29(2): 142-150. 5. Karlsson, M., & Lundberg, E. (2012) I betraktarens ögon: Betydelsen av kön och ålder för 3
studenters läraromdömen, Högre utbildning, 2(1): 19-32. 6. Karlsson, M. (2012) Participatory initiatives and political representation: The case of local councillors in Sweden, Local government studies, 38(6): 795-815. 7. Karlsson, M. (2013) Representation as interactive communication: Theoretical considerations and empirical findings, Information, Communication and Society, 16(8): 1201-1222. 8. Linde, J., & Karlsson, M. (2013) The dictator s new clothes: The relationship between e- participation and quality of government in non-democratic regimes, International Journal of Public Administration, 36(4): 269-281. 9. Åström, J., & Karlsson., M. (2013) Blogging in the shadow of parties: Exploring ideological differences in online campaigning, Political Communication, 30(3): 434-455. 10. Karlsson, M. (Forthcoming) Carrots and sticks: Internet governance in non-democratic regimes, Accepted for publication in International Journal of Electronic Governance. 11. Karlsson, M., & Lundberg, E. (Forthcoming) Motstrategier eller undanmanövrar? Svenska partiorganisationer i skuggan av en negativ medlemsutveckling, Accepted for publication in Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. Other articles (2) 12. Isaksson, P., & Karlsson, M. (2012) Beyond blind optimism: Response to Terry Tucker, Political Reflection Magazine, 4(1): 32-35. 13. Karlsson, M., & Lundberg, E. (2013) En lägesrapport: Från medlemspartier till vad?, Kurage: Idétidskrift för det civila samhället, 3(9): 6-8. Chapters in books (7) 14. Karlsson, M. (2010) A panacea for Pan-European political participation? Analysis of the European Citizen Consultations, In Erik Amnå (Eds.) New forms participation: Normative implications, Baden-Baden: Nomos verlag. 15. Karlsson, M. (2011) What does it take to make online deliberation happen? - A comparative analysis of 28 online discussion forums, In De Cindio F., Macintosh A., Peraboni C. (Eds.), From e-participation to Online Deliberation, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation, OD2010. Leeds, UK, 30 June - 2 July, 2010. 16. Karlsson, M. (2011) Kan medborgardialoger stärka den representativa demokratin? (Can citizen dialogues strengthen representative democracy?), In Hellberg, A-S., Karlsson, M., Larsson, H., Lundberg, E., & Persson, M. (Eds.) Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: Tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet, Örebro: Örebro University. 17. Karlsson, M. (2011) Connecting citizens to the European Parliament: E-consultations as a tool for political representation, In Sobaci, Mehmet Zahid (Ed.) E-Parliament and ICT-Based Legislation: Concept, Experience and Lessons, IGI-Global. 18. Åström, J & Karlsson, M. (2011) Left and right in the blogosphere: Ideological differences in online campaigning, In Tambouris, E.,Macintosh, A., & de Bruijn, H. (Eds.) Third IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, epart 2011, Delft, The Netherlands, August 29 September 1, 2011. Proceedings, pp. 13 24. 4
19. Karlsson, M. (2012) Democratic legitimacy and recruitment strategies in E-participation projects, accepted for publication in, Charalabidis, Y., & Koussouris, S. (Eds.) Empowering Open and Collaborative Governance: Technologies and Methods for On-line Citizen Engagement in Public Policy Making, Springer. 20. Åström, J., Jonsson, M., Karlsson, M., & Hinsberg, H. (2013) Crisis, Innovation and eparticipation: Towards a Framework for Comparative Research, In Wimmer, M. A., Tambouris, E., & Macintosh, A. (Eds.) Electronic Participation: 5th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, epart 2013, Koblenz, Germany, September 17-19, 2013. Proceedings, pp. 26-36. Research reports (9) 21. Karlsson, M., & Montin, S. (2010) Det finns inga genvägar - En fördjupad studie av politiskt förtroende i svenska kommuner, ( There are no shortcuts An in-depth study of political trust in Swedish municipalitites ), Unpublished report for SALAR. 22. Karlsson, M. (2010) The role of MEPs in the national consultations, section in Leyenaar, Monique & Neimöller, Kees (eds.) Evaluation Report: ECC 2009, Commissioned by the King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels. 23. Karlsson, M., & Lundberg, E. (2011) Mot medlemslösa partier: Partiföreträdare om orsaker, konsekvenser och strategier kring en svikande medlemskår, ( Towards parties without members: Party representatives about the causes, consequences and strategies surrounding a failing memberbase ), Sektor3. 24. Wänström, J., & Karlsson, M. (2011) Kontroverser utan avtryck: Skolnedläggelsers påverkan på kommunala valresultat, ( Controversy without imprint: The impact of School Closures on local elections ), Report published within the Efra-report series of the National local government research program (Natkom). 25. Åström, J., Jonsson, M., Hinsberg, H., & Karlsson, M. (Eds., 2013) Case studies on e- participation policy: Sweden, Estonia and Iceland, Tallinn: Praxis Policy Center. 26. Karlsson, M., Åström, J., & Jonsson, M. (2013) E-participation policy in Sweden, in Åström, J., Jonsson, M., Hinsberg, H., & Karlsson, M. (Eds.) Case studies on e-participation policy: Sweden, Estonia and Iceland, pp. 6-16. Tallinn: Praxis Policy Center. 27. Hinsberg, H., Jonsson, M., & Karlsson, M. (2013) E-participation policy in Estonia, in Åström, J., Jonsson, M., Hinsberg, H., & Karlsson, M. (Eds.) Case studies on e-participation policy: Sweden, Estonia and Iceland, pp. 17-30. Tallinn: Praxis Policy Center. 28. Jonsson, M., Åström, J., & Karlsson, M. (2013) E-participation policy in Iceland, in Åström, J., Jonsson, M., Hinsberg, H., & Karlsson, M. (Eds.) Case studies on e-participation policy: Sweden, Estonia and Iceland, pp. 31-41. Tallinn: Praxis Policy Center. Working papers (1) 29. Karlsson, M., (2008) På politikernas premisser? Deltagande och representation i en kontext av lokal demokratiförnyelse, ( On the premises of the politicians - Participation and representation in a context of municipal democracy renewal ), Working paper series of the Örebro School of Public Affairs (FOVU). 5
Work in progress (5) 30. Karlsson, M. (Manuscript) A real conversation starter? Assessing the deliberative capacity of the Swedish blogosphere, Minor revision. 31. Resende, P., Karlsson, M., & McKenna, D. (2012) Context versus structure: How local political elites respond to co-governance initiatives in different national settings, paper presented at EGPA 2012, Bergen. 32. Karlsson, M., & Åström, J. (2013) Who should Bpart?: representativness and pervasive participation, Paper presented at PerPart 2013 - International Workshop on Pervasive Participation, In conjecture with Communities & Technologies 2013, Munich, June 30 th, 2013. 33. Karlsson, M., & Åström, J. (Manuscript) The Political Blog Space An Arena for Political Representation?, Unpublished article manuscript. Awards and nominations Nominated for the Wildenmann Prize (outstanding paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops) 2011. Award for the best paper presented at the 5 th IFIP eparticipation conference, 2013. Conference participation with paper (19) 1. The Euroloc Summer School in Local Government, in Lausanne, 2009. 2. The Annual seminar on methods in political science, in Umeå 2009. 3. The Annual conference of the Swedish political science association, in Örebro 2009. 4. The NCCR conference, Political representation: New forms of measuring and old challenges, in Bern 2009. 5. The 18 th Nordic Municipality research conference (NORKOM) in Åbo 2009. 6. The ECPR Joint Sessions - Workshop 6: The Developing Role of the Councillor in a Comparative European Context: Attitudes, Assumptions and Perceptions towards Aspects of Local Democracy, in Münster 2010. 7. The 4 th International Conference on Online Deliberation, OD2010, Leeds 2010. 8. The 3 rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Dublin 2010. 9. The Nordic Urban Workshop, Örebro 2010. 10. The first annual PhD seminar of NOOS, The Network of Public Organisation and management, Gothenburg 2011. 11. The IPSA/ECPR Conference Whatever happened to North-South?, Sao Paulo 2011. 12. The ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop 19: After Mediatisation: How Parties and Governments Legitimise and Communicate Political Action, St. Gallen 2011. 13. IFPI/ Epart2011 Panel 1: Appreciation of social media, Delft 2011. 14. The Annual conference of the Swedish political science association, in Umeå 2011. 15. The second annual PhD seminar of NOOS, The Network of Public Organisation and management, Karlstad 2012. 16. Deliberative Democracy in Action: Theory, Practice and Evidence, Turku/Åbo, 2012. 17. CiCeP 2012, The first annual workshop of the network Citizen Centric eparticipation, Örebro 2012. 18. The 71 st Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, 2013. 19. The 6 th Plenary Conference of Tensions of Europe, Sorbonne, Paris, 2013. 6