Martin Karlsson
Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: bWFydGluLmthcmxzc29uO29ydS5zZQ==
Phone: +46 19 303627
Room: F2205
About Martin Karlsson
Martin Karlsson is associate professor in political science at Örebro University. His research focuses on the relationship between established institutions of representative democracy and new forms of participation and political communication.
Research projects
Active projects
- Decoding the marketization of education in Sweden through computational analyses
- Decoding Education Policy: Computational Methods for Education Policy Research
- Challenges and opportunities of the sharing economy
Completed projects
- Attitude
- Building pervasive participation (b-Part)
- Citizen Centric e-Participation (CiCeP)
- Referendums and Democracy
- Information Security Attitudes (ATTITUDE)
- Information security culture in practice
- OPaData4all
- PostLocal
- Sustainable Internationalization? A Mini-public on Climate Change Measures in Academia
- Social Science Education on Trust for an Active and Critical Citizenship
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals |
Articles, reviews/surveys |
Chapters in books |
Collections (editor) |
Conference papers |
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries |
Other |
Reports |
Articles in journals
- Karlsson, M. & Adenskog, M. (2024). Looking beyond “the tool itself”: Towards a political systems understanding of E-participation. eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. , Karlsson, F. , Åström, J. & Denk, T. (2022). The effect of perceived organizational culture on employees’ information security compliance. Information and Computer Security, 30 (3), 382-401. [BibTeX]
- Alexopoulou, S. , Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2022). The grey digital divide and welfare state regimes: a comparative study of European countries. Information Technology and People, 35 (8), 273-291. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. , Åström, J. & Adenskog, M. (2021). Democratic Innovation in Times of Crisis: Exploring Changes in Social and Political Trust. Policy & Internet, 13 (1), 113-133. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. , Denk, T. & Åström, J. (2018). Perceptions of organizational culture and value conflicts in information security management. Information and Computer Security, 26 (2), 213-229. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Åström, J. (2018). Social media and political communication: Innovation and normalisation in parallel. Journal of Language and Politics, 17 (2), 305-323. [BibTeX]
- Berndtsson, J. , Johansson, P. & Karlsson, M. (2018). Value conflicts and non-compliance: Attitudes to whistleblowing in Swedish organisations. Information and Computer Security, 26 (2), 246-258. [BibTeX]
- Adenskog, M. , Åström, J. , Eirtö, T. , Karlsson, M. , Ruoppila, S. & Thiel, S. (2017). Balancing Potential and Risk: The Living Lab Approach in Mobile Participation Research. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (10429), 12-23. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. , Jonsson, M. & Karlsson, M. (2017). Democratic Innovations: Reinforcing or changing perceptions of trust?. International Journal of Public Administration, 40 (7), 575-587. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, F. , Karlsson, M. & Åström, J. (2017). Measuring employees’ compliance: The importance of value pluralism. Information and Computer Security, 25 (3), 279-299. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2016). The feminine style, the male influence, and the paradox of gendered political blogspace. Information, Communication and Society, 19 (11), 1636-1652. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Åström, J. (2016). The political blog space: A new arena for political representation?. New Media and Society, 18 (3), 465-483. [BibTeX]
- Öhlén, M. & Karlsson, M. (2015). Ideologisk konvergens mellan öst och väst?: de europeiska partifamiljerna 1990-2013. Nordisk Østforum, 29 (2), 167-189. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2013). Blogging in the shadow of parties: exploring ideological differences in online campaigning. Political Communication, 30 (3), 434-455. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2013). Carrots and sticks: Internet governance in non-democratic regimes. International Journal of Electronic Governance, 6 (3), 179-186. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2013). Motstrategier eller undanmanövrar? Svenska partiorganisationer i skuggan av en negativ medlemsutveckling. Offentlig Förvaltning. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 17 (4), 49-70. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2013). Representation as interactive communication: theoretical considerations and empirical findings. Information, Communication and Society, 16 (8), 1201-1222. [BibTeX]
- 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. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2012). I betraktarens ögon: betydelsen av kön och ålder för studenters läraromdömen. Högre Utbildning, 2 (1), 19-32. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2012). Participatory initiatives and political representation: the case of local councillors in Sweden. Local Government Studies, 38 (6), 795-815. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2012). Understanding divergent patterns of political discussion in online forums: evidence from the European Citizens’ Consultations. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 9 (1), 64-81. [BibTeX]
- 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. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2011). Left and right in the blogosphere: ideological differences in online campaigning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6847, 13-24. [BibTeX]
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Karlsson, F. , Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2015). Information security culture: state-of-the-art review between 2000 and 2013. Information and Computer Security, 23 (3), 246-285. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Karlsson, M. (2021). Digital Democracy and the European Union. In: Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt; Karin Leijon; Anna Michalski; Lars Oxelheim, The European Union and the Technology Shift (pp. 237-261). . Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2020). Mellan utopi och dystopi: EU och den digitala demokratin. In: Antonia Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Anna Michalski & Lars Oxelheim, EU och teknologiskiftet: Europaperspektiv 2020 (pp. 263-290). . Santérus Förlag. [BibTeX]
- Andersson, E. , Blom, A. & Karlsson, M. (2019). Man är chef: ledning ur ett könsperspektiv. In: Tomas Bergström och Niklas Eklund, Ett annorlunda ledarskap: Chef i politiskt styrd verksamhet (pp. 105-128). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2019). Partimedlemmar. In: Magnus Hagevi, Partier och partisystem (pp. 181-198). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. , Karlsson, F. & Åström, J. (2017). Organisationskulturens påverkan på informationssäkerhetsarbetet. In: Jonas Hallberg, Peter Johansson, Fredrik Karlsson, Frida Lundberg, Björn Lundgren och Marianne Törner, Informationssäkerhet och organisationskultur (pp. 25-40). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2015). Interactive, qualitative & inclusive?: assessing the deliberative capacity of the political blogosphere. In: Jezierska, K., & Koczanowicz, L., Democracy in dialogue, dialogue in democracy. Farnham: Ashgate. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Åström, J. (2015). Kan e-petitioner utveckla den representativa demokratin?. In: Låt fler forma framtiden!: Forskarantologi från 2014-års Demokratiutredning (pp. 559-605). Stockholm: Wolters Kluwer. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2015). Partimedlemmar. In: Magnus Hagevi, Partier och partisystem (pp. 91-104). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2012). Democratic legitimacy and recruitment strategies in eParticipation projects. In: Yannis Charalabidis, Sotirios Koussouris, Empowering open and collaborative governance: technologies and methods for on-line citizen engagement in public policy making (pp. 3-20). . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2011). Connecting citizens to the European parliament: e-consultations as a tool for political representation. In: Mehmet Zahid Sobaci, E-parliament and ICT-based legislation: concept, experiences and lessons (pp. 80-102). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2011). Kan medborgardialoger stärka den representativa demokratin?. In: Ann-Sofie Hellberg, Martin Karlsson, Erik Lundberg & Monika Persson, Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet (pp. 113-124). Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2010). A panacea for pan-European citizen participation?: Analysis of the 2009 European citizen consultations. In: Erik Amnå, New forms of citizen participation: normative implications (pp. 97-112). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. [BibTeX]
Collections (editor)
- Hellberg, A. (ed.) , Karlsson, M. (ed.) , Larsson, H. (ed.) , Lundberg, E. (ed.) & Persson, M. (ed.) (2011). Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet (1ed.). Örebro: Örebro universitet (FOVU:s rapportserie 1). [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- Hayes, T. & Karlsson, M. (2024). E-Participation Without Democracy: Understanding Variation in Digital Engagement in Non-democracies. In: Marius Rohde Johannessen; Csaba Csáki; Lieselot Danneels; Sara Hofmann; Thomas Lampoltshammer; Peter Parycek; Gerhard Schwabe; Efthimios Tambouris; Jolien Ubacht, Electronic Participation 16th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2024, Ghent, Belgium, September 3–5, 2024, Proceedings. Paper presented at 16th International Conference on Electronic Participation (ePart 2024), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, September 3-5, 2024. (pp. 99-115). Springer. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Adenskog, M. (2023). The Case for a Broader Approach to e-Participation Research: Hybridity, Isolation and System Orientation. In: Noella Edelmann; Lieselot Danneels; Anna-Sophie Novak; Panos Panagiotopoulos; Iryna Susha, Electronic Participation 15th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2023, Budapest, Hungary, September 5–7, 2023, Proceedings. Paper presented at 22nd IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Government (EGOV) / International Conference on E-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM) / 15th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation (EPart), Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary, September 5-7, 2023. (pp. 3-14). Springer Nature. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2020). Trust in citizens and forms of political participation: The view of public managers. In: Sara Hofmann, Csaba Csáki, Noella Edelmann, Thomas Lampoltshammer, Ulf Melin, Peter Parycek, Gerhard Schwabe, Efthimios Tambouris, Electronic Participation 12th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2020, Linköping, Sweden, August 31 – September 2, 2020. Paper presented at 12th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2020, Linköping, Sweden, August 31 – September 2, 2020. (pp. 15-25). Springer. [BibTeX]
- Öhlén, M. & Karlsson, M. (2018). East-West convergence or divergence? The (possible) influence of the European People’s Party on affiliated parties in Central and Eastern Europe 1990-2014. Paper presented at Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science: Annual Spring Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 19-20, 2018. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2016). Will e-Participation bring Critical Citizens Back in?. In: 8th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference, ePart 2016, Guimarães, Portugal, September 5-8, 2016, Proceedings. Paper presented at 8th IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference on Electronic Participation, ePart 2016, Guimarães, Portugal, September 5-8, 2016. (pp. 83-93). Springer. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. , Jonsson, M. & Åström, J. (2015). Did the Estonian Citizens’ assembly help restore political legitimacy?: Analyzing changes in vertical and horizontal trust among participants. In: ECPR General Conference Université de Montréal 2015. Paper presented at ECPR General Conference Université de Montréal 2015, Montreal, Canada, 26-29 August, 2015. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. , Ruoppila, S. , Ertiö, T. , Karlsson, M. & Thiel, S. (2015). Potentials and challenges of a living lab approach in research on mobile participation. In: Kenji Mase, Marc Langheinrich & Daniel Gatica-Perez, UbiComp/ISWC'15 Adjunct Adjunct Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Paper presented at The 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2015), Osaka, Japan, September 7-11, 2015. (pp. 795-800). New York, USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. , Jonsson, M. & Karlsson, M. (2014). Can democratic innovations generate trust?: an e-petitioning case study. Paper presented at 8th ECPR General Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, September 3-6, 2014. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. , Åström, J. & Jonsson, M. (2014). Did the Estonian Citizens’ assembly help restore political legitimacy?: Analyzing changes in vertical and horizontal trust among participants. Paper presented at Superdemocracy conference, 11-12 December 2014, Helsinki, Finland. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. , Hinsberg, H. , Jonsson, M. E. & Karlsson, M. (2013). Crisis, innovation and e-participation: towards a framework for comparative research. Paper presented at 5th Annual International IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Participation Conference (ePart), Univ Koblenz Landau, Koblenz, Germany, Sep 17-19, 2013. (pp. 26-36). Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Åström, J. (2013). Social Media and Political Representation: (How) Are They Related?. In: 71st Annual Conference of the Midwestern Political Science Association. Paper presented at 71st Annual Conference of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, USA, April 10-14, 2013. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2012). How deliberative is the Swedish political blogosphere?. In: . Paper presented at Deliberative Democracy in Action: Theory, Practice and Evidence, Turku/Åbo, Finland, June 5-7, 2012. [BibTeX]
- Åström, J. & Karlsson, M. (2011). Blogging in the shadow of parties: collectivism and individualism in the Swedish 2010 election. Paper presented at ECPR Joint Sessions, April 12-17 2011, St Gallen, Switzerland. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2011). Motstrategier eller undanmanövrar?: Svenska partiorganisationer i skuggan av en negativ medlemsutveckling. Paper presented at Statsvetenskapliga förbundets årsmöte, October 28-29 2011, Umeå, Sweden. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2010). Interactivity in political representation: A conceptual discussion and some empirical insights. In: 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”, Münster 22-27 March 2010.. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2010). What does it take to make online deliberation happen?: A comparative analysis of 28 online discussion forums. In: Fiorella De Cindio, Ann Machintosh, Cristian Peraboni, Online deliberation Fourth international conference, OD2010. Paper presented at Fourth international conference on Online deliberation, OD2010, Leeds, UK, June 30 – July 2, 2010. (pp. 142-156). University of Leeds. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Sohl, S. (2010). Who comes strengthened out of public deliberation?: Analyzing changes in political efficacy among participants in a deliberative conference. In: 3rd ECPR graduate conference. Paper presented at 3rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Dublin 30th of August – 1st of September, 2010. (pp. 1-35). [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2009). Exploring the relationship between participatory engineering and political representation: The case of local political representatives in Sweden. In: the Nordic conference on municipalities (NORKOM XVIII), Åbo 26-27 November 2009.. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. (2009). Förtroendefulla kommunmedborgare: En fråga om lyckad demokratipolitik eller välmående kommuner?. Paper presented at Statsvetenskapliga metodinternatet 2009: Umeå Universitet. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Karlsson, M. (2013). Covering distance: essays on representation and political communication. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro universitet. [BibTeX]
Other
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2013). En lägesrapport: Från medlemspartier till vad?. Stockholm [BibTeX]
- Isaksson, P. & Karlsson, M. (2012). Beyond blind optimism: Response to “Social media: 20 key lessons learnt for political engagement” by Dr. Terry Tucker. Luxemburg: Read-online.org. [BibTeX]
Reports
- Åström, J. , Jonsson, M. , Hinsberg, H. & Karlsson, M. (2013). Case studies on e-participation policy: Sweden, Estonia and Iceland. Tallinn: Praxis Policy Center. [BibTeX]
- Johan, W. & Karlsson, M. (2011). Kontroverser utan avtryck: skolnedläggelsers påverkan på kommunala valresultat. Göteborg: Kommunforskning i Västsverige (Nationella kommunforskningsprogrammets efra-rapportserie 2). [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, M. & Lundberg, E. (2011). Mot medlemslösa partier: partiföreträdare om orsaker, konsekvenser och strategier kring en svikande medlemskår. Stockholm: Sektor 3 (Välfärdens förnyelse 1). [BibTeX]