The members of the political parties in Norrbotten is getting less and less, which does not surprise Simon Matti at Luleå University of Technology.
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Luleå's local government commissioner Karl Petersen declines his post before the election in September 2014. Simon Matti, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Luleå University of Technology, believes that this could have major implications for the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the election 2014.
This week talked Charlotta Söderberg, senior lecturer in political science,
SD's electoral support increases in Norrbotten, and it doesn't surprise Simon Matti, senior lecturer in political science at Luleå University of Technology.
- The opinions excist in the party. Not only among the representatives, but also among voters, says Simon Matti, a political scientist at Luleå University of Technology to the local newspaper NSD.
David Newell, a PhD candidate in political science at Luleå University of Technology, was born and raised in the United States. His voice fell on Romney in the U.S. presidential election, and now you can hear him talk about this in Radio Sweden.
The establishment of SD's youth organization in Norrbotten does not surprise Simon Matti, doctor in Political Science at Luleå University of Technology. – It's a natural development, they are an established party now, he says to the local newspaper Norrbottens-Kuriren.
"A Member of Parliament has a great responsibility, not only for themselves or the party but for the Swedish policy in general". This says Simon Matti, Political Scientist at Luleå University of Technology, in a statement to the local newspaper.
Cathy Wilkinson, a researcher at Luleå University of Technology, is engaged in the project Alice where she will investigate the democratic process around the urban transformations in Kiruna and Gällivare.
Political scientist Simon Matti has attracted attention in the media after highlighting problems and the conditions for greater legitimacy within the new management system for predators in Sweden.
Researchers at LTU will study how a country´s political system and economic dependence on environmentally damaging natural resources, affect people´s attitude to the instruments that are introduced, to get them to live more evnvironmental friendly.The countries included in the study are Sweden, Norway, Australia and New Zealand .
