Daniel Fjellborg

About me

Research topics

• Social movement studies
• Strategies in activism
• Political participation
• Legal mobilization
• Ethnopolitical mobilization and minority politics
• Natural resource management and conflicts

Current research

I am a postdoctoral researcher in political science at Luleå University of Technology. I am researching how industry actions shape social acceptance and resistance to industrial projects within the green transition.

My dissertation focused on protest movements against mineral extraction in Sweden and the world. It explored how the surrounding society, such as laws, politics, and legislation, influences strategic choices in protest movements.

I work mainly within social movement literature and have published in journals such as Social Movement Studies, Theory and Society, Resources Policy, and Policy Studies Journal.

Teaching

I am happy to supervise thesis students, especially those with questions about social movements and activism, legal strategies, or minority politics.

Current and previous courses:

• Integration course: Globalization
• Tornedalen: history and present (at Tornedalens folkhögskola)
• Political theory
• Politics and policy in the European Union
• Sweden's political and legal system

Academic background

I have a PhD in Political Science from Luleå University of Technology (2024) and a Master of Arts in Politics from Uppsala University (2015).

In 2022, I was a visiting researcher at the Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS) at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence.

In 2021, I received the Swedish Political Science Association's (SWEPSA) award for Best Thesis by a Young Researcher.

Between 2019 and 2023, I was an independent columnist for the Swedish university magazine Universitetsläraren.

In parallel with my research, I have worked for the Swedish Government Offices as an analyst within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians, Kvens, and Lantalaiset. I teach about the meänkieli-speaking minority in teacher education and at Tornedalens Folkhögskola and have produced an interview podcast about the assimilation of the meänkieli-speaking minority (www.ummikko.se External link.)

Want to know more?

I am happy to present my research, participate in panels, and moderate public discussions.

Please get in touch with me by phone or email for more information.