Linus Hagström
Professor
Political Science
Organisation
Department of Security, Strategy and Leadership
Political Science Division
Political Science with a focus on Security Politics and Strategy
About Linus
- Engelsk beskrivning
- Linus Hagström is Professor of Political Science (since 2015). He is also Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, where he is a core member of the Asia Programme and the research group on narrative power. Additionally, he is an editorial board member of Pacific Affairs, Journal of Peace and War Studies, Journal of Northeast Asian History and Bristol University Press' East Asian International Relations series. Hagström's research revolves around identity, power and international security, including the role of discourse, narrative and discipline. He is also interested in methods for constructing research puzzles and the question how to motivate research contributions. Empirically, he is mostly focused on East Asian international politics, with a special emphasis on Japan. Hagström has recently published articles in Contemporary Security Policy, Social Science Japan Journal, International Studies Quarterly, Social Science Japan Journal, Cooperation and Conflict, The International Spectator, Life Writing, Review of International Studies, Cambridge Review of International affairs, International Studies Review, Journal of Japanese Studies, Survival, European Political Science, Washington Quarterly, and European Journal of International Relations, and edited special issues for Asian Perspective, The Pacific Review and Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Hagström has also edited the Swedish textbook Att forska: praktiker och roller inom samhällsvetenskapen (with Niklas Bremberg and Arita Holmberg). He currently teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and supervises four PhD students.
Selected publications
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Pacifist Identity, Civics Textbooks, and the Opposition to Japan's Security LegislationPart of Journal of Japanese Studies
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What Is the Point? : Teaching Graduate Students how to Construct Political Science Research PuzzlesPart of European Political Science
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War is Peace : The Re-articulation of ‘Peace’ in Japan’s China DiscoursePart of Review of International Studies
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Japan and identity change : Why it matters in International RelationsPart of The Pacific Review
Latest publications
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Becoming a traitorPart of Life Writing
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Disciplinary power : Text and body in the Swedish NATO debatePart of Cooperation and Conflict
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Everyday Perspectives on Security and Insecurity in Japan : A Survey of Three Women’s OrganizationsPart of Social Science Japan Journal
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Great Power Narcissism and Ontological (In)Security : The Narrative Mediation of Greatness and Weakness in International PoliticsPart of International Studies Quarterly
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The limitations of strategic narratives : The Sino-American struggle over the meaning of COVID-19Part of Contemporary Security Policy
Linus Hagström
Linus Hagström is Professor of Political Science (since 2015). He is also Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, where he is a core member of the Asia Programme and the research group on narrative power. Additionally, he is an editorial board member of Pacific Affairs, Journal of Peace and War Studies, Journal of Northeast Asian History and Bristol University Press' East Asian International Relations series. Hagström's research revolves around identity, power and international security, including the role of discourse, narrative and discipline. He is also interested in methods for constructing research puzzles and the question how to motivate research contributions. Empirically, he is mostly focused on East Asian international politics, with a special emphasis on Japan. Hagström has recently published articles in Contemporary Security Policy, Social Science Japan Journal, International Studies Quarterly, Social Science Japan Journal, Cooperation and Conflict, The International Spectator, Life Writing, Review of International Studies, Cambridge Review of International affairs, International Studies Review, Journal of Japanese Studies, Survival, European Political Science, Washington Quarterly, and European Journal of International Relations, and edited special issues for Asian Perspective, The Pacific Review and Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Hagström has also edited the Swedish textbook Att forska: praktiker och roller inom samhällsvetenskapen (with Niklas Bremberg and Arita Holmberg). He currently teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and supervises four PhD students.
Försvarshögskolan
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