Sara Svensson

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Position: 
Research Fellow
Position: 
Visting Professor
Center for Policy Studies (CPS)
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Nador u. 11
Room: 
316
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+36 1 327-3000/2191
Qualifications: 
PhD, Political Science (public policy track), Central European University
MA, Political Science, Central European University
BA, Journalism, Stockholm University
Academic/Professional Experience and Achievements: 
ara Svenson is Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Studies, mainly involved in research for the project SOLIDUS. She also regularly teaches at the School of Public Policy on topics ranging from qualitative methods, policy analysis, international policy practice to courses related to sub- national regionalism and European integration. She has taught courses and supervised BA theses at four Swedish universities: Orebro University, Karlstad University, Halmstad University, and University West. She occasionally contributes to broadcast and print media in Sweden, and has worked at different locations as a news journalist for the public service broadcasting company Sveriges Radio. Her academic research focuses on policy formation and governance structures in European cross-border regions, and she has published on that topic in Eurasian Geography and Economy, Journal of European Integration, Regional & Federal Studies, Regions & Cohesion and Journal of Borderlands Studies. She holds a PhD in public policy/political science from CEU (2013), an MA in political science from CEU (1999) and a BA in journalism from Stockholm University (1997). Her PhD dissertation project, supervised by Andrew Cartwright, investigated the formation of social capital and its impact on policy in European cross-border regions.

Sara Svenson is Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Studies, mainly involved in research for the project SOLIDUS. She also regularly teaches at the School of Public Policy on topics ranging from qualitative methods, policy analysis, international policy practice to courses related to sub- national regionalism and European integration. She has taught courses and supervised BA theses at four Swedish universities: Orebro University, Karlstad University, Halmstad University, and University West. She occasionally contributes to broadcast and print media in Sweden, and has worked at different locations as a news journalist for the public service broadcasting company Sveriges Radio. Her academic research focuses on policy formation and governance structures in European cross-border regions, and she has published on that topic in Eurasian Geography and Economy, Journal of European Integration, Regional & Federal Studies, Regions & Cohesion and Journal of Borderlands Studies. She holds a PhD in public policy/political science from CEU (2013), an MA in political science from CEU (1999) and a BA in journalism from Stockholm University (1997). Her PhD dissertation project, supervised by Andrew Cartwright, investigated the formation of social capital and its impact on policy in European cross-border regions.

Affiliations: 
School of Public Policy (SPP)
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
Academic/research topics: 
Social capital
Cross-border cooperation
Rural policy development

Publications

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Book
Overview of the EGTCs around Hungary, Edited by Sara Svensson and Gyula Ocskay. Budapest: Central European Services for Cross-border Initiatives Budapest Observatory of Borders, 2016.
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Book Chapter
Svensson, Sara, and Péter Balogh. "Limits to Integration: Persisting Border Obstacles in the EU." In European Territorial Cooperation : Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to the Process and Impacts of Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation in Europe, 115-134. Springer, 2018.
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Svensson, Sara. "Euroregions -- Institutional transfer and reinterpreted norms in East Central Europe." In Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations Beyond Accession in Central and Eastern Europe , 131-151. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2018.
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Svensson, Sara. "Samhällsbyggande över gränsen: Gränsöverskridande regioner som policyide och forskningsfält [Society-building across borders: Cross-border regions in policy practice and research]." In Det regionala samhällsbyggandets praktiker: Tiden, Makten, Rummet [The practices of regional society-building: Time, Power, Space], 223-234. Gothenburg: Daidalos Publishing House, 2013.
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Medve-Bálint, Gergő, and Sara Svensson. "Explaining coverage: why do local governments in Central Europe join (or not join) Euroregions?" In The Border Multiple: The Practicing of Borders between Public Policy and Everyday Life in Europe , edited by Martin Klatt, Dorte Andersen and Marie Sandberg, 219-245. Ashgate border series. Farnham: Ashgate , 2012.
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Conference Paper
Medve-Bálint, Gergő, and Sara Svensson. "The Diversity of Euroregional Initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe." In CEU HPSA Conference, 15. Budapest, 2011.
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Journal Article
Batory, Agnes, and Sara Svensson. "The use and abuse of participatory governance by populist governments." Policy & Politics, no. available online: 15 March 2019 (2019).
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Telle, Stefan, and Sara Svensson. "An organizational ecology approach to EGTC creation in East Central Europe." Regional & Federal Studies (2019): 1-25.
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Svensson, Sara, Jennifer Eschweiler, Elisabetta Mocca, and Louise Villadsen Nielsen. "The Reciprocity Dimension of Solidarity: Insights from Three European Countries." VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organisations (2019).
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Svensson, Sara, Jennifer Eschweiler, Elisabetta Mocca, and Louise Villadsen Nielsen. "The Reciprocity Dimension of Solidarity: Insights from Three European Countries." VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organisations (2019).
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Svensson, Sara. "Health Policy in Cross-border Cooperation Practices: The Role of Euroregions and Their Local Government Members." Territory, Politics, Governance 5, no. 1 (2017): 47-64.
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Svensson, Sara, and Carl Nordlund. "The Building Blocks of a Euroregion: novel Metrics to Measure Cross-border Integration." Journal of European Integration 37 (2015): 371-389.
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Svensson, Sara. "The Bordered World of Cross-border Cooperation: The Determinants of Local Government Contact Networks within Euroregions." Regional & Federal Studies 25, no. 3 (2015): 277-295.
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Svensson, Sara. "Forget the policy gap: why local governments really decide to take part in cross-border cooperation initiatives in Europe." Eurasian Geography and Economics 54, no. 4 (2013): 409-422.
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Demidov, Andrey, and Sara Svensson. "Local cross-border cooperation at the European Union's external border: The meaning of local in the European Neighbourhood Policy." Regions & Cohesion 3, no. 2 (2013): 22-46.
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Svensson, Sara, and Gergő Medve-Bálint. "Diversity and Development: Policy Entrepreneurship of Euroregional Initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe." Journal of Borderlands Studies 28, no. 1 (2013): 15-31.
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Svensson, Sara, and Gergő Medve-Bálint. "A helyi önkormányzatok eurorégiókban való részvétele Közép-Európában." Észak-magyarországi Stratégiai Füzetek 9, no. 1 (2012): 19-32.
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Magazine Article
Parrish, Michael, Sara Svensson, Marijn Molema, and Silke Reeploeg. "Report on the Second Workshop of the RSA Research Network on Regional Economic and Policy History." Regions Magazine 308 (2017): 31-32.
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Policy Brief
Demidov, Andrey, and Sara Svensson. Friendly Neighbours: Increasing the Potential of the ENPI-CBC Programme., 2011.
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Svensson, Sara, and Andrey Demidov. Friendly Neighbours: Increasing the Potential of European Neighbourhood Policy Cross-Border Cooperation Initiatives., 2011.
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Working Paper
Szalai, Júlia, and Sara Svensson. Contested forms of solidarity: An overview of civil society organisations in Hungary and their impact on policy and the social economy. CEU Center for Policy Studies, 2017.
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Svensson, Sara, Andrew Cartwright, and Péter Balogh. Solidarity in the treatment of mental illness in Hungary: A case study of the Awakenings Foundation as a vehicle for change. CEU Center for Policy Studies, 2017.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Sara Svensson, and Peter Balogh. Solidarity at the Border: The organization of spontaneous support for transiting refugees in two Hungarian towns in the summer of 2015 In CPS Working Paper Series 2017/1. Budapest: Center for Policy Studies Central European University, 2017.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Sara Svensson, and Peter Balogh. Solidarity in the housing sector: civic responses to homelessness and housing poverty in Hungary In CPS Working Paper Series 2017/2. Budapest: Center for Policy Studies Central European University , 2017.
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Medve-Bálint, Gergő, and Sara Svensson. Inheritance Matters: Changing land use trends amongst the elderly in rural Hungary’ In CPS Working Paper Series. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2010.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Gergo Medve-Balint, and Sara Svensson. Inheritance Matters. Changing Land Use Trends Amongst the Elderly in Rural Hungary In CPS Working Paper Series. Budapest: Central European University.CPS, 2010.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Sara Svensson, and Endre Sik. Fostering Civic Participation in The Policy Process in Hungary: A Short Review of Policy and Practice In CPS Working Paper Series. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2008.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Endre Sik, and Sara Svensson. Social Capital and the Integration of Minorities and Immigrants in Hungary In Social Capital Working Papers. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2008.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Endre Sik, and Sara Svensson. Social Capital, Diversity and Trust in Hungary: Two Case Studies In CPS Working Paper Series. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2008.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Endre Sik, and Sara Svensson. Monitoring Social Capital in Hungary: A Short Review of Recent Research In Social Capital Working Papers. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2008.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Endre Sik, and Sara Svensson. The Impact of Civic Engagement on The Quality of Life in Hungary In Social Capital Working Papers. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2008.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Endre Sik, and Sara Svensson. Promoting Social Capital Through Public Policy in Hungary; the 2004 National Development Plan In Social Capital Working papers. Budapest: Central European Universitu. CPS, 2008.
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Cartwright, Andrew, Endre Sik, and Sara Svensson. Fostering Civic Participation in The Policy Process in Hungary: a Short Review of Policy and Practice In Social Capital Working Papers. Budapest: Central European University. CPS, 2008.
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