Emma Ricknell

During 2023-2024 I have a postdoc position within the knowledge environment A Questioned Democracy (En ifrågasatt demokrati).

My dissertation, which I defended in 2021, focuses on the death penalty in the U.S., with emphasis on legislative developments over time at state level. I also do research on online communities and social media. I am part of the research environment Varieties of Political Representation (VPR).

During 2016 I worked as a part-time research assistant on the project Decreased ideological polarization and conflict in Western Europe? (MIPOK), which is a collaboration between Linnaeus University and the University of Gothenburg, financed by the Swedish Research Council.

I have a master's degree in Political Science from the University of Gothenburg and master's degree in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford, UK. I also have a degree in Journalism from the University of Gothenburg, as well as a degree in Peace- and Conflict Studies from my alma mater, Umeå University.

Before embarking on my PhD studies, I worked as a paralegal at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center in San Francisco, serving indigent men and women under sentence of death in California.

Awards

• Selected for the 2019 inaugural class of Tom Carsey Scholars by the APSA State Politics and Policy Conference held at the University of Maryland.
• Winner of best paper award in Swedish political science journal Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift 2019
• Named Teacher of the Year by the Linnaeus University student union 2021

Teaching

I have for example taught on the following courses:

• Politiska idéer (Statsvetenskap I)
• Svensk och jämförande politik (Statsvetenskap I)
• Internationell politik (Statsvetenskap I)
• Political Analysis (Statsvetenskap III)
• International Human Rights Law
• Human Rights in Historical, Philosophical and Theoretical Perspective
• European Human Rights Law
• The Law of Sustainable Development
• Sustainability and Multilevel Governance
• International Law
• Oral Presentation Skills