Research

I am Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. I graduated from Stockholm University in 2002, and I have been a visiting scholar at Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, Copenhagen University, and Utrecht University. Many students are playing casino games to relax from their busy college days. Casino games refresh them and also allow them to make some money. Sites like megadice.com offer the best varieties of casino games.  

I have a longstanding interest in political sociology; especially in studying radical right-wing parties and their voters, with a particular focus on explaining variation over time and/or across countries. In 2018, I edited The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right.

I also have a longstanding interest in social networks, and more generally in the ways in which relational and contextual factors influence individuals’ beliefs, opportunities, and actions. Between 2011 and 2018 I was the PI for the project Individual Life Chances in Social Context: A Longitudinal Multi-Methods Perspective on Social Constraints and Opportunities (for which I was awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2010). In this project we combined survey data and register data to study the importance of egocentric networks and other contextual factors for young adults’ life chances, pertaining to e.g., health, and the labor market). Research is essential before launching a blackjack app, ensuring it meets player expectations for quality, security, and fairness. This includes studying market trends, user preferences, and regulatory requirements to create a compelling experience. For players seeking authentic gameplay, real money blackjack apps offer a trusted platform to play and win securely.

Publications

Books

2020.    Elgenius, G. and Rydgren, J. Nationalism, Populism, and Radical Right Politics in Sweden. London: Palgrave Pivot. (Under contract)

2006.    Rydgren, J. From Tax Populism to Ethnic Nationalism. Radical Right-wing Populism in Sweden. New York: Berghahn Books.

2005.    Rydgren, J. Från skattemissnöje till etnisk nationalism. Högerpopulism och parlamentarisk högerextremism i Sverige. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

2003.    Rydgren, J. The Populist Challenge. Political Protest and Ethno-nationalist Mobilization in France. New York: Berghahn Books.

2002.    Rydgren, J. Political Protest and Ethno-Nationalist Mobilization: The Case of the French Front National. Stockholm Studies on Social Mechanisms, 5.

Edited Books

2021.    Samers, M. and Rydgren, J. Handbook of Migration and Nationalism. London: Edward Elgar. (Under contract)

2018.    Rydgren, J. ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right. New York: Oxford University Press.

2015.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Sociologi genom litteratur: Skönlitteraturens möjligheter och samhällsvetenskapens begränsningar. Lund: Arkiv.

2012.    Rydgren, J. ed. Class Politics and the Radical Right. London: Routledge.

2010.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, Philosophy, and Science. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

2005.    Rydgren, J. ed. Movements of Exclusion. Radical Right-wing Populism in the Western World. New York: Nova Science.

2004.    Rydgren, J. and Widfeldt, A. eds. Från Le Pen till Pim Fortuyn. Populism och parlamentarisk högerextremism i dagens Europa. Malmö: Liber.

Articles in Refereed Journals

2019.    Rydgren, J. and van der Meiden, S. "The Radical Right and the End of Swedish Exceptionalism." European Political Science: Forthcoming.

2019.    Jylhä, K., Rydgren, J. and Strimling, P. "Radical Right-wing Voters from Right and Left: Comparing Sweden Democrat Voters Who Previously Voted for the Conservative Party or the Social Democratic Party." Scandinavian Political Studies: Forthcoming.

2019.    Elgenius, G. and Rydgren, J. "Frames of Nostalgia and Belonging: The Resurgence of Ethno-Nationalism in Sweden." European Societies 21(4): 583-602..

2019.    Hällsten, M., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "School's Out Forever? Heavy Metal Preferences and Higher Education." PLOS ONE: 1-20.

2019.    Mollenhorst, G.W., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Personal Networks and Crime Victimization among Swedish Youth." Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention: Forthcoming.

2019.    Odmalm, P. and Rydgren, J. "Introduction: Comparing and Reconceptualising the (Populist) Radical Right." European Political Science: Forthcoming.

2018.    Andersson, A.B., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "The Intersection of Class Origin and Immigration Background in Structuring Social Capital: The Role of Transnational Ties." British Journal of Sociology: 69(1): 99-123.

2018.    Hällsten, M., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "The Acculturation in Sweden of Adolescents of Iranian and Yugoslavian Origin." Acta Sociologica: 61(2): 163-181. 

2018.    Salo, S. and Rydgren, J. "Politicization of the Eurozone Crisis in Finland: Adaptation toward the Radical Right?" Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy: 34(3): 234-257. 

2018.    Miething, A., Rostila, M., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "The Peer Context of Dieting: The Relationship between Young Adults' Dieting and Their Friends Weight-Related Characteristics." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(12): 2744-2757.

2017.    Rydgren, J. "Radical Right-wing Parties in Europe: What's Populism Got to Do With It?" Journal of Language and Politics: 16(4): 485-496.

2017.    Rydgren, J., Sofi, D. and Hällsten, M. "Divided by Memories? Beliefs about the Past, Ethnic Boundaries, and Trust in Northern Iraq." Geopolitics, History, and International Relations 9(1): 128-175.

2017.    Hällsten, M., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Social Capital, Friendship Networks, and Youth Unemployment." Social Science Research 61(1): 234-250.

2017.    Miething, A., Rostila, M. and Rydgren, J. "Access to Occupational Networks and Ethnic Variation of Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults in Sweden." Social Science & Medicine 190: 207-216.

2017.    Miething, A., Almquist, Y.B., Edling, C., Rydgren, J., and Rostila, M. "Friendship Trust and Psychological Well-being From Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 45: 244-252.

2017.    Elgenius, G. and Rydgren, J. "The Sweden Democrats and the Ethno-nationalist Rhetoric of Decay and Betrayal." Sociologisk Forskning 54(4): 353-358.

2017.    Andersson, A., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "'In Sweden We Shake Hands' - But Are We Really?" Sociologisk Forskning 54(4): 377-381.

2016.    Edling, C., Rydgren, J. and Sandell, R. "Terrorism, Belief Formation, and Residential Integration: Population Dynamics in the Aftermath of the 2004 Madrid Terror Bombings."  American Behavioral Scientist 60: 1215-1231.

2016.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Social Mechanisms in Empirical Sociology: Introduction to Special Issue." American Behavioral Scientist 60: 1135-1145.

2016.    Mollenhorst, G.W., van Duijn, M.A.J., Rydgren, J. and Edling, C.R. "Triadic Closure in Core Networks: Disentangling the Effects of Social Distance, National Origin Similarity and Shared Context." International Review of Social Research 6(4): 146-162.

2016.    Miething, A., Rostila, M., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "The Influence of Social Network Characteristics on Peer Clustering in Smoking: A Two-wave Panel Study of 19- and 23-old-Swedes." PLOS ONE: 11(10): 1-11.

2016.    Miething, A., Almquist, Y.B., Östberg, V., Rostila, M., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Friendship Networks and Psychological Well-being from Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Gender-specific Structural Equation Modeling Approach." BMC Psychology 4(34): 1-11.

2015.    Hällsten, M., Edling, C.R. and Rydgren, J. "The Effects of Specific Occupations in Position Generator Measures of Social Capital." Social Networks 40(1): 55-63.

2015.    Mollenhorst, G.W., Edling, C.R. and Rydgren, J. "Psychological Well-being and Brokerage in Friendship Networks of Young Swedes." Social Indicators Research 123(3): 897-917.

2015.    Edling, C.R., Farkas, G.M. and Rydgren, J. "Integration of the Swedish Local Elite: The Role of Professional and Private Networks." Scandinavian Political Studies 38(1): 49-74.

2014.    Edling, C.R., Rydgren, J. and Bohman, L. "Faith or Social Foci? Happiness, Religion, and Social Networks in Sweden." European Sociological Review 30(5): 615-626.

2014.    Edling, C.R. and Rydgren, J. "Analytical Sociology: Bringing Culture and Identity Back In." Sociologica 2/2014

2014.    Almquist, Y.B., Östberg, V., Rostila, M., Edling, C.R. and Rydgren, J. "Friendship Network Characteristics and Psychological Well-being in Late Adolescence: Exploring Differences by Gender and Gender Composition." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 42(2): 146-154.

2013.    Rydgren, J., Sofi, D. and Hällsten, M. "Interethnic Friendship, Trust, and Tolerance: Findings from Two North Iraqi Cities." American Journal of Sociology 118(6): 1650-1694.

2013.    Rydgren, J. and Ruth, P. "Contextual Explanations of Radical Right-Wing Support in Sweden: Socioeconomic Marginalization, Group Threat, and the Halo Effect." Ethnic and Racial Studies 36(4): 711-728.

2013.    Edling, C.R., Farkas, G.M. and Rydgren, J. "Women in Power? Sex Differences in Local Elite Networks." Acta Sociologica 56(1): 21-40.

2013.    Barclay, K.J., Edling, C.R. and Rydgren, J. "Peer Clustering of Exercise and Eating Behaviors among Young Adults in Sweden: A Cross-sectional Study of Egocentric Networks." BMC Public Health 13: 784.

2013.    Rostila, M., Almquist, Y.B., Östberg, V., Edling, C.R. and Rydgren, J. "Network Characteristics and Daily Smoking Among Young Adults in Sweden." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 10(12): 6517-6533.

2012.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Neighborhood and Friendship Composition in Adolescence." SAGE Open 2(4): DOI: 10.1177/2158244012466249

2011.    Rydgren, J. and Ruth, P. "Voting for the Radical Right in Swedish Municipalities: Social Marginality and Ethnic Competition?" Scandinavian Political Studies 34(3): 202-225.

2011.    Rydgren, J. "A legacy of 'Uncivicness'? Social Capital and Radical Right-wing Voting in Eastern Europe." Acta  Politica 46(2): 132-157.

2011.    Rydgren, J. and Sofi, D. "Interethnic Relations in Northern Iraq: Brokerage, Social Capital, and the Potential for Reconciliation." International Sociology 26(1): 25-49.

2010.    Rydgren, J. "Radical Right-wing Populism in Denmark and Sweden: Explaining Party System Change and Stability." The SAIS Review of International Affairs 30(1): 57-71.

2009.    Rydgren, J. "Social Isolation? Social Capital and Radical Right-wing Voting in Western Europe." Journal of Civil Society 5(2): 129-150.

2008.    Rydgren, J. "Immigration Sceptics, Xenophobes, or Racists? Radical Right-wing Voting in Six West European Countries." European Journal of Political Research 47:737-765.

2007.    Rydgren, J. "The Sociology of the Radical Right." Annual Review of Sociology 33: 241-262.

2007.    Rydgren, J. "The Power of the Past. A Contribution to a Cognitive Sociology of Ethnic Conflict." Sociological Theory 25(3): 225-244.

2005.    Rydgren, J. "Is Extreme Right-wing Populism Contagious? Explaining the Emergence of a New Party Family." European Journal of Political Research 44: 413-437.

2005.    Rydgren, J. "Bridging Different Worlds? Economy, Politics, and Brokerage Roles in Sweden."Acta Sociologica 48(2): 117–129.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "The Logic of Xenophobia." Rationality and Society 16(2): 123-148.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "Explaining the Emergence of Radical Right-wing Populism: The Case of Denmark." West European Politics 27(3): 474-502.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "Mechanisms of Exclusion: Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labour Market." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 30(4): 697-716.

2004.    Rydgren, J. and Van Holsteyn, J. "Holland and Pim Fortuyn: A Deviant Case or the Beginning of Something New?" Current Politics and Economics of Europe 13(3): 209-238.

2003.    Rydgren, J. "Meso-level Reasons for Racism and Xenophobia: Some Converging and Divergent Effects of Radical Right Populism in France and Sweden." European Journal of Social Theory 6(1): 45-68.

2002.    Rydgren, J. "Radical Right Populism in Sweden: Still a Failure, But for How Long?" Scandinavian Political Studies 25(1): 27-56.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

2018.    Rydgren, J. "The Radical Right: An Introduction," in Rydgren, J. ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right. New York: Oxford University Press.

2018.    Edling, C., Farkas, G. and Rydgren, J. "Representation och integration i lokala eliter," in Eriksson, B., Holmqvist, M. and Sohl, L. eds. Eliter i Sverige: Tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv på makt, status och klass. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

2017.    Mollenhorst, G.W., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Changes in the Personal Networks of Young Immigrants in Sweden," in Herold, M. and Contini, R.M. eds. Living in two Homes: Integration and Education of Transnational Migrants in a Globalized World. London: Emerald.

2015.    Rydgren, J. "Hans Christian Andersen: Konformitet och pluralistisk ignorans," in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Sociologi genom litteratur. Lund: Arkiv.

2015.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Inledning," in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Sociologi genom litteratur. Lund: Arkiv.

2014.    Rydgren, J. "Xenophobia: The Role of Political Articulation," in Vertovec, S. ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies. London: Routledge.

2012.    Rydgren, J. "Class Politics and the Radical Right: An Introduction," in Rydgren, J. ed. Class Politics and the Radical Right. London: Routledge.

2012.    Rydgren, J. "Radikal högerpopulism - ett hot mot EU:s sammanhållning i spåren av den ekonomiska krisen?" in Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, A., Oxelheim, L. and Persson, T. eds. Arbetslöshet, migrationspolitik och nationalism - hot mot EU:s sammanhållning? Stockholm: Santérus.

2011.    Rydgren, J. "Xenophobia and Radical Right-wing Populism: A Vicious Circle," in Robertson-von Trotha, C. Y. ed. Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland und Europa. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

2010.    Rydgren, J. "Marcel Proust: Status Groups and Capital Forms," in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds.  Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, Philosophy, and Science. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

2010.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Introduction," in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Sociological Insights of Great Thinkers: Sociology through Literature, Philosophy, and Science. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

2010.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Auf der Suche nach Identität: Analytische Soziologie und die Makro-Mikro Verbindung," in Kron, T. and Grund, T. eds. Die Analytische Soziologie in Der Diskussion. Vs Verlag.

2010.    Rydgren, J. "Den radikala högerns sociologi," in Deland, M., Hertzberg, F. and Hvitfeldt, T. eds. Det vita fältet: Samtida forskning om högerextremism. Uppsala: Opuscula Historica Upsaliensia.

2009.    Rydgren, J. "Beliefs," in Hedström, P. and Bearman, P. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2009.    Rydgren, J. "Shared Beliefs About the Past: Toward a Cognitive Sociology of Intersubjective Memory," in Hedström, P. and Wittrock, B. eds. The Frontiers of Sociology. Amsterdam: Brill.

2007.    Rydgren, J. "Conformity," in Darity, W. A. ed. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Macmillan.

2007.    Rydgren, J. "The Front National and Populism in France," in McDonnell, D. and Albertazzi. eds. Twenty-first Century Populism: The Spectre of Western European Democracy. Palgrave.

2007.    Rydgren, J. "Sweden: The Scandinavian Exception," in McDonnell, D. and Albertazzi. eds. Twenty-first Century Populism: The Spectre of Western European Democracy. Palgrave.

2007.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Social handling och sociala relationer," in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Social handling och sociala relationer. Stockholm: Natur & Kultur.

2007.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Social nätverksteori,"  in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Social handling och sociala relationer. Stockholm: Natur & Kultur.

2007.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Spelteori," in Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Social handling och sociala relationer. Stockholm: Natur & Kultur.

2006.    Rydgren, J. "Xenophobia," in Jackson, Y. ed. Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage.

2006.    Rydgren, J. "Vom Wohlfahrtschauvinismus zur ideologisch begründeten Fremdenfeindlichkeit: Rechtspopulismus in Schweden und Dänemark," in Decker, F. ed. Populismus: Gefahr für die Demokratie oder Nützliches Korrektiv? Wiesbaden: Vs Verlag.

2005.    Rydgren, J. "Introduction. Radical Right-wing Populism in the Western World," in  Rydgren, J. ed. 2005. Movements of Exclusion. Radical Right-wing Populism in the Western World. New York: Nova Science.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "Nationella fronten: etnisk nationalism och politiskt missnöje i Frankrike," in  Rydgren, J. and Widfeldt, A. eds. 2004. Från Le Pen till Pim Fortuyn. Populism och parlamentarisk högerextremism i dagens Europa. Malmö: Liber.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "Från skattemissnöje till etnisk nationalism: 15 år med svensk radikalhögerpopulism," in  Rydgren, J. and Widfeldt, A. eds. 2004. Från Le Pen till Pim Fortuyn. Populism och parlamentarisk högerextremism i dagens Europa. Malmö: Liber.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "Vad är radikal högerpopulism?," in  Rydgren, J. and Widfeldt, A. eds. 2004. Från Le Pen till Pim Fortuyn. Populism och parlamentarisk högerextremism i dagens Europa. Malmö: Liber.

2004.    Van Holsteyn, J. and Rydgren, J. "Pim Fortuyn: den holländske populisten,"  Rydgren, J. and Widfeldt, A. eds. 2004. Från Le Pen till Pim Fortuyn. Populism och parlamentarisk högerextremism i dagens Europa. Malmö: Liber. 

2000.    Rydgren, J. "Prejudiced Inferences: The Socio-Cognitive Basis of Xenophobia," in Apollon, D., Fure, O-D., and Svåsand, L. Eds. Approaching a New Millennium. Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future. Bergen: HIT Centre/ISSEI 2000.

Articles in non-Refereed Journals, Reports,  and Working Papers

2019.    Jylhä, K., Rydgren, J. and Strimling, P. "Xenophobia among Radical and Mainstream Rightwing Party Voters: Prevalence, Correlates, and Effects on Voter Mobility. Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, No. 38.

2019.    Jylhä, K., Rydgren, J. and Strimling, P. Sweden Democrat Voters: Who Are They, Where Do They Come From, and Where Are They Headed? Research Report 1/2019. The Institute for Future Studies.

2018.    Jylhä, K., Rydgren, J. and Strimling, P. "Radical Right-Wing Voters from Left and Right: Comparing Sweden Democrat Voters who Previously Voted for the Conservative Party or the Social Democratic Party." Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, No. 36.

2018.    Jylhä, K.M., Rydgren, J. and Strimling, P. Sverigedemokraternas väljare: vilka är de, var kommer de ifrån och vart är de på väg? Forskningsrapport 2018/2. Stockholm: Institutet för framtidsstudier.

2018.    Palm, J. and Rydgren, J. Ojämlikhet och radikala högerpartier. Stockholm: LO.

2018.    Rydgren, J., Jylhä, K. and Strimling, P. "Stor risk att Socialdemokraternas nya strategi misslyckas." Arena Essä (May 16, 2018)

2017.    Goldschmidt, T., Hällsten, M. and Rydgren, J. "Are They Hunkering Down? Revisiting the Relationship between Exposure to Ethnic Diversity, Intergroup Contact, and Group Trust." The Department of Sociology Working Paper Series 30/2017.

2016.    Rydgren, J. and Tyrberg, M. "Social Marginalization, Ethnic Threat, and Radical Right-wing Support in Sweden: A Multilevel Analysis." The Department of Sociology Working Paper Series 26/2016. Stockholm University.

2016.    Rydgren, J. and van der Meiden, S. "Sweden, Now a Country Like All the Others? The Radical Right and the End of Swedish Exceptionalism." The Department of Sociology Working Paper Series 25/2016. Stockholm University.

2015.    Goldschmidt, T. and Rydgren, J. "Welfare for Natives Only or No Welfare At All? Immigrant Unemployment, Workplace Encounters, and Majority Attitudes Toward Social Spending in Sweden." The Department of Sociology Working Paper Series 22/2015. Stockholm University.

2012.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "De personliga nätverkens betydelse." Framtider 3/2012: 27-30.  

2009.    Rydgren, J. "How Party Organization Matters: Understanding the Ups and Downs of Radical Right-wing Populism in Sweden." The Department of Sociology Working Paper Series 17/2009. Stockholm University.

2009.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. "Socialt kapital och arbetsmarknadsintegration." Intervjuaren 3/2009: 6-8.

2005.    Rydgren, J. "The Role of Social Networks in Ethnic Conflicts: Locality and Escalation." The Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, 1/2005. Department of Sociology, Stockholm University.

2005.    Ahrne, G., Rydgren, J. and Sörbom, A. 2005. "Politics and Globalization: Bringing Parties In." Score Working Papers 2005-7. Score, Stockholm University.

2004.    Rydgren, J. 2004. “Radical Right-wing Populism in Sweden and Denmark.” The Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society Papers, No. 5. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2003.    Rydgren, J. 2003. “Varför inte i Sverige? Om den radikala högerpopulismens relativa misslyckande.“ Arkiv för studier i arbetarrörelsens historia, 86: 1-34.

Edited Special Issues

2018.    Odmalm, P. and Rydgren, J. eds. Comparing and Reconceptualising the (Populist) Radical Right. European Political Science: Forthcoming.

2016.    Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. An Invitation to Social Mechanisms: Micro Foundations in Empirical Social Science. American Behavioral Scientist: 60.

2011.    Ruzza, C. and Rydgren, J. eds. Populism and Civil Society. Acta Politica: 46(2).

Book Reviews

2009.    Rydgren, J. "Cas Mudde: Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe." American Journal of Sociology 114(5): 1551-1553.

2004.    Rydgren, J. "Erik Bleich: Race Politics in Britain and France: Ideas and Policymaking since the 1960s." e-Extreme, 4(1).

2002.    Rydgren, J. "Pascal Perrineau, Les croisés de la société fermée. L'Europe des extrêmes droites." e-Extreme, 3(3).