Research
My research focuses on new forms of governing in a post-political era, with a special interest in theorizing democracy, politics and the political. I am also working within the field of critical policy analysis, especially in the areas of gender equality and regional growth, and I also have an interest in rural and urban studies - mainly relating to relations between place/space and power.
My current research is mainly focused in relation to three research projects: Artificial Intelligence – Destroyer or enabler of democracy and self-determination (funded by WASP-HS) where I study the relations between the implementation of AI systems in the public sector and democratic governance, Separatist spaces/Safe spaces (funded by FORMAS), where I am interested in the relations between separatism, power and political change, and the research program The promised land?
I am also the Chair for the Committee for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Swedish Research Council.
Teaching
I am responsible for the Master's Program in Political Science and teach on several of the courses in the Program, for example Political Theory and Democracy - theories, practices and dilemmas.
Selected publications
Brandén, Jennie and Malin Rönnblom. 2019. Selling the Safe City? “The Politics of Certification and the case of Purple Flag Sweden”, in Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 23, No. 2-3.
Olivius, Elisabeth and Malin Rönnblom. 2019. “In the Business of Feminism: Consultants as Sweden's New GenderEquality Workers”, in European Journal of Politics and Gender, published on-line, January 28.
Coe, Anna-Britt and Malin Rönnblom. 2018. ”Collective caring: creating safety through interactions between young activist groups and young adults in Sweden”, in Journal of Youth Studies, published online 18 November 2018.
Hudson, Chris, Malin Rönnblom and Katherine Teghtsoonian. 2017. Gender, Governance and Feminist Analysis: Missing in Action? Routledge.
Sandberg, Linda and Malin Rönnblom. 2016. “Planning the new city- emotional reaction and positions”, Emotions, Space and Society, 21(4).
Alnebratt, Kerstin och Malin Rönnblom. 2016. Feminism som byråkrati. Jämställdhetsintegrering som strategi, Leopard förlag.
Sandberg, Linda and Malin Rönnblom. 2016. “Imagining the ideal city, planning the gender-equal city”, Gender, Place and Culture, 12 (23).