Background

Holds a PhD in political science from Umeå University (2012). Senicor Lecturer at the Mid Sweden University since 2012. Currently having a part-time Post-doctoral position (2015-17)

Area of interest

- Niche parties, e.g. radical right parties and green parties

- Intra-party politics, e.g. intra-party democracy, party organization, leadership selection

- Parliamentary government,j e.g. parlimentary decline, parliamentary control

Teaching and tutoring

Supervise student theses during spring semester 2016

Publications

Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Collections (editor)
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, monographs
Other
Reports

Articles in journals

Loxbo, K. & Bolin, N. (2016). Party Organizational Development and the Electoral Performance of the Radical Right: Exploring the Role of Local Candidates in the Breakthrough Elections of the Sweden Democrats 2002-2014. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, vol. 26: 2, pp. 170-190.

Aylott, N. & Bolin, N. (2015). The Swedish Greens : A Big Step Forward – and Several Steps Back. Environmental Politics, vol. 24: 2, pp. 337-341.

Bolin, N. (2015). A Loyal Rookie? The Sweden Democrats’ First Year in the European Parliament. Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, : 2, pp. 59-78.

Aylott, N. & Bolin, N. (2015). Polarising Pluralism: The Swedish Parliamentary Election of September 2014. West European Politics, vol. 38: 3, pp. 730-740.

Bolin, N. (2014). New party parliamentary entry in Western Europe, 1960-2010. European Journal of Government and Economics, vol. 3: 1, pp. 5-23.

Bolin, N. , Lidén, G. & Nyhlén, J. (2014). Do Anti-immigration Parties Matter? The Case of the Sweden Democrats and Local Refugee Policy. Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 37: 3, pp. 323-343.

Aylott, N. & Bolin, N. (2007). Towards a two-party system? : The Swedish parliamentary election of September 2006. West European Politics, vol. 30: 3, pp. 621-633.

Bolin, N. & Larue, T. (2006). Bättre forskarutbildning i statsvetenskap : ett förslag. Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, vol. 108: 2, pp. 224-226.

Chapters in books

Bolin, N. (2015). Partikongresser och interndemokrati. In Partier och partisystem. Lund : Studentlitteratur. pp. 105-119.

Bolin, N. , Olausson, P. M. & Nyhlén, S. (2015). Lokalt beslutsfattande - avslutande reflektioner. In Lokalt beslutsfattande. Lund : Studentlitteratur. pp. 169-176.

Olausson, P. M. , Nyhlén, S. & Bolin, N. (2015). Lokalt beslutsfattande - en introduktion. In Lokalt beslutsfattande. Lund : Studentlitteratur. pp. 11-20.

Nyhlén, S. , Bolin, N. & Olausson, P. M. (2015). Att studera lokalt beslutsfattande. In Lokalt beslutsfattande. Lund : Studentlitteratur. pp. 73-77.

Bergman, T. & Bolin, N. (2013). Swedish Democracy : Crumbling Political Parties, a Feeble Riksdag, and Technocratic Power Holders?. In The Madisonian Turn : Political Parties and Parliamentary Democracy in Nordic Europe. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press. pp. 251-293.

Bergman, T. & Bolin, N. (2011). Swedish democracy : crumbling political parties, a feeble riksdag, and technocratic power holders?. In The Madisonian turn : political parties and parliamentary democracy in Nordic Europe. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press (New comparative politics). pp. 251-293.

Collections (editor)

Bolin, N. (ed.) , Nyhlén, S. (ed.) & Olausson, P. M. (ed.) (2015). Lokalt beslutsfattande. Lund : Studentlitteratur

Conference papers

Bolin, N. (2015). The Impact of the Swedish Populist Radical Right on the Immigration Agendas of the Established Parties and their MPs. . Milano :

Bolin, N. & Lidén, G. (2015). The non-receivers : Explanations as to why some Swedish municipalities resist refugee reception. . Milano :

Aylott, N. & Bolin, N. (2015). A peculiar practice : Intra-party democracy and leader selection in Sweden. . San Francisco and Gothenburg :

Bolin, N. (2015). A Matter of Time? The Impact of the Radical Right on Parties and MPs. .

Bolin, N. & Lidén, G. (2014). Disagreeing with the nation state : Why some Swedish municipalities refuse refugee reception. . Edinburgh :

Bolin, N. & Loxbo, K. (2014). Radical right parties, organizational maturity and electoral success.The Sweden Democrats and the elections of 2006 and 2010. . Gothenburg :

Bolin, N. & Lidén, G. (2014). Obstructing national policy. The case of Swedish municipalities and refugee reception. . Gothenburg :

Bolin, N. , Lidén, G. & Nyhlén, J. (2014). Local refugee reception and the impact of the Sweden Democrats. .

Poguntke, T. , von dem Berge, B. , Bolin, N. & Aylott, N. (2014). Intra-Party Democracy across the world: Patterns, Causes and Consequences. .

Bolin, N. , Lidén, G. & Nyhlén, J. (2013). Political Parties and Local Refugee Reception in Sweden. . Åbo :

Bolin, N. , Lidén, G. & Nyhlén, J. (2013). Anti-immigration party impact on local migration policy in Sweden. . Stockholm :

Bolin, N. (2013). Green Parties in Finland and Sweden. Electoral, Programmatic and Organizational Changes. . Bruxelles :

Bolin, N. (2010). How new parties shape their own fate : An actor-centered framework for analysis. . Dublin :

Bolin, N. (2007). Established parties and their measures against new parties. The case of Sweden. . Pisa :

Bolin, N. (2006). Contextual Impact on New Party Entrance. .

Doctoral theses, monographs

Bolin, N. (2012). Målsättning riksdagen : Ett aktörsperspektiv på nya partiers inträde i det nationella parlamentet. Dis. Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2012 (Statsvetenskapliga institutionens skriftserie : 2012:3)

Other

Bolin, N. (2015). Är Sverigedemokraterna höger? (Om makt och politik)

Bergman, T. , Bolin, N. & Sandström, C. (2015). DÖ är inte hållbar i längden (SvD Opinion)

Bergman, T. , Bolin, N. & Sandström, C. (2015). Det finns möjligheter till blocköverskridande samarbeten (Om makt och politik)

Bolin, N. (2014). The 2014 Swedish election will result in a change of government, but not in a substantive change of policy (LSE EUROPP Blog)

Bolin, N. (2014). Hur vanligt är det med nya partier i nationella parlament? (Om makt och politik)

Bolin, N. & Aylott, N. (2014). One winner and seven losers: The Swedish parliamentary election of September 2014 (EPERN research blog)

Bolin, N. , Lidén, G. & Nyhlén, J. (2014). SD har makt över lokal flyktingpolitik (Dagens Samhälle)

Bolin, N. (2013). Utpekande som vilar på påståenden utan grund (Dagbladet)

Reports

Aylott, N. & Bolin, N. (2016). Towards a Framework for Analysing Party Leadership Selection. Göteborg : (Cergu´s Working Paper Series 2016:9)

Bolin, N. (2007). New Party Entrance : Analyzing the Impact of Political Institutions. Umeå : Statsvetenskap (Umeå Working Papers in Political Science 2)

Bolin, N. & Aylott, N. (2006). The Swedish Parliamentary Election of September 2006. Sussex : European Parties Elections & Referendums Network (Election Briefing Papers 30)