Cecilia Josefsson Author

Cecilia Josefsson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on political institutions and representation from a gender perspective. She received her PhD from the Department of Government at Uppsala University in 2020. Her dissertation "Adaptive Resistance: Power Struggles over Gender Quotas in Uruguay" was awarded the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize in Gender and Politics in 2023. Currently, she is researching gendered working conditions and leadership in parliament, resistance to gender-equitable institutional change, and political representation in times of crisis.