Alexander Ryan is a new postdoctoral fellow in the project “Polarizing pandemics. Identity, emotions, and attitudes toward Covid-19 prevention”. Alexander acquired his PhD in political science from Mid Sweden University in 2023. His dissertation centers on affective political polarization in the Nordic region, including how to measure and study the concept in multiparty contexts, examining explanations for differences in affective polarization and studying its political consequences. His work has appeared in journals such as Scandinavian Political Studies and Frontiers in Political Science.
