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Gregg Bucken-Knapp

Ph.D., Associate Professor in Political Science Senior, lecturer in Public Administration, School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg.

Gregg Bucken-Knapp earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from The George Washington University (Washington, DC) in 1999, with a specialization in comparative politics.

Bucken-Knapp’s broad research interest is comparative public policy. His current research explores how mainstream Nordic political parties formulate their entry and integration policy preferences regarding migrants, with an emphasis on the role of party ideology as an explanatory factor. He has been awarded multiple international research grants, including funding from the Swedish Research Council (together with Dr. Johan Karlsson Schaffer) to study the role of ideas in shaping Nordic prostitution policies, and a grant from the Danish Research Agency to examine how institutionalizing cross-border cooperation in the Danish-Swedish Öresund region had an impact on levels of national identity held by regional inhabitants. He has also been the recipient of a Fulbright Grant for research into the politicization of language conflict in modern Norway.

Bucken-Knapp is a member of the Gothenburg Migration Research Group (GMRG), together with Professor Jonas Hinnfors and Dr. Andrea Spehar (Department of Political Science, GU). Over the past several years, the GMRG team has developed a strong record of international publications, including the anthology "The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe" (Palgrave, 2013) , a recent article in "Journal of European Public Policy", and a 2015 special issue of "Comparative European Politics" focusing on mainstream European political parties and migration policy. GMRG also serves as the Swedish research team in the international research project "Imagination: Urban Implications and Governance of CEE Migration" (2013–2016) / "Urban Europe Joint Programming Initiative" (Swedish funding provided by Formas). He is also the author of "Defending The Swedish Model: Social Democrats", "Trade Unions and Labor Migration Policy Reform" (Lexington: 2009).

Expert Evaluator: European Commission FP7: Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities, Large-scale Integrating Projects; Polish National Centre for Research and Development: Polish-Norwegian Research Programme Grant Scheme; Luxembourg National Research Fund: Multi-annual research program CORE 2012, Aides à la Formation-Recherche (AFR) PhD and Postdoc Grant Scheme.

Manuscript referee: "American Political Science Review", "Comparative Politics", "Governance", "Migration Studies", "Scandinavian Political Studies", "McGraw Hill Publishers", "Palgrave Publishers", "Sexuality Research and Social Policy", "Journal of Economic and Social Geography", "Journal of Borderlands Studies", "GeoJournal", "Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift".

E-mail: gregg.bucken-knapp@spa.gu.se

Website: http://www.spa.gu.se/english/about/Staff/researchers_teaching_staff/bucken-knapp--gregg/

Notable works:

• Bucken-Knapp G., Hinnfors J., Spehar A.  Political Parties and Migration Policy Puzzles // Comparative European Politics. 2014. 12(6). P. 557–567.
• Bucken-Knapp G., Hinnfors J. Levin P., Spehar A. No Nordic Model:  Understanding the Differences in the Labour Migration Policy Preferences of Mainstream Finnish and Swedish Political Parties // Comparative European Politics. 2014. 12(6). P. 584–602.
• Bucken-Knapp G., Karlsson Schaffer J., Levin P. “Comrades, Push The Red Button! Prohibiting the Purchase of Sexual Services in Sweden But Not in Finland // Power Plays: Rethinking the Politics of Sex Work / Eds. S. Majic and C. Showden. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
• Spehar A., Bucken-Knapp G., Hinnfors J. Ideology and Entry Policy: Why Non-Socialist Parties in Sweden Support Open Door Migration Policies // The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe / Eds. U. Korkut, G. Bucken-Knapp, A. McGarry, J. Hinnfors, and H. Drake. New York: Palgrave, 2013.
• Korkut U., Bucken-Knapp G., McGarry A. Immigration and Integration Policies: Assumptions and Explanations // The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe / Eds. U. Korkut, G. Bucken-Knapp, A. McGarry, J. Hinnfors, and H. Drake. New York: Palgrave, 2013.
• Bucken-Knapp G. Book Review. The Age of Social Democracy, by Francis Sejersted // Perspectives on Politics. 2013. 11(1). P. 281–282.
• Bucken-Knapp G., Karlsson Schaffer J., Persson Strömbäck K. Security, Equality and the Clash of Ideas: Sweden’s Evolving Anti-Trafficking Policy // Human Rights Review. 2012. 13(2). P. 167–185. 
• Hinnfors J., Spehar A., Bucken-Knapp G. The Missing Factor: Why Social Democracy Can Lead To Restrictive Immigration Policy // Journal of European Public Policy. 2012. 19 (4). P. 585–603. 
• Bucken-Knapp G. Defending The Swedish Model: Social Democrats, Trade Unions and Labor Migration Policy Reform. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.
• Bucken-Knapp G., Karlsson Schaffer J. Prostitution Policy Reform and the Causal Role of Ideas: A Comparative Study of Policymaking in the Nordic Countries // Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. 2008. Vol. 110. No. 1. P. 59–65.
• Bucken-Knapp G. Varieties of Capitalism and Labor Migration Policy // University West Preprint Series, 2007:01. Trollhättan: University West, 2007.
• Bucken-Knapp G. Elites, Language and the Politics of Identity: The Norwegian Case in Comparative Perspective. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003.
• Bucken-Knapp G. Shaping Possibilities for Integration in the Emerging Cross-Border Øresund Region // European Studies. 2003. Vol. 19. P. 55–79.