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Magnus Hagevi is Professor of Political Science at Linnaeus University's Faculty of Social Sciences, where he serves as head of both the Linnaeus University Research Group on Political Behavior, Opinion and Parties (LNU-POP) and Surveyinstitutet. His academic leadership extends to roles as Chairman of the Higher General Seminar in Political Science, Vice Chairman of the Supervisory College for Political Science, and Director of Doctoral Studies in Political Science.
Hagevi's research program centers on political behavior, public opinion, and political parties with specialized expertise in the relationship between religion and politics within secular contexts. His work examines how religious contexts shape voting behavior across Swedish political parties, tracking religious voting patterns from 1988-2023. He has published extensively on religious change in Sweden, including studies on post-secularization trends, generational shifts in religiosity, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religious practice.
His scholarly output reveals consistent methodological rigor across comparative European studies, Swedish parliamentary analysis, and religious voting behavior. Recent publications focus on decreased ideological polarization in Western Europe, religious voting patterns, and the relationship between religious contexts and xenophobic opinions. Hagevi has produced significant technical reports through Surveyinstitutet and the DIPAC research project, analyzing election manifestos and government declarations across multiple European democracies.
As an educator, Hagevi teaches undergraduate courses in Political Behavior, Representative Democracy, Modern Swedish Political History, and Politics and Religion, alongside advanced courses on Political Parties and Party Systems. His leadership of LNU-POP and Forum for Research on Religion and Politics (FoRoP) has established Linnaeus University as a significant center for the study of political behavior and the intersection of religion and politics in one of the world's most secular societies.
