Agustin Goenaga

Agustin Goenaga

Associate Professor, Associate Senior Lecturer, Researcher

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Research

Main research areas

  • Comparative politics
  • Comparative political development
  • Democratic theory

Current research

Goenaga's research revolves around comparative politics, development and democratic theory. His previous and ongoing work has explored questions of state formation and state capacity, the impact of public debate on democratic attitudes, the tensions between popular sovereignty and liberal rights, and the changing meaning of democracy over time, among other topics. 

He is the principal investigator of the projects “The Deliberative Capacity of Democratic Systems” (funded by the Swedish Royal Academy of Letters) and “The Politics of State-Building: Studying Investments in State Capacity through Legislative Debates” (funded by the Swedish Research Council).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Social Sciences
  • Political Science

Free keywords

  • LSSMC: Computational Social Sciences
  • LSSMC: Qualitative Methods Lab

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