Sofia Jonsson
Sofia Jonsson Position: Researcher School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: c29maWEuam9uc3NvbjtvcnUuc2U=
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About Sofia Jonsson
Jonsson’s research focuses on gender, violence and corruption. Jonsson currently forms part of the research environment: Sexual corruption. Understanding, measuring and preventing abuse of power for sex. She was previsouly a visiting researcher at the Department of Political Science at Uppsala University. In her dissertation, "Sex, crime and politics. How organized crime influences and adapts to political institutions, with a particular focus on sex trafficking" (Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg) Jonsson examines the interlinked relationship between prostitution policy, human trafficking and democratic development.
Publications
Articles in journals
- Jonsson, S. (2025). Sexual Corruption and Political (Dis)trust. Political Studies. [BibTeX]
- Bjarnegård, E. , Calvo, D. , Eldén, Å. , Jonsson, S. & Lundgren, S. (2024). Sex instead of money: Conceptualizing sexual corruption. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, 37 (4), 1349-1367. [BibTeX]
- Jonsson, S. (2023). Does criminalizing the purchase of sex reduce sex-buying? Evidence from a European survey on prostitution. European Journal of Law and Economics, 56 (1), 91-115. [BibTeX]
- Jonsson, S. (2018). The Complex Relationship between Police Corruption and Sex Trafficking in Origin Countries. Journal of Human Trafficking, 5 (2), 109-129. [BibTeX]
- Jonsson, S. & Jakobsson, N. (2017). Is buying sex morally wrong? Comparing attitudes toward prostitution using individual-level data across eight Western European countries. Women's Studies: International Forum, 61, 58-69. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Jonsson, S. (2018). Trapped in transition: When crime and politics collude. In: Holly Ann Garnett; Margarita Zavadskaya, Electoral integrity and political regimes: actors, strategies and consequences (pp. 60-75). . Routledge. [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Jonsson, S. (2018). Sex, crime and politics: how organized crime influences and adapts to political institutions, with a particular focus on sex trafficking. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Göteborg: Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. [BibTeX]
Reports
- Eldén, Å. , Calvo, D. , Bjarnegård, E. , Lundgren, S. & Jonsson, S. (2020). Sextortion: corruption and gender-based violence. Stockholm: Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA) (Rapport till Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys 2020:06). [BibTeX]