Dr Jonathan JosefssonAssociate Professor, Department of Thematic Studies, Child Studies, Linköping University, SwedenEmail: jonathan.josefsson@liu.seProfilePublicationsExpertiseProfileJonathan Josefsson is Associate Professor in the Department of Thematic Studies, Unit of Child Studies, at the University of Linköping, Sweden. His research focuses on young migrants' political activism, voting rights, age and democratization and the political representation of children and youth in global politics. He is co-editor of The Politics of Children’s Rights and Representation (Palgrave, 2022) and author of numerous articles including “Age as yardstick for political citizenship: voting age and eligibility age in Sweden during the twentieth century” (2022, with Bengt Sandin), “Empowered Inclusion: Theorizing Global Justice for Children and Youth (2020, with John Wall),”Child Rights Governance: an introduction” (2019, with Anna Holzscheiter and Bengt Sandin) and “‘We Beg You, Let Them Stay’: Rights Claims of Asylum-Seeking Children as a Socio-Political Practice(2017).”ResearchPublications"The Politics of Children’s Rights and Representation" (Palgrave, 2022, co-editor) “Political Strategies for Self-Representation: The Case of Young Afghan Migrants in Sweden"(2022) “Age as yardstick for political citizenship: voting age and eligibility age in Sweden during the twentieth century” (2022, with Bengt Sandin) “Empowered Inclusion: Theorizing Global Justice for Children and Youth (2020, with John Wall) ”Child Rights Governance: an introduction” (2019, with Anna Holzscheiter and Bengt Sandin) “‘We Beg You, Let Them Stay’: Rights Claims of Asylum-Seeking Children as a Socio-Political Practice (2017).”ExpertiseChild migration, Politics of childhood, democracy, citizenship, child and youth activism, political theory, childhood and Global politics. . Jonathan is the Principle Investigator for the research project: “Youth Representation in Global Politics: Climate, Migration and Health Governance Compared (Riksbankens jubileeumsfond 2020-2023) and was a 2019 visiting fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University and the Department of Childhood Studies, Rutgers University. He is currently working in the research project “Universal Suffrage? Voting rights restrictions in Sweden after 1921” (Swedish Research Council 2018-2022) focusing on children, youth and age restrictions to voting and eligibility rights together with Bengt Sandin.