My research interests are in ethics, democratic governance, and pedagogic innovation. I tend to combine normative questions (what ought we do) with empirical questions (what are we doing) to inform political, democratic, and social practices. In my dissertation, "When Political Ethics Meets Political Practice: Dilemmas, Virtues and Vices in the Swedish Parliament" I combine these interests by exploring what the relevant political dilemmas are for parliamentarians, who mainly experience them, and how they handle them. I successfully defended my dissertation on September 27, 2024. You can find the dissertation here.
Publications
Joel Martinsson
Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, vol. 38(2), 2025
Virtues in Political Practice: Insights From an Interview Study With Swedish Parliamentarians
Joel Martinsson
Politics and Governance, 2025
Joel Martinsson
Linnaeus University Press, 2024, p. 283
Dilemmas of Powerlessness: The Ethical Dimensions of Political Action in the Swedish Parliament
Joel Martinsson
British Journal of Political Science, 2024, p. 17
From Laughter to Learning: Teaching Methods through Engaging Narrative Workshops
Joel Martinsson, Emma Ricknell
Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
Joel Martinsson, Staffan Andersson
Surveyjournalen, vol. 8(1), 2022, pp. 1-13
Combatting institutional corruption: The policy-centered approach
Joel Martinsson
Crime, law and social change, issue 75, 2021, pp. 267-280