Public engagement

• Elena Johansson and Karl Magnus Johansson, “Vem är det som skriver när en minister gör inlägg?” [Who writes when a minister posts?], DN Debatt, Dagens Nyheter, 14 October 2025. https://www.dn.se/debatt/vem-ar-det-som-skriver-nar-en-minister-gor-inlagg/

• Karl Magnus Johansson, “Här är ministrarna som märkts mest – och minst” [Here are the ministers who have been noticed the most - and the least], Dagens Nyheter, 9 January 2024. https://www.dn.se/sverige/har-ar-ministrarna-som-markts-mest-och-minst/

• Karl Magnus Johansson, “Pressekreterarnas inflytande” [The influence of press secretaries], Swedish Radio, Medierna, 6 August 2022. 

• Milda Malling, “Formella och informella relationer mellan journalister och deras källor” [Formal and informal relations between journalists and their sources], Swedish Radio, Medierna, 29 May 2021. 

• Milda Malling, “Vem bestämmer vad politikerna bryr sig om?” [Who decides what the politicians care about?], Seminar, Visby, 3 July 2019. 

• Gunnar Nygren, “Journalisterna, politikerna och kampen om agendan” [The journalists, the politicians and the fight for the agenda], Seminar, Centre for Business and Policy Studies, SNS, Stockholm, 9 April 2019. https://www.sns.se/evenemang/journalisterna-politikerna-och-kampen-om-agendan

• Tom Moring and Gunnar Nygren, “Politikens makt över medier” [The power of politics over media], Talk, Södertörn University, 5 April 2019. https://www.sh.se/nyheter/forskning/2019-03-26-premiar-for-sodertorn-samtalar-politikens-makt-over-medierna

• Karl Magnus Johansson, “Journalisters minskade makt över agendan” [The reduced power of journalists over the agenda], Swedish Radio, Medierna, 2 March 2019. 

• Karl Magnus Johansson and Gunnar Nygren, “Även svenska medier styrs alltmer effektivt av politiken” [Swedish media are also increasingly efficiently controlled by the politics], DN Debatt, Dagens Nyheter, 3 February 2019. https://www.dn.se/debatt/aven-svenska-medier-styrs-alltmer-effektivt-av-politiken/

Press releases/news articles

• “När regeringens kommunikation blir digital rutin – vad händer med demokratin?” [When government communication becomes digital routine – what happens to democracy?]. Södertörn University, 20 November 2025. https://www.sh.se/nyheter/forskning/2025-11-20-nar-regeringens-kommunikation-blir-digital-rutin---vad-hander-med-demokratin

• “Ny bok: Regeringens kommunikationsapparat får konsekvenser för makt och demokrati” [New book: The government’s communication apparatus has consequences for power and democracy]. Södertörn University, 21 December 2022. https://www.sh.se/nyheter/forskning/2022-12-21-ny-bok-regeringens-kommunikationsapparat-far-konsekvenser-for-makt-och-demokrati

• “Regeringens pressekreterare har allt mer makt” [The government’s press secretaries have more and more power]. forskning.se, 26 November 2021. https://www.forskning.se/2021/11/26/regeringens-pressekreterare-makt/

• “Ministerns nära medarbetare – så jobbar Regeringskansliets pressekreterare” [The Minister’s close aide - this is how the Government Offices’ press secretaries work]. Södertörn University, 25 November 2021. https://www.sh.se/nyheter/forskning/2021-11-25-ministerns-nara-medarbetare---sa-jobbar-regeringskansliets-pressekreterare

• “Ökat politiskt inflytande i medierna” [Increased political influence in the media]. forskning.se, 19 February 2019. https://forskning.se/2019/02/19/okad-politisk-kontroll-over-medierna/

• “Politikens kontroll över medierna ökar” [Political control over the media is increasing]. Södertörn University, 8 February 2019. https://www.sh.se/nyheter/forskning/2019-02-08-politikens-kontroll-over-medierna-okar

Book launch

• 18 February 2019. Södertörn University.

Poster presentations

• Poster session presentations at the Research Day of the School of Social Sciences, Södertörn University, 10 December 2015 and 15 December 2016.

Project workshops

• Project workshop 1. 5 September 2014. Södertörn University.

• Project workshop 2. 12-13 March 2015. Södertörn University. Guest: Zvi Reich.

• Project workshop 3. 17-18 March 2016. Södertörn University.

• Project workshop 4. 8-9 December 2016. Södertörn University.

• Project workshop 5. 14 June 2017. Park Hotel, Ljubljana.

• Project workshop 6. 15 December 2017. Södertörn University.

• Project workshop 7. 24 May 2018. Charles University, Prague.

Seminars (selection)

• Zvi Reich, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, “The de-specialization of news reporting in an increasingly specialized world”, Södertörn University, 11 March 2015.

• Aeron Davis, Goldsmiths College, London, “Media-Source Relations in the Era of Mediatized Politicians and Politicized Journalists”, Södertörn University, 12 November 2015.

Conference participation (selection)

• Central and East European Communication and Media Consortium (CEECOM) (Zagreb 2015, Tartu 2016, Ljubljana 2017, Sofia 2019)

• International Journal of Press/Politics (Oxford 2016)

• Future of Journalism (Cardiff 2017)

• Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA) (Odense 2017)

• NordMedia (Tampere 2017, Malmö 2019)

• International Communication Association (ICA) (Prague 2018, virtual 2021)

• Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group (Leeds 2019)