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Is there politics in your DNA? Sven Oskarsson on genetics and political science

46 min•6 mars 2026

Why on earth would a political scientist do research in genetics? In this episode, our hosts met up with Sven Oskarsson in the supremely cozy Alinska Library at Uppsala university to let him spill the beans! Are political orientations, participation and behavior heritable, and why? How do genetic effects on political outcomes vary? And what are the practical implications of these types of results? Oh, and what's with all the ancient portraits?

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