REFLECT: Inclusive Research Careers in Europe
REFLECT investigates how intersecting inequalities shape research careers across Europe and how research systems can become fairer and more inclusive. Working across 15 countries, …
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Johannes Johansson
Associate Researcher
The Department of Sociology and Work Science
Guest Lecturer and PhD Candidate
Professional Summary
I am an Associate Researcher at the Department of Sociology and Work Science and a Guest Lecturer and PhD candidate at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG), University of Gothenburg. My research focuses on the application of advanced statistical modelling, experimental designs, and mixed-methods approaches to social processes and relationships. I work with multi-country surveys, survey experiments, longitudinal data, and computational text analysis to study inequality, institutional contexts, and the formation and expression of attitudes and public opinion.
My doctoral research applies this methodological focus to theories of media effects and audience behaviour, treating them as temporally contingent social processes. It examines public opinion, news framing, agenda-setting, and selective media use. My PhD research is affiliated with the Varieties of Media Effects (ERC) research programme.
Before starting my PhD, I worked at the SOM Institute and the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) as Deputy Chief Analyst.
Interests
Quantitative and mixed-methods social research
Survey methodology and survey experiments
Longitudinal data analysis
Computational social science
Inequality, inclusion, and institutional change
Most Recent Publication
- M. Ekström & J. Johansson (2026). The Emotional Foundations of Authoritarian Discourse: A Mixed-Method Study of Anger, Disgust and Fear in Online Discussions on News Issues. Emotions and Society, In press.
Selected Publications
- K. Andersen, J. Johansson, B. Johansson, & A. Shehata (2022). Maintenance and Reformation of News Repertoires: A Latent Transition Analysis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99(1), 237–261.
Selected Working Papers
- J. Johansson (2026). Frames in Thought and Schema Development: Hidden Sources of Stability and Change via Frame Content. ICA 2025.
- J. Johansson (2026). Media Coverage and Long-term Effect Dynamics: Attribute Agenda-setting as a Process of Recency and Cumulation. ICA 2022; In review.
Skills
PhD / Doctoral Research Courses
Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (2021, 10 hpe)
Duke & Princeton University Network; competitive application.
Location: University of Helsinki (POL-COM 2021 location)ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research — University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2021, 2nd session)
- Panel Data and Longitudinal Analysis (7 hpe)
- Maximum Likelihood Estimation II: Advanced Topics (7 hpe)
- Data Science and Text Analysis (7 hpe)
- Completed with grade A, and awarded EITM certification via Berkeley, Duke, Emory, and Princeton (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models), under triple workload.
Projects
VISTA: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Organised Sport
VISTA examines gender-based violence in organised sport and works to strengthen prevention, safeguarding, and support across Europe. The project combines an EU-wide survey with …
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Media Effects in Motion: Temporal Processes and Contextual Dynamics
This, my PhD dissertation project, develops a process-oriented account of media effects, focusing on how media influence unfolds over time through the interaction between exposure, …
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Activation and articulation of authoritarian attitudes
A project investigating how the media agenda and news framing shape the emergence and articulation of authoritarian attitudes. The research uses a multi-method design including …
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The long-term cultivation of sociotropic beliefs
A project on whether citizens who get their news from different media sources adopt and cultivate different beliefs about society. By combining a four-year panel survey with …
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Varieties of Media Effects (VARME)
VARME studies a broader variety of long-term media effects on citizens’ perceptions of societal problems. The programme examines how media coverage and selective media use …
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Beyond research
Outside academia, I spend time on hands-on projects in audio electronics, guitar amplifiers and pedals, homelab computing, and restoration work.
I document some of these projects at The Life DIY, a personal project log that reflects my broader interest in systems, craft, and learning by building. More broadly, these projects reflect my long-standing interest in practical problem-solving, understanding how things work, and developing solutions to concrete technical challenges.