Teaching

I teach and supervise at bachelor’s and master’s level in political science and peace and conflict research. Before joining Stockholm University I taught for six years at Uppsala University, including more than 1,500 teaching hours.

Stockholm University

Department of Political Science, 2025–

• Global and Regional GovernanceCourse convener · Master’s level, 7.5 credits
• Perspectives on PoliticsSeminars · Bachelor’s level, 7.5 credits
• Thesis supervisionMaster’s theses in political science

Uppsala University

Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 2019–2025

• Introduction to Peace and Conflict ResearchCourse convener 2019–2023 (sole convener 2019–2020, co-convener 2021–2023) · Bachelor’s level, 7.5 credits · about 120 students. Led the move to online teaching in 2020 and hybrid teaching in 2021.
• Causes of Armed ConflictCo-convener 2025, and lectures and seminars · Bachelor’s level, 7.5 credits
• War and DevelopmentLectures, seminars and examination · Master’s level, 7.5 credits
• Conflict AnalysisLectures, seminars and examination · Bachelor’s level, 7.5 credits
• Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies ILectures, seminars and examination · Bachelor’s level, online, 7.5 credits
• Analyzing ArgumentsLectures · Bachelor’s level, 7.5 credits
• Introduction to PhD ResearchSeminars · PhD level, 7.5 credits
• Independent Research ThesisSupervised 17 bachelor’s theses, 2021–2025; examined 3 in 2025 · 15 credits

Guest teaching

• 2024Guest lecturer, Comparative Political Behavior (honours), School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University

Pedagogical training

• 2021Academic Teacher Training Course, Uppsala University (5 weeks, 7.5 credits)

Quotes from students in course evaluations

• “Gulla’s lectures were very good. She has a great style of presenting and explaining.”

  War and Development, master’s level, 2023

• “The seminars felt like a very good opportunity to apply what I had learned, as was the conflict simulation which was also a very nice break in the regular studies.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2023, following a change in seminar structure that I introduced.

• “A very clear structure that made it easy to keep up with the own work as well.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2023, following a change in the course that I introduced, including new seminar structure and quizzes.

• “Good with different kinds of tools to learn like seminars and quiz.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2023, following a change in the course that I introduced, including new seminar structure and quizzes.

• “The seminars gave us an opportunity to discuss with others and deepen our knowledge. Very much appreciated the structure of the seminars.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2023, following a change in the course that I introduced, including new seminar structure and quizzes.

• “I really liked how the seminars were structured, especially that we got to answer in groups. It really helped to discuss the topics and decreased the nervosity for me that is not very secure in my English yet.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2023, following a change in seminar structure that I introduced.

• “[I] really liked Gulla’s strategy of having each group and each individual saying something, a good start to a introduction course as it otherwise might be scary to get into it.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2021, following a change in seminar structure that I introduced.

• “The teachers were really great. They listened to the students and they felt competent. All teachers really made me feel ‘safe’ in the way that I felt that I could ask them any question regarding the material and they would try to help.”

  Introduction to Peace and Conflict Research, bachelor’s level, 2021