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My name is Emil, and I’ve started on January 15^th, 2026, as a research assistant on Kees van Kersbergen’s SLOMODEMO project. I will be…

My name is Lars and I have had the good fortune to start at the department as a ph.d student the 1^st of January. My project is a collaborative…

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My name is Željko (no need to worry about the pronunciation), and I joined the department this January as a postdoc. I am part of the…

Associate Professor of Political Science Tobias Widmann has received a Semper Ardens Accelerate grant of DKK 6.8 million from the Carlsberg Foundation…

How should the media and politicians communicate factual evidence to build resilient knowledge in the public? Could personal case reports be the way…

The sixth book from Magtudredningen 2.0, "Forvaltningen i folkestyret", highlights the work of the Danish central administration and the role played…

New research from Aarhus BSS shows that the risk of being killed follows Americans even if they move from an unsafe state to a new and safer place.

Professor Gabriel Lenz from the University of California, Berkeley has been appointed honorary professor and will become more closely affiliated with…

In the last local elections in Denmark, unsuccessful candidates were significantly more concerned about electoral fairness than election winners. This…

Thomas Olesen's new book uses sociological theory to discuss the role of whistleblowers in democratic societies.

Two researchers from the Department of Political Science contribute to a Danish book on governance, leadership, motivation and cohesion.

Kasper-Lippert Rasmussen's new book, “Wrongful Discrimination”, will be published by Cambridge University Press on 31 October.

New basic research aims to shed light on the consequences of the growing cult of personality surrounding Putin, Xi Jinping, and other dictators.

Jan Vogler from Aarhus BSS has been awarded a grant from the European Research Council to investigate how citizens and the state can avoid vicious…