Department of Political Science
The Department of Political Science is part of Aarhus BSS, one of the five faculties at Aarhus University.
The department carries out research and teaching within all important fields of politics and public administration, and the researchers collaborate closely with Danish as well as international peers. The department prioritises disseminating research results to the political-administrative system and to the general public.
Pedersen, M. J., Favero, N. & Park, J. (2025). Pay-for-performance, job attraction, and the prospects of bureaucratic representation in public organizations: evidence from a conjoint experiment. Public Management Review , 27(1), 273-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2245841
Pedersen, M. Ø., Andersen, L. B., Gregersen, D. S. & Salomonsen, H. H. (2025). Perceived Organizational Reputation and Employee Outcomes: Looking in the Organizational Mirror, What do Employees See? Review of Public Personnel Administration. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X251314488
Dinesen, P. T., Vandeweerdt, C. & Sønderskov, K. M. (2025). Perceptions of ethnic minority discrimination: Statistics and stories move majorities. British Journal of Political Science, 55, e116. Article e116. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425100525
Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N. A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., Alfano, M. ... Zwaan, R. A. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
Andersen, S. C., Hvidman, U., Junge, S. Y. & Rangvid, B. S. (2025). Performance-Based Accountability Systems at the Organizational Level: Effects of a School Program. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 35(2), 216-230. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muaf007