How and why do politicians learn from policies from abroad when looking for solutions to problems such as inflation, climate change and pandemics? Associate professor of political science Roman Senninger is to examine this question in his new project supported by a DKK 4.5 million grant from the Carlsberg Foundation.

Associate professor of political science Henrik Bech Seeberg receives a Sapere Aude research leader grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark of 6.2 million to examine the power of political youth wings.

The COVID-19 crisis caused broad segments of the public to support protests and feel concerned about their own political rights, according to new research from Aarhus University. Professor Michael Bang Petersen believes that the results of this new study could be used to improve how we handle other crises, for instance the energy crisis and the climate crisis.

At the recent annual meeting of Danish Political Science Association, Professor of Political Science Svend-Erik Skaaning was appointed new president.

Associate professor of political science Martin Bisgaard from Aarhus BSS has been appointed research affiliate at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2021, he averaged eight daily appearances in Danish media, and he has also communicated his knowledge internationally in media such as CNN, BBC, Fox News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Nature and Science. Michael Bang Petersen, professor of political science at Aarhus BSS, is this year’s recipient of the Aarhus University Anniversary Foundation Research Communication Prize.

Master’s degree student in political science Ida Vidar Kristensen from Aarhus BSS receives HRM Queen Margrethe II’s travel grant of DKK 25,000.

Once again, Aarhus University is ranked no. 1 worldwide within the academic subject public administration.

Postdoc of political science Raphaël Lefèvre from Aarhus BSS receives award for Jihad in the City published by Cambridge University Press. The prize, awarded by American Political Science Association’s section for MENA Politics, honors the best book of political relations in the Middle East and North Africa.

Associate professor of political science Daniel Bischof from Aarhus BSS has received another award for his article on how boycotting the newspaper The Sun made the citizens of Liverpool less sceptic towards the EU. The leading professional political science organization, American Political Science Association, awarded him the best article award in the European Politics and Society section.