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2017.12.21 | People
DKK 9.8 million for research into degree programme quality
Professor Carter Bloch receives DKK 9.8 million for his project on strengthening the quality of higher education degree programmes. The grant is awarded by the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education.
2017.12.05 | Research news
You can also be Danish wearing a headscarf
The notion of Danishness needs to be challenged. We need to break down the black-and-white ideas of what it means to be Danish and what it means to be a Muslim. According to a researcher from Aarhus BSS, children of immigrants need explicit acceptance from their friends that it is OK to wear a headscarf or stay away from alcohol before they feel…
2017.11.07 | Research news
Women on the research team ensure more nuanced medical research
Research team from Aarhus BSS and Stanford University demonstrates a relationship between gender diversity in the author group and the attention devoted to gender and sex analysis in medical research. This can be a matter of life and death and have a major financial impact.
2017.11.03 | Research news
Should Denmark be a closed club?
The requirements for Danish citizenship are so steep that even some Danes fail to meet them. The findings from a new study at Aarhus BSS question whether it is fair to demand more of others than of yourself.
2017.10.13 | Research news
Why party members do not vote for their own party
Read Ann-Kristin Kölln's blog post in Washington Post's Monkey Cage.
2017.09.22 | New Books
Controlling the EU Executive?
Jens Blom-Hansen and Gijs Jan Brandsma's new book on the politics of delegation in the European Union is published with Oxford University Press.
2017.09.21 | Research news
Ann-Kristin Kölln about the German election 2017
Why is the German federal election important for Denmark? Hear the answer from the department's new Associate Professor Ann-Kristin Kölln in this video.
2017.09.13 | People
Rune Slothuus wins APSA best paper award
Rune Slothuus wins the APSA best paper award from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section. It is the third time he wins an APSA best paper award.
2017.09.05 | People
Michael Bang Petersen will be JCS Senior fellow at AIAS
As of February 1, 2018, Michael Bang Petersen will be JCS Senior fellow at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS). During his fellowship he will be working on the project "Political Rumors: Why Do They Spread and How Can They Be Stopped?"
2017.09.01 | Awards
Martin Bisgaard awarded for outstanding dissertation
Martin Bisgaard wins this year’s best PhD dissertation award from the American Political Science Association's section on political psychology. This is the first time the award is won by a person from a university outside the US.