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Rune Slothuus – Curriculum Vitae June 2017

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Political Science Tel: +45 87 16 56 91

Aarhus University Fax: +45 86 13 98 39

Bartholins Alle 7, Building 1331 [email protected]

8000 Aarhus C, Denmark www.ps.au.dk/en/slothuus

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Full Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, March 2016-present.

Professor (fixed-term), Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, January 2014-

February 2016.

Associate professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, November 2010-

December 2013.

Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, May 2008-

October 2010.

Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, March-

April 2008.

Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, March 2005-

February 2008.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Political Science, Aarhus University, June 2008.

Visiting scholar, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), 2006.

M.Sc. in Political Science (cand.scient.pol.), Aarhus University, March 2005.

Visiting graduate student in political psychology, Stony Brook University, 2003.

B.Sc. in Political Science, Aarhus University, June 2001.

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Visiting scholar, Department of Political Science, Stanford University, USA, September-

December 2015.

Visiting scholar, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA, May-

June 2013.

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis & Collection, Summer 2012.

Visiting scholar, Department of Political Science and Cline Center for Democracy,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, September-November 2009.

Visiting scholar, Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), University of

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August-December 2006.

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis & Collection, Summer 2005.

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Visiting graduate student, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University, USA,

August-December 2003.

Teaching assistant, Introduction to Political Science, Department of Political Science,

Aarhus University, Fall 2002.

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Sniderman, Paul M., Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Slothuus & Rune Stubager (2014).

Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy: Islam, Western Europe and the Danish Cartoon Crisis.

Princeton University Press.

International Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Bisgaard, Martin & Rune Slothuus (n.d.). “Partisan Elites as Culprits? How Party Cues

Shape Partisan Perceptual Gaps.” Accepted in American Journal of Political Science.

Seeberg, Henrik Bech, Rune Slothuus & Rune Stubager (2017). “Do Voters Learn?

Evidence that Voters Respond Accurately to Changes in Political Parties’ Policy

Positions.” West European Politics 40 (2): 336-356.

Slothuus, Rune (2016). “Assessing the Influence of Political Parties on Public Opinion:

The Challenge from Pretreatment Effects.” Political Communication 33 (2): 302-327.

Leeper, Thomas J. & Rune Slothuus (2014). “Political Parties, Motivated Reasoning, and

Public Opinion Formation.” Political Psychology 35 (S1: Advances in Political

Psychology): 129–156.

Stubager, Rune & Rune Slothuus (2013). “What are the Sources of Political Parties’ Issue

Ownership? Testing Four Explanations at the Individual Level.” Political Behavior 35 (3):

567-588.

Druckman, James N., Erik Peterson & Rune Slothuus (2013). “How Elite Partisan

Polarization Affects Public Opinion Formation.” American Political Science Review 107

(1): 57-79.

Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager & Lise Togeby (2011). “Freedom

for All? The Strength and Limits of Political Tolerance.” British Journal of Political

Science 41 (3): 581-597.

Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager & Lise Togeby (2011).

“Deservingness versus values in public opinion on welfare: The automaticity of the

deservingness heuristic.” European Journal of Political Research 50 (1): 24-52.

Slothuus, Rune & Claes H. de Vreese (2010). “Political Parties, Motivated Reasoning, and

Issue Framing Effects.” Journal of Politics 72 (3): 630-645.

Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus & Lise Togeby (2010). “Political Parties and

Value Consistency in Public Opinion Formation.” Public Opinion Quarterly 27 (2): 158-

177.

Slothuus, Rune (2010). “When Can Political Parties Lead Public Opinion? Evidence From

a Natural Experiment.” Political Communication 27 (2): 158-177.

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Lecheler, Sophie K., Claes H. de Vreese & Rune Slothuus (2009). “Issue Importance as a

Moderator of Framing Effects.” Communication Research 36 (3): 400-425.

Slothuus, Rune (2008). “More than Weighting Cognitive Importance: A Dual Process

Model of Issue Framing Effects.” Political Psychology 29 (1): 1-28.

Slothuus, Rune (2007). “Framing Deservingness to Win Support for Welfare State

Retrenchment.” Scandinavian Political Studies 30 (3): 323-344.

Slothuus, Rune (2005). “Political Taste as a Marker of Class: A Bourdieu Approach to the

Study of Public Opinion Formation.” World Political Science Review 1 (2): 73-98.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles in Danish

Slothuus, Rune, Michael Bang Petersen & Jakob Rathlev (2012). “Politiske partier som

opinionsledere. Resultater fra en panelundersøgelse.” [Political Parties as Opinion Leaders:

Evidence from a Panel Survey] Politica 44 (4): 544-562.

Slothuus, Rune (2010). “Framing og politiske partier: Kan den rette indpakning gøre

politiske forslag mere spiselige?” [Framing and Political Parties: Can Parties Win Policy

Support by Framing Issues?] Politica 42 (3): 345-360.


“Eksperimenter: Et redskab i politologens værktøjskasse?” [Experiments: A tool in the

Political Science Toolbox?] Politica 39 (1): 5-13.

Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager & Lise Togeby (2007). “Frihed for

Loke såvel som for Thor?” [Freedom of Speech for Everyone?] Politica 39 (1): 49-66.

Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager & Lise Togeby (2007). “Hvem

fortjener velfærd? Danskernes syn på kontanthjælp til unge, ældre og indvandrere.” [Who

Deserves Welfare? Public Opinion on Welfare Benefits to Young People, Senior Citizens

and Immigrants] Politica 39 (1): 31-48.

Slothuus, Rune (2004). “Politisk smag som klassemarkør: en Bourdieu-approach til studiet

af politiske holdninger.” [Political Taste as a Marker of Class: A Bourdieu Approach to the

Study of Public Opinion Formation] Politica 36 (3): 311-332.

Slothuus, Rune (2003). “Partier med omtanke: Socialdemokratiets og Venstres

vælgerstrategier.” [Designing Parties: Voter Strategies in the Social Democratic Party and

the Liberal Party] Politica 35 (2): 78-94.

Book Chapters

Druckman, James N., Thomas J. Leeper & Rune Slothuus (n.d.). “Forming Opinions: How

Motivated Reasoning Shapes Attitudes About Politics and Science.” Book chapter.

Leeper, Thomas J. & Rune Slothuus (n.d.). “Deliberation and Framing.” In Andre

Bächtiger, John Dryzek, Jane Mansbridge, and Mark Warren (eds.), Oxford Handbook of

Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.

Sniderman, Paul M., Rune Slothuus, Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Stubager, Robert Ford

& Maria Sobolewska (n.d.). “Terror and Tolerance: The Challenge of Inclusion of

Muslims in Western Europe.” In Borgida, Federico & Miller (Eds.), At the Forefront of

Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan. New York: Routledge.

Slothuus, Rune (2016). “Politisk motiveret tænkning ved folketingsvalget 2015.” [Partisan

Motivated Reasoning at the 2015 Danish Parliamentary Election] In Kasper Møller Hansen

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& Rune Stubager (eds.), Folketingsvalget 2015 [The Danish General election 2015].

Copenhagen: DJØF Forlag.

Slothuus, Rune (2016). “Framing og holdningsdannelse.” [Framing and Public Opinion] In

Thomas Olesen (ed.), Medier, politik og samfund: En introduktion. Copenhagen: Hans

Reitzels Forlag.

Slothuus, Rune (2014). “Borgerne lukker af for gode argumenter, når politikerne strides.”

In Carsten Jensen (ed.), Politologisk årbog 2014. Copenhagen: Hans Reitzels Forlag.

Hopmann, David Nicolas, Lasse Laustsen & Rune Slothuus (2014). “Eksperimenter.”

[Experiments] In David Nicolas Hopmann & Morten Skovsgaard (eds.),

Forskningsmetoder i journalistik og kommunikation [Methods in Journalism Research].

Copenhagen: Hans Reitzels Forlag.

Hansen, Kasper M., Rune Slothuus & Rune Stubager (2012). “Late Deciders: Changing

Patterns in Which Voters Make Up Their Mind during Campaigns?” Pp. 130-137 in Jens

Blom-Hansen, Christoffer Green-Pedersen, and Svend-Erik Skaaning (eds.), Democracy,

Elections and Political Parties. Aarhus: Politica.

Slothuus, Rune (2009). “Behøver politikerne løbe efter vælgernes holdninger?” [Political

parties as opinion leaders] Pp. 32-37 in Jens Blom-Hansen & Jørgen Elklit (eds.),

Perspektiver på politik: Bidrag til samfundsdebatten [Perspectives on Politics]. Aarhus:

Academica.

Hansen, Kasper Møller, Rune Slothuus & Claes de Vreese (2007). “Man har et parti, indtil

man finder et nyt: Portræt af vælgere, som skiftede parti.” [You Have a Party Until You

Find a New One: Portrait of the Party Switcher] Pp. 63-83 in Jørgen Goul Andersen,

Johannes Andersen, Ole Borre, Kasper Møller Hansen & Hans Jørgen Nielsen (eds.), Det

nye politiske landskab. Folketingsvalget 2005 i perspektiv [The New Political Landscape:

Danish General Election 2005 in Perspective]. Aarhus: Academica.

Editor Journal Special Issue

“Holdningsdannelse og eksperimentel metode.” [Opinion Formation and Experimental

Methods]. Co-editor with Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Stubager, and Lise Togeby,

Politica 39 (1): 5-86.

PhD Dissertation

Slothuus, Rune (2008). How Political Elites Influence Public Opinion: Psychological and

Contextual Conditions of Framing Effects. Aarhus: Politica.

Book Reviews

Skytte, Rasmus and Rune Slothuus (2017). Review of Independent Politics: How

American Disdain for Parties Leads to Political Inaction by Samantha Klar and Yanna

Krupnikov (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Journal of Politics (expected Volume 79,

No. 4 October 2017).

Slothuus, Rune (2006). Review of Sådan taler medier og borgere om politik, by Louise

Phillips & Kim Schrøder, Politica, 2006, 38 (3): 342-345.

Slothuus, Rune (2004). Review of Man har et standpunkt…, by Lise Togeby,

Kandestøberen 2004.

Popular/Pedagogical Publications

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Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus & Rune Stubager (2015). “Terror.

Frihedsrettigheder gælder for alle.” [Terrorism. Civil Rights are for All] Politiken,

February 18, Section 2, p. 8.

Slothuus, Rune (2010). “Apropos efterløn.” [About Social Reforms] Weekendavisen,

January 22, Section 4, p. 12.

Slothuus, Rune (2007). “Tv-valg. Glem debatten i forsamlingshuset.” [Election Campaign

and Exposure to Political Information] Politiken, November 1, Section 2, p. 8.

Petersen, Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager & Lise Togeby (2007). “Nogle

fortjener kontanthjælp mere end andre.” [Some Deserves Social Benefits More Than

Others] Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, May 15, Section 1, p. 9.


“Tolerance. Frisind gælder ikke alle mindretal.” [Tolerance is not Extended to all

Minorities] Politiken, Marts 24, 2007, Section 3, p. 4.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION / UNDER REVIEW

“Can Citizens be Framed? How Information, Not Emphasis, Changes Opinions” (with

Thomas J. Leeper).

“If Only Citizens Had a Cue: The Process of Opinion Formation over Time” (with Thomas

J. Leeper).

“Using the Rolling Reinterview Design to Study Political Campaigns and Electoral

Behavior” (with Thomas J. Leeper).

“Limits to Elite Influence? Political Parties as Opinion Leaders during an Economic

Crisis” (with Martin Bisgaard).

“Reaching Beyond the Core Base: Can Political Parties Win Policy Support by Framing

Issues?”

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best Paper Award 2017 from the APSA Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior

Section (for “If Only Citizens Had a Cue: The Process of Opinion Formation over Time,”

with Thomas J. Leeper). Awarded for “the best paper delivered at one of the section’s

panels at the previous year’s APSA meetings.”

Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity in the Field of Political

Psychology, International Society of Political Psychology, 2015.

Awarded a Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 (for Paradoxes of Liberal

Democracy: Islam, Western Europe, and the Danish Cartoon Crisis, with Paul M.

Sniderman, Michael Bang Petersen & Rune Stubager).

Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award (for “How Elite Partisan Polarization Affects Public

Opinion Formation,” with James N. Druckman and Erik Peterson). Awarded by the

Political Communication Section to the best paper on political communication presented at

the 2012 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Best Paper in Political Psycology Award (for “How Elite Partisan Polarization Affects

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Public Opinion Formation,” with James N. Druckman and Erik Peterson). Awarded by the

Political Psychology Section to “the most outstanding paper in political psychology”

presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Offered position as Full Professor (W3) and Chair of Political Psychology at the

Department of Political Science, University of Mannheim, Germany, May 2013 (declined).

Winner of the 2012 Roberta Sigel Junior Scholar Paper Award (for “Assessing the

Influence of Political Parties on Public Opinion: The Challenge from Pretreatment

Effects”). Awarded to “the best paper written by a Junior Scholar” at the 2011 annual

meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.

Awarded the first Research Prize (2009) from the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Aarhus

University (DKK 50,000 ~ € 6,700).

Nominated by Department of Political Science for the Aarhus University Research

Foundation Best PhD Prize, 2009.

Top PhD Student Paper in Mass Communication Award (for “Issue Importance as a

Moderator of Framing Effects”, with Sophie Lecheler). Awarded by the International

Communication Association for best papers in the section presented at the 58th Annual

Conference 2008.

Best Article Award from Politica, the Danish Journal of Political Science, for best article

published in 2004-2005 (for “Politisk smag som klassemarkør: en Bourdieu-approach til

studiet af politiske holdninger”). Article invited for publication in the World Political

Science Review.

Best Article Winner of Danish national competition among graduate students in political

science (by Politica, the Danish Journal of Political Science), 2004.

LARGER RESEARCH GRANTS

Danish Council for Independent Research Sapere Aude: DFF–Starting Grant (a career

development grant “targeted at top researchers” “who have achieved outstanding research

results in their field”) for “When and How Political Parties Influence Public Opinion

Formation,” Principal Investigator, with James N. Druckman and Thomas Leeper (DKK

7,050,249 ~ € 940,000), 2015-2019.

Danish Council for Independent Research for supporting Politica, the Danish journal of

political science (DKK 110,000 ~ € 14,700), 2012-2014.

Danish Council for Independent Research FSE Research Unit for “POLIS – Political

Parties and Issue Strategies”, with Christoffer Green-Pedersen (lead Principal

Investigator), Peter B. Mortensen, and Rune Stubager (DKK 7,794,125 ~ € 1,040,000),

2012-2016.

Aarhus University Research Foundation AU Ideas for “POLIS – Political Parties and Issue

Strategies,” with Christoffer Green-Pedersen (lead Principal Investigator), Peter

Mortensen, and Rune Stubager (DKK 2,815,655 ~ € 375,000), 2012-2015.

Danish Council for Independent Research for “Party Political Conflict and Public Opinion”

(DKK 2,022,304 ~ € 270,000), 2008-2011.

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Faculty of the Social Sciences, Aarhus University for “Globale udfordringer og framing-

effekter”, Principal Investigator, with Lise Togeby and Michael Bang Petersen (DKK

333,650 ~ € 45,000), 2008-2011.

Danish Council for Independent Research for “Political Attitudes in Political Context,”

with Lise Togeby (lead Principal Investigator), Michael Bang Petersen, and Rune Stubager

(DKK 1,635,000 ~ € 215,000), 2006-2008.

Aarhus University Research Foundation for “Political Message Flows and Public Opinion”

(DKK 83,682 ~ € 11,000), 2006-2007.

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Centre for Voting and Parties, University of Copenhagen, May 17, 2017.

Abteilung für Politische Theorie und Empirische Demokratieforschung, Universität

Stuttgart, Germany, December 1, 2016.

Political Behavior Colloquium, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 2,

2016.

The 2nd Gothenburg-Barcelona Experimental Workshop, Centre Universitari Internacional

Menéndez Pelayo, Barcelona, Spain, May 4-5, 2016.

American Politics Workshop, Stanford University, October 2015.

Key Note Speaker at workshop on Political Psychology: Framing and Opinion Formation,

European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 28-29, 2015.

The 1st Gothenburg-Barcelona Experimental Workshop, University of Gothenburg,

Sweden, May 7-8, 2015.

ACCESS Europe workshop on “Experiments in Political Economy and Welfare State

Research,” University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 28, 2014.

“Political Psychology and European Studies Workshop,” University of Copenhagen,

September 30, 2014.

“Reaching Beyond the Core Base: Can Political Parties Win Policy Support by Framing

Issues?” Political Parties Working Group, Northwestern University, June 4, 2013.

“Linking Elites and Citizens: Political Parties, Issue Framing, and Dynamics of Public

Opinion.” Key Note Speaker at workshop on Political Psychology: Framing and Opinion

Formation, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, May 16, 2013.

Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam,

Political Communication PhD seminar; external discussant of seven PhD projects, April

25, 2013.

“How Political Party Conflict Influences Public Opinion Formation.” University of

Mannheim, Germany, November 7, 2012.

“Political Parties as Opinion Leaders during an Economic Crisis.” Centre for Census and

Survey Research and Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, UK,

November 22, 2011.

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“Assessing the Influence of Political Parties on Public Opinion: The Bias from

Pretreatment Effects.” University of Copenhagen (research seminar on political

communication and campaigning), November 11, 2011.

“Political Parties as Opinion Leaders during an Economic Crisis.” University of

Copenhagen (research seminar on political communication and campaigning), November

10, 2011.

“Public Responses to the Economic Crisis 2010.” University of Zurich, Switzerland,

August 19, 2010.

“Political Parties and the Framing of Citizens’ Policy Preferences.” Amsterdam School of

Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 17,

2010.

“Political Parties and Framing Effects on Public Opinion.” CIS Colloqium, Center for

Comparative and International Studies, University of Zurich/Swiss Federal Institute of

Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland, December 17, 2009.

“Political Parties and the Framing of Public Opinion”, American Politics Speaker Series,

Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA, October 1, 2009.

“Political Parties, Motivated Reasoning, and Issue Framing Effects”, American Politics

Workshop, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA, October 1,

2009.

“Political Paries and Issue Framing Effects in Public Opinion”, Department of Political

Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, September 18, 2009.

“Politiske partier og framing-effekter” [Political Parties and Framing Effects], Department

of Economics, Politics, and Administration, Aalborg University, Denmark, June 18, 2009.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial Positions

Member, Editorial Board American Political Science Review. September 2016-present.

Member, Editorial Board Advances in Political Psychology. August 2013-present.

Member, Editorial Board Political Communication. Nov. 2011-present.

Co-Editor of Politica, the Danish journal of political science. 2010-2017.

Member, Editorial Board World Political Science Review. 2011-2013.

Reviewer

Acta Politica; American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review;

American Politics Research; British Journal of Political Science; Congress & the

Presidency; Electoral Studies; European Journal of Political Research; European Political

Science Review; European Sociological Review; European Union Politics; International

Journal of Communication; International Journal of Press/Politics; International Journal

of Public Opinion Research; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Journal of

Communication; Journal of Experimental Political Science; Journal of Politics; Journal of

Theoretical Politics; Journalism; Local Government Studies; Media Psychology; Nature

Human Behavior; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); Oxford

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University Press; Party Politics; Politica; Political Behavior; Political Communication;

Political Psychology; Political Research Quarterly; Politics, Groups, and Identities;

Presidential Studies Quarterly; Psychological Science; Public Administration Review;

Public Opinion Quarterly; Research & Politics; Routledge; Scandinavian Political

Studies; Swiss National Science Foundation; Time-Sharing Experiments in the Social

Sciences (TESS); West European Politics.

Prize and Award Committees

Member of Sears/George Book Awards Committee 2015-2016, International Society of

Political Psychology, for best book published in political psychology during 2015.

Member, Best Paper Award committee, to recognize the best paper presented at the 2014

APSA meeting within the Political Psychology section (recused from committee due to

conflict of interest).

Member of 2015 Roberta Sigel Award Committee, International Society of Political

Psychology, to recognize junior scholar authors of the best papers presented at 2014 annual

scientific meeting (recused from the award given to papers sole-authored by a junior

scholar).

Member, Best Paper Award committee, to recognize the best paper presented at the 2012

APSA meeting within the Political Psychology section (recused from committee due to

conflict of interest).

Member of 2011 Roberta Sigel Award Committee, International Society of Political

Psychology.

Conferences and Organizations

Co-organizer of international research seminar on “Bridging Micro and Macro in Framing

Research”, Aarhus University, January 26, 2012.

Co-organizer of workshop on “Political Communication: Antecedents, Contents and

Effects of Political Information”, the XVI Conference of the Nordic Political Science

Association (NOPSA), Finland, August 2011.

Section Chair on “Political Decision Making”, 2011 Annual Meeting of the International

society of Political Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Chair, panels on “Politisk holdningsdannelse” [Public opinion] and “Dansk politik anno

2010 – set fra vælgernes side” [The Voters in Danish Politics 2010], Annual Meeting of

the Danish Political Science Association, November 4-5, 2010.

Organizer of Seminar on Survey Experiments, on behalf of the Danish Association of

Survey Research, Aarhus University, May 20, 2010.

Member of Junior Scholars Committee, International Society of Political Psychology

(ISPP), 2008-2009.

Chair, panels on “Politisk kommunikation” [Political communication], Annual Meeting of

the Danish Political Science Association, 2009.

Organizer of Research Seminar on Political Parties and Public Opinion, Aarhus University,

June 22, 2009.

Discussant, panel on “Media and Support for Participation, Democratic regimes, and

International Organizations” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science

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Association, Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009.

Co-organizer of workshop on “Political Communication: Antecedents, Contents and

Effects of Political Information” (with Claes de Vreese and Jesper Stromback), the XV

Conference of the Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Norway, August 2008.

Discussant, panel on “Values, Partisanship, and the Vote”, at the annual meeting of the

International Society of Political Psychology, Paris, France, July 9-12, 2008.

Discussant, panel on “Trust in Government” at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political

Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 3-6, 2008.

Assessment Committees

Member, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Roberto Pannico, Universitat

Autónoma de Barcelona, 2017.

Chair, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Camilla Bjarnøe, Aarhus University,

2016.

Member, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Eric Guntermann, Université de

Montréal, Canada, 2016.

Member, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Davide Morisi, European

University Institute, Florence, 2016.

Member, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Frederik Hjort, University of

Copenhagen, 2016.

Member, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Céline Colombo, European

University Institute, Florence, 2016.

Member, assessment committee of applications for postdoc position in political science,

Aarhus University, 2015.

Member, assessment committee of applications for postdoc position in political behavior,

Aarhus University, 2014.

Member, assessment committee of applications for postdoc position in political

communication, University of Southern Denmark, 2014.

Chair, assessment committee of PhD dissertation by Gunnar Thesen, Aarhus University,

2011.

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

Supervision of postdocs/assistant professors:

Martin Bisgaard, Aarhus University, 2016-2019.

Bolette Danckert, Aarhus University, 2016-2018.

Thomas J. Leeper, Aarhus University, 2013-2015.

Supervision of PhD students:

Main advisor, Rasmus Kibæk Skytte, 2015-.

Co-advisor, Morten Pettersson, 2015-.

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Main advisor, Kristina Jessen Hansen, 2014-.

Co-advisor, Mathias Osmundsen, 2014-2017.

Co-advisor, Martin Bisgaard, 2011-2016.

Co-advisor, Troels Bøggild, 2012-2016.

Co-advisor, Bert Bakker (University of Southern Denmark), 2012-2014.

Co-advisor, Lasse Laustsen, 2011-2014.

Co-advisor, Else Marie Holm, 2008-2011.

Co-advisor, Lene Aarøe, 2008-2010.

Other Supervision (selected):

Supervised 35+ Master’s Theses.

Supervised 45+ Bacholor’s Theses.

Graduate and Undergraduate Courses:

“Social Research as a Craft” (PhD level seminar), Spring 2017, co-taught with Asbjørn

Sonne Nørgaard.

“Kan vi overlade demokratiet til vælgerne? Politiske partier og borgernes

holdningsdannelse” [Can We Leave Democracy to the Voters? Political Parties and Public

Opinion Formation] (M.Sc. level seminar), Fall 2016, co-taught with Martin Bisgaard.

“Almen statskundskab: Politiske holdninger, deltagelse og repræsentation” [Comparative

Politics I: Political Attitudes, Participation, and Representation] (B.Sc. level; lectures and

supervision of TAs), Fall 2013.

“Medier, politik og samfund” [Media, Politics, and Society] (Course as part of Master of

Journalism program), Spring 2013, co-taught with Anne Binderkrantz and Thomas Olesen.




“Valgkamp og vælgeradfærd” [Election Campaigning and Voting Behavior] (MA level),

Spring 2012, co-taught with Rune Stubager.

“Medier, politik og samfund” [Media, Politics, and Society] (Course as part of Master of

Journalism program), Spring 2012, co-taught with Anne Binderkrantz and Thomas Olesen.

“Politisk kommunikation og holdningsdannelse” [Politican Communication and Public

Opinion] (B.Sc. thesis seminar), Spring 2012.

“Politisk holdningsdannelse” [Public Opinion Formation] (M.Sc. level seminar), Fall 2011,

co-taught with Michael Bang Petersen.






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“Bestemmer mediernes vores politiske holdninger? [Mass Media and Public Opinion] (MA

level), Spring 2009.

“Politisk holdningsdannelse” [Public Opinion Formation] (MA level seminar), Fall 2008,

co-taught with Michael Bang Petersen.

“Metode I” [Political Science Methods] (B.Sc. level), Fall 2008

“Bestemmer mediernes vores politiske holdninger? [Mass Media and Public Opinion]

(M.Sc. level seminar), Fall 2005.

“Politisk kommunikation og holdningsdannelse [Political Communication and Opinion

Formation] (M.Sc. level seminar), Spring 2006.

“Introduction to Political Science” (TA) (B.Sc. level), Fall 2002.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Department of Political Science, Aarhus University (selected):

Chair, Section for Political Behavior and Institutions, February 2016-present.

Founder and Chair (with Jens Blom-Hansen and Jørgen Elklit), the department’s Senior

College, January 2016-present.

Member, the department’s PhD Admission Committee, October 2014-present.

Chair, ad hoc committee on departmental funding from ERC, 2016.

Founder and Organizer (with Michael Bang Petersen) of the Political Behavior Workshop

at Aarhus University. 2012-2014.

Chair of the Research Section on Danish and Comparative Politics, 2008-2011.

Member of editorial board, Kandestøberen (departmental news magazine, edited by

students), 2008-2011.

Member of ad hoc committee on the Department’s anniversary, 2008-2009.

Member of ad hoc committee on coorporation between the Department and Danish School

of Journalism, 2008-2009.

Member of ad hoc committees planning and organizing internal seminar in the section of

comparative politics, 2009, 2011.

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