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.
Carstensen, M. V., Veraart, A. J., Vind Petersen, I., Wrage-Mönnig, N. & Audet, J. (2025). Abstract 55 Nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural streams: The critical influence of pH. Abstract from LuWQ2025. Land Use and Water Quality: Agriculture and the Environment , Aarhus, Denmark.
Samore, T., Fessler, D. M. T., Sparks, A. M., Holbrook, C., Aarøe, L., Baeza, C. G., Barbato, M. T., Barclay, P., Berniūnas, R., Contreras-Garduño, J., Costa-Neves, B., del Pilar Grazioso, M., Elmas, P., Fedor, P., Fernandez, A. M., Fernández-Morales, R., Garcia-Marques, L., Giraldo-Perez, P., Gul, P. ... Wang, X. T. (2025). Accordance and conflict between religious and scientific precautions against COVID-19 in 27 societies. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 15(4), 433-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2363757
Nørregaard, I. B. (2025). Accurate, Efficient, and Immoral? When Statistics Motivate Discrimination. [PhD dissertation, Aarhus University]. https://politica.dk/fileadmin/politica/Dokumenter/Afhandlinger/ida_bruun_noerregaard.pdf
Favero, N., Walker, R. M. & Zhang, J. (2025). A dynamic study of citizen satisfaction: replicating and extending Van Ryzin’s “testing the expectancy disconfirmation model of citizen satisfaction with local government”. Public Management Review , 27(6), 1588-1606. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2024.2304130
Bengtson, A. (2025). Affirmative Action without Competition. American Journal of Political Science, 69(3), 783-796. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12864