I am an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. This interest has led me to work on electoral accountability in the context of school and hospital closures, nimbyism, the attitudes of residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods, rural resentment, and candidate choice. I like to use experiments or geospatial data to look at these questions from a new angle.
In my PhD, I investigated how people’s experiences with changes in local political priorities and local appeals affect their political behavior.
Current projects
Vulnerable Neighborhood Survey
We survey residents of diverse and disadvantaged neighborhoods across the Nordics. While these neighborhoods are at the center of public debate, we know much less about the political attitudes of the residents themselves. To remedy this, we are conducting high-quality panel surveys in six neighborhoods in Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.
POLHUS
We focus on the politics of the housing market. Here, we study the causes of nimbyism, the tendency for voters to become more opposed to development projects the closer the project is to their own home.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about my research, please feel free to get in touch.