General


About Me


I am a political scientist and since taking my Ph.D. in 1992, I’ve worked at a number of Danish and Swedish universities. My main professional interests are political parties, party systems and public policy, in particular social policy and social insurance programmes. I am familiar with both quantitative and qualitative approaches but my work has mainly been based on qualitative analyses.

At present I participate in a research project about the development and history of Danish social policy conducted by the Centre of Welfare State Research at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

Full-Time Jobs since 1989


  1. 2008-2011: Associate Professor. Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
  2. 2000-2008: Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Umeå University
  3. 1999-2000: Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University College of Mid-Sweden (now: Mid-Sweden University), Östersund
  4. 1998-1999: Temporary Senior Lecturer, Department of Thematic Studies, Section for Policial Science, Linköping University
  5. 1995-1996: Temporary Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Copenhagen University
  6. 1994-1997: Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Copenhagen University (on leave 1995-1996, see above)
  7. 1992-1993: Research Fellow, Department of Law, Copenhagen University
  8. 1989-1991: PhD-student, Department of Political Science, Copenhagen University (Supervisor: Professor Gunnar Sjöblom)

Other Work


  • 2007- : Contributor to Economist Intelligence Unit
  • 1992-1994; 1997-1998; 2008: Part-time lecturer in political science, University of Copenhagen

Teaching


I’ve been teaching at university level since 1992. Subjects include:

  • Swedish politics
  • Danish politics
  • The European Union
  • Comparative politics
  • Policy analysis
  • Social policy
  • Political theory
  • Methods, especially qualitative methods
  • Supervision of BA and MA theses

Formal Qualifications


  1. 1992: PhD in Political Science, Copenhagen University.
  2. 1989: Cand.scient.pol (MA in Political Science and Public Administration), Copenhagen University

* Courses in didactics and distance learning.