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[PHD DEFENSE] Rasmus Stenderup will be defending his dissertation: “Bureaucratic Sludge Audits: An examination of a design-based intervention in Public Administration research and practice” 📅Date: Monday, November 10th 🕑Time: 14:00–17:00 📍Location: CSS 2.0.63, University of Copenhagen The dissertation explores how public employees experience bureaucratic friction and how design methods, specifically sludge audits, can be used as interventions to identify and reduce burdensome procedures in public administration. Through a conceptual analysis and a case study of Danish jobcentres, Rasmus develops a typology of bureaucratic sludge and tests a design-based approach to foster reflection and innovation in the public sector. Assessment Committee: Prof. Lene Holm Pedersen (Chair), University of Copenhagen Prof. Albert Meijer, Utrecht University Prof. Jostein Askim, University of Oslo Supervisors: Prof. Peter Dahler-Larsen Assoc. Prof. Mogens Jin Pedersen All are welcome to attend!

[PHD DEFENSE] Christoffer Hentzer Dausgaard will be defending his dissertation: "The Interface of Politics: How Social Groups Guide Political Choice" 📅 Date: Friday, November 21 🕑 Time: 14:00–17:00 📍 Location: Room CSS 35.3.13, University of Copenhagen Assessment Committee: • Carolin Hjort Rapp, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen (Chair) • Gabriel Lenz, Professor, University of California, Berkeley • Jonathan Polk, Professor, Lund University Supervisors: • Frederik Georg Hjorth, Associate Professor (Principal Supervisor) • Peter Thisted Dinesen, Professor (Co-supervisor) All are welcome to attend! 👀 🔗 More info here: politicalscience.ku.dk/event…

🌟Vi er stolte af at kunne meddele, at Rebecca Adler-Nissen og Christian F. Rostbøll, begge har modtaget den prestigefyldte ERC Advanced Grant af European Research Council (ERC). Med bevillinger på 2,5 millioner euro, går Christian F. Rostbøll i gang med projektet MoPo. Projektet Moralizing Politics undersøger, hvordan moral spiller en voksende rolle i moderne politik, fx i cancel culture, klima-shaming og anklager om fake news. Når vi dømmer hinanden som gode eller dårlige mennesker, bliver politik moraliseret.  Hvordan kan moraliserende politik vendes til at styrke demokratiet fremfor at skade det? Med samme bevilling på 2,5 millioner euro, sætter Rebecca Adler-Nissen sig for projektet: TECHORDER. TECHORDER udforsker de geopolitiske kampe, der former den nye globale teknologiske verdensorden. National sikkerhed og økonomiske interesser spiller en central rolle, men forskellige forestillinger om fremtiden for AI og kvanteteknologi - både dystopiske og utopiske - er afgørende for internationalt samarbejde og regler. 🌟 Stort tillykke til de to, vi vil følge stærkt med. 🌟 Projekterne går i gang fra starten af 2026 Læs mere om projekterne her: polsci.ku.dk/om/nyheder/2025… We are proud to announce that Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Christian F. Rostbøll have both received the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). With funding of €2.5 million, Christian F. Rostbøll will embark on the MoPo project. Moralizing Politics examines how morality plays a growing role in modern politics, for example in cancel culture, climate shaming and accusations of fake news. When we judge each other as good or bad people, politics becomes moralized. How can moralizing politics be transformed to strengthen, rather than threaten, democracy? With the same €2.5 million grant, Rebecca Adler-Nissen sets her sights on the project: TECHORDER. TECHORDER explores the geopolitical struggles that shape the new global technological world order. National security and economic interests play a central role, but different conceptions of the future of AI and quantum technology - both dystopian and utopian - are crucial to international cooperation and rules. 🌟 Congratulations to the two, we will be following closely. 🌟 The projects will start from the beginning of 2026 Read more about the projects on this link: polsci.ku.dk/om/nyheder/2025…