Kræftens Bekæmpelses’ Prevention Lab project has funded a new project that I am engaged in with the Municipality of Vejle. It is about how we can use digital self-assessment of alcohol-use as a prevention tool. A problematic high alcohol-use is the cause of many social and health issues today. Among…
New Project: Boys’ and Girls’ Participation in Daycare Institutions
I am thrilled to have received DKK 12 Million to study children’s participation in daycare communities and knowledge transfer from continuing education with researchers from VIVE, Aarhus University and VIA University College! Bente Bjørnholt and I from VIVE will participate in the research project “Gender, Language, and Participation in Early…
Educational Choice Paper in Weekendavisen
Simon Calmar Andersen and my paper “The unnoticed influence of peers on educational preferences” is featured in an article in the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen. The title is “I klikens fodspor” by Anders Boas and it is about the influence that friends of young people about to make an educational choice…
TV2 – Østjylland Appearance
I was interviewed for the news at TV2 Østjylland. It was aired August 29: Nyheder | TV2 Østjylland (tv2ostjylland.dk). The story is about a boy with muscle atrophy who wanted to change school, and the municipality did not want to pay for his transport to this school. A local wealthy…
New blog post at United States Politics and Policy at LSE
We have a new blog post at LSE’s United States Politics and Policy: Political candidates’ gender and race are important to voters, but only if they represent the party they prefer | USAPP (lse.ac.uk) It is about our article published in British Journal of Political Science: Lexicographic Preferences in Candidate…
Lexicographic Preferences in Candidate Choice
New article about choosing political candidates with Simon Calmar Andersen in British Journal of Political Science How do we choose between alternatives? In our new article, we introduce lexicographic preferences as a possible way to understand citizens’ choices of political candidates. We show that the mixed evidence on the influence…
New debate post in Altinget on citizen expectations (in Danish)
A new debate post by me on citizen expectations was just published in Altinget: Vive: Borgernes stigende forventninger til velfærden har konsekvenser – om de kan påvirkes er mindre entydigt – Altinget: Kommunal. The piece is behind paywall (and in Danish). My points about citizen expactations are that it seems…
New Article on Choice of Daycare Institution (in Danish)
Parents’ choice of daycare institution is a big thing for parents in Denmark. Here, parents can wish which institution they would like their child to attend, and the municipality and/or the leader of the institution will decide if they will get a spot at the desired institution. Often they put…
I’m part of the new Danish think tank, INVI’s, researcher panel
I’m very glad to have been asked to contribute to the brand new think tank INVI. The think tank is directed by Sigge Winther Nielsen, and its purpose is to address wicked problems and societal challenges. My role will be as a participant in the researcher panel, an expert panel…
LIFE Research Initiative is coming alive!
We, VIVE and Aarhus University, are very happy to have received 7,8 mio. kr. from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to carry out our project “Lasting impact of large-scale science education initiatives”. The project is with Ulrik Hvidman and I from VIVE, and Simon Calmar Andersen, Alexander Koch, and Kristoffer Ibsen…