Employment
- Senior Researcher at VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research, 2022-
- Researcher at VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research, 2021-2022
- Post.doc, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2020-2021
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2016-2020
- Research fellow at Trygfonden’s Child Research Center, 2017-present
- Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2016 (3 months)
- PhD Fellow, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2013-2016
- Head of Section, Department of Children and Young People, City of Aarhus, 2009-2013
Education
- PhD in Political Science, Aarhus University, 2013-2016 (June 29, 2016)
- MA in Political Science (cand.scient.pol.), Aarhus University, 2006-2009 (September 21, 2009)
- BA in Political Science, Aarhus University, 2003-2006 (July 11, 2006)
Conference Presentations
- 3rd Meeting on Quantitative Educational Research in Denmark (QERD), 16-17 November 2023
- Public Management Research Conference (PMRC): 2023
- American Political Science Association (APSA): 2021
- Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA): 2021
- LIFETRACK: Life Course Dynamics of Educational Tracking – Progress meeting: 2020
- Public Management Research Conference (PMRC): 2015, 2016, 2019
- European Group for Public Administration (EGPA): 2017
- Transatlantic Dialogue (TAD): 2016
- Southern Political Science Association: 2014
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management: 2014
- TAMU Management Conference, Texas A&M, 2014
- Danish Association for Political Science (DPSA): 2016
Other Academic Activities
- Assessed as qualified for associate professorship in Public Administration at University of Southern Denmark, 2021
- Assessed as qualified for associate professorship at Aarhus University 2019 and 2020
- Visiting PhD, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M, TX, January-June 2014.
- Coordination of and talk at workshop on Best Practice in User Satisfaction Surveys for public servants across the City of Aarhus working with user satisfaction surveys, January, 2017
- Coordinator on the workshop: ‘Citizens’ Evaluations of Performance – Satisfaction and Interpretation of Performance Data’ with visiting scholars Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Oliver James and Sebastian Jilke, June, 2016
Research Grants
- Research Grant from Prevention LAB (2025): DKK 784,600 for the project: “When Alcohol Self-Testing and Contact Points Dance Closely – A New Path to Cancer Prevention”. A collaborative project with Vejle Municipality.
- Research Grant from the Partnership for Child Research (2025): DKK 12 million for the project: “Boys’ and Girls’ Participation in Daycare Communities: Pedagogical Competence Development, Leadership, and Anchoring”. The project is led by Anne Mette Kjeldsen from the Crown Prince Frederik Center for Public Leadership at Aarhus University, in collaboration with VIA University College and Bente Bjørnholt from VIVE.
- Research Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation LIFE Research Initiative (2023): DKK 7,8 mio. for the project ‘Lasting impact of large-scale science education initiatives’
- Research Grant from TrygFonden (2023): DKK for 2,2 mio. for the project “The Impact of Resources to Schools and Early Childhood Education Centres on Skills Formation of Children at Risk”.
- Research Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation (2021): DKK 20 mio. for the project ‘Improving Reading Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students: Scaling and Implementing Interventions’.
- Research grant from Ministry of Education (2016): DKK 1.549.509 Investigator on “Choice of and retention in vocational schools”, which is a research project within the research program: “Evaluation of wellbeing in Public schools” at TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research.
Public Talks
- Guest lecturer at University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science: Talk on Citizen Satisfaction, 2022, 2023 and 2024
- Presentation of results of small psychological interventions and new research ideas, SOSU Østjylland, May, 2019
- Invited talk about small psychological interventions and educational choice, Trygfonden, March, 2019
- Invited talk on choice overload, Danish Technological Institute (Simplimize), May, 2018
- Presentation of results of study on educational choice, Department of Children and Young People, City of Aarhus, December 2017
- Talk on Citizen Satisfaction, Aarhus Seminar, August, 2017
- Presentation of results of study on educational choice, Aarhus Tech, June, 2017
- Presentation of results of study on educational choice, Municipality of Vejen, March, 2017
- Invited talk on Citizen Satisfaction in the leadership group of the Department of Children and Young People, City of Aarhus, September, 2016
- Guest lecturer at University of Southern Denmark: Talk on Citizen Satisfaction, April, 2016
- KL’s Network on User Satisfaction: Talk on the explanations of citizen satisfaction at 4 municipal meetings in: Region Sjælland, Region Syddanmark, Region Hovedstaden and Region Nord- og Midtjylland, May, 2013
Media Appearances
- Study (Andersen & Hjortskov 2019) featured in Weekendavisen (2024): 10/18/2024, Weekendavisen: I klikens fodspor | Weekendavisen
- Tv-interview in TV2 Østjylland about citizen expectations (2024): 8/29/2024, Torsdag d. 29. aug. 2024 – 22:00 | TV2 Østjylland (tv2ostjylland.dk)
- Article in Altinget about citizen expectations (2024): 15/4/2024, Altinget: Vive: Borgernes stigende forventninger til velfærden har konsekvenser – om de kan påvirkes er mindre entydigt – Altinget: Kommunal
- Interview in Lokalavisen about satisfaction surveys in elderly care in Aarhus (2024): 10/4/2024, Lokalavisen: Er 9 af 10 borgere tilfredse? Ekspert kritiserer flotte plejehjemstal (lokalavisen.dk)
- Radio interview about user-satisfaction in jobcenters in Denmark (2019): 15/11/2019, DR: https://www.dr.dk/radio/p1/detektor-radio/detektor-2019-11-15
- Article about user-satisfaction in jobcenters in Denmark (2019): Villads Leer Jørgensen, Sofie Frøkjær and Laura Marie Sørensen (14/11/2019): ” Detektor: Pral med tilfredshed på jobcentre bygger på et tyndt grundlag”, dr.dk. URL: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/detektor/detektor-pral-med-tilfredshed-paa-jobcentre-bygger-paa-et-tyndt-grundlag
- Radio interview about Andersen & Hjortskov (2019): 14/8/2019, P4 Østjylland
- Article about Andersen & Hjortskov (2019): Ringgaard, Anne (15/8/2019): ”Uddannelse: Vennerne påvirker dit valg, uden at du opdager det”, Jyllands-Posten. URL: https://jyllands-posten.dk/nyviden/ECE11552978/Uddannelse-Vennerne-p%C3%A5virker-dit-valg-uden-at-du-opdager-det/ (Accessed 11/9/2019)
- Article about Andersen & Hjortskov (2019): Lauridsen, Helle (14/8/2019): ”Forskning: Unge påvirker hinanden til uddannelsesvalg”, folkeskolen.dk. URL: https://www.folkeskolen.dk/820120/forskning-unge-paavirker-hinanden-til-uddannelsesvalg (Accessed 11/9/2019)
- Article about Andersen & Hjortskov (2019): Ringgaard, Anne (14/8/2019): “Dine venner præger dit valg af uddannelse mere end du tror”, Videnskab.dk. URL: https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/dine-venner-praeger-dit-valg-af-uddannelse-mere-end-du-tror (Accessed 11/9/2019)
Supervision of Master Students
- Nikolaj Pallesen (2017): ‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall. The Influence of Attrition on the Representativeness of Citizen Satisfaction Surveys’
- Mikkel Staffensen (2017): ‘Sister Cities as City Branding: Does the International City-to-City Collaborations of the City of Aarhus Improve the Perception of the City’s City Brand within Local Companies?
- Simon Zacher Kjeldsen & Emil Sydendal Hansen (2018): ’Is Coproduction the Solution to the Rising Healthcare Challenges? – A Field Experiment in Collaboration with the Municipality of Aarhus’
- Olivia Olsen (2019): Ongoing supervision of a field experiment on citizen perceptions of and adherence to rules about waste management in cooperation with the Municipality of Horsens
- Peter Ørskov Dall (2020): The evaluation speaks what the heart is full of: Which motivations are behind attitudes?
- Christian Rafn Clemmensen (2020): Is Less More? A study of the relationship between amount and type of performance information and the update of expectations to public services
- Marie Simone Lunders and Stine Budolfsen Niebuhr (2020): How to overcome biases? A theoretical and experimental study of the effect of debiasing techniques on cognitive biases in public service evaluations
PhD Courses
- ‘Field Experiments in Child and Social Science’, Fall 2019
MA Courses
- ‘Experiments in Political Science’, lecturer, Spring 2015 and Summer 2017 and 2018
- ‘Applied Public Policy’, lecturer, Spring 2017
- ‘Core course: Analysis of the interaction between citizens and the public administration’, lecturer, Fall 2017
- ‘Cognitive biases in public administration and performance’, lecturer, Spring 2018
- ‘Policy feedback, political participation and citizens’ evaluations of public services’, lecturer, Fall 2018
- ‘Core course: When Public Administration and Politics Affect Citizens’ Attitudes and Behaviour: Theory, Methods and Design’, lecturer, Fall 2019
BA Courses
- ‘Public Administration’, teaching assistant for 3 classes, Fall 2016
- ‘Public Administration and Economics’, lecturer Spring 2019, 2020 and 2021
Courses I have Attended
- Project Management II, Implement, May 2024
- Project Management I, Implement, September 2023
- Teacher Training Programme for assistant professors, Fall, 2018
- Planning and Teaching, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CUL), 7-13 January, 2015