I am a Professor at the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London and the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. My research examines political representation and democratic governance, with particular interests in interest groups and lobbying, citizen engagement, democratic dialogue, gender and politics, and the implications of social media and artificial intelligence for democracy. I am the Principal Investigator of the ERC Consolidator Grant: “Advocacy in Digital Democracy: Use, Impact & Democratic consequences” (see ERC description and King’s College news story) and a DFF funded project on “Inequality in Social Media Representation”. I also serve as co-editor of the official journal of the Political Organizations and Parties section of the American Political Science Association: Interest Groups and Advocacy.
On the following pages you will find more information about my background, publications, research projects and teaching. My google scholar profile is here. Also if you share my passion for travel and read some Danish, check out the website of the Travellers Club of Denmark.
| Featured Publication In this paper that I co-authored with Tobias Heide-Jørgensen and Gregory Eady in Science Advances, we study what makes online political debate more constructive. Drawing on survey experiments in the United States and the United Kingdom, we find that evidence-based arguments, respectful language, and openness to compromise can nearly double the likelihood of receiving a high-quality political response. While these approaches improve the quality of democratic dialogue and increase openness to alternative viewpoints, they do not appear to change people's political attitudes.  |
