Position: 

• Professor, International Politics and Economics, Department of Political Science.

Education: 

• MA, political science (1975)
• PhD, social science (1983) (Trans­national Corporations and Economic Development)
• Dr.scient.pol. (1993) (Democracy and Development.)

Career: 

• 1978-1979: Assistant Lecturer, development theory, Aarhus Univ.
• 1979-1981: Lecturer, macro economics & international ­relations, Aalborg Univ.
• 1981-1983: Research Fellow, transnationals in Brazil, Aalborg Univ.
• 1984-1989: Senior Lecturer, International Economics and politics, Aalborg U.
• 1989-1995: Senior Lecturer, International politics, Aarhus Univ.
• 1995-      : Professor, International Politics and Economics, Aarhus Univ.

Research:  

• Fifteen books and around one hundred articles on various topics.
• For details, please click here: http://person.au.dk/da/georgs@ps.au.dk/pub
  

Administrative experience

• Head of Department, 2001-2004.
• Chairman of the Board, Danish Institute of International Studies, 2003-2010
• Member, Danish Social Science Research Council, 1999-2001.
• Member of Board of Dirs., Cen­tre for Development Research, Copenhagen, 1989-95.
• Mem­ber of Board of Dirs., Centre of Pea­ce and Con­flict Research, Copen­hagen, 1988-91.
• Member of Board of Dirs., Danish Ass. for Develop­ment Research, 1982-85.
• Var­ious administrative posts in the uni­ver­sity system.
• Member editorial board, Westview Press ‘Dilemmas in World Politics' series.
• Member editorial committee, Journal of Peace Research, 1991-99.
• Editor, Politica, Aarhus Univ., 1995-98.
• Editorial board/advisory board member: Cooperation and Conflict, International Relations, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.
• Program Committee member, APSA 100^th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2004

Consultancies:

• Danida (evaluation of democracy assistance)
• Sida, Norad (evaluation of projects in development research)
• United Nations University (project on UN in the 21st century)
• Inter­national Center for Public Enterprise (projects on the role of public enterprise in developing coun­tries)
• Various other consultancies for Danish and International organi­za­tions working with develop­ment and inter­national relations.

Awards & Grants:

• Nominated for the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order ($100,000), for A Liberal World Order in Crisis. Choosing Between Imposition and Restraint, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
• Shortlisted for Estoril Global Issues Book Prize 2009 (70,000 Euros). (Book: Democracy and Democratization. Processes and Prospects in a Changing World).
• Aarhus University Jubilee Foundation, Research Award 1994, (DKK 50,000)
• Various research grants, Aarhus University, Social Science Research Council, Council for Development Research, Council for Peace and Con­flict Re­sea­rch, Nordic Council for Inter­national Relations.