2004-: Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
2005-2009: Chairman, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
2000-2004: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
1998-2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
1996-1998: Ph.D.-studies, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
1992-1996: Head of section, Danish Ministry of Finance
1990-1992: Head of section, Danish Ministry of the Interior

2020-: Editor, Scandinavian Political Studies 

2017-: Member of governing board, VIVE - The Danish Centre of Applied Social Science

2017-: Member of governing board, Aarhus University Research Foundation (AUFF)

2010-: Member of editorial board, Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration

2013-2021: Member of editorial board, Public Administration

2012-2018: Member of the Danish government's Research Council for the Social Sciences (FSE)

2014-2017: Member of editorial board, Journal of Experimental Political Science

2013-2018: Member of editorial board, Politics and Governance

2004-2018: Member of editorial board, Administrativ Debat (Danish public administration journal)

2017: Member of governing board, SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research

2012-2017: Member of governing board, Kora - The National Institute of Local and Regional Government Analysis and Research

2013-2017: Member of editorial board, Journal of Public Policy

2010-2016: Member of editorial board, European Journal of Political Research

2006-2012: Member of governing board, Krevi - Danish Evaluation Institute for Local Government
2004-2009: Member of editorial board, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift (Nordic public administration journal)

American Political Science Review; American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Politics; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory; Comparative Political Studies; European Journal of Political Research; Public Choice; Journal of European Public Policy; European Union Politics; Journal of Public Policy; West European Politics; Public Administration; Governance; Journal of Common Market Studies; Party Politics; Journal of Legislative Studies; International Review of Administrative Sciences;Acta Politica; Urban Affairs Review; Journal of Urban Affairs; Political Research Quarterly; Public Budgeting & Finance; European Political Science Review; Public Management Review; Interest Groups & Advocacy; Local Government Studies; Government & Opposition; Journal of Contemporary European Research; Scandinavian Political Studies; Journal of European Integration; International Journal of Public Sector management; Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration; Industrial and Labor Relations Review; Croatian and Comparative Public Administration; Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift; Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier; Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift; Politica; Økonomi & Politik.