Projects per year
Personal profile
Research
I study the causes of democratization and democratic stability, including different types of democratic breakdown. I also study the causes and consequences of state capacity and bureaucratic quality or the lack thereof. Lastly, I study Scandinavian, and in particular Danish, political history. Primarily, I employ comparative methods and process tracing but also statistics.
Teaching
I have extensive experience with teaching most core political science subjects but I teach comparative politics and political institutions in particular. I specialize in teaching democracy and dictatorship and Danish political history at master's level. In addition, I teach basic qualitative methods and advanced level comparative methods and process tracing.
Keywords
- Concept of democracy
- Democracy and power
- Human rights
- The state
- Administration and bureaucracy
- Political history
Areas of expertise
- Democratization
- State building
- Bureaucracy
- Scandinavian political history
- Comparative-historical analysis
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Disentangling Scandinavian Democratic Exceptionalism
Skaaning, S.-E. (PI), Andersen, D. (Participant) & Krishnarajan, S. (Participant)
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research
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The Institutional Foundations of Democracy: Dilemmas in Bureaucratization and Democratization
Andersen, D. (Participant)
01/12/2016 → 01/07/2022
Project: Research
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Stateness and Democratic Stability
Andersen, D. (Participant)
02/09/2013 → 03/02/2017
Project: Research
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Anmeldelse af Søren Kolstrup, 'Slaget på Grønttorvet'
Andersen, D., 4 Feb 2025, In: Politica. 57, 1, p. 122-125Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Research › peer-review
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Impartial Administration and the Development of a Political Society of Compromise in Scandinavia
Andersen, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Social Science History.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Komparative analyser
Andersen, D. & Skaaning, S.-E., 20 Jan 2025, Metoder i statskundskab. Møller Hansen, K., Bøgh Andersen, L. & Cecchini, M. (eds.). Hans Reitzels Forlag, Vol. 4. p. 347-367 20 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Det danske demokrati i komparativt perspektiv: Landvindinger, status og udfordringer
Andersen, D. & Skaaning, S.-E., 15 May 2024, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research
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Economic growth, largest-party vote shares, and electoral authoritarianism
Wilson, M. & Andersen, D., Dec 2024, In: Electoral Studies. 92, 9 p., 102879.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Council for European Studies International Conference
Andersen, D. (Participant)
27 Jun 2023 → 29 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Danish Historical Political Economy Workshop
Andersen, D. (Participant)
23 Feb 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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Annual Meeting of the Danish Political Science Association
Andersen, D. (Participant)
27 Oct 2022 → 28 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Council for European Studies International Conference 2022
Andersen, D. (Participant)
29 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Danish Historical Political Economy Workshop
Andersen, D. (Participant)
17 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
Prizes
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AUFF NOVA small grant, named project participant, for the project "Democratization, Autocratization, and Public Goods Provision," 564.000 DKK
Andersen, D. (Recipient), 2025
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AUFF NOVA small grant, Principal Investigator, for the project "Plights of Patrimonialism," 706.270 DKK
Andersen, D. (Recipient), 2025
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AUFF Publication grant, for the book "Democratization in the Nordic World", Aarhus University Press and University of Wisconsin Press, 60.000 DKK
Andersen, D. (Recipient), Mar 2024
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Conference organization grant, 79.780 DKK, Dec. 2023, for the conference “Practices of Comparative-Historical Analysis”
Andersen, D. (Recipient), 2024
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EliteForsk-rejsestipendium på 200.000 kr.: For ph.d.-projektet "Stateness and Democratic Stability"
Andersen, D. (Recipient), 26 Feb 2015
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Press/Media
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Bornholm står - igen - over for nogle dage på den helt anden ende
16/06/2022
1 Media contribution
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Sverige balancerer på kanten af det nordiske fællesskab
01/07/2020
1 Media contribution
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Baggrund: Har vi glemt demokratiet i corona-krisen? Sådan udfordrer et virus vores demokrati
22/04/2020
1 Media contribution
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