Michael Bang Petersen
Professor
Department of Political Science
Bartholins Allé 7
building 1340, 235
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587165729
Mobile: +4520775944
Research areas
Profile
Michael Bang Petersen investigates how the adaptive challenges of human evolutionary history shape the way modern citizens think about mass politics.
He directs The Politics and Evolution Lab (PoNE Lab). Visit the PoNE Lab here. Follow him on Twitter on @M_B_Petersen.
Michael Bang Petersen's CV can be found here.
Perceived Conflict and Leader Dominance: Individual and Contextual Factors Behind Preferences for Dominant Leaders
Laustsen, L. & Petersen, M. B., 2017, In: Political Psychology. 38, 6, p. 1083-1101 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Political Intuitions: Why and How Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity Underlie Opposition to Immigration
Aarøe, L., Petersen, M. B. & Arceneaux, K., 2017, In: American Political Science Review. 111, 2, p. 277-294 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Evolutionary Political Psychology: On the Origin and Structure of Heuristics and Biases in Politics
Petersen, M. B., 2015, In: Political Psychology. 36, S1, p. 45-78 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Evolutionary Political Psychology
Petersen, M. B., 2016, Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Buss, D. M. (ed.). 2 ed. Wiley, Vol. 2. p. 1084-1102 19 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Hunger Games: Fluctuations in Blood Glucose Levels Influence Social Welfare Support
Aarøe, L. & Petersen, M. B., 2013, In: Psychological Science. 24, 12, p. 2550-2556 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
The Ancestral Logic of Politics: Upper Body Strength Regulates Men’s Assertion of Self-Interest over Economic Redistribution
Petersen, M. B., Sznycer, D., Sell, A., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J., 2013, In: Psychological Science. 24, 7, p. 1098-1103 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Politics in the Mind's Eye: Imagination as a Link between Social and Political Cognition
Petersen, M. B. & Aarøe, L., 2013, In: American Political Science Review. 107, 2, p. 275-293 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Social Welfare as Small-Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic
Petersen, M. B., 2012, In: American Journal of Political Science. 56, 1, p. 1-16Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Distinct Emotions, Distinct Domains: Anger, Anxiety and Perceptions of Intentionality
Petersen, M. B., 2010, In: Journal of Politics. 72, 2, p. 357-365Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Who Deserves Help? Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions, and Public Opinion about Welfare
Petersen, M. B., Sznycer, D., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J., 2012, In: Political Psychology. 33, 3, p. 395-418Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
The Deservingness Heuristic and the Politics of Health Care
Jensen, C. & Petersen, M. B., 2017, In: American Journal of Political Science. 61, 1, p. 68-83Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
To Punish or Repair? Evolutionary Psychology and Lay Intuitions about Modern Criminal Justice
Petersen, M. B., Sell, A., Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L., 2012, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 33, 6, p. 682-695 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Behaviour, Interaction and Cognition Labs
Project: Research
Conflict and Democratization
Project: Research
Center for Evolutionary Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Bang Petersen (Participant)
Jun 2015 → Aug 2015Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - Period visiting other institutions
Center for Evolutionary Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Bang Petersen (Participant)
Jun 2008 → Aug 2008Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - Period visiting other institutions
Center for Evolutionary Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Bang Petersen (Participant)
1 Mar 2006 → 1 Jun 2006Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - Period visiting other institutions
Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Oslo University
Michael Bang Petersen (Participant)
1 Nov 2005 → 1 Dec 2005Activity: Other activity types › Other (prizes, external teaching and other activities) - Period visiting other institutions
Darwin: Evolution 2.0
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