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Simon Calmar Andersen
Professor
Department of Political Science
Bartholins Allé 7, 1340, 327
8000, Aarhus C
Denmark
E-mail: sca@ps.au.dk
Phone: +45 61 66 65 01
Personal web page: https://simon-calmar-andersen.github.io/
Simon Calmar Andersen (PhD, Aarhus University, 2007) is Professor at the Department of Political Science and director of TrygFonden's Centre for Child Research at Aarhus University. His research (and teaching) focuses on education policy and public administration. He has published work in Nature Human Behavior, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Amereican Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, among others. He is member of the Wellbeing Commission (Trivselskommissionen).
He was appointed member of the chairmanship of the national Council for Evaluation and Quality Assessment of Public School (The School Council) that gave advice to the Danish Minister of Children and Education in 2009-13. During his post doc. he also served as manager at the Municipality of Aarhus.
He was appointed member of the chairmanship of the national Council for Evaluation and Quality Assessment of Public School (The School Council) that gave advice to the Danish Minister of Children and Education in 2009-13. During his post doc. he also served as manager at the Municipality of Aarhus.
Positions
2016- Director of TrygFonden's Centre for Child Research
2014- Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2011-2013 Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2010-2011 Manager of section at, Resource centre, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2009-2010 Manager of section at, Resource centre, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2008-2009 Head clerk, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2007-2008 Head clerk, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
2006-2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2014- Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2011-2013 Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2010-2011 Manager of section at, Resource centre, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2009-2010 Manager of section at, Resource centre, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2008-2009 Head clerk, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
2007-2008 Head clerk, Child and Youth, Municipality of Aarhus
2006-2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aarhus University
Honorary Offices and Academic Activities
2023 Chairman of the board, Århus Statsgymnasium (high school)
2017 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology
2015 Visiting Scholar, The University of Chicago, Department of Economics
2015- Member of the board of directors of The Danish Evaluation Institute, EVA
2014-Member of the International Advisory Board for the Public Management Evidence Lab, City University of Hong Kong
2013- Member of SFI's Research Advisory Board
2012 Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia, Department of Political Science
2009-2013 Member of the chairmanship of the Council for Evaluation and Quality Assessment of the public school (Folkeskolen) (The School Council)
2005 Visiting Scholar, Lancaster University, Department of Sociology
2017 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology
2015 Visiting Scholar, The University of Chicago, Department of Economics
2015- Member of the board of directors of The Danish Evaluation Institute, EVA
2014-Member of the International Advisory Board for the Public Management Evidence Lab, City University of Hong Kong
2013- Member of SFI's Research Advisory Board
2012 Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia, Department of Political Science
2009-2013 Member of the chairmanship of the Council for Evaluation and Quality Assessment of the public school (Folkeskolen) (The School Council)
2005 Visiting Scholar, Lancaster University, Department of Sociology
Grants
2023: 8 million DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation: Lasting impact of large-scale science education initiatives
2022: 70 million DKK from TrygFonden. Extension of TrygFondens Centre for Child Research
2021: 20 million DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation: Improving Reading Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students
2017:1.2 million DKK from Ministry of Education. Well-being in high-schools. Principal Investigator (PI)
2017: 1.5 million DKK from Egmont Fonden. NEST evaluates interventions aimed at including students with special needs in ordinary class rooms. Co-P) with Helena Skyt Nielsen.
2016:4.4 million DKK from TrygFonden. Project READ day care provides a home-environment intervention to support language development and development of personal skills (conscientiousness). PI.
2015:3.0 million DKK from TrygFonden. READ Implementation tests the effectiveness of a national rollout of the evidence-based READ intervention. Co-PI with Ulrik Hvidman.
2015:9.3 million DKK from Ministry of Education. Well-being of Children in Primary Schools and Students at Technical Colleges (youth). PI.
2014:6.4 million DKK from Ministry for Education. The Mother Tongue Teaching Program includes four trials and a total of 8 interventions (e.g. extra Danish lessons). Co-PI with Maria Humlum.
2013:4.6 million DKK from TrygFonden. Project READ tested a parent-reading intervention. PI.
2013:3.1 million DKK from Ministry of Education. Co-teacher Classrooms evaluates three different interventions with co-teachers. Co-PI with Helena Skyt Nielsen.
2013:4.6 million DKK from TrygFondens Centre for Childresearch. Parental Reading intervention (READ). PI.
2022: 70 million DKK from TrygFonden. Extension of TrygFondens Centre for Child Research
2021: 20 million DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation: Improving Reading Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students
2017:1.2 million DKK from Ministry of Education. Well-being in high-schools. Principal Investigator (PI)
2017: 1.5 million DKK from Egmont Fonden. NEST evaluates interventions aimed at including students with special needs in ordinary class rooms. Co-P) with Helena Skyt Nielsen.
2016:4.4 million DKK from TrygFonden. Project READ day care provides a home-environment intervention to support language development and development of personal skills (conscientiousness). PI.
2015:3.0 million DKK from TrygFonden. READ Implementation tests the effectiveness of a national rollout of the evidence-based READ intervention. Co-PI with Ulrik Hvidman.
2015:9.3 million DKK from Ministry of Education. Well-being of Children in Primary Schools and Students at Technical Colleges (youth). PI.
2014:6.4 million DKK from Ministry for Education. The Mother Tongue Teaching Program includes four trials and a total of 8 interventions (e.g. extra Danish lessons). Co-PI with Maria Humlum.
2013:4.6 million DKK from TrygFonden. Project READ tested a parent-reading intervention. PI.
2013:3.1 million DKK from Ministry of Education. Co-teacher Classrooms evaluates three different interventions with co-teachers. Co-PI with Helena Skyt Nielsen.
2013:4.6 million DKK from TrygFondens Centre for Childresearch. Parental Reading intervention (READ). PI.
Selected publications
Andersen, SC, Bruntse, M, James, O & Jilke, S 2023, 'Does Work Quality Differ between the Public and Private Sectors? Evidence from Two Online Field Experiments', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Andersen, SC, Nielsen, HS & Rowe, ML 2022, 'Development of writing skills within a home-based, shared reading intervention: Re-analyses of evidence from a randomized controlled trial', Learning and Individual Differences, vol. 99, 102211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2022.102211
Andersen, SC, Guul, TS & Humlum, MK 2022, 'How first-language instruction transfers to majority-language skills', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01200-x
Gensowski, M, Ludeke, S, John, OP & Andersen, SC 2021, 'Academic self perceptions in a national Danish sample: Predictive power and development from grade 4 to 9', Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 92, 104090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104090
Gissel, ST & Andersen, SC 2021, 'A Cluster-Randomized Trial Measuring the Effects of a Digital Learning Tool Supporting Decoding and Reading for Meaning in Grade 2', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 287-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12488
Ludeke, S, Gensowski, M, Junge, SY, Kirkpatrick, RM, John, OP & Andersen, SC 2021, 'Does parental education influence child educational outcomes? A developmental analysis in a full-population sample and adoptee design', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 120, no. 4, pp. 1074-1090. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000314
Rosholm, M, Paul, A, Bleses, D, Højen, A, S. Dale, P, Jensen, P, M. Justice, L, Svarer, M & Calmar Andersen, S 2021, 'Are impacts of early interventions in the Scandinavian welfare state consistent with a Heckman curve? A meta-analysis', Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 106-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12400
Andersen, SC & Hvidman, U 2021, 'Can Reminders and Incentives Improve Implementation Within Government? Evidence from a Field Experiment', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 234-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muaa022
Vedel, A, Wellnitz, KB, Ludeke, S, Soto, CJ, John, OP & Andersen, SC 2021, 'Development and validation of the Danish Big Five Inventory-2: Domain- and facet-level structure, construct validity, and reliability', European Journal of Psychological Assessment, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000570
Andersen, SC, Gregersen, MK, Nielsen, HS & Thomsen, MK 2021, 'Parent Involvement, Socioeconomic Status and Reading Performance', Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 1279-1294. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2020.1840429
Andersen, SC, Nielsen, HS & Thomsen, MK 2020, 'How to increase citizen coproduction: Replication and extension of existing research', International Public Management Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 696-712. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2018.1518851
Andersen, SC, Beuchert-Pedersen, LV, Nielsen, HS & Thomsen, MK 2020, 'The Effect of Teacher's Aides in the Classroom: Evidence from a Randomized Trial', Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 469-505. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvy048
Andersen, SC, Gensowski, M, Ludeke, S & John, OP 2020, 'A Stable Relationship Between Personality and Academic Performance from Childhood through Adolescence: An original study and replication in hundred-thousand-person samples', Journal of Personality, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 925-939. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12538
Andersen, SC & Nielsen, HS 2020, 'Learning from Performance Information', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 415-431. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muz036
Andersen, SC & Guul, TS 2019, 'Reducing Minority Discrimination at the Front Line - Combined Survey and Field Experimental Evidence', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 429-444. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muy083
Andersen, SC & Hjortskov, M 2019, 'The Unnoticed Influence of Peers on Educational Preferences', Behavioral Public Policy, pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2019.14
Pontoppidan, M, Keilow, M, Dietrichson, J, Solheim, OJ, Opheim, V, Gustafson, S & Andersen, SC 2018, 'Randomised controlled trials in Scandinavian educational research', Educational Research, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 311-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2018.1493351
Hjortskov, M, Andersen, SC & Jakobsen, M 2018, 'Encouraging Political Voices of Underrepresented Citizens through Coproduction: Evidence from a Randomized Field Trial', American Journal of Political Science, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 597-609. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12360
Andersen, SC & Moynihan, DP 2018, 'How Do Socially Distinctive Newcomers Fare? Evidence from a Field Experiment', Public Administration Review, vol. 78, no. 6, pp. 874-882. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12957
Andersen, SC, Christensen, MV, Nielsen, HS, Thomsen, MK, Østerbye, T & Rowe, ML 2018, 'How reading and writing support each other across a school year in primary school children', Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 55, pp. 129-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.09.005
Favero, N, Andersen, SC, Meier, KJ, O'Toole, LJ & Winter, S 2018, 'How Should We Estimate the Performance Effect of Management? Comparing Impacts of Public Managers' and Frontline Employees' Perceptions of Management', International Public Management Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 105-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2016.1236763
Andersen, SC & Jakobsen, ML 2018, 'Political Pressure, Conformity Pressure, and Performance Information as Drivers of Public Sector Innovation Adoption', International Public Management Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 213-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2018.1425227
Hestbaek, L, Andersen, ST, Skovgaard, T, Olesen, LG, Elmose, M, Bleses, D, Andersen, SC & Lauridsen, HH 2017, 'Influence of motor skills training on children’s development evaluated in the Motor skills in PreSchool (MiPS) study-DK: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, nested in a cohort study', Trials, vol. 18, no. 400, 400. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2143-9
Andersen, SC 2017, 'From Passive to Active Representation: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Normative Values in Shaping White and Minority Bureaucrats' Policy Attitudes', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 400–414. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mux006
Andersen, SC & Jakobsen, M 2017, 'Policy Positions of Bureaucrats at the Front Lines: Are They Susceptible to Strategic Communication?', Public Administration Review, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12584
Andersen, IG & Andersen, SC 2017, 'Student-Centered Instruction and Academic Achievement: Linking Mechanisms of Educational Inequality to Schools’ Instructional Strategy', British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 533-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1093409
Andersen, SC & Moynihan, DP 2016, 'Bureaucratic Investments in Expertise: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Field Trial', The Journal of Politics, vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 1032-1044. https://doi.org/10.1086/686029
Andersen, SC & Larsen, MH 2016, 'Cognitive Biases in Performance Evaluations', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 647-662. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muv036
Andersen, LB, Andersen, SC & Pallesen, T 2016, 'Forskning i ledelseseffekter på borgernes udbytte af de offentlige ydelser: styrker, svagheder og fremtidige perspektiver', Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 113-134. <http://politica.dk/fileadmin/politica/Dokumenter/politica_48_2/andersen_andersen_pallesen.pdf>
Andersen, SC & Moynihan, DP 2016, 'How Leaders Respond to Diversity: The Moderating Role of Organizational Culture on Performance Information Use', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 448-460. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muv038
Andersen, SC, Humlum, M & Nandrup, AB 2016, 'Increasing instruction time in school does increase learning', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, no. 27, pp. 7481-7484. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1516686113
Hvidman, U & Andersen, SC 2016, 'Perceptions of Public and Private Performance: Evidence from a Survey Experiment', Public Administration Review, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12441
Andersen, SC & Nielsen, HS 2016, 'Reading intervention with a growth mindset approach improves children’s skills', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 113, no. 43, pp. 12111-12113. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1607946113
Andersen, SC, Nielsen, HS & Thomsen, MK 2015, 'Brugernes reaktion når det offentlige øger serviceniveauet. Resultater fra et lodtrækningsforsøg på skoleområdet', Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 125-143. <http://politica.dk/fileadmin/politica/Dokumenter/politica_47_2/andersen_nielsen_thomsen.pdf>
Meier, KJ, Andersen, SC, O'Toole, LJ, Favero, N & Winter, SC 2015, 'Taking Managerial Context Seriously: Public Management and Performance in U.S. and Denmark Schools', International Public Management Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 130-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2014.972485
Meier, KJ, Winter, SC, O'Toole, LJ, Favero, N & Andersen, SC 2015, 'The Validity of Subjective Performance Measures: School Principals in Texas and Denmark', Public Administration, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 1084-1101. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12180
Andersen, SC & Loftager, J 2014, 'Deliberative Democratic Governance', Administrative Theory & Praxis, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 510-529. https://doi.org/10.2753/ATP1084-1806360404
Hvidman, U & Andersen, SC 2014, 'Impact of Performance Management in Public and Private Organizations', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 35-58. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mut019
Jakobsen, M & Andersen, SC 2013, 'Coproduction and Equity in Public Service Delivery', Public Administration Review, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 704-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12094
Jakobsen, M & Andersen, SC 2013, 'Intensifying Social Exchange Relationships in Public Organizations: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment', Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 60-82. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21662
Andersen, SC & Thomsen, MK 2011, 'Policy Implications of Limiting Immigrant Concentration in Danish Public Schools', Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 27-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2010.00260.x
Andersen, SC & Mortensen, PB 2010, 'Policy Stability and Organizational Performance: Is There a Relationship?', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mup005
Andersen, SC 2008, 'Private schools and the parents that choose them', Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 44-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2008.00195.x
Andersen, SC 2008, 'The Impact of Public Management Reforms on Student Performance in Danish Schools', Public Administration, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 541-558. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00717.x
Andersen, SC 2007, 'Multilevel-modeller: en introduktion og et eksempel', Politica, no. 3, pp. 294-316.
Andersen, SC & Serritzlew, S 2007, 'The Unintended Effects of Private School Competition', Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 335-356. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mul019
Andersen, SC 2006, 'Når New Public Management møder uddannelsessystemet', Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 2, pp. 121-136.
Andersen, SC 2006, 'Styring gennem autonomi? Et forskningsprojekt om politisk styring af de danske skoler', Politica, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 426-445.
Andersen, SC 2005, 'How to Improve the Outcome of State Welfare Services: Governance in a Systems-Theoretical Perspective', Public Administration, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 891-907. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-3298.2005.00482.x
Andersen, SC 2005, 'Smid ikke metoderne ud med badevandet. Epistemologisk konstruktivisme og dens metodiske konsekvenser', Dansk Sociologi, vol. 3, pp. 45-60.
Andersen, SC 2004, 'Hvorfor bliver man ved med at evaluere folkeskolen?', Politica, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 452-468.