My main research areas are trust, social capital, climate policy, the welfare state, lobbying, and collective action problems. Additionally, research cooperation includes working with Professor Robert D. Putnam from Harvard University on a project about the historical roots of trust. For his research on trust, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 2016, and in 2025 “The Trust Society” was honoured with the Ministry of Culture’s award as intangible cultural heritage – alongside folk high schools, hot dog stands, handball, and the tradition of voluntary associations – and has now been included in Denmark’s UNESCO inventory as a basis for a possible international nomination to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Teaches in the following topics: Collective action problems, social capital and trust; Climate policy; Public policy; Welfare economics; Lobbying in the EU and the USA; Rational Choice; Self-regulation; Volunteering and co-production.

Collaborates across disciplines in the following three networks:

iCLIMATE: Aarhus University Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change (Aarhus University)

LUMEN - Center for the Study of Lutheran Theology and Confessional Societies (Aarhus University)

TRAUST (Tracing the Underpinnings of Social Trust) (Aarhus University in collaboration with Kiel University, Germany)