Personal profile

Short presentation

Anne Rasmussen is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen and the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. She previously worked at the universities of Leiden and Bergen, and currently serves as a member of the executive board of the European Consortium for Political Research where she chairs its publication committee.

Personal websites & Twitter

https://annerasmussen.eu

https://advodid.eu

https://twitter.com/a_rasmussen

@annerasmussen.bsky.social on Bluesky

Research

Her current research analyzes interest groups, political representation, perceptions of public opinion, democratic deliberation, citizen engagement, public policy, social media, gender, citizen engagement and political parties. She was the Principal Investigator of the GovLis Project, the first large-scale attempt to connect the study of political representation and interest groups by linking data on interest groups, public opinion, and decision-making across a large set of countries, funded by personal grants from the Danish and Dutch Political Science Foundations. Currently, she's the PI of an ERC consolidator grant: "Advocacy in Digital Democracy: Use, Impact & Democratic consequences" and a project on Social Media and Political Representation funded by the Danish Research Council. Previously her research received support from organizations such as the European Commission, the European Consortium for Political Research, the British Council, the European Science Foundation and the Danish and Dutch Research Councils. A list of current and previous research projects can be found here.

Published work

Anne Rasmussen is a co-editor of Interest Groups and Advocacy and member of the editorial boards of the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Public Policy, Acta Politica, & the Journal of European Integration. Her work appears in several journals, including:

  • American Political Science Review
  • Journal of Politics
  • British Journal of Political Science
  • Comparative Political Studies
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • Interest Groups and Advocacy
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Party Politics
  • Policy Studies Journal
  • Journal of Common Market Studies
  • West European Politics 
  • European Union Politics
  • European Political Science Review
  • European Journal of Communication
  • Journal of Legislative Studies
  • Journal of Public Policy
  • Journal of European Integration
  • Scandinavian Political Studies
  • Irish Political Studies
  • European Integration Online Papers

Media & outreach

She has extensive experience communicating her research to a broader audience through written, audio, and television media, including the BBC, TRT World, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), Politiken, Berlingske and Jyllands-Posten. She has also presented her research to several prominent institutions, including the UK and Danish Parliaments, and has served on (government) advisory bodies.

Teaching

She has taught courses on interest representation, public policy, comparative politics, research design and methods, European Union politics and policy, and economics.

CV

 

Education:                

PhD (Political Science), Copenhagen University, Denmark, June 2006

MA (Political Economy - distinction), University of Essex, Great Britain, October 1999

BA (Political Science), Aarhus University, Denmark, June 1997

 

Languages:                

Danish (mother tongue), English (fluent), Dutch & German (high level), French & Italian (basic knowledge) 

 

Career:

Year

Institution

Area of work

2023-Department of Political Economy, King's College LondonProfessor
2016-Department of Political Science,  University of CopenhagenProfessor
2018-2024

Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen

Professor II
2013-2021

Institute of Public Administration, University of Leiden

Associate Professor (Universitair Hoofddocent)

2013-2016

Department of Political Science,  University of Copenhagen

Professor MSO

2008-2013

Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden

University Lecturer, grade I (Universitair docent) (tenured from September 2010)

2006-2008

European University Institute, Florence

Max Weber Fellow                           

2007-2008

James Madison University, Study Abroad Programme in Florence

Temporary Lecturer

2006-2008

International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School

Assistant Professor

2002-2006

Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

PhD Scholar

2001-2003

RAMBOLL Management

Consultant:
National and EU assignments         

2000-2001

Danish Ministry of Finance

Research Assistant/Programmer

1999-2000

European Commission, Secretariat General

Stagiaire 

 

Fellowships and Research Visits:

Year

Institution

Area of work

2010-2015

Montesquieu Institute, The Netherlands

Fellow

2009-10

School of Public Policy, University College London

Senior Honorary Research Fellow

2008-13

Center for Voting and Parties, University of Copenhagen

Affiliated Research Fellow

2005 (Autumn)

American Political Science Association

Centennial Fellow

2004 (First half)

George Washington University

Visiting Scholar

 

Editorial and review responsibilities:

  • Co-editor Interest Groups and Advocacy (2022-current).

  • Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of European Public Policy (2010-current), The Journal of Public Policy (2018-current), Acta Politica (2015-current) and The Journal of European Integration (2016-current), and Interest Groups and Advocacy (2019-2021).

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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