Short presentation

Mogens Jin Pedersen is Associate Professor (Promotion Programme) at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. His research and teaching focus primarily on the following issues within the field of public administration: motivation and behavior among public employees and citizens, public management and leadership, heuristics and cognitive biases in judgements and decision-making, and quantitative research methodology. He received his PhD in Political Science from Aarhus University in 2015. 

Primary fields of research

Within public administration:

• Motivation, behavior, and performance
• Public management and leadership
• Psychological biases in judgements and decision-making
• Gender and race discrimination
• Street-level bureaucracy
• Citizen perceptions and evaluations
• Research design and experimental methods

His research is published in journals such as Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Public Administration, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, International Public Management Journal, The American Review of Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, Social Problems, and Social Science Computer Review.

Teaching

Primary areas:

• Public administration
• Motivation and behavior
• Public management and leadership
• Psychological biases in judgements and decision-making
• Street-level buraucracy
• Experimental methods

Supervises MSc theses.

Office hours: Tuesdays 13-15.