Affiliation with AMID
PhD supervisor for Susi Meret

Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: Nov. 11, 1953.
Nationality: Danish

Education
1972-1977 - Studies in Political Science, History and Economics, Aarhus University. 1977 - M.Sc. (Political Science), Aarhus University.

Professional career
1995-present - Professor of Political Sociology, Department of Economics, Politics and Public Administration, Aalborg University.

1984-1995 - Associate Professor, Political Science (comparative politics), Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

1985/1994 - Declared competent for professorship in comparative politics/political theory, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University.

1988-1989 - Research fellow, Centre for Cultural Research, Aarhus University.

1977-1984 - Research assistant, acting lecturer, research fellow, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University.

Research management
1999-present - Member of Steering Committee, ESF Network on Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy

1998-present - Member of the Board of the Danish Democracy and Power Study

1998-present - Working Group Coordinator and Management Committee Member, COST A13: Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship

1997-present - Member of Programme Committee, the Rockwool Foundation

1997-present - Coordinator of the Danish ISSP Programme

1998-present - Coordinator of the Danish Election Programme

1996-2000 - Member of Steering Committee of Programme: Democracy and Institutional Change

1996-2000 - Coordinator of Programme Democracy from Below (with Jens Hoff)

1996-present - Coordinator of Centre for Comparative Welfare State Studies (CCWS)

Projects and research interests

• Welfare state research (comparative welfare systems, public expenditure, welfare policies, globalisation and other economic challenges, labour force and working time, unemployment, marginalisation and citizenship, legitimacy and public attitudes, public services, efficiency and empowerment).
• Political opinion formation and political behaviour (public opinion, political cleavages, electoral behaviour, right radical parties, attitudes to Europe and Europeanization)
• Democracy and political power (political participation and citizenship, voluntary associations and social movements, efficacy and empowerment, the political system, political institutions, policy processes and decision-making processes, approaches in political science).

Publications in the field of Migration Studies (2001)

Publications in the field of Migration Studies (2002)
Bjørklund, Tor & Goul Andersen, Jørgen (2002) 'Anti-Immigration Parties in Denmark and Norway: The Progress Parties and the Danish People's Party'. pp. 105-34 in Martin Schain, Aristide Zolberg & Patrick Hossay, eds., Shadows Over Europe: The Development and Impact of the Extreme Righ in Western Europe. New York: St.Martin's Press.

Goul Andersen, Jørgen (2002) 'Denmark and Europe: Did the November Elections Change Anything?' Working paper, Notre Europe, Paris.

in Danish
Goul Andersen, Jørgen (2002) Danskernes holdninger til indvandrere. En forskningsoversigt. AMID Working Paper Series no. 17, 2002

Goul Andersen, Jørgen & Tobiasen, Mette (2002) 'Forhold mellem religioner og mellem etnisk og religiøs tolerance', pp. 80-98 i Larsen, C.A. et al., Danskernes forhold til religionen. Aalborg: Institut for Økoomi, politik og Forvaltning, Aalborg Universitet.

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