Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University.
Arhus, Denmark
Joined September 2017
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Martin Bækgaard retweeted
🔄 RT if you think 🇩🇰 Mads Pedersen is the Super-combative of the #TDF2026!
🔄 RT si vous pensez que 🇩🇰 Mads Pedersen est le Super-combatif du #TDF2026 !
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Martin Bækgaard retweeted
Based on the latest available poll from Verian in January 2025 (sample of 497 Greenlanders), 56% would vote yes for independence from Denmark in a referendum, 28% no, and 17% undecided. However, support drops if it negatively impacts living standards. No newer polls found as of early 2026.
Martin Bækgaard retweeted
"Experiences of Administrative Burden in Context: Exploring Differences Across Countries, Policy Domains, and Socio-Demography" by @MartinBaekgaard, Lucie Martin, & Niels Bjørn Petersen finds that citizens associate administrative tasks positively.
doi.org/10.1111/padm.70019
In the trials, treatment groups were exposed to intensified active labor market policies in the form of more frequent compulsory meetings with case workers and/or early activation. 4/7
However, we find no employment effects among the less resourceful recipients of social assistance. Here instead we find negative long-run effects on indicators of mental health. These are entirely driven by clients who already prior to the trial had mental health issues. 6/7
How do compliance demands targeted at the unemployed such as compulsory meetings with case workers and activation influence the employment prospects and mental health of the unemployed in the long run? 1/7
In a new article in @PNASNews, I explore this question w @AlbeckNielsen @MichaelSvarer @RosholmMichael pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24… supported by @PIREAUAarhusUni 2/7
Interested in administrative burden, social equity, and digital governance? Consider joining our panel (w. @donmoyn and @MariaTiggelaar at the 2025 IRSPM Conference in April in Bologna: Panel description: irspm.org/panels-pages-2025/…, call for abstracts: irspm.org/conference-2025/co…
Come work with us!
Together w @henrikseeberg and @helene_helboe I will examine how party leaders explain election losses and how it matters for democracy and party leader support.
We are looking for a postdoc who will work with us (deadline: Sept. 15):
au.dk/om/stillinger/job/post…
Martin Bækgaard retweeted
Today is a great day to read the open access "Anticipated administrative burdens: How proximity to upcoming compulsory meetings affect welfare recipients' experiences of administrative burden" by @MartinBaekgaard & Jonas Krogh Madsen found in 102(2)! doi.org/10.1111/padm.12928
Early View Open Access!
"Anticipated administrative burdens: How proximity to upcoming compulsory meetings affect welfare recipients' experiences of administrative burden" by @MartinBaekgaard & @JonasKrogh finds that time to meeting matters to burden!
doi.org/10.1111/padm.12928
Martin Bækgaard retweeted
Vi indkalder nu forslag til nye medlemmer af forskningsrådene i @DFF_raad. Det er den mest meningsfulde faglige opgave, jeg har været med til at løse. Som rådsmedlem præger du dansk forskning, læser ansøgninger med de nyeste ideer og samarbejder med dygtige kolleger i rådet
Vær med til at sikre stærke kompetencer til de faglige forskningsråd i Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond!
Bestyrelsen for DFF indkalder forslag til 35 medlemmer af DFF’s faglige forskningsråd per 1. januar 2025. Indstillingsfrist er 12. aug. ’24 kl. 12
#dkforsk
dff.dk/aktuelt/nyheder/vaer-…
Very happy to have received funding from @DFF_raad for a new project on party leader justifications of electoral defeats. I am looking much forward to collaborate with @helene_helboe and @henrikseeberg on this project. For details see: ps.au.dk/en/current/allnews/…
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Fire forskere fra @Aarhus_BSS modtager tilsammen 24,4 mio. fra @DFF_raad til forskning i valgnederlag og vores opfattelse af rusmidler, tid og livskvalitet.
bss.au.dk/aarhus-bss-nyheder…
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"Administrative Burden in Citizen–State Interactions: A Systematic Literature Review" by @askehalling & @MartinBaekgaard offers an insightful overview of administrative burdens in citizen-state interactions. This comprehensive study confirms that administrative burdens are consequential, distributive, and constructed. Beyond this, it reveals how frontline service delivery and government communication shape burden experiences. It also showcases the role of non-ideological factors in constructing burdens, introduces the concept of burden tolerance, and demonstrates how burden experiences affect both policymakers' and the public's tolerance levels. The paper sets a forward-looking agenda for future research in administrative burden, pushing the boundaries of our understanding.
Read the full paper here: academic.oup.com/jpart/artic…
New open access article forthcoming in @PAReview w @askehalling @donmoyn. We develop a 4-item scale to measure burden tolerance – peoples’ acceptance of state actions that impose administrative burdens on citizens – using data from several countries papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… 1/4
