Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard#
| Membership Number: | 3597 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.kurrild-klitgaard.blogspot.dk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 (Fall): Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center, Harvard University, US
- 2007 - 2010: Visiting Fellow, St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2008 - 2010: Executive Director, Centre for Voting and Parties, University of Copenhagen, DK
- 2006 - present: Professor ("full"), Political Science, University of Copenhagen, DK
- 2005 - 2006: Professor ("full"), Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, DK
- 2003 - 2004: Visiting Lecturer, University of Riga
- 2001 - 2002: Visiting Scholar, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, US
- 2000 - 2005: Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Southern Denmark, DK
- 1998 - 2000: Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Aarhus, DK
- 1993 & 1994: Residential Research Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, US
Fields of Scholarship
- Comparative politics
- Political theory
- Political economy
- Public choice theory
- Social choice theory
- Constitutions
- Political institutions
- Parliaments
- Electoral systems
- Voter behaviour
Honours and Awards
- 2009: Fellow (elected), Royal Historical Society, UK
- 2009: Nominated by the University of Copenhagen as one of eight "Elite Academics of the Year" (below 45)
- 2009: Member (elected), Danish Society for History, Letters & Arts
- 2007: Teacher of the Year, University of Copenhagen
- 2007: Teacher of the Year, Political Science
- 2007: Listed in "Kraks Blå Bog" (= Danish Who's Who)
- 2002-2005: President, Danish Political Science Association
- 2003: Researcher of the Year, University of Southern Denmark/Fyens Stiftstidende
- 1998: Fellow (elected), Society of Antiquaries (Edinburgh, UK)
- 1993: President's Fellowship, Columbia University
- 1992, 1993: Fulbright Scholar
