Michael Bang Petersen#
| Membership Number: | 6325 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://au.dk/en/michael@ps |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6782-5635 |
| Twitter: | @M_B_Petersen |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
- 2010 - 2014 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
- 2007 - 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Fields of Scholarship
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Crisis communication
- Political psychology
- Social media
- Evolutionary psychology
- Political attitudes
- Political violence
- Crisis behavior
- Political polarization
Honours and Awards
- 2022 The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science's Annual Research Communication Award 2022 (200,000 DKK)
- 2022 Knight of the Order of Dannebrog. Awarded by the Danish Queen, Her Majesty Margrethe II for contributions to Danish science and for occupying a central post during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021 The Columbus Award (50,000 DKK) by the Columbus Publisher. Awarded to the HOPE-project for contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021 The Fritz Kauffmann Award (100,000 DKK) by the Fritz Kauffmann Foundation. Awarded for contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2019 Appointed member of The Royal Danish Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2017 The Erik Erikson Early Career Award awarded by the International Society of Political Psychology
- 2015 Appointed member of The Young Academy, the section for younger, talented researchers in The Royal Danish Academy for Sciences and Letters
- 2012 The Annual Business and Social Sciences Research Award (100,000 Dkr.) awarded by the Dean of the School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University
