Helene Helboe Pedersen

Helene Helboe Pedersen is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. Her research focuses on political representation in Western democracies, examining how political parties, interest groups, parliaments, and politicians represent voter interests. She teaches courses such as Political Institutions, Politicians' Behavior, and Voters' Perception of Political Actors.

• Primary Affiliation: Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
• Research Focus: Political Representation, Personalized Politics, Voter Perceptions

Her recent work explores personalized politics in decentralized electoral systems, voters' attitudes toward political parties, and the impact of political pressure on Danish politicians. She leads projects like POLPRES (2024-2029) on political stress and RepStyle (2015-2022) on political representation styles.