Martin Bækgaard

Professor Martin Bækgaard, affiliated with the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (Faculty of Social Sciences), focuses on public administration and political science intersections. His research spans administrative burden, citizen-state interactions, performance management, and elite decision-making.

His work explores:

• Administrative burden in welfare and public services
• Citizen satisfaction and co-production
• Experimental methods in public administration
• Politician-bureaucrat relationships
• Local governance dynamics

Recent projects include:

• Justifying Defeat (2024–2029): Analyzing election loss narratives
• The psychology of administrative burden (2019–2024): Behavioral impacts in welfare services
• MPR: Making Sense of Performance Regimes (2013–2018): Patient perspectives in performance management