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Kristina Jessen Hansen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aalborg University. Her research bridges political psychology and public administration, focusing on emotional drivers of policy compliance, welfare attitudes, and risk perception in governance. She combines experimental methods with comparative politics frameworks.
- Current projects: Appealing to the 'good people': Can politicians appeal to social groups by describing them as warm and competent?
- Key collaborations: Aarhus University, Lund University, Sciences Po
Research Trends: Her recent articles analyze how discrete emotions (envy, admiration, fear) shape public responses to redistribution, administrative interactions, and war support. Topics span deservingness heuristics, self-interest in governance, and cognitive foundations of policy.
Scientific Awards:
- Recipient of Best BA Thesis award (2011)
Advising & Grants: While student lists are unavailable, her work involves supervising replication datasets (Harvard Dataverse) and securing institutional support for emotion-policy studies. She actively disseminates research through guest lectures at Lund University and media engagements.
