Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, with a distinguished career spanning institutions like the University of Southern Denmark, University of Cambridge, and Columbia University. His research focuses on comparative politics, public choice theory, and social choice theory, analyzing electoral systems, democratic deliberation, and institutional constraints on government growth.

He has held visiting roles at Harvard, Cambridge, and Columbia, and serves as a Senior Fellow at CEPOS (Centre for Policy Studies). His work bridges empirical analysis, such as electoral paradoxes and democratic deliberation costs, with theoretical insights from classical liberalism and constitutional economics.

His academic contributions include editorial board memberships for journals like Public Choice and Journal of Private Enterprise, alongside leadership roles in organizations such as the Mont Pèlerin Society and the Danish Political Science Association. Awards include Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Teacher of the Year, and Fulbright Scholar.