Michael Bang Petersen, political scientist, expert in political behaviour and psychology, professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Founder and manager of the project HOPE, an analysis of citizens’ responses to COVID-19 policies. Prof. Petersen’s findings have become a reference in Denmark.
Michael Bang Petersen is a professor of political science at Aarhus University in Denmark. He leads the HOPE-project, a large-scale research project on "How Democracies Cope with COVID-19", covering the non-medical aspects of the corona crisis in Denmark and beyond. He is a member of the Danish Royal Society of Sciences and Letters and has received the Erik Erikson Award for early contributions to political psychology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has served as one of the main advisors on behavioral science to the Danish government and has been one of the most cited researchers in Danish media.