Biography:Michael Bang Petersen
Michael Bang Petersen (born 5 January 1980) is a Danish political scientist. He is a professor at Aarhus University, with research focusing on human evolutionary psychology and its role in politics. Starting in 2020, he led HOPE, a project examining responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in democratic countries and contributing to the Danish government's response to the pandemic.
Biography
Petersen was born on 5 January 1980 in Kolding, Denmark . He earned a PhD in political science from Aarhus University in 2007.[1]
Research
Since 2020, Petersen has led the HOPE project, researching global attitudes to the COVID-19 pandemic and advising the Danish government.[2] The project's mission of transparently explaining how COVID-19 restrictions in Denmark to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 helped Danish citizens maintain confidence in the government and contributed to Denmark's relatively successful handling of the early stages of the pandemic.[3] For his work on citizen and government trust in Denmark during the pandemic, he earned the 2022 Forskningskommunikationsprisen (Research Communication Award) from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.[4][5]
Peterson is also the director of the Research on Online Political Hostility Project through the Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Science.[6] He has researched the evolutionary foundations of political misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theory beliefs.[7]
Peterson has contributed to and been cited in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times ,[8] The Atlantic,[9] The Washington Post t,[10] and The Irish Times.[11]
References
- ↑ "Altinget - Alt om politik: altinget.dk" (in da). https://www.altinget.dk/person/michael-bang-petersen.
- ↑ Thompson, Derek (4 February 2022). "How Denmark Decided COVID Isn't a Critical Threat to Society". https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/denmark-covid-restrictions/621482/.
- ↑ Kokkegård, Hanne (29 October 2021). "The HOPE project is honored for important Corona research - DTU Compute". https://www.compute.dtu.dk/english/news/2021/10/the-hope-project-is-honored-for-important-corona-research?id=39a81530-8f26-4991-aeb9-21feb10cbae0.
- ↑ "Professor får stor pris for at følge coronabekymringer" (in da). 29 April 2022. https://www.tv2ostjylland.dk/aarhus/professor-faar-stor-pris-for-at-foelge-coronabekymringer.
- ↑ "Forskningskommunikationsprisen 2022 — Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet" (in da). https://ufm.dk/forskning-og-innovation/forskningsformidling/forskningskommunikationsprisen.
- ↑ "Research on Online Political Hostility - Meet the Team" (in da). https://ps.au.dk/forskning/forskningsprojekter/research-on-online-political-hostility/about-the-roph-project/meet-the-team.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Paul (8 August 2021). "A terrifying new theory: Fake news and conspiracy theories as an evolutionary strategy". https://www.salon.com/2021/08/08/a-terrifying-new-theory-fake-news-and-conspiracy-theories-as-an-evolutionary-strategy/.
- ↑ Edsall, Thomas B. (9 February 2022). "Opinion | Status Anxiety Is Blowing Wind Into Trump's Sails". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/opinion/trump-status-anxiety.html.
- ↑ Thompson, Derek (26 September 2021). "How America Dropped to No. 36". https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/how-america-lost-its-lead-vaccination/620201/.
- ↑ Taylor, Adam (1 Feb 2022). "Researchers are asking why some countries were better prepared for covid. One surprising answer: Trust.". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/01/trust-lancet-covid-study/.
- ↑ Paul, Mark (2 Feb 2022). "Caveat: We can't forget the necessity of Covid restrictions but don't dismiss what they cost us". The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/caveat-we-can-t-forget-the-necessity-of-covid-restrictions-but-don-t-dismiss-what-they-cost-us-1.4792978.
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