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1 CV Ulrik Kjær Professor Department of Political Science and Public Management Campusvej , Odense M Denmark ulk@sam.sdu.dk Phone: Fax: Mobile: Website: Personal information Date of birth: February 18, 1969 Nationality: Danish Academic career 2014 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Political Science / Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University, USA (4 months) Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Uni. of Southern Denmark Professor (mso), Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark Visiting research scholar, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, USA (13 months) Associate professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark Ph.D.-scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark 1996 Visiting research scholar, Center for European Studies, Stanford University, USA (7 months) Research assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark BA and MA in Economics, University of Southern Denmark (Odense University) Teaching At University of Southern Denmark: "Public Administration" (economics programme): spring 95, fall 95 "Danish politics" (economics programme): spring 96 "Organizational research methods" (business administration programme): fall 95 "Social science research methods" (political science programme): spring 00, fall 00, spring 01, fall 01, spring 02, fall 02, spring 03, fall 03, spring 04 "Political recruitment" (political science programme): spring 04, spring 06, fall 07 "Local elections" (political science programme): fall 05, fall 09, fall 13 "Political leadership" (political science programme): fall 08, spring 10, spring 12, spring 13, summer 14 "Local politics" (political science programme): spring 09, fall 12, fall 14 "Gender and Politics" (political science programme): fall 15 "Political leadership" (MPM programme): fall 10, fall 11, fall 12, fall 15 "Political leadership (FMOL programme): spring 11, spring 12, spring 13 Supervision PhD-theses: Anders Brøndum (2007): Faglig bæredygtighed. Committee-work Member of the evaluation committee of the following Ph.D.-theses: - Thomas Leen Olsson (2004): Tværkommunale samarbejder i Danmark. Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen. - Christian Elmelund-Præstekær (2008): Kammertoner og unoder i dansk valgkamp. Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark (chair) - Stella B. Kyohairwe (2009): "Gendering Political Institutions". University of Bergen. - Martin Bækgaard (2010): "Udvalgsmedlemskab, organisering og præferencer". University of Aarhus - Jesper Rohr Hansen (2014): "A bottom-up perspective on leadership of collaborative innovation in the public sector: The social construction of leadership for disadvantaged city districts in The City of Copenhagen". Aalborg University - Dorthe Lund Kaack (2015): "De parlamentariske udvalgssystemer i Skandinavien. En kamp for adgang. University of

2 Southern Denmark. Reviewer Party Politics, Scandinavian Political Studies, Local Government Studies, European Journal of Political Research, International Political Science Review, Publius - The Journal of Federalism, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Urban Studies, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, European Urban and Regional Studies, Politics & Gender, International Journal of Public Administration, Government & Opposition, Sage Open, Electoral Studies Popular lectures and media appearences A number of popular lectures to city councils and organizations (2001: 9, 2002: 10, 2003: 20, 2004: 36, 2005: 32, 2006: 5, 2007: 0, 2008: 2, 2009: 31, 2010: 11, 2011: 16, 2012: 8, 2013: 30, 2014: 7). A large number of comments made to local and national medias. Expert on local elections for "DR Radioavisen" at the local elections of 1997, 2001 and Expert on local elections for "DR Nyheder" at the local elections of Expert on local election for "TV2 Nyhederne / TV2 News" at the local elections of Steering committees Steering committee Kommunale samarbejder, funded by "Det kommunale momsfond" Steering committee "Nye samarbejdsformer, Bredebro, Højer, Løgumkloster, Skærbæk og Tønder kommuner" Danish committee on the Danish part of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) "Programrådet" at "Folkeuniversitetet i Odense" Committee on "Ny Svendborg" after the amalgamation of municipalities "Dansk Data Arkivs Samfundsvidenskabelige Arkiveringsnetværk" Committe on the project "Udvidet myndighed til ordførere", Universitetet i Tromsø and Kommunal- og Regionaldepartementet (Norway) Committe on the project "Kartlegging av interkommunale samarbeid", Universitetet i Agder and Kommunal- og Regionaldepartementet (Norway) Committee on the Municipality of Slagelse's Council Academy 2015 Committee on the project "Politisk lederskap og demokrati i sammenslåtte kommuner", Institutt for Samfunnsforskning, Oslo, Norway. Workshop director 2003 Magten udredt - kønsdimensionen i den dauniversitetet nske magtudredning at the conference Køn som forestilling, Center for Kulturforskning, Syddansk Universitet and Foreningen for kønsforskning i Danmark, Odense Lokal politisk deltakelse, XIV. conference of The Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Reykjavik, Island "Public Administration", "Dansk Selskab for Statskundskabs årsmøde", Vejle Co-section chair (6 panels) at the section "Twenty Five Years of Reforming Local Government in a Comparative Perspective: Unity in Diversity?" at ECPR General Conference, Montreal, Canada. Conference participation with paper 1998 Nordisk Kommunalforskningskonference, Odense ( november), paper: Er der kandidater nok ved kommunalvalgene? 2000 Local elections and representation in Italy and Europe afholdt af Società Italiana di Studi Elettorali, Napoli, Italien ( october), paper: The number of candidates at Danish local elections - reading off the health of local democracy? 2001 Fælleskonference for den norske og danske magtudredning, Vedbæk, workshoppen Køn og magt, paper: Danske politikeres rekruttering Workshoppen Political Careers in a Multi Level Europe ved European Consortium of Political Research s 29th Joint Sessions of Workshops, Grenoble, Frankrig ( april), paper: Pathways to the European Parliament -National Office as a Stepping Stone? 2001 X. Nordiske kommunalforskerkonference arrangeret af Nordforsk netværket, Åbo, Finland ( november), paper: Kommunesammenlægninger - Hvor skal rådhuset så ligge? Conference From Local Politics to Europe: Political Careers on Different Levels arrangeret af Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena og Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Wittemberg, Dornburg, Tyskland ( october), paper: National Mandates as Stepping Stones to Europe, 2005 XIV. conference of The Nordic Political Science Association (NOPSA), Reykjavik, Island ( august), paper: The Number of Candidates at Danish Local Elections Reading off the Health of Local Democracy? 2005 Forvaltningskonference, Kolding (2. may) talk in the workshop "Reformen og demokratiet th ECPR General Conference i Pisa, Italien (6.-8. september), paper: Local Party System Nationalization: Is municipality Size Relevant? Conference Political parties and party research in times of global change Solstrand, Norway, June 8-11, paper: The Study of Local Party Systems City futures 2009 (European Urban Research Association, EURA), Madrid, Spain (4.-6. june), paper: "Local Political

3 Leadership and Political Representation : The Multifaceted Representational Role of Danish Mayors" st IPSA World Congress of Political Science i Santiago, Chile ( july), paper: "Depth of Elite Circulation in the Danish Folketing Long Term Trends and Critical Elections" Conference "The Public Service: Service Delivery in the Information Age (European Group of Public Administration, EGPA), Saint Julian's, Malta (2.-5. september), paper: "Municipal Amalgamations and the Democratic Functioning of Local Councils: The Danish 2007 Structural Reform as Case" (with Hjelmar, Ulf & Olsen, Asmus) 2010 Urban Affairs Association s 40th Annual Meeting: Sustaining Cities in a Time of Globalization: Social, Economic and Political Realities, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 10-13, paper: Urban Political Leadership The Art of Circulating Political Capital., American Political Science Association s Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2-5 september, paper: "The first 100 Years of Women s Representation in Danish Local Politics ( ) Patterns of Contagion?" Dansk Selskab for Statskundskab's årsmøde, Vejle, november, paper: "KV09 - kommunalvalg i strukturreformens skygge" Nordisk kommunalforskertræf, Odense, november, paper: "The facilitative leader at work" Urban Affairs Association s 41. Conference, march 16-19, New Orleans, paper The Cost of Ruling or the Cost of Being at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time? National Induced Urban Reform and Incumbent Mayors Electoral Defeat (with Robert Klemmensen) ECPR 6th General Conference, Reykjavik 25-27, paper Is there a Gendered Division of Labor in Assignments to Political Committees? (with Martin Bækgaard) 2011 ECPR 6th General Conference, Reykjavik 25-27, paper Who Votes for Different Political Parties at Local and General Elections? Inter-level Split-ticket Voting at the 2009 Local Elections in Denmark (with Jørgen Elklit) 2011 EGPA conference, Bucharest, Romania, 7-9 September, paper: Are Mayors Punished at the Polls for Implementing Municipal Amalgamations? Evaluating the Electoral Consequenses of the Structural Reform in Denmark (with Robert Klemmense) The 7th International Conference on Public Administration, october, Chengdu, China, paper: Political Accountability in Local Representative Democracy Experiences from Danish Local Governments American Political Science Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August 29 September 2, paper: Geographical Representation in Local Councils The Center/Periphery Controversy in Local Elections in Amalgamated Municipalities" (with Morten Jakobsen) (conference cancelled) 2012 Policy & Politics conference September 2, 2012, Bristol, U.K., paper: The Representational role of councillors: Geographical Representation in Danish local governments (with Morten Jakobsen) Danish Political Science Association s Annual Meeting, October , Vejle, paper: Who s Partner? The Frontbench/Backbench Politician Divide within the Partnership Model for Elected and Appointed Officials (with Martin Bækgaard and Morten Jakobsen) st ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (workshop: Gender, Political Behaviour and Representation in Preferential Electoral Systems), Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, 11th - 16th March 2013, paper: Taking the blame game of women s political representation to the electoral phase: Decomposing the gender effect of party nomination rank ordering and intra-party preference voting Urban Affairs Association 43rd Conference Building the 21st Century City: Inclusion, Innovation, and Globalization, San Francisco, April 3-6, paper: A Typology of Urban Political Leadership Styles Danish Mayors and their Interactions at City Hall Hansen, Sune Welling & Ulrik Kjaer (2014): Local Identity in Times of Jurisdictional Consolidation: Decline of Community or Huddle Around the Local Flag?. Paper presented at ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, septmeber , Kjaer, Ulrik & Kristof Steyvers (2014): Second Thoughts on Second-Order: Towards a Second-Tier Model of Local Elections and Voting. Paper presented at ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, septmeber 3.-6., Kjaer, Ulrik & Richard E. Matland (2014): Women s Representation in Local Politics in the Nordic Countries Does Geography Matter?. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March Kjaer, Ulrik & Jørgen Elklit (2014): The Unfinished Politicisation of the Periphery: How is the Center/Periphery Divide in Scandinavian Local Party Systems Doing?. Paper presented at the 23rd World Congress of Political Science IPSA, Montreal, Canada, July Larsen, Erik Gahner, Klaus Levinsen & Ulrik Kjaer: Democracy for the Youth? The Impact of Mock Elections on Voting Age Attitudes. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April Dittmar, Kelly, Ulrik Kjaer & Carroll, Susan J. (2015): Why so few Women on Board? Explaining the Scarcity of Female Local Council Members in New Jersey Politics. Paper prepared for the 4th European Conference on Politics and Gender, University of Uppsala, Sweden, June Hansen, Sune Welling & Ulrik Kjaer: Trusting Politicians and Institutions in a Multi-Level Setting. Paper to be presented at the 2015 Congress of IIAS-IISA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June Baekgaard, Martin & Ulrik Kjaer (2015): Who Votes for Women? Gendered Preferential Voting in Danish Local Elections. Paper prepared for ECPR General Conference, Université de Montréal August Project meetings 2001 Den danske Magtudredning, Odense (1.-2. november), talk: De danske folketingsmedlemmer: en parlamentarisk elite og dens udvikling The Eurolite Research Network, Siena, Italy ( oktober), talk: Development of the Danish Parliamentary

4 Database The Euroloc Network, Firenze, Italien ( oktober), research project The European Mayor The Euroloc Network, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Residence La Cristalera, Spain (31. may - 2. junie, research project The European Mayor The Eurolite Research Network Odense ( june) The Eurolite Research Network, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Tyskland ( november) The Euroloc Network, Firenze, Italy ( january), research project The European Mayor The Eurolite Research Network, Granada, Spain ( june) 2003 The Eurolite Research Network, Strasbourg, France (30. november - 1. december) 2004 The Euroloc Network, Hydra, Greece ( march), research project The European Mayor The Euroloc Network, Lerici, Italien ( oktober), research project The European Mayor The Eurolite Research Network, Leuven, Belgien ( march) The Eurolite Research Network, Ghent, Belgium ( august) 2004 The Eurolite Research Network, Siena, Italy ( september) "Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge Based Society, EU's 6., Università di Siena, Siena, Italien (29. september 2. oktober) Euroloc-network Steering Committee, Universiteit Twente, Enschede (11. may) 2009 Project "Udvidet myndighed til ordførere", Oslo, Norway (30. april) 2010 Project "Kartlegging av interkommunale samarbeid", Oslo, Norway (9.september) 2010 Project "Udvidet myndighed til ordførere", Oslo, Norway (25. oktober) 2015 Project "Politisk lederskap og demokrati i sammenslåtte kommuner", Institutt for Samfunnsforskning, Oslo, Norge. (19. august) Invited talks 2005 Den danske borgmester, Institut for Statskundskab, Århus Universitet (4. november) Kommunalreformen, Copenhagen Business School (11. may) Local Government Reforms Danida s Centre for Competence Development, Copenhagen (20. may) The art of political leadership, Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona (2. march, 2007 The Danish Cartoon Controversy What Went Wrong at Home since it Went World Wide? University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado ( april) "Elite-interviewing in municipal research" University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway (25. june) 2011 "The Unintended Political Effects of Reforming Local Governments", University of Athens, Greece (30. may) 2012 "The Unintended Political Effects of Municipal Amalgamations", Technical University of Košice, Slovakia (3. july) 2012 "The effects of municipal amalgamations on local politics", Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Tyskland (13. september) 2014 "Women in Scandinavian Politics", Department of Political Science, Rutgers University, USA (10. march) 2014 "Women in Local Politics in the U.S.", CAWP, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, USA (22. May) Conferences without papers 1996 APSA, San Francisco XI. Nordiske kommunalforskerkonference, Nordforsk, Odense (29. november - 1. december) Midwest Political Science Association s 65. Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois ( april) Multiculturalism and Its Discontents: A Transatlantic Conversation, The Center to Advance Research & Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 2011 Dansk Selskab for Statskundskab, Vejlefjord (3.-4. november) 2014 New Jersey Political Science Association Annual Meeting (28. february) Conferencepapers presented by co-author 2006 Elklit, Jørgen & Ulrik Kjaer: Split-ticket Voting in Times of Sub-national Government Reorganization: Evidence from Denmark. Paper presented at the symposium Democracy, Divided Government, and Split-ticket Voting, Harvard University May Christian Elmelund-Præstekær & Ulrik Kjaer: The Presidentialization of Parliamentary Systems Frontrunner- Centred Local Elections in Denmark. Paper presented at the 70th Annual MPSA Conference, April 12-15, Chicago. Participation in research projects Det kommunale lederskab. Research programme funded by SSF and Det kommunale momsfond on local governments directed by Poul Erik Mouritzen. Participated with project on recruitment of councillors Den danske magtudredning. Research programme fundet by Folketinget and directed by Lise Togeby. Participated with Mogens N. Pedersen with a project on Danske folketingspolitikeres rekruttering ( ) EurElite. Project funded by European Science Foundation and directed by Maurizio Cotta and Heinrich Best Een eller fem kommuner? - Bornholmernes syn på en kommunesammenlægning, funded by Det Kommunale Momsfond Kommunestørrelse og lokalt demokrati. Fundet by SSF and directed by Poul Erik Mouritzen Evaluating manucipal amalgamation on Bornholm, funded by Indenrigsministeriet and directed by Henrik

5 Christoffersen Den danske borgmester, funded by Den kommunale momsfond and conducted with Rikke Berg Polleader. Project on mayors in Europe, directed by Annick Magnier Strukturreformsprogrammet, funded by FSE and directed by Poul Erik Mouritzen. Participated with Elklit in a project on local party systems Reformer af velfærdsstatens institutioner, fundet by SDU KV09 - Kommunalvalgsundersøgelse. Research project on the local elections of 2009 funded by Det kommunale momsfond KV13 - Kommunalvalgsundersøgelse. Research project on the local elections of 2013 funded by University of Southern Denmark. Grants kr. for the project Danske folketingspolitikeres rekruttering (with Mogens N. Pedersen), funded by Den danske Magtudredning kr. for the project Een eller fem kommuner? - Bornholmernes syn på en kommunesammenlægning, funded by Det Kommunale Momsfond kr. for the project Evaluering af kommunesammenlægningen på Bornholm. Part of a larger funding of 1,2 million given to a research group directed by Henrik Christoffersen, funded by Indenrigsministeriet kr. for the project Den danske borgmester (with Rikke Berg), funded by Den kommunale momsfond kr. for the project Faglig bæredygtighed (conducted by Ph.D.-scholar Anders Brøndum). ErhvervsPh.D.-project funded by Deloitte and Videnskabsministeriet kr for the project "Kommunalvalgsundersøgelse, funded by Det kommunale momsfond kr for the project "Kommunalvalgsundersøgelse og lokalt demokrati", funded by University of Southern Denmark kr. for the project "Spatial Explanations to the Representation of Women in Local Politics", funded by Det frie forskningsråd, Samfund og Erhverv. Professional development Research Management Course, Copenhagen Business School. Networks Member of Steering Comittee for Euroloc-network which arrange sumemr schools for PhD students Consulting 1993 Exit poll for TV2-Lorry, local election in Copenhagen 1997 Exit poll for TV2-Lorry, local elections in Copenhagen 2001 Kommunal- og Regionaldepartementet (Norway) study of local patrticipation Associated to the Grønlandske Strukturudvalg, participating in meetings in Nuuk, Sisimiut og Kangerlussuaq (28. january-3. february, 2005) and in Borgmester- og kommunaldirektørmødet, Hotel Hans Egede, Nuuk, Grønland (1.-2. march, 2006) Interviewing Danish mayors on local political leadership, KL Reporting on local democracy in Greenland for Naalakkersuisut. Prizes 2002 Teacher of the year, School of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark 2013 Teacher of the year, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark 2013 The University of Southern Denmark's Prize for Research Dissemination Board memberships Member of the board for Kommunernes Jubilæumsfond af Administrative memberships Member of the Board of study at Political Science, University of Southern Denmark

6 Publications Madsen, CL & Kjær, U 2015, De sidste sande amatører kommunalpolitikerne og deres rolle i det lokale demokrati. Gyldendal Public. Kjær, U 2015, 'National Mandates as Stepping Stones to Europe - Experiences from Denmark'. in M Edinger & S Jahr (eds), Political Careers in Europe. Career Patterns in Multi-level Systems. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp Kjær, U 2015, 'Urban Political Leadership and Political Representation: The Multifaceted Representational Role of Danish Mayors' Urban Affairs Review, vol 51, no. 4, pp Dittmar, K, Kjær, U & Carroll, S 2015, 'Why so few Women on Board? Explaining the Scarcity of Female Local Council Members in New Jersey Politics' Paper presented at, Uppsala, Sweden, 11/06/ /06/2015, Hansen, SW & Kjær, U 2015, 'Trusting Politicians and Institutions in a Multi-Level Setting' Paper presented at, Rio de Janiero, Denmark, 22/06/ /06/2015, Kjær, U & Klemmensen, R 2015, 'What are the Local Political Costs of Centrally Determined Reforms of Local Government?' Local Government Studies, vol 41, no. 1, pp Gahner Larsen, E, Levinsen, K & Kjær, U 2015, 'Democracy for the Youth? A Natural Experiment on Voting Age Attitudes' Paper presented at, Chicago, United States, 16/04/ /04/2015, Hansen, SW & Kjær, U 2014, 'Local Identity in Times of Jurisdictional Consolidation: Decline of Community or Huddle around the Local Flag?' Paper presented at, Odense, Denmark, 27/11/ /11/2014, Kjær, U & Elklit, J 2014, 'The Unfinished Politicisation of the Periphery: How is the Center/Periphery Divide in Scandinavian Local Party Systems Doing? ' Paper presented at, Montreal, Canada, 19/07/ /07/2014, Kjær, U & Matland, RE 2014, 'Women s Representation In Local Politics in the Nordic Countries Does Geography Matter?' Paper presented at, San Antonio, United States, 19/03/ /03/2014, Hansen, SW & Kjær, U 2014, 'Local Identity in Times of Jurisdictional Consolidation: Decline of Community or Huddle Around the Local Flag?' Paper presented at, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 03/09/ /09/2014, Dyhrberg-Noerregaard, N & Kjær, U 2014, 'Non-zero-sum Leadership Games: Is Facilitative Leadership a Win-win?' International Journal of Public Administration, vol 37, no. 4, pp

7 Kjær, U & Steyvers, K 2014, 'Second Thoughts on Second-Order: Towards a Second-Tier Model of Local Elections and Voting' Paper presented at, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 03/09/ /09/2014, Kjær, U & Elklit, J 2014, 'The impact of assembly size on representativeness' Journal of Legislative Studies, vol 20, no. 2, pp , / Kjær, U 2013, 'Stem - også selvom det er svært' Fyns Amts Avis. Kjær, U 2013, 'Liberal Alliance har få kvinder og mange unge' Politiken. Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2013, 'Alliancer - Kommunalvalg kan være blodige' Politiken, pp. 4. Kjær, U 2013, 'Lokalpatrioter - Byrødders bopæl betyder noget' Politiken, pp. 4. Kjær, U 2013, 'Local Political Leadership: The Art of Circulating Political Capital' Local Government Studies, vol 39, no. 2, pp Elklit, J & Kjær, U (eds) 2013, KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense. University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Kjær, U 2013, 'A Typology of Urban Political Leadership Styles Danish Mayors and their Interactions at City Hall' Paper presented at, San Francisco, United States, 03/04/ /04/2013, Kjær, U 2013, 'Reforming the Local Welfare State in Denmark The Geographical Paradox of Amalgamating Municipalities' Journal of Policy Science, vol 7, no. 1, pp Kjær, U 2013, 'Taking the blame game of women s political representation to the electoral phase: Decomposing the gender effect of party nomination rank ordering and intra-party preference voting' Paper presented at, Mainz, Germany, 11/03/ /03/2013, Kjær, U 2013, 'Gigagemeenten broeinest van beroepspolitici' De Republikein, vol 9, no. 1, pp

8 Kjær, U 2013, 'After the First 100 Years: Women in Danish Municipal Politics '. in Gender Perspectives on Danish Municipal Politics. KVINFO, pp Kjær, U 2013, 'Efter de første 100 år kvinder i dansk kommunalpolitik '. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Blom-Hansen, J, Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2013, 'Et eller 98 kommunale valg i 2013?'. in KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Kjær, U 2013, 'Hverken partier eller vælgere er særlig vilde med kvindelige kandidater'. in C Jensen (ed.), Politologisk Årbog Hans Reitzel, pp Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2013, 'Hvor kommunal var stemmeafgivningen egentlig?'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2013, 'Hvor stor skal en kommunalbestyrelse være?'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Elmelund-Præstekær, C & Kjær, U 2013, 'Kommunale præsidentvalg?'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Kjær, U 2013, 'Kommunalpolitikere med prisskilte og drømme' Administrativ Debat, no. 2, pp Bækgaard, M, Jakobsen, M & Kjær, U 2013, 'Kommunalpolitikernes frustrationer (og glæder) ved arbejdet i kommunalbestyrelsen' Oekonomi og Politik, vol 86, no. 4, pp Bækgaard, M, Jakobsen, M & Kjær, U 2013, 'Kommunalpolitikernes samspil med administrationen er der forskel på frontbenchers og backbenchers?' Oekonomi og Politik, vol 86, no. 4, pp Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2013, 'Kommunalvalg 2009'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454

9 Kjær, U & Klemmensen, R 2013, 'Koster det stemmer at stå i spidsen for en kommunesammenlægning?'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2013, 'Partiernes alliancemønstre før og efter valget'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Elmelund-Præstekær, C & Kjær, U 2013, 'Presidentialisation of Parliamentary Systems? Frontrunner Concentration in Danish Local Elections' Representation, vol 49, no. 2, pp , / Kjær, U & Levinsen, K 2013, 'Prøvevalget for årige'. in J Elklit & U Kjær (eds), KV09. Analyser af kommunalvalget Syddansk Universitetsforlag, Odense, pp University of Southern Denmark Studies in History and Social Sciences, vol. 454 Kjær, ةيلحملا ةسايسلا يف ةأرملا :ماع 100 لوأ دعب U 2013.ةيكرامندلا [Online]. Available from: [Accessed 01. January 2013]. Kjær, U 2012, 'Politiske børnebander er en skrøne' Politiken. Bækgaard, M, Jacobsen, M & Kjær, U 2012, 'Who s Partner? The Frontbench/Backbench Politician Divide within the Partnership Model for Elected and Appointed Officials' Paper presented at, Vejle, Denmark, 25/10/ /10/2012, Jacobsen, M & Kjær, U 2012, 'The Representational role of councillors: Geographical Representation in Danish local governments' Paper presented at, Bristol, United Kingdom, 18/09/ /09/2012, Jacobsen, M & Kjær, U 2012, 'Geographical Representation in Local Councils The Center/Periphery Controversy in Local Elections in Amalgamated Municipalities' Paper presented at, New Orleans, United States, 29/08/ /09/2012, Elmelund-Præstekær, C & Kjær, U 2012, 'The Presidentialization of Parliamentary Systems Frontrunner-Centred Local Elections in Denmark' Paper presented at, Chicago, United States, 12/04/ /04/2012, Kjær, U 2012, Borgmesterledelse om at løbe mellem broen og maskinrummet og om kunsten at sidde for bordenden ved et rundt bord. København. Kjær, U 2012, 'Geografiske politiske skillelinjer på flere niveauer' Økonomi og Politik, vol 85, no. 1, pp

10 Kjær, U 2012, 'Local Politics: Incubator or Respirator for Political Parties?'. in J Blom-Hansen, C Green-Pedersen & S-E Skaaning (eds), Democracy, Elections, and Political Parties. Essays in honour of Jørgen Elklit. Aarhus, pp Kjær, U 2012, 'Review of Vital Democracy: A Theory of Democracy in Action by Frank Hendriks' Local Government Studies, vol 38, no. 2, pp Baekgaard, M & Kjær, U 2012, 'The Gendered Division of Labor in Assignments to Political Committees: Discrimination or Self-Selection in Danish Local Politics?' Politics & Gender, vol 8, no. 4, pp Kjær, U & Klemmensen, R 2011, 'The Cost of Ruling or the Cost of Being at the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time? National Induced Urban Reform and Incumbent Mayors Electoral Defeat' Paper presented at, New Orleans, United States, 16/03/ /03/2011, Kjær, U & Klemmensen, R 2011, 'Are Mayors Punished at the Polls for Implementing Municipal Amalgamations? Evaluating the Electoral Consequenses of the Structural Reform in Denmark' Paper presented at, Bucharest, Romania, 07/09/ /09/2011, Kjær, U 2011, 'Interkommunalt samarbejde i Danmark'. in H Baldersheim, A Vegard Haug & M Øgård (eds), Internasjonale erfaringer med interkommunalt samarbeid sammenligninger og oppsummering fra seks land. Universitetet i Agder, Kristianssand, pp Bækgaard, M & Kjær, U 2011, 'Is there a Gendered Division of Labor in Assignments to Political Committees?' Paper presented at, Reykjavik, Iceland, 25/08/ /08/2011, Dahler-Larsen, P, Ejersbo, N, Elmelund-Præstekær, C, Kjær, U, Klausen, KK & Mouritzen, PE 2011, Opgaveskrivning: Råd og vink til studerende. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. Kjær, U 2011, 'Political Accountability in Local Representative Democracy Experiences from Danish Local Governments '. in Z Xiao-ning & Z Shu-rong (eds), Proceedings of 2011 International Conference on Public Administration. vol. III, UESTC Press, Chengdu, pp Kjær, U 2011, 'Political Accountability in Local Representative Democracy Experiences from Danish Local Governments ' Paper presented at, Chengdu, China, 18/10/ /10/2011, Kjær, U 2011, 'The Depth of Parliamentary Elite Circulation: Long-Term Trends and Critical Elections in Denmark' Comparative Sociology, vol 10, no. 6, pp

11 Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2011, 'Who Votes for Different Political Parties at Local and General Elections? Inter-level Split-ticket Voting at the 2009 Local Elections in Denmark' Paper presented at, Reykjavik, Iceland, 25/08/ /08/2011, Kjær, U & Elklit, J 2010, 'Local Party System Nationalisation: Does Municipal Size Matter?' Local Government Studies, vol 36, no. 3, pp Kjær, U, Olsen, AL & Hjelmar, U 2010, 'Municipal Amalgamations and the Democratic Functioning of Local Councils: The Danish 2007 Structural Reform as Case' Local Government Studies, vol 36, no. 4, pp Kjær, U & Elklit, J 2010, 'Party politicisation of local councils: Cultural or institutional explanations for trends in Denmark, ' European Journal of Political Research, vol 49, no. 3, pp Dyhrberg, N & Kjær, U 2010, 'The Facilitative Political Leader at Work - Plus-Sum Leadership Games at the Regional Level in Denmark' Paper presented at, Odense, Denmark, 25/11/ /11/2010, Kjær, U 2010, 'The first 100 Years of Women's Representation in Danish Local Politics ( ) - Patterns of Contagion?' Paper presented at, Washington DC, United States, 02/09/ /09/2010, Elmelund-Præstekær, C, Elklit, J & Kjær, U 2010, 'The Massive Stability of the Danish Multiparty System: A Phyrric Victory?'. in K Lawson (ed.), Political Parties and Democracy: Volume II: Europe. Praeger, Santa Barbara, pp Kjær, U 2010, 'Urban Political Leadership - The Art of Circulating Political Capital' Paper presented at, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 10/03/ /03/2010, Kjær, U 2010, 'Women in Politics - The Local-National Gender Gap in Comparative Perspective' Politische Vierteljahresschrift, pp Kjær, U 2009, 'Kampen mellem land og by er igang' Politiken. Kjær, U 2009, 'Spejleffekt - Skal politikerne ligne vælgerne?' Politiken. Kjær, U 2009, 'Det vanskelige kryds' Administrativ Debat, no. 3, pp. 6-7.

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