Søren Serritzlew is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. His research interests include the effects of public sector reform and the effects of jurisdiction size of political entities on democracy and efficiency. He uses experimental and quasi-experimental methods to address problems of endogeneity.
At the Center, he will primarily work on a project on the role of information and evidence in politics. Information plays a key role in the relationship between civil servants and politicians. In a comparative study of the U.S. and two European countries, the aim is to examine how information can be a source of power of civil servants. He will also work on a project on the effects of jurisdiction size.
This information is accurate for the time period that the scholar is affiliated with CES.
Discipline:
Public Administration
Areas of Expertise:
Effects of public sector reform
Jurisdiction size, democracy and economic costs
Experimental methods
Research Topic:
The Informational Power of Bureaucrats in Presidential and Parliamentary Systems
