About

I am Associate Professor at the King Frederik Center for Public Leadership at Aarhus University, Denmark, and affiliated scholar at The People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School.

My research has been published in journals including Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Nature Scientific Reports, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, and others. It has also been covered by major Danish and German media outlets including Berlingske, Jyllands-Posten, ARD Tagesschau, Deutschlandfunk, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, WirtschaftsWoche, and ZDF heute.

I hold a doctoral degree from Zeppelin University (summa cum laude) and am research fellow at the Chair of Public Management & Public Policy. Before moving to academia full-time, I worked as a team leader at a German local government, gaining public leadership experience in the human resource department. During that role, I completed my master’s degree in politics, administration, and international relations. Prior to that, I completed my undergraduate degree (Public Law and Public Management) at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Bavaria, Hof (Germany).

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I am a triathlete, marathon runner, and a huge fan of my beagle Wilma. Find #WilmasReview on LinkedIn and Bluesky.