Four researchers from Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences, have been awarded a total of DKK 18 million in connection with the Danish Council for Independent Research | Social Sciences' main Call of 2013.
2013.06.12
The Danish Council for Independent Research has just published this year's research grants, of which just under DKK 18 million went to Aarhus University. The Council received a total of 36 applications for a total amount of DKK 402 million. Eighteen of these applicants received funding.
Aarhus University has been awarded funding for the following projects:
Projects
• Project title: The Economic and Behavioral Impacts of Anti-Discrimination Policies in the Context of Caste: Learning from Household Surveys, Lab Experiments and Randomized Controlled Trials
Grant recipient: Nabanita Datta Gupta
Place of employment: Aarhus University
Awarded amount: DKK 3,478,625
• Project title: Causes and Policy Consequences of Agenda Setting
Grant recipient: Peter Bjerre Mortensen
Place of employment: Aarhus University
Awarded amount: DKK 4,199,201
• Project title: Perceptions of Social Stratification and Voting: A New Look on Electoral Behaviour
Grant recipient: Rune Stubager
Place of employment: Aarhus University
Awarded amount: DKK 5,055,981
• Project title: Understanding the Causes of the Gender Wage Gap
Grant recipient: Rune Majlund Vejlin
Place of employment: Aarhus University
Awarded amount: DKK 2,793,794
• Project title: Diverging Welfare State Reform in Scandinavia: Is the Middle Class Abandoning Universalism?
Grant recipient: Cornelis Johannes van Kersbergen
Place of employment: Aarhus University
Awarded amount: DKK 2,178,360