Aarhus University Seal / Aarhus Universitets segl

DKK 18 million for Aarhus University from the Danish Council for Independent Research

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

Photo: Søren Kjeldgaard

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

 

Grants and awards, All groups, All AU units, Research, Business and finance, People news