Asmus Leth Olsen
Viceinstitutleder
Institut for Statskundskab
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1014 København K
Undervisnings- og vejledningsområder
Jeg er koordinator for BA-projekter og vejleder eksperimentelle og kvantitative BA-projekter i offentlig forvaltning, offentlig politik og dele af politisk adfærd.
Træffetid: tirsdage kl. 16.30-17.30
Aktuel forskning
Min forskning og undervisning fokuserer på den offentlige forvaltning og trækker på psykologiske teorier og eksperimentelle metoder.
I 2019 til 2023 arbejder jeg med forskningsprojektet: "The Behavioral Citizen", der er støttet af Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond under Sapere Aude-programmet.
BEPAL er adfærdsforskning og evidens til gavn for borgerne og demokratiet. Min forskning er udgivet i tidsskrifter som American Journal of Political Science, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Politics, Nature: Human Behavior, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Choice, Judgment and Decision Making, Political Behavior, Public Administration, and more.
Læs mere om min forskning på: www.asmusolsen.com
Behavioral Public Administration:
- The historical roots of a Behavioral Public Administration as found in the early works of Herbert Simon (Public Administration Review)
- Virtual issue on Behavioral Public Administration with evidence of an increased use of psychological theories (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory)
- The core argument for a Behavioral Public Administration (Public Administration Review)
Dishonesty and Selection into Public Service:
- Sustaining Honesty in Public Service: The Role of Selection? (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)
- Behavioral Dishonesty in the Public Sector (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory)
A Behavioral Approach to Performance Information:
- Reducing Bias in Citizens Perception of Crime Rates: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Burglary Prevalence (Journal of Politics)
- Experimental evidence on citizens use of social and historical reference points in performance evaluations (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory)
- Experimental comparison of citizens citizens selection, exposure, and recall of both episodic and statistical performance information (Public Administration Review)
- Application of the equivalence framing framework to citizens interpretation of (dis)satisfaction measures (Public Administration Review)
- Voters reliance on cross-national yardstick comparisons (article in Political Behavior)
- Evidence of a leftmost-digit-bias in citizens interpretation of numerical performance data (Judgment and Decision Making)
- Overview of the numerical psychology of performance information (Public Performance & Management Review)
Udvalgte publikationer
- Udgivet
Sustaining Honesty in Public Service: The Role of Selection
Barfort, S., Harmon, Nikolaj Arpe, Hjorth, Frederik Georg & Olsen, Asmus Leth, nov. 2019, I: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 11, 4, s. 96-123 28 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
- Udgivet
Reducing Bias in Citizens’ Perception of Crime Rates: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Burglary Prevalence
Larsen, M. V. & Olsen, Asmus Leth, 2020, I: Journal of Politics. 82, 2, s. 753-756 6 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
- Udgivet
Compared to What? How Social and Historical Reference Points Affect Citizens' Performance Evaluations
Olsen, Asmus Leth, 2017, I: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 27, 4, s. 562-580 19 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
- Udgivet
Behavioral Public Administration: Combining Insights from Public Administration and Psychology
Grimmelikhuijsen, S., Jilke, S., Olsen, Asmus Leth & Tummers, L., 1 jan. 2017, I: Public Administration Review. 77, 1, s. 45-56 12 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
- Udgivet
“Simon Said,” We Didn't Jump
Olsen, Asmus Leth, 2015, I: Public Administration Review. 75, 2, s. 325-326 2 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel
- Afsendt
Human Interest or Hard Numbers? Experiments on Citizens' Selection, Exposure, and Recall of Performance Information
Olsen, Asmus Leth, 2015, (Afsendt) Copenhagen: Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen , 34 s.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
ID: 13937634
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A Formal Model of Corruption, Dishonesty and Selection into Public Service
Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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The Numerical Psychology of Performance Information: Implications for Citizens, Managers, and Policy Makers.
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
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The Appropriate Response to Performance Information by Citizens: A Large-scale Experiment with Local Politicians
Publikation: Konferencebidrag › Paper › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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