For snart et år siden kunne Altinget rapportere, at opbakningen til Socialdemokratiet var begyndt at stilne af. I et indlæg pointerede jeg, at der ikke var meget der tydede på, at opbakningen til Socialdemokratiet havde ændret sig. Mere specifikt konkluderede jeg: Det er sandsynligt at opbakningen ikke vil forblive så høj, som den er nu, […]
Month: August 2021
25 interesting facts #9
201. Rats can learn the complex task of navigating a car to a desired goal area (Crawford et al. 2020) 202. 90% of academics in the UK have been working while sick at least sometimes (Kinman and Wray 2021) 203. Back-to-front airline boarding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic roughly doubles the infection exposure compared […]
New article in Political Science Research and Methods: Longevity returns to political office
In the July issue of Political Science Research and Methods, Sebastian Barfort, Robert Klemmensen and yours truly have an article on the longevity returns to political office. Here is the abstract: Does political office cause worse or better longevity prospects? Two perspectives in the literature offer contradicting answers. First, increased income, social status, and political […]
Observationer relateret til COVID-19 #4
Planer. Min plan var, at mit forrige indlæg med observationer direkte eller indirekte relateret til COVID-19 skulle blive mit sidste indlæg i rækken. Der er dog nok en selvstændig pointe i, at hvis COVID-19 har lært os én ting, så er det, at ideen om at lave planer i en pandemi giver meget lidt mening. […]