Peter Nedergaard

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Peter Nedergaard
Born
Peter Petersen Nedergaard

(1957-10-31) 31 October 1957 (age 66)
Academic background
Alma mater Institut for Statskundskab, Århus, Denmark
Thesis EF og mælken: en analyse af landbrugspolitikkens etablering, udvikling, problemer og tilpasning som baggrund for indførelsen af en mælkekvoteordning i EF  (1985)

Education and career

In 1985 Peter Nedergaard obtained the title of Master of Science in Political Science. He later earned a PhD from the Institut for Statskundskab, Århus, Denmark [3] and an Exam.Art. in Philosophy. In 1983-84, Peter Nedergaard was a Robert Schuman research fellow in the research department of the European Parliament in Luxembourg and a stagiaire in the cabinet of agricultural commissioner, Poul Dalsager, in Brussels.

Peter Nedergaard has previously been affiliated with the Copenhagen Business School as associate professor, assistant professor and finally as professor with special responsibilities. For a few years he left the academic world, instead working as head of unit in the Danish Ministry of Employment during the Danish EU Presidency in 2002. Peter Nedergaard's research covers European policy and European integration with special attention to business policy, internal market policy, climate policy, agricultural policy and employment policy. In 2007, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University.

Research and publications

Peter Nedergaard's research has been published in international scientific journals such as the Journal of Common Market Studies , Journal of European Public Policy , Public Choice , Journal of European Integration , Scandinavian Political Studies , Cooperation and Conflict and Policy Studies . In addition, he has published a number of textbooks for high schools and universities on inter alia theory of science, European policy and the economics and politics of China, the USA, Germany and the EU.

Alongside his work as a researcher, Peter Nedergaard has been a member of several boards, councils and commissions, including the Mortgage Credit Complaint Board, the Complaint Board of Banking Services, the Suffrage Commission and the committee on liability of financial advisers. In 1992-2009 he was the executive editor of the Danish scientific journal Økonomi & Politik.

Peter Nedergaard is a reviewer for several international research foundations and journals. He is also a prolific columnist and often appears in the media as a political expert and commentator. In 2018, he was ranked as the second-most cited scientist at the University of Copenhagen by Uniavisen.

Peter Nedergaard is initiator to the so-called Erik Rasmussen Prize, which is given to a researcher in Political Science by the Danish Society of Political Science. The Prize is the highest prize within Political Science in Denmark, and it is named after the “founding father” of Political Science in Denmark, Professor Erik Rasmussen, who established the Department of Political Science at University of Aarhus in the beginning of the 1960s.

Peter Nedergaard is also the initiator to the publication of the "Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Brexit", published in 2018 with Professor Ben Rosamond and Associate Professor Patrick Diamond as co-editors. In addition, Peter Nedergaard is the initiator of the preparation of the "Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics", published at Oxford University Press in 2020, which is the most comprehensive international work on Danish politics so far. Professor Peter Munk Christiansen and Professor Jørgen Elklit are co-editors on this publication. In 2022, Peter Nedergaard also published the "Oxford Handbook of Ordoliberalism" at Oxford University Press together with professor Werner Bonefeld and Professor Thomas Biebricher.

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References

  1. "Nedergaard, Peter, 1957-". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. Mauricio, Martin (23 November 2020). "Seks professorer og en fakultetsdirektør hædres med ridderkorset". Altinget (in Danish). Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. Nedergaard, Peter (1985). EF og mælken: en analyse af landbrugspolitikkens etablering, udvikling, problemer og tilpasning som baggrund for indførelsen af en mælkekvoteordning i EF (PhD thesis). Institut for Statskundskab. OCLC   760992132. Pdf.