Peter Nedergaard
Peter Nedergaard is a Danish Professor of Political Science who has been employed at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen since 2008.
Education and career
In 1985 Peter Nedergaard obtained the title of Master of Science in Political Science. He later earned a PhD 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 number of years he left the academic world, instead working as head of unit in the Danish Consumer Council and the Danish Ministry of Employment respectively. 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.
Grants
Peter Nedergaard has received several major research grants. In 2004, he received DKK 1.8 million from the Danish National Research Council for a project on the OMC in the EU, and in 2011 he received DKK 400,000 for a project on the Danish EU Presidency in 2012.
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.
