Jacob Nyrup
Introduction
I have been at University of Oslo since April 2021. My research interests are quite broad, but I mainly work within comparative politics and political economy, and most of my work includes quantitative methods. Amongst other things, I have - together with great colleagues - created the largest global dataset on governing elites, studied the patterns of promotions in Nazi Germany, and tried to explain why women are under-represented in in Danish municipal politics. I am currently working on exciting new projects on the politics of authoritarian rule together with the ELDAR-project located at University of Oslo, while trying to publish my PhD-project.
This is only a snippet of my research agenda. If you want to know more you can visit my webpage. My CV is also found here.
Research Interests
- Political economy
- Comparative politics
- Autocracies
- Political elites
- Wealth inequality
- Danish municipalities
- Survey methods
- Applied statistics
Projects
- I am a member of the The Emergence, Life, and Demise of Autocratic Regimes (ELDAR) project led by Carl Henrik Knutsen.
- I am the co-creator of the WhoGov dataset. WhoGov is the largest available dataset on members of government across time and countries and won the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Best Data Set Award 2021. Further information is found at the project's webpage.
- I was a PhD Researcher at WEALTHPOL led by Professor Ben Ansell.
Education
- DPhil (PhD) in Political Science, University of Oxford, 2020
- MSc in Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2015
- MSc in Political Science and Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2014
- BSc in Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2013
Publications
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Ansell, Ben; Hjorth, Frederik; Nyrup, Jacob & Vinæs Larsen, Martin (2022). Sheltering Populists? House Prices and the Support for Populist Parties. Journal of Politics. ISSN 0022-3816. doi: 10.1086/718354. Full text in Research Archive
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Dahl, Malte & Nyrup, Jacob (2021). Confident and cautious candidates: Explaining under-representation of women in Danish municipal politics. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. 60(1), p. 199–224. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12396.
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Aaskoven, Lasse & Nyrup, Jacob (2021). Performance and Promotions in an Autocracy: Evidence from Nazi Germany. Comparative politics. ISSN 0010-4159. doi: 10.5129/001041521x16132218140269.
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Bokobza, Laure; Krishnarajan, Suthan; Nyrup, Jacob; Sakstrup, Casper & Aaskoven, Lasse (2021). The Morning After: Cabinet Instability and the Purging of Ministers after Failed Coup Attempts in Autocracies. Journal of Politics. ISSN 0022-3816. doi: 10.1086/716952. Full text in Research Archive
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Vinæs Larsen, Martin; Nyrup, Jacob & Bang Petersen, Michael (2020). Do survey estimates of the public’s compliance with COVID-19 regulations suffer from social desirability bias? Journal of Behavioral Public Administration (JBPA). 3(2). doi: 10.30636/jbpa.32.164. Full text in Research Archive
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Nyrup, Jacob & Bramwell, Stuart (2020). Who governs? a new global dataset on members of cabinets. American Political Science Review. ISSN 0003-0554. 114(4), p. 1366–1374. doi: 10.1017/s0003055420000490.