Aske Halling
Assistant Professor · Aarhus University
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. My research centers on a basic feature of the modern state: it constantly makes demands of its citizens — to document, to comply, to wait, and to prove they deserve help. I study these demands along three connected agendas: which demands citizens, frontline workers, and policymakers regard as legitimate; how the demands are experienced by the citizens who face them; and how fairly people are treated in citizen–state encounters.
I received my PhD from Aarhus University in 2023 and have published in journals such as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Public Administration. My work has been recognised with best paper awards at Politica (2024) and the ENPA Conference (2026).
Selected Recent Work
Beyond the Hassle: How Favorable Outcomes Reduce the Subjective Experience of Administrative Burden
Taxing Language: Do Interpreting Fees Affect Immigrant Healthcare Usage? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Acceptable or Not? Understanding Attitudes Toward Citizens’ Discrimination Against Frontline Workers