Aske Halling
Assistant Professor · Aarhus University
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. My research centers on encounters between citizens and the state, with three connected lines of work: the administrative burdens citizens experience when navigating public services; the legitimacy of those encounters and what demands citizens and policy makers consider acceptable; and how frontline workers perceive and respond to the citizens they serve.
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
Taxing Language: Do Interpreting Fees Affect Healthcare Usage? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Measuring Burden Tolerance: Developing an Instrument across Seven Countries
Frontline Employees’ Responses to Citizens’ Communication of Burdens