Julian Christensen

Senior Researcher

Health Care
Labour Market
Management and Implementation

Key Expertise:

Democracy,
Civic and user involvement,
Unemployment,
Benefit income,
Sickness,
Inequality and social heritage,
Administrative burden

Selected publications

Scientific article
27. FEB 2023

Social issues
Health
Economic and governance

Bell, E., Christensen, J., Herd, P., & Moynihan, D. P. (2023). Health in Citizen-State Interactions: How Physical and Mental Health Problems Shape Experiences of Administrative Burden and Reduce Take-Up. Public Administration Review, 83(2), 385-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13568

Scientific article
3. NOV 2022

Bell, E., Christensen, J., & Hansen, K. J. (2022). Resistance or capitulation? How discrete emotions shape citizens’ interactions with the administrative state. American Review of Public Administration, 52(8), 535-557. https://doi.org/10.1177/02750740221128554

Scientific article
13. SEP 2021

Labor market
Management and implementation
Social issues

Bækgaard, M., Mikkelsen, K. S., Madsen, J. K., & Christensen, J. (2021). Reducing Compliance Demands in Government Benefit Programs Improves the Psychological Well-Being of Target Group Members. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 31(4), 806-821. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab011

Scientific article
1. JUL 2021

Labor market
Management and implementation

Aarøe, L., Bækgaard, M., Christensen, J., & Moynihan, D. P. (2021). Personality and Public Administration: Policymaker Tolerance of Administrative Burdens in Welfare Services. Public Administration Review, 81(4), 652-663. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13381

Scientific article
24. NOV 2020

Christensen, J., & Moynihan, D. P. (2020). Motivated reasoning and policy information: politicians are more resistant to debiasing interventions than the general public. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2020.50

Scientific article
2022

Christensen, J., & James, O. (2022). Reporting multiple dimensions of public service performance: information order effects on citizens’ willingness to use services. Public Management Review , 24(1), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1798708

Scientific article
12. JUL 2020

Management and implementation

Bækgaard, M., Christensen, J., Madsen, J. K., & Mikkelsen, K. S. (2020). Rallying around the flag in times of COVID-19: Societal lockdown and trust in democratic institutions. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 3(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.32.172

Scientific article
2020

Christensen, J., Aarøe, L., Bækgaard, M., Herd, P., & Moynihan, D. P. (2020). Human Capital and Administrative Burden: The Role of Cognitive Resources in Citizen-State Interactions. Public Administration Review, 80(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13134

Scientific article
JUL 2019

Bækgaard, M., Christensen, J., Dahlmann, C. M., Lanng Mathiasen, A., & Petersen, N. B. G. (2019). The Role of Evidence in Politics: Motivated Reasoning and Persuasion among Politicians. British Journal of Political Science, 49(3), 1117-1140.

PhD thesis
23. NOV 2018

Christensen, J. (2018). Let's Look at the Facts: An Investigation of Psychological Biases in Policymaker's Interpretation of Policy-relevant Information. Forlaget Politica. https://politica.dk/fileadmin/politica/Dokumenter/Afhandlinger/julian_christensen.pdf

Scientific article
2018

Christensen, J. (2018). Biased, not blind: An experimental test of self‐serving biases in service users’ evaluations of performance information. Public Administration, 96(3), 468-480. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12520

Scientific article
2018

Christensen, J., Dahlmann, C. M., Mathiasen, A. H., Moynihan, D. P., & Petersen, N. B. (2018). How Do Elected Officials Evaluate Performance? Goal Preferences, Governance Preferences, and the Process of Goal Reprioritization. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 28(2), 197-211. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muy001

Areas

Health Care

Labour Market

Management and Implementation