Postdoctoral Fellowship (06) at Aalborg University, Denmark

The Department of Society and Politics at Aalborg University (Faculty of Social Sciences) is recruiting two full-time postdoctoral researchers to work on the newly funded POLSAFE project (Can Police Presence Decrease Perceived Safety).

Link: POLSAFE: Can Police Presence Decrease Perceived Safety? | Carlsbergfondet.dk

The positions are three-year appointments (37 hours per week), with an expected start date of 1 June 2026. They are well suited for early-career researchers interested in policing and politics, and who want hands-on experience working with large-scale quasi-experimental data. The project is funded by the Carlsberg Foundation and draws on evidence from some of the most far-reaching police centralization and decentralization reforms to date. We are already underway in obtaining access to data from a nationwide annual safety survey administered by the Swedish Crime Prevention Council, with responses from approximately 65,000 citizens. This dataset enables a rigorous evaluation of the public-safety consequences of one of the largest police centralization reforms to this date. In addition, the project has funding to implement original longitudinal panel surveys examining police reforms across four countries during 2027–2028, allowing for cross-national and temporal analysis of reforms.
POLSAFE examines whether increased police presence can, in some contexts, undermine rather than strengthen feelings of safety—particularly among minority residents. The project places strong emphasis on careful causal analysis and speaks directly to current policy debates, offering good opportunities for publication and for developing an independent research agenda.
Postdocs on the project will be part of an active and supportive research environment at Aalborg University, with close collaboration within the project team, opportunities for international engagement, and encouragement to pursue their own scholarly development.

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In electronic engineering, Aalborg University is known worldwide for its high academic quality and societal impact. The Department of Electronic Systems employs more than 200 people, of which about 90 are PhD students, and about 40 % of all employees are internationals. In total, it has more than 600 students in its BSc and MSc programs, which are based on AAU’s problem-based learning model. The department leverages its unique research infrastructure and lab facilities to conduct world-leading fundamental and applied research within communication, networks, control systems, AI, sound, cyber security, and robotics. The department plays an active role in transferring inventions and results into applications in close collaboration with industrial partners worldwide. You can read more about the department at www.es.aau.dk.

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