Curriculum Vitae â Lars Bo Kaspersen
NAME: Lars Bo Kaspersen
ADRESS:
Work: Department of Business and Politics
Copenhagen Business School
Steen Blichersvej 22
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Tel. +45 38 15 35 90
Mail: [email protected]
Home: Annebergvej 7, 3.
2700 Brønshøj
38 71 65 61
31 24 61 61 (cell phone)
DATE OF BIRTH: June 24th 1961
NATIONALITY: Danish
EDUCATION AND PLACES OF STUDY:
2016-17 Visiting Scholar, Yale University (1/9-2016-28/2-2017)
2009 Visiting Scholar, Scancor, Stanford University (1/6-31/8)
1997 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
1995-1997 Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of
Southampton.
1994-1995 Visiting Scholar, Department of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College,
University of London.
1993-1997 Doctoral student, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
1991-1992 Fulbright-Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
1986-1991 Cand.scient.soc. (BA+MA) â Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
1988-1989 Master of Art - Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Sussex, England.
1984-1986 Exam.art â Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of
Copenhagen.
1981-1984 Exam.art - History, Department of History, University of Copenhagen.
1977-1980 Gymnasium (Studentereksamen/A-levels), Stenhus, HolbĂŚk.
POST-EXPERIENCE EDUCATION
2011-2015 Leadership Development I, II, & III, CU
2009-2010 Participated in the leadership program for Heads of Department offered by SDU
Executive education
2009-2010 Participated in CBS-leadership program - LEAD
PRESENT POSTS
2016 - Professor of Sociology, Politics, and History, The Department of Business and Politics,
Copenhagen Business School
PREVIOUS POSTS
2011- 2016 Professor of Political Sociology and Comparative Politics, The
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (on leave)
2008- Professor of Political Sociology and Comparative Politics,
International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen
Business School (on leave)
2005-2008 Professor MSO, International Center for Business and Politics,
Copenhagen Business school
1999-2009 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of
Copenhagen (on leave from 2005-2009)
1998-2000 Part-time lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
1998-1999 Part-time lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
1997-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
1993-1997 Doctoral student, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
1992-1993 Part-time lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus
Part-time lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
Part-time lecturer, West Zealands Business School.
1990-1991 Part-time lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus
1990-1991 Part-time lecturer, West Zealands Business School.
1990 The Danish Center for Human Rights.
1984-1988 Educational Advisor, Danish Sports Federation.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
2011-2016 Head of Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
2011 Head of Department of Business and Politics, CBS
2008 -10 Director of the International Center for Business and Politics
2005-09 Member of the PhD-managerial group, CBS
2005-07 Deputy Director, The International Center for Business and Politics
2001-05 Director and Co-ordinator of Nordsoc â the Nordic Nordplus network of 19 departments
of sociology in Scandinavia
2000-04 Member of the Board of Education, The Faculty of Social Science, University of
Copenhagen
2002-04 Director of MA-specialization âPolitical Sociologyâ, Department of Sociology
2000-04 International Coordinator, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
2000-04 Member of the Study Board, Department of Sociology, University of
Copenhagen
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AD ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
2012- Member of the Editorial Board of the Swedish Journal âSociologisk Forskningâ
2012-13 Member of âKredsenâ â think tank about Folkeoplysning
2011-2014 Member of Globale Gymnasier Advisory Board
2008-2014 Principal Coordinator (Social Sciences) â Sino-Danish-University Center
2010-2014 Member of Academic Scientific Committee (SDC)
2008-2014 Principal Investigator â Welfare and Social Innovation (SDC)
2007-2014 Leder af fire akkrediteringsprocesser med oprettelse af tre nye uddannelser som resultat
2011- 2016 Chairman â the Steering Committee of Danish Center of Military Center
2011- Chairman of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies-board
2013- 2016 Overall responsible for the Copenhagen-Fudan cooperation
2011-2016 Member and chairman of the EURECO-board
2011-2015 Responsible for Asia-strategy (Social Science Faculty, Copenhagen University)
2014 Appointed by the Minister of Cultural Affair to develop a new charter for
'Folkeoplysning i Danmark'.
PUBLICATIONS
(i) Dissertation
1. War, State, Sovereignty, and Citizenship. PhD-dissertation, Department of Political Science,
University of Aarhus, 1997
(ii) Books
2. Does War makes States? Kaspersen, Lars Bo & Strandsbjerg, Jeppe (eds). Cambridge
University Press, 2017, 365 pages.
3. Ledelseskrise i konkurrencestaten (Leadership Crisis in the Competition State). Kaspersen,
Lars Bo, Nørgaard, Jan. Hans Reitzels Forlag, 2015.
4. Myndige borgere og forpligtende fĂŚllesskaber. Holst, C., Kristiansen, H. Holby, Kaspersen,
Lars Bo m.fl. Dansk Folkeoplysnings SamrĂĽd, 2013.
5. Mellem offentlig og privat (Between Private and Public). Kaspersen, Lars Bo, Lund, Joachim &
Petersen, Ole Helby (eds), DJĂF Publishing, 2010.
6. Klassisk og moderne politisk teori (Classical and Modern Political Theory). Kaspersen, Lars
Bo & Loftager, J. (eds.), Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, 2009, 1273 pages.
7. Danmark i verden! (Denmark in the World!). Copenhagen: Hans Reitzels Publishers, 2008,
264 pages.(Second revised version 2012)
8. Globalisering pĂĽ vrangen â politiske, økonomiske og kulturelle perspektiver.
Kaspersen, Lars Bo (ed.), Frydenlund, Copenhagen 2005
9. Historisk sociologi - Mødet mellem historien og samfundsvidenskaberne (Historical Sociology
â The Encounter between History and the Social Sciences). Kaspersen, Lars Bo & Mikkelsen,
F. (eds.), Forlaget Sociologi, Copenhagen 2004
10. Max Weber â tekster i udvalg. Andersen, Heine, Bruun, Hans Henrik & Kaspersen, Lars Bo
(eds.), Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, 2003
11. Klassisk og moderne samfundsteori. Andersen, Heine & Kaspersen, Lars Bo (eds.), Hans
Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, 1996, 646 pp. (2nd
revised edition 2000/3rd
revised edition
2005, 802 pp./4th revised edition 2007/5
th revised edition 2013)
12. Anthony Giddens - en introduktion til en samfundsteoretiker. Hans Reitzels Publishers,
Copenhagen, 1995, 224 pp. (2nd
rev. edition 2001)
(iii) Translations
13. Denmark in the World. Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, 2013. (Translation of 4 - revised
version)
14. Classical and Modern Social Theory. Blackwell, Oxford, 2000, 524 pp. (Translation of 3.)
15. Klassisk och Moderna Samhällsteorier. Studentlitteratur, Lund, 1999. (Translation of 3. - 2nd
revised edition 2004)
16. Anthony Giddens - An Introduction to a Social Theorist. Blackwell, Oxford,
2000. (Translation of 2. - expanded and revised version)
(iv) Contributions to edited collections
17. "Introduction - State Formation theory: status, problems, and prospects" (co-authored with
Jeppe Strandsbjerg & Benno Teschke). Does War makes States? Kaspersen, Lars Bo &
Strandsbjerg, Jeppe (eds). Cambridge University Press, 2017.
18. âSociology of Warfareâ. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences,
2nd edition, Elsevier, (2015) p.1-9
19. âNordic Sociologyâ. (Co-authored with Patrik Aspers, Jukka Gronow, Lars Bo Kaspersen,
Lars Mjøset, GuðbjÜrg Linda Rafnsdóttir, and Aino Sinnemäki). In Sokratis Koniordos &
Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis (eds), Routledge Handbook of European Sociology, Routledge,
Oxon (2014). pp. 303-317.
20. âWarfare and Social Theoryâ. In Gunner Lind (ed.), War Experiences. Museum Tusculanum,
Copenhagen, (2014).
21. âSurvival Units as the Point of Departure for Relational Sociologyâ (co-authored with Norman
Gabriel). In Francois DĂŠpelteau & Christopher Powell (eds), Applying Relational Sociology.
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2013.
22. âMakrosociologiske nyklassikere: Immanuel Wallerstein og Michael Mannâ (co-authored with
Andreas Mulvad). In H. Andersen & L.B. Kaspersen (eds), Klassisk og moderne
samfundsteori. Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, ( 5th revised edition 2013), p. 571-602
23. âKlassisk og modern samfundsteori â en indledningâ (co-authored with Heine Andersen). In H.
Andersen & L.B. Kaspersen (eds), Klassisk og moderne samfundsteori. Hans Reitzels
Publishers, Copenhagen, ( 5th revised edition 2013), p. 11-36
24. âState and State Formationâ. In B. Brincker (ed.), Political Sociology. Copenhagen: Hans
Reitzels Publishers (2013), p.15-31.
25. âDen herskende klasses fallitâ. In C. Behrendt Kjersgaard & N. Vitting Hermann (eds), Helle
eller Løkke? RÌsons Paperbacks: Copenhagen (2010).
26. âResponding to Globalization: Changing the State Strategy from Infrastructural Power to
Authoritarian Liberal Powerâ (co-authored with Linda Thorsager). In Michael BĂśss (ed.), The
Nation-State in Transformation â Economic Globalisation, Institutional Mediation and
Political Values. Aarhus Universitetsforlag, Aarhus (2010)
27. âDe territoriale forudsĂŚtninger for offentlig-privat samarbejdeâ (co-authored with Jeppe
Strandsbjerg). In Mellem offentlig og privat (Between Private and Public). Kaspersen, Lars Bo,
Lund, Joachim & Petersen, Ole Helby (eds), DJĂF Publishing, 2010, pp. 157-170.
28. âForordâ (co-authored with J. Lund og O. H. Petersen). In Mellem offentlig og privat (Between
Private and Public). Kaspersen, Lars Bo, Lund, Joachim & Petersen, Ole Helby (eds), DJĂF
Publishing, 2010, pp. 9-10.
29. âIndledningâ (co-authored with J. Lund og O. H. Petersen). In Mellem offentlig og privat
(Between Private and Public). Kaspersen, Lars Bo, Lund, Joachim & Petersen, Ole Helby (eds),
DJĂF Publishing, 2010, pp. 11-19.
30. âDet lange ĂĽrhundredeâ. In Kaspersen, L.B. & Loftager, J. (eds.): Klassisk og moderne politisk
teori. Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen (2009)
31. âAssociativt demokratiâ (Co-authored with Linda Thorsager). In Kaspersen, L.B. & Loftager,
J. (eds.): Klassisk og moderne politisk teori. Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen (2009)
32. âSocialliberalismeâ (Co-authored with Linda Thorsager). In Kaspersen, L.B. & Loftager, J.
(eds.): Klassisk og moderne politisk teori. Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen (2009)
33. âThe State and Corporatism â The Role of the State in the Development and Reproduction of
the âDanish Modelââ (co-authored with Ulrich Schmidt-Hansen). In Nedergaard, P. &
Campbell, J.L. (eds.): Institutions and Politics. DJĂF Publishing, Copenhagen, 2008, p.341-
368.
34. âDanmark i verden. Statssystemets modsigelsesfyldte former og komplementĂŚre
suverĂŚnitetsdomĂŚnerâ (Co-authored with Thomas Højrup). In Klaus Bolving & Thomas
Højrup (eds.): VelfÌrdssamfundet - velfÌrdsstatens forsvarsform? Museum Tusculanum,
Copenhagen, 2007, p. 125-192
35. âThe Formation of the Danish Welfare State: Decisions in the State of Exceptionâ. In John A.
Hall, John Campell & Ove Kaj Pedersen: National Identity and the Varieties of Capitalism.
McGill University Press, Montreal, 2006, p. 99-132
36. âThe Origin, Development, Consolidation and Transformation of the Danish Welfare Stateâ. In
Stein Kuhnle & Nanna Kildal (eds.): The Normative Foundations of the Nordic Welfare States.
Routledge, London, 2005, p. 52-72
37. âGlobaliseringâ. In H. Andersen & L.B. Kaspersen (eds.): Klassisk og moderne samfundsteori,
Hans Reitzel, Copenhagen, 3rd
edition, 2005, p. 568-593
38. âGlobalskabens ĂĽrtiâ. In Kaspersen, Lars Bo (ed.): Globalisering pĂĽ vrangen â politiske,
økonomiske og kulturelle perspektiver. Frydenlund, Copenhagen 2005, pp. 245-264
39. âIntroduktionâ. In Kaspersen, Lars Bo (ed.): Globalisering pĂĽ vrangen â politiske, økonomiske
og kulturelle perspektiver. Frydenlund, Copenhagen 2005, p. 9-24
40. âAssociationalism and Democracy: Some reflections on the Danish state and civil societyâ
(Co-authored with Linda Thorsager). In Lis Dundale & Erik AndrĂŠ Andersen (eds.): Revisiting
the Role of Civil Society in the Promotion of Human Right. The Danish Centre for Human
Rights , 2005, p. 235-266.
41. âStat, suverĂŚnitet og statsformerâ (State, Sovereignty and State Forms). In Kaspersen L.B. &
Mikkelsen, F. (eds.): Historisk sociologi - Mødet mellem historien og samfundsvidenskaberne.
Forlaget Sociologi, Copenhagen 2004, p. 136-169
42. âIntroductionâ (Co-authored with Flemming Mikkelsen). In Kaspersen L.B. & Mikkelsen, F.
(eds.): Historisk sociologi - Mødet mellem historien og samfundsvidenskaberne. Forlaget
Sociologi, Copenhagen 2004, p. 7-14
43. âOECD as a Scientific Authority? OECDâs Influence on Danish welfare Policiesâ (Co-
authored with Maria Svaneborg). In Klaus Armingeon and Michelle Beyeler (eds.): OECD
Surveillance and the Welfare State. Edward Elgar Publishing, London, 2004
44. âSocialliberalismens rødder og mulighederâ. In Bjarke Larsen & Flemming Ytzen (eds.):
Opbrud pü midten. Pressto, Sønderborg, 2002, p. 25-40
45. âIntroduktionâ. Introduktion af Lars Bo Kaspersen til den danske oversĂŚttelse af Carl Schmitt:
Det politiskes begreb. (Introduction to the Danish Translation of Carl Schmitt, The Concept of
the Political). Hans Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, 2002, p. 13-32
46. âAssociationalism for 150 Years and Still Alive and Kicking: Some Reflections on Danish
Civil Societyâ (Co-authored with Laila Ottesen). In P. Hirst & V. Bader: Associative
Democracy - The Real Third Way. Frank Cass Publishers, London, 2001
47. âAnthony Giddensâ. In H. Andersen & L.B. Kaspersen (eds.): Classical and Modern Social
Theory. Blackwell, Oxford, 2000, pp. 376-390
48. "Anthony Giddens". In H. Andersen & L.B. Kaspersen (eds.): Klassisk och Moderna
Samhällsteorier. Studentlitteratur, Lund, 1999, pp. 438-458
49. âAnthony Giddens om betingelser og handlemuligheder i det post-traditionelle samfundâ (Co-
authored with Nils Mortensen). In Mads Hermansen og Jan Tønnes Hansen (eds.): Sociologisk
udfordring til psykologien. Forlaget Klim, Aarhus, 1999
50. âStaten og Krigen i Anthony Giddens' Sociologiâ (State and Warfare in the Sociology of
Anthony Giddens). In Anders Berg Sørensen & Morten Feilberg Greve (eds.): Staten, det er...
Roskilde Universitetsforlag, Roskilde, 1998
51. âState and Citizenship under Transformationâ. In Connie L. McNeely (ed.): Public Rights,
Public Rules - Constituting Citizens in the World Polity and National Policy. Garland Press,
New York, 1998
52. âModernitetsanalyse: Globalisering og intimitetens forandringâ. In Bjarne Gorm Andersen,
Benny Jacobsen, Carsten N. Jensen og Annalisa Tams (eds.): Voksenliv og lĂŚreprocesser i det
moderne samfund. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 1997
53. âAnthony Giddens - Strukturationsteori og Modernitetâ. In H. Andersen & L.B. Kaspersen
(eds.): Klassisk og moderne samfundsteori - en introduktion. Hans Reitzels Publishers,
Copenhagen, 1996, pp. 397-412
54. âModerne teorisynteserâ. In H. Andersen (ed.): Sociologi - En grundbog til et fag. Hans
Reitzels Publishers, Copenhagen, 1992, p. 67-84
(v) Articles in Academic Journals
55. "The focus and frontier of corporate social responsibility" (Co-authored with Xuzhong Qin,
Zongshui Wang, and Hong Zhao). Nankai Business Review International, (2016), (Vol. 7, Issue
2, pp. 130 â 149)
56. "Towards a Figurational History of Leicester Sociology, 1954-1982" (Co-authored with
Andreas Møller Mulvad). Sociology, (June 2016 online first) (forthcoming)
57. "'Human Beings in the Roundâ: Towards a General Theory of the Human Sciencesâ (Co-
authored with Norman Gabriel). History of Human Sciences, (2014), (July) (Vol. 27, issue 3)
58. âThe Globalization of the Business Sector in a Small Open Economy: The Case of Denmark
and Its Wider Implicationsâ (Co-authored with Grahame Thompson, CBS). Socio-Economic
Review, (2012) 10(4): 627-653 first published online February 1, 2012.
59. âWar and Social Theory â a Critique of the Fusion Theory in Social Theoryâ. Embedded, Issue
1, September 2011, pp.36-65.
60. âThe Spatial Practices of State Formation: Territorial Space in Denmark and Israelâ (Co-
authored with Jeppe Strandsbjerg, CBS). Journal of Power, Volume 2 Issue 2, 235, 2009.
61. âThe Importance of Survival Units for Norbert Eliasâ Figurational Perspectiveâ (Co-authored
with Norman Gabriel, University of Plymouth). Sociological Review, 56:3, August 2008, pp
370-387.
62. âWhy No Religious Politics? The Secularization of Poor Relief and Primary Education in
Denmark and Sweden (Co-authored with Johannes Lindvall, Oxford University). Archives
europĂŠennes de sociologie/European Journal of Sociology, XLIX, I, 2008, pp. 119-143.
63. âGlobalization and Institutional Competitivenessâ (Co-authored with Martin Marcussen,
University of Copenhagen). Regulation and Governance, vol. 1, No. 3, September, 2007
64. âEr Danmark en stat?â. Kritik, 176-177, 2005, p. 25-31
65. âHow Denmark became democratic â The impact of Warfare and Military Reformsâ. Acta
Sociologica, vol. 47, No. 1, 2004
66. âThe âWarfare-Paradigmâ in Historical Sociology: Warfare as a Driving Historical Forceâ.
Distinktion, No. 5, 2002, 101-124
67. âNew Labour og fornyelsenâ. Ny tid â Ny Politik, September 2002
68. âDen tredje vej â et svar pĂĽ det 21. ĂĽrhundredes udfordringer?â. Politica, No. 3, 34. ĂĽrg., 2002
69. âAssociationalism for 150 Years and Still Alive and Kicking: Some Reflections on Danish
Civil Society (Co-authored with Laila Ottesen). Critical Review of International Social and
Political Philosophy, Vol. 4, No. 1 (spring 2001)
70. âFarvel til globalskabens ĂĽrtiâ. Dansk Sociologi, No. 1, 2001
71. âSamfundet som samfundsvidenskabens problemâ, Politica, No. 4, 2000
72. âTid til forandring?â. Social Kritik, No. 52/53, 1997
73. âStat og statsborgerskab under forandring i Vesteuropaâ. Politica, No. 2, 1994
74. âSamfunds- og statsbegrebet i sociologienâ. Dansk Sociologi, No. 1, 1994
75. âStrukturationsteori og empirismeâ. GRUS, No. 40, 1993
76. âForholdet mellem filosofi og sociologi i Anthony Giddens' Strukturationsteoriâ. GRUS, No.
36, March 1992
77. âAnthony Giddens og strukturationsteorien: en løsning pĂĽ sociologiens dualisme?â. Dansk
Sociologi, No. 2, Vol. 2, 1991
(vi) Encyclopaedia Entries
78. A large number of contributions to Den Store Danske EncyklopĂŚdi (The Danish Enclyclopedia),
Copenhagen: Danmarks Nationalleksikon, 1995-1998. Among others, the articles on Peter
Blau, Anthony Giddens, Individualistisk sociologi, Paul Q. Hirst, Barry Hindess, Konsensus,
Konsumption, Kvalitativ metode, Kvantitativ metode, Robert Merton, Metodologisk
Individualisme, Metodologisk kollektivisme. Høst and Søns Filosofileksikon 2002. Among
others the articles on âStateâ, âGiddensâ and âWelfare stateâ.
(vii) Reviews
79. âAntropologien tĂŚt pĂĽ staten - Men hvorfor via Durkheim?â. Review of: Iver B. Neumann,
(2011), âTilbake til Durkheim. Staten og antropologienâ. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Salongen,
October, 2012.
80. âThomas Hobbes: Leviathanâ. Dansk Sociologi, 2010, nr. 1, 21. ĂĽrg., pp.113-115.
81. âSocial Structure and Structurationâ. Political Studies, 2003, vol. 50, issue 5, pp.998-1000
82. âGollmann et all, Politikens internationalisering og S. Bislev, En ny og større verden?â.
Politica, 32. ĂĽrg., no. 2, 2000, s. 231-232
83. âPaul James: Nation Formationâ. European Journal of Development, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1999,
205-206
84. âThomas Fararo: The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology: Tradition and
Formalizationâ. Tidsskriftet Antropologi, no. 27, 1993
85. âAnthony Giddens: The Consequences of Modernityâ. Politica, No. 1, vol. 22, 1991
(viii) Articles in Non-Academic Journals/Newspapers/Obituaries
86. "Konkurrencestaten har skabt en ledelseskrise", kronik, Politiken, 19/10 2015-
87. "Maskinrummet i det offentlige er gĂĽet i udu", kronik, Ă rhus Stifttidende, 10/10 2015.
88. âIndfør betaling for de videregĂĽende uddannelser", kronik, Politiken, 3/9 2014.
89. "Kina skal sikre velfĂŚrdsstatenâ, Politiken, Analyse, 24 January 2011.
90. âDanmark som foregangsland â for Kinaâ, (co-authored with Nis Høyrup Christensen, Ove K.
Pedersen, Søren Kaj Andersen og Bo Bøgeskov), kronik, Berlingske Tidende, 2 July, 2009
91. â Danske virksomheder er langt mindre globaliserede end vi gĂĽr og trorâ, (Co-authored with
Stine Haakansson & G.F. Thompson), Dansk Erhvervs Avis, nr. 16, 17. â 19. Juni 2009.
92. âGlobaliseringen gĂĽr uden om de største danske virksomhederâ, interview i DJĂF-bladet, 1 May
2009.
93. âDansk demokrati undermineresâ, Interview in DJĂF-bladet, 17 April 2009
94. Store danske virksomheders globaliseringsgrad, Politiken, analyse-artikel
95. âVi er gĂĽet fra en stat, der forhandler til en der intervenererâ, Interview in Information, 29
November 2008.
96. âEn dansk Kina-strategiâ. (co-authored Uffe ĂstergĂĽrd, Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Ove Pedersen &
Lars Bo Kaspersen). Kronik. Politiken, 2 January 2008.
97. âKonkurrence. Velkommen til evig omstillingâ. Politiken, 26 May 2007
98. âEU-borgerens rettigheder er stadig uklareâ. Interview in Information, 11 September, 2000
99. âGlobaliseringen vender tilbageâ. Interview in DJĂF-bladet, 2 November 2006
100. âVi har et demokratisk problemâ. Weekendavisen, September 29, 2006
101. âSociolog ved et tilfĂŚldeâ. Interview with Lars Bo Kaspersen concerning Anthony Giddens,
DJĂF-bladet, No. 13, 2006
102. âNy westfalsk fredsaftaleâ. Kristeligt Dagblad, March 3, 2006
103. âSocialliberalismen har sejretâ. Radikal Politik 1, 18 Januar 2006, s. 5-7
104. âĂget indsats i Irak er strengt nødvendigt!â Politiken, 10 Januar, 2005
105. Paul Quentin Hirst (1946-2003), Obituary in Dansk Sociologi, nr. 3, 14. ĂĽrg., 2003. p.99-100
106. âKrig og social forandring. Nogle perspektiver pĂĽ Irakkrigenâ. Universitetsavisen, 7, 2003
107. âIrak-krigen er ikke nødvendigâ. Article in Politiken, 14 April, 2003
108. âAnthony Giddens â interview med Lars Bo Kaspersenâ. In Slagmark No. 34, p.167-188, 2002
109. âStaten leverâ Article in Politiken, 30 August 2001
110. âFarvel til globalskabens ĂĽrtiâ. Article in Information, 23 August 2001
111. âAttac, globalisering og venstrefløjenâ. Kristeligt dagblad, 23 February, 2001
112. âDansk sociologi - onwards and upwards!â. Sociologi Nyt, No. 143, s. 31-37, January 1997
113. âKĂŚrlighed og kys og globale processerâ. Interview with Anthony Giddens in Information, 20-
21 August 1994
(ix) Working Papers
114. âWhy no Political Religion? Denmark and Sweden Comparedâ (Co-authored with Johannes
Lindvall, Oxford University). Working paper, CBP, 2006
115. âThe State and Corporatism - The role of the state in the development and reproduction of âthe
Danish modelâ (Co-authored with Ulrich Schmidt-Hansen). Working Paper, CBP, 2006
116. âSurvival units as the point of departure for a relational social theoryâ (Co-authored with
Norman Gabriel, University of Plymouth). Working paper, 2006
117. âDanmark i verden: Den danske stats ydre eksistensbetingelser - Fra velfĂŚrdsstat til
sikkerhedsstat?â. Working paper, 2005
118. âFra VelfĂŚrdsstat og velfĂŚrdssamfund til risikosamfund og sikkerhedsstat.â CBP â Working
paper 2005
119. âAssociative demokratiske principper og civilsamfundets styrkelse - et bidrag til en diskussion
om deltagelse og demokratiâ. Working paper, 2004
120. âAssociative demokratiske principper i 150 ĂĽr: nogle overvejelser omkring det danske
civilsamfundâ (Co-authored with Laila Ottesen, University of Copenhagen). Working paper
2004
121. âMax Weber og staten.â Sociologisk Rapportserie, No. 2, 2004
122. âDenmark During the Eras of Internationalisation and Europeanisation 1801.â Sociologisk
rapportserie, no. 2, 2003
123. âHow Denmark became democratic â The impact of Warfare and Military Reformsâ.
Sociologisk Rapportserie, no. 1, 2003
124. âAnthony Giddens and Politics - Towards positive welfare, generative politics and the radical
centreâ, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, 1999
125. âAnthony Giddens - den positive kritiker: Opgøret med filosofiens og sociologiens dualismeâ.
Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, 1993, 43 pp.
126. âSamfunds- og Statsbegrebet i Sociologienâ. Department of Political Science, University of
Aarhus, 1993, 34 pp.
127. âAnthony Giddens og Empirismenâ. Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus,
1992
(x) Editorial Work
Paul Q. Hirst, Globalisering, demokrati og det civile samfund. A Selection by Lars Bo
Kaspersen. Translation: Lars Bo Kaspersen & Henning Juul Madsen. Preface by Lars Bo Kaspersen.
Hans Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen, 1997
Editor of the journal Politicaâs special issue âVold i dagâ, (Violence Today) vol.1, 1999.
Editor of the journal Regulation and Governance (Special issue âInstitutional Competitivenessâ), Vol.
1, No. 3, September 2007.
Editor of the Journal History of Human Sciences, (2014), (July) (Vol. 27, issue 3) (Special Issue on N.
Elias) (co-editor Norman Gabriel, University of Plymouth)
(xii) Work-in-Progress
Book projects:
a. Book manuscript: "Seeing China and CCP as a Survival Unit", co-authored with Andreas
Mulvad. Expected submission 2018. Published by Palgrave.
b. Book Manuscript: "A World of Suvival Units â Norbert Eliasâ Contribution to Political
Sociology" (co-authored with Dr. Norman Gabriel, University of Plymouth)(50 % completed) â
to be submitted to CUP in spring 2018.
GRANTS AND RESEARCH FUNDING
Carlsberg Foundation: Research Grant to project âCivil Society in the Shadow of the Stateâ â 2013-
2018 (9,5 million)
Ministry of Cultural Affairs â Research Grant (civil society) 1,5 million
Awarded Sven Henningsen-prisen in 2009
FSE-Grant 2009: Visiting Professor Grant
Otto Mønsted Grant â 2009 â Travel Grant
Otto Mønsted-Grant 2009: Visiting Professor Grant
FUHU-Grant 2008
LP-Grant 2008 â 50.000
Otto Mønsted-Grant 2007: Visiting Professor Grant
FSE-Grant 2006: Visiting Professor Grant
FSE-Grant 2005: Conference on Institutional Competitiveness
SSF-Grant 2002: Conference on Historical Sociology
Participated as research director of the Danish part of the research project âSmall Countries in a
Comparative Perspectiveâ. Overall coordinator: Uwe Becker, Amsterdam. Grant from the EU 2003-
2005.
Participated in COST action 15 âGlobalization and the Welfare Statesâ (Research director Bruno
Palier) 2000-2003. Grant from the EU.
Participated in the research project âCultural encountersâ (Research director Jan Ifversen) 2001-2003.
Grant from the Social Science Research Council.
Participated in the research project âLife Forms at a Cross Roadâ (Research director Professor Thomas
Højrup, University of Copenhagen) 2000-2003. Grant from Social Science Research Council.
University of Copenhagen Scholarship 1992
Fulbright Scholarship 1991
Erasmus Scholarship 1988
BROADCASTING
Radio/Television (Among other places I have appeared on Millenium (P1), Samfundstanker (P1),
Synsfeltet (P1), LĂŚst og pĂĽtalt (P1), Refleks (P1), Nyhederne (P3), Agenda (P1), P1 Morgen,
Nyhederne (DR1), Nyhederne (TVDanmark), Bogladen (DK4), Nyhederne (TV2 News) og Deadline
(DR2).
MISCELLANOUS
Denmarkâs representative in ISA (International Sociological Association) 1999-2003
Member of the Board of the Danish Sociological Association 1998-2001
Member of the Editorial Board of Hans Reitzels Book Serie âSamfund i forandringâ.
Member of the Editorial Board of Aarhus University Press Book Serie â Political Sociology.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal RĂŚson 2002-
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Distinktion 2000-
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Politica 1998-2000
Referee and reviewer â Socio Economic Review 2007-
Referee and reviewer â Comparative Politics 2007-
Referee and reviewer â Sociological Theory 2004-
Referee and reviewer â American Sociological Review 2004-
Referee and reviewer â Pearsons Education 2001-
Referee and reviewer - Blackwell Publishers USA 1998-
Referee for Dansk Sociologi (The Danish Journal of Sociology)
External examiner (Medlem af censorkorps) at the Departments of Political Science in Copenhagen,
Southern Denmark, and Aarhus
External examiner (Medlem af censorkorps) at the Royal School of Library and Information Science
1999-
External examiner (Medlem af censorkorps) at Denmarks University of Education 1998-
External examiner (Medlem af censorkorps) Ă lborg University Centre and Department of Sociology,
University of Copenhagen 1998-
Consultancy and reviewer for Akademisk Forlag
Consultancy for the Hans Reitzels Publishing Group, Copenhagen 1993-
Consultancy for Herlev Municipality, 1998
Consultancy for the Belgium Ministry of Science, 1996
RECENT MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANIZATIONS
Member of the Danish Sociological Association, European Sociological Association (ESA),
International Sociological Association (ISA), Nordic Sociological Association, ECPR, The European
Community Studies Association (ECSA), Social Science History Association (SSHA), The American
Sociological Association (ASA)
SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE ORGANIZING (a selection)
State Formation in the Post- Tilly Era II May 2010 â Place: CBS
(organizers: Lars Bo Kaspersen & Jeppe Strandsbjerg)
State Formation in the Post- Tilly Era I October 2009 â Place: CBS
(organizers: Lars Bo Kaspersen & Jeppe Strandsbjerg)
Warfare and State Formation 28-29 September 2006 â Place: CBS
(organizer: Lars Bo Kaspersen)
Institutional Competitiveness â 28-29 March 2006 â Place: Klitgaarden
(organizers: Lars Bo Kaspersen og Martin Marcussen)
War and Social Change â September 2005 â Place: CBP, CBS
(organizer: Lars Bo Kaspersen)
Small states in the world market: Size and Nations and socio-economic performances â 12-13 March
2005 â Place: CBP, CBS
(organizers: Lars Bo Kaspersen og John Hall)
Viden og innovation i Danmark â February 2005 - Place: CBS
(organizer: Akademiet for Tekniske Videnskaber (ATV) & Lars Bo Kaspersen)
RESEARCH STUDENTS (PHD)
Eva Petersen â PhD awarded 2003 â now senior lecturer, Monash University, Australia
Nauja Kleist - PhD awarded 2007 â Researcher at DIIS, Denmark
Else Kloppenborg â PhD awarded 2010 â civil servant
Jeppe Strandsbjerg (co-supervisor) â PhD awarded 2008 â Associate Professor, CBS
Maja Lotz (co-supervisor) - PhD awarded 2009 â Post Doc, Stanford University
Simon Schulin, DPU (co-supervisor)
Aleksejs Shnitnikov, University of Latvia (co-supervisor)
I have supervised several lectures (adjunkter):
Stine Godtved, KU
Janus Hansen, CBS
Robson Rocha, CBS
Liv Egholm, CBS
Duncan Wigan, CBS
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION GIVEN:
1. *2016 "Organizations, Management, and Leadership", compulsory (MSc), Security
Risk Management, University of Copenhagen
2. *2015 " Transformations of the Public-Private Divide", elective (MSc), Security Risk
Management, University of Copenhagen
3. 2015 âKonkurrencestaten â den nye velfĂŚrdsstat?â, Summer University, University of
Copenhagen
4. *2014 "The Rise of the Modern State â Europe and China compared", Summerschool,
elective (MSc), Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
5. *2014 âState, Constitution, and Societyâ, elective (MSc), Public Management and
Social Development, Sino-Danish University Center
6. 2014 âKriser i velfĂŚrdsstatenâ, Summer University, University of Copenhagen
7. *2013 âState Developmentâ, elective (MSc), Public Management and Social
Development, Sino-Danish University Center
8. *2013 âDanmark-South Korea Comparedâ, Summerschool, elective (MSc),
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
9. 2013 âRelationel Socialteoriâ, elective (MSc), Department of Political Science,
University of Copenhagen
10. *2012 âPolitics, State, and Societyâ, elective (MSc), Public Management and Social
Development, Sino-Danish University Center
11. *2012 -âPolitics, State, and Societyâ, Summerschool, elective (MSc), Department of
Political Science, University of Copenhagen
12. *2009-2014 âFundamentals of Social Theoryâ, compulsory course (BSc Business
Administration & Sociology), Copenhagen Business School
13. *2008- âClassical and Contempotary Thinkers in International Political Economyâ,
elective (MSc), Copenhagen Business School
14. 2008-2010 âThe Danish Societyâ, compulsory course (BA sociology), Department of
Sociology, University of Copenhagen
15. 2007âDenmarkâs Institutional Competitivenessâ elective/optional course (MA+MSc),
Copenhagen Business School
16. 2007 âDenmark in the Worldâ, optional course (MA Sociology), Department of
Sociology, University of Copenhagen
17. *2007 âThe Rise of the Modern Stateâ, compulsory course (MA Sociology),
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
18. *2007 âThe Rise of the Nation-State and the Development of Citizenshipâ (BA + MA â
Lessing Institute, Summer School in Prague), The Anglo-American University, Prague
19. *2007- âHistory of Social Sciencesâ, compulsory course (BSc International Business
and Politics), Copenhagen Business School
20. 2006 â Joint teaching of lectures and seminars, compulsory course (Management in
Context), Master of Public Administration, Copenhagen Business School.
21. 2006 MA (Sociology), option course âMax Weberâs Political Sociologyâ. Department
of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
22. *2006- âPolitical Theoryâ, compulsory course (BSc International Business and
Politics), Copenhagen Business School
23. *2005- Joint teaching of lectures and seminars compulsory course âUnderstanding the
Political Worldâ (BSc International Business and Politics), Copenhagen Business
School
24. 2003- Research workshop for MA and PhD-students in Social Sciences and
Humanities. Department of Sociology, Copenhagen
25. *2000-2004 MA (Sociology), option course âWar and Societyâ. Department of
Sociology, University of Copenhagen
26. *2001-2004 option course âGlobalization â Myth or Reality: An Introductionâ for BA
students (Sociology). Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
27. 2001-2002 Joint teaching of lectures and seminars for semester long option course in
âThe Social and Political Theories of the Welfare Stateâ. Department of Sociology,
University of Copenhagen
28. 2000-2002 Joint teaching of lectures and seminars for semester long option course in
âThe History of the Danish Welfare Stateâ. Department of Sociology, University of
Copenhagen
29. 1999-2005 Lectures and seminars for one semester long compulsory core course
âClassical and Modern Social Theoryâ for BA students. Department of Sociology,
University of Copenhagen
30. *1999-2005 MA (Sociology), core course âGlobalization â Myth or Reality: Critical
Perspectivesâ. Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
31. *1999-2002 MA (Sociology), option course âThe Development of the Territorial State,
the Nation State and Citizenshipâ. Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
32. 1999-2000 Joint teaching of lectures for year long compulsory course in âGeneral
Sociologyâ for BA/MA students. Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
33. 1999 MA (Political Science), option course âGlobalization â Myth or Realityâ.
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
34. 1998 MA (Political Science), option course âThe Concepts of State and Citizenshipâ.
Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
35. 1997-2000 Lectures and seminars, BA compulsory course â Introductory Sociology â
subsidiary course unit on BA/MA-degree in Political Science, Department of Political
Science, Aarhus University
36. 1995 MA (Political Science), option course âThe Development of the State and
Citizenship in Western Europeâ. Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
37. 1992 Lectures and seminars â BA compulsory course â âResearch Methodsâ,
Copenhagen Business School /West Zeeland Business School Centre
38. 1992 MA (Political Science), option course âThe Development of the Modern Stateâ.
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
39. 1992 Lectures and seminars â Introductory Sociology â subsidiary course unit on
BA/MA-degree in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of
Copenhagen
40. 1991 Lectures â BA option course Sociology (major), University of California, Santa
Barbara
41. 1990 Lectures and seminars â BA compulsory course â âResearch Methodsâ,
Copenhagen Business School /West Zeeland Business School Centre
42. 1990 MA (Political Science), option course âTheories of Structurationâ. Department of
Political Science, Aarhus University
43. 1989-90 Lectures and seminars, BA compulsory course â Introductory Sociology â
subsidiary course unit on BA/MA-degree in Political Science, Department of Political
Science, Aarhus University
PhD-courses (organized â key responsible)
1. *2010-2013 âPolitics, State, and Societyâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and
Humanities (participants from Nordic universities), Center for Business and Politics,
CBS
2. *2010-2013 âGlobalizations â Whatâs it all about?â, PhD-students in Social Sciences
and Humanities (participants from Nordic universities), Center for Business and
Politics, CBS
3. *2010 âClassical and Modern Social Theoryâ, PhD-students in Life-sciences and Social
Sciences (participants from European universities), University of Copenhagen.
4. *2008 âRelational Theory and Methodological Relationalismâ, PhD-students in Social
Sciences and Humanities (participants from all Danish universities), Center for
Business and Politics, CBS
5. 2008 âPolitical Sociology and Political Theoryâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and
Humanities (participants from all Danish universities), Center for Business and Politics,
CBS
6. 2007 âPolitical Sociology and Political Theoryâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and
Humanities (participants from all Danish universities), Center for Business and Politics,
CBS
7. *2007 âRelational Theory and Methodological Relationalismâ, PhD-students in Social
Sciences and Humanities (participants from all Danish universities), Center for
Business and Politics, CBS
8. 2006 âPolitical Sociology and Political Theoryâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and
Humanities (participants from all Danish universities), Center for Business and Politics,
CBS
9. 2004, âMax Weberâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and Humanities (participants
from all Danish universities), Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
10. 2004 âHistorical Sociologyâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and Humanities
(participants from all Danish universities), Department of Sociology, University of
Copenhagen
11. *2004, âGlobalizationâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and Humanities (participants
from a number of Scandinavian universities), Department of Sociology, University of
Copenhagen
12. 2001, âCivil Societyâ, PhD-students in Social Sciences and Humanities (participants
from all Danish universities), Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
Moreover, I have taught and lectured at several PhD-courses since 1997:
- theory of science
- classical sociological theory
- modern sociological theory
- theories of globalization
- theories of democracy
- theories and research on state formation
*Courses marked with asterix have been conducted in English
ASSESSMENT COMMITTEES
2010-2011:
Assessment Committee â PhD â Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen.
Associate Professorships, Dep. of Political Science, Aarhus University
Associate Professorship, SDU.
Doktordisputatsbedømmelse, Dep. of Political Science, Aarhus University
Full Professor, Dep. of Political Science, University of Aarhus
2008-2009:
Adjungeret professor, Sociologisk Institut, University of Copenhagen
Full Professor, Dep. of Political Science, University of Aarhus
Associate Professorship, DPU, University of Aarhus
2006-2007:
Assessment Committee â D.Phil â University of Sussex, UK
Assessment Committee â Senior Lectureship, Sociology, Department of Political Science, Aarhus
University
Assessment Committee â Post-Doc-Scholarships â The Austrian Research Council
Assessment Committee â Associate Professorship â Department of Sociology, University of Bergen,
Norway