I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH).
I study the dark sides of politics. My work examines the hidden relationships through which institutions shape and are shaped by political power. A recurring theme is how actors seek to generate and sustain loyalty and allegiance within different political systems and across national borders.
My research has been published in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Journal of Peace Research, European Journal of International Relations, and by Oxford University Press, among others.
It has been featured in numerous media outlets such as The New York Times, The Economist, The New Yorker, The Times, Libération, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Politiken.
For my work I received the EPSS Best Book Award, the APSA Best Article Award (Democracy & Autocracy Section), the NEPS Stuart A. Bremer Award, the ISA Dina Zinnes Award, and the Young Scholar Award of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim.
To get in touch, drop me a line at adam[dot]scharpf[at]ifs[dot]ku[dot]dk or follow me on Bluesky.
I study the dark sides of politics. My work examines the hidden relationships through which institutions shape and are shaped by political power. A recurring theme is how actors seek to generate and sustain loyalty and allegiance within different political systems and across national borders.
My research has been published in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Journal of Peace Research, European Journal of International Relations, and by Oxford University Press, among others.
It has been featured in numerous media outlets such as The New York Times, The Economist, The New Yorker, The Times, Libération, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Politiken.
For my work I received the EPSS Best Book Award, the APSA Best Article Award (Democracy & Autocracy Section), the NEPS Stuart A. Bremer Award, the ISA Dina Zinnes Award, and the Young Scholar Award of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim.
To get in touch, drop me a line at adam[dot]scharpf[at]ifs[dot]ku[dot]dk or follow me on Bluesky.