Martin Dybdahl

About

Welcome to my academic profile. I am a PhD Researcher at the European University Institute. My research focuses on the causal impacts of higher education on political behaviour and orientation.

I am supervised by Prof. Herman van de Werfhorst and Prof. Simon Hix.

Feel free to explore my current projects, past work, and future research directions using the navigation above.

Ongoing Projects

Course Exposure on Campus

As of March 2025, I am in the final stages of this project. The paper leverages administrative and panel data from a large UC university estimating the causal impact of exposure to social science and humanities courses on students' individual political orientations and engagement. [DiD / IV]

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Replication

Early stages of a replication paper on cultural persistence and fear of reprisals. [Spatial IV]

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Greenland

Finalizing a registered report as of March 2025. This paper has been in the works since January 2025 when Trump first caused a stir in Greenland and Denmark. This paper focuses on the media framing effects is the only descriptive project I am currently working on.

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