Anders Ryom Villadsen is a Professor of Public Management at Aarhus University and a visiting Professor at Sino-Danish Center, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Feb-Jul 2026). His research examines leadership, organizational change, and performance in public organizations, with a particular focus on comparative and China-related contexts. He has published in leading journals such as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Public Management Review. He has been actively involved in Sino-Danish academic collaboration since 2013 with regular trips to China. Professor Villadsen is a former associate editor at JPART and currently serves on the editorial boards of JPART and PAR.

Research interests:

Leadership, organizational change, and performance in public organizations, with a focus on comparative and China-related contexts.