David Dreyer Lassen

Rector David Dreyer Lassen

On 1 March 2025, David Dreyer Lassen took office as the University of Copenhagen's Rector number 260. Born in 1973, he graduated with an MSc in Political Science in 1998 and a PhD in 2002, both degrees from the University of Copenhagen.

The Rector, the Prorector and the University Director constitute the University's top day-to-day management, also known as the Rectorate.

David Dreyer Lassen is in charge of two group units in the University Administration: UCPH Communication and the Rector’s Office. Each unit is headed by a Deputy Director, who reports to the Rector.

David Dreyer Lassen is appointed for a five-year term until 28 February 2030, with the option of a three-year extension..​

More about David Dreyer Lassen

 

2021-2025
Prorector for Research and Innovation, University of Copenhagen

2019-2020
Chair of Independent Research Fund Denmark

2017-2020
Deputy Centre Director, DG Centre for Economic Behavior and Inequality, University of Copenhagen

2016-2020
Centre Director, Centre for Social Data Science (SODAS), University of Copenhagen

2012-
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

 

 

2002
PhD, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

1998
MSc Economics, University of Copenhagen

 

 

David Dresyer Lassen is member of the Danish Competition Council, Chair of the Advisory Board for Videnskab.dk, Deputy Chair of the Board of Statistics Denmark

 

 

Sapere Aude DFF, 2011

ERC 2013

Ministry of Higher Education and Science Elite Research Prize 2016

Villum Synergy Grant 2020