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Dr. Lars E. Berker
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Dr. Lars E. Berker
Researcher
at the Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)
Room 314
Scharnhorststraße 100
48151 Münster
T: +49 251 83-25475
lars.berker@uni-muenster.de
 
  • Research Focus

    • Comparative policy analysis focusing on environmental and sustainability policy
  • CV

    Academic Education

    09.2024
    Doctorate (Dr rer. pol.)
    04.2013 – 09.2016
    MA Political Science
    04.2009 – 02.2013
    BA Political Science/Pedagogy

    WorkExperience

    04.2017 – 03.2024
    Researcher and PhD student at the Chair of Political Science and Sustainable Development, Institute of Social Sciences at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
  • Teaching

    • Standard course: Politische Parteien: ihre Theorien, ihre Realität und ihre Rolle in der Krise der Demokratie [062883]
      • [15th Oct 2025 – 4th Feb 2026 | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SCH 100.107]
    • Intermediate seminar: The politics of (non-)sustainability - Exploring the role of political parties in competing actor coalitions of the social-ecological transformation [060950]
      • [10th Apr – 17th Jul 2025 | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SCH 100.301]
    • Standard course: Politische Parteien: ihre Theorien, ihre Realität und ihre Rolle in der Krise der Demokratie [068974]
  • Publications

    • Berker LE. Turn to the right, turn away from the green?—A nuanced analysis on how a populist radical right party affects environmental policy making in Sweden [Internet]. Review of Policy Research. 2024;00: 1–24. doi: 10.1111/ropr.12631.
    • Berker LE. The Radical Rights’ Grip on Environmental Politics in Western Europe. Examining Changing Party Competition Patterns in the wake of Rising Populist Radical Right Parties and their Effects on Environmental Policy-making. [Dissertation thesis]. Magdeburg: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. doi: 10.25673/117279.
    • Berker L, Pollex J. Explaining differences in party reactions to the Fridays for Future-movement–a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of parties in three European countries. Environmental Politics. 2023;32(5): 755–792. doi: 10.1080/09644016.2022.2127536.
    • Berker L, Böcher M. Aviation policy instrument choice in Europe: high flying and crash landing? Understanding policy evolutions in the Netherlands and Germany. Journal of Public Policy. 2022;42(3): 593–613. doi: 10.1017/S0143814X22000034.
    • Pollex J, Berker L. Parties and their environmental problem perceptions—Towards a more fundamental understanding of party positions in environmental politics Parteien und ihre Wahrnehmung von Umweltproblemen – Ein Vorschlag für ein umfassenderes Verständnis von Parteipositionen in der Umweltpolitik. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 2022;15(4): 571–591. doi: 10.1007/s12286-022-00515-x.
    • Berker L, Pollex J. Friend or foe?—comparing party reactions to Fridays for Future in a party system polarised between AfD and Green Party Freund oder Feind? – ein Bundesländervergleich der parteipolitischen Reaktionen auf die Fridays For Future-Bewegung in einem zwischen AfD und Grünen polarisierten Parteiensystem. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 2021;15(2) doi: 10.1007/s12286-021-00476-7.
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