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Dr. Lars Erik Berker

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Academic profiles

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • Comparative policy analysis focusing on environmental and sustainability policy
  • Political parties in the socio-ecological transformation
  • Nexus of democracy and sustainability
  • Sufficiency policy

Academic Education

09/2024Doctorate (Dr rer. pol.)
04/2013 - 09/2016MA Political Science
04/2009 - 02/2013BA Political Science/Pedagogy

Work Experience

04/2017 - 03/2024Researcher and PhD student at the Chair of Political Science and Sustainable Development, Institute of Social Sciences at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

Publications

Aviation governance and policymaking
Berker, Lars E.; Böcher, Michael (2026)
In: Budd, Lucy; Ison, Stephen (eds.), Research Handbook on Air Transport Management, 25-38. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781035336289
Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published
Exploring the politics of degrowth – first evidence from two cases of repair policies in Austria and Sweden
Pollex, Jan; Berker, Lars E. (2025)
In: Environmental Politics, 34(6), 1-21. doi:10.1080/09644016.2025.2565059
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
BNE in der interaktiven Hochschullehre. Erfahrungen aus einem interdisziplinären Podcast-Seminar
Zeigermann, Ulrike; Jahn, Robert W.; Berker, Lars E. (2025)
In: die hochschullehre. Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Hochschule und Lehre, 11(45), 590-604. doi:10.3278/HSL2545W
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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
Berker, Lars E. (2024)
In: Review of Policy Research, 00, 1-24. doi:10.1111/ropr.12631
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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
Berker, Lars E. (2024)
Magdeburg:  / Universitätsbibliothek der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften. doi:10.25673/117279
Thesis (doctoral or post-doctoral) | Published
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Talks

Pursuing the Transformation Towards 1.5° Societies in Times of Polarisation
Becker, Lea M.; Berker, Lars; Fuchs, Doris (08/12/2025)
The Politics of Limits: Sustainability and Democracy in Times of Changing Climates, Essen
Type of talk: scientific Talk