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About Us
The “Policy Assessment Group” at the Environmental Policy Research Centre analyses governance and policy approaches for promoting environmental and sustainability goals. In this context, we examine both the content of individual policy fields and the related political processes. We conduct both basic research in the field of political science and applied research aimed at developing and assessing specific policies and programs.
Much of our academic research has taken a multi-country comparative approach. By comparing successful governance approaches across countries, we are able to identify the determinants of successful policies, explain patterns of policy innovation and diffusion and compare the outcomes of these policies within different country contexts. Our research has contributed to the development of theories on policy innovation and diffusion and broader questions of policy change within the realm of environmental and sustainability governance.
This basic research informs our policy-oriented work and vice versa. We draw on our understanding of political processes and policy change to assess the effectiveness of existing governance mechanisms and for developing new policy approaches. The group regularly conducts policy analysis commissioned by the German government, the European Commission, the OECD and others. This practical work in turn provides valuable insights for the framing of new questions and approaches in an evolving research agenda.
News
Presentation at Tsinghua University’s Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG) on strategies for the promotion of electric vehicles in China and Germany
On April 17, 2013 Holger Bär gave a presentation at the School of Public Policy & Management’s Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance of Tsinghua University on strategies in China and Germany to foster lead markets for electric vehicles.
New Publication: Special Symposium on Nature, Science, and Politics, or: Policy Assessment to Promote Sustainable Development.
Nature+Culture, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2013
Editors: Sabine Weiland, Vivien Weiss and John Turnpenny
This special symposium explores how the construction and utilization of scientific knowledge in policy making and its impact in the policy process itself can be better understood.
Presentation at Fraunhofer ISE on the evolution of the solar energy industry in China and Germany
Events
Workshop: Green innovation and its implications for economic growth
Berlin Sustainability Talk mit Richard Hill
2012 Berlin Conference:
"Evidence for Sustainable Development."
