[gep-ed] Germany's renewable energy transition, its phase out of nuclear (2022) and coal (2030) and the paradigm changing extra parliamentary meeting held today.

[Schreurs, Miranda]

ndency to assumptions of ever-increasing demand. We have managed to debunk 
many of these arguments in the past. Only recently, and with explicit support 
from China and Russia, Erdogan has started the building of three nuclear 
reactors in Akkuyu, Mersin. (Financing is provided by Russian investors, with 
93% from a Rosatom<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosatom> subsidiary, which 
will keep 51% of shares at all times.) Neither the site (earthquake zone), nor 
the choice of technology (GEN III+PWR) is sound. Critically, the uranium 
enrichment process will be super costly, Turkey has no uranium, and there is no 
waste management plan in place. It is not impossible to imagine that there are 
dreams of becoming a nuclear power in the back of some military minds. But 
speculation aside, nuclear energy is one of the most anti-democratic, 
centralised, expensive, top-down, and technocratic ways of producing energy.


Despite all evidence, some might still find it agreeable to use nuclear energy 
to transition into a fossil-free economy in other countries, of course. It may 
be imagined that in other countries nuclear energy production involves less 
risks, or costs. But even then, a pro-nuclear stance necessarily means taking 
some environmental AND security risks, and opting for one of the less diffused, 
less citizen empowering, more resource and technology dependent energy 
transition models.

I am not writing this email to change the minds of those who think this way... 
But I am concerned with the amount of money and "volunteers" the nuclear lobby  
brought to the business side of COP26. There were a number of selective 
statistics and problematic assumptions in their glossy brochures. When you were 
passing by, the volunteers would approach you and ask of you wanted to take a 
selfie with their cute teddy bear mascot as they repeated these statistics. 
Nowadays I also see more pro-nuclear arguments on climate news. Conservative 
parties in Sweden are rejoicing with the possibility of building more reactors.

Whether one is pro or against or undecided, this is a political and ethical 
decision, which we each base on our life experience and ideology. It is a 
hegemonic struggle between those who find the risks associated with nuclear 
energy acceptable and those who do not. What matters is that we can discuss it, 
we can keep the deliberative public space open, accessible to all citizens, 
especially those who are exposed to various risks involved, including but not 
only the experts.

When I read Miranda's email, and the following thread, I was  worried that we 
might be losing this deliberative space: obviously, it was just a 
misunderstanding and nobody was intentionally trying to misrepresent her.  But 
her concerns were somehow equated to a pro-nuclear position at some point in 
that thread. (She has already clarified her position, and certainly does not 
need my help with that.) My goal is only to highlight that nuclear energy is a 
highly contentious issue. Please do not assume that because someone is 
concerned about climate change and argue for energy transitions they are also 
pro-nuclear. For me and some other colleagues, it is a red line and we find 
nuclear energy production unjustifiable from an ecological, democratic, or 
ethical viewpoint. But it is OK to disagree on this issue and keep discussing 
it. That discursive space is very important and valuable. Universalising a 
pro-nuclear position for climate activists or scholars would be hegemonising 
this deliberative space that we need for democracy.

Best wishes,

Ayşem


--
Ayşem Mert

(she/her/hers, Dr./Mx. – why do pronouns matter?)


Associate Professor of Environmental Politics
Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
Universitetsvägen 10 F, 114 18, Stockholm, Sweden
www.statsvet.su.se/mert<http://www.statsvet.su.se/mert>

@ayshemm



Latest Publications



Mert A. and D. Hine (2021) On Being the Right Size: Scale, Democracy and the 
Anthropocene in G. Dürbeck and P. Hüpkes (eds) Narratives of Scale in the 
Anthropocene: Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity, 
Routledge, pp. 161-176.

Mert A. (2021) Challenges to Democracy in the Anthropocene in D. Chandler, F. 
Müller and D. Rothe (eds) International Relations in the Anthropocene: New 
Agendas, New Agencies and New Approaches, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham., pp. 291-309

Chan, S., et al. (2021) Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New 
Decade: A Catalytic Framework. Global Policy, 12(3): 245-259.

Behagel, J.H. and Mert, A., (2021) ”The political nature of fantasy and 
political fantasies of nature,” Journal of Language and Politics, 20(1):79-94.


 Original message ----
From: "Schreurs, Miranda" 
mailto:miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de>>
Date: 26/02/2022 20:21 (GMT+01:00)
To: as...@u.washington.edu<mailto:as...@u.washington.edu>
Cc: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<

[gep-ed] Sent the wrong link

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi all,

I just saw I sent the wrong link on the Japanese PMs critique.  Sorry about 
that. The right one is here. http://genjiren.com/2022/01/27/jointstatement/

Now I will stop bombarding the list….

Best, miranda

Am 26.02.2022 um 20:20 schrieb Schreurs, Miranda 
mailto:miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de>>:

Hi Aseem, Hello al,

Thanks for your commentary. It is informative. But I don’t agree with all of 
your assessments. Working as co-chair of a committee dealing with high level 
radioactive waste management, I can not agree with you that nuclear energy is 
the path forward. It also takes much too long to build. European experience 
shows that countries that heavily invest in nuclear, are slow to build out 
renewables. They are also at risk of big supply problems if they become too 
heavily dependent on nuclear.

Germany will most certainly be expanding its renewable energy push. It is 
currently getting about 50% of its electricity from renewables (up from 6% in 
2000: actually in the first two months of 2022 it has been getting well over 
50%). With the Ukraine crisis, the expansion of renewables will be putting into 
fast speed. There are still many ways to enhance energy efficiency and energy 
savings. Plans are to be climate neutral by 2045 with 65% renewables by 2030.  
I think we might now get there as early as 2025 or 2027.

In response to a request from Peace Boat in Japan, I wrote the attached memo 
this morning. It is in response to the following statement from five former 
Japanese prime ministers criticising the EU’s sustainability taxonomy which 
lists both natural gas and nuclear as sustainable 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXNi2gLjxm). I agree with their critique.




My response is attached.

Best, Miranda





Am 26.02.2022 um 20:02 schrieb Aseem Prakash 
mailto:as...@uw.edu>>:

Hi Miranda (and GEP community):

Thanks for your thoughtful comments on the Ukraine crisis. Here is a commentary 
that Nives and I published in Forbes.com<http://forbes.com/>: "Ukraine Crisis 
is Terrible News for Climate Policy."

Abstract:
Effective decarbonization cannot be separated from energy security. Rising gas 
prices mean that fracked shale gas is back. About two dozen U.S. gas tankers 
are headed to Europe and an additional 33 might follow. Moreover, renewable 
energy will not create energy self-sufficiency as long as China controls the 
renewable energy supply chain, especially the critical minerals. Western 
democracies should invest in domestic mining while taking into account the 
concerns of local communities. The climate movement needs to reconsider its 
opposition to nuclear energy and carbon capture because the Ukraine crisis may 
have revied the fortunes of the fossil fuel industry, at least in the short 
term.

Here is the commentary:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prakashdolsak/2022/02/23/ukraine-crisis-is-terrible-news-for-climate-policy/?sh=2fa73d7d5041

​If you cannot access it, please email me and I will send you a PDF.

Best,

Aseem




ASEEM PRAKASH
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental 
Politics<http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/>
University of Washington, Seattle
aseemprakash.net<http://aseemprakash.net/>




From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com> 
mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of 
Schreurs, Miranda 
mailto:miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de>>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2022 10:44 AM
To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com> 
mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: [gep-ed] The Ukraine invasion democracy and energy transitions

Dear GEP-EDers

I am totally distracted and disgusted by what is going on in the Ukraine.  
Putin’s march into the Ukraine is frightening. It reminds me of what happened 
in Poland, Czechoslovakia, central and Eastern Europe.  I grew up in a 
neighbourhood of Europeans who fled the Soviet Union’s invasions of the past 
(Prague Spring). The potential for a break out of a larger war is real and a 
Cold War is certainly back. Putin has taken Europe and to some extent the US on 
a ride — and the west fell into his net.  He pursued the game of economic 
cooperation and interdependence, with major European and especially German 
companies become heavily dependent on Russian resources. Germany is about 50 
percent dependent on Russia for its gas supplies and is also highly dependent 
on its oil and coal.

Europe did not imagine what is now unfolding. Over the years, NATO forces have 
been weakened.  And despite what happened with the annexation of Crimea (in the 
Ukraine) and parts of Georgia, the West did little to deter what is now coming 
to light as a long planned strategy on Putin’s part to rebuild at least parts 
of the Soviet empir

Re: [gep-ed] The Ukraine invasion democracy and energy transitions

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi Aseem, Hello al,

Thanks for your commentary. It is informative. But I don’t agree with all of 
your assessments. Working as co-chair of a committee dealing with high level 
radioactive waste management, I can not agree with you that nuclear energy is 
the path forward. It also takes much too long to build. European experience 
shows that countries that heavily invest in nuclear, are slow to build out 
renewables. They are also at risk of big supply problems if they become too 
heavily dependent on nuclear.

Germany will most certainly be expanding its renewable energy push. It is 
currently getting about 50% of its electricity from renewables (up from 6% in 
2000: actually in the first two months of 2022 it has been getting well over 
50%). With the Ukraine crisis, the expansion of renewables will be putting into 
fast speed. There are still many ways to enhance energy efficiency and energy 
savings. Plans are to be climate neutral by 2045 with 65% renewables by 2030.  
I think we might now get there as early as 2025 or 2027.

In response to a request from Peace Boat in Japan, I wrote the attached memo 
this morning. It is in response to the following statement from five former 
Japanese prime ministers criticising the EU’s sustainability taxonomy which 
lists both natural gas and nuclear as sustainable 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXNi2gLjxm). I agree with their critique.




My response is attached.

Best, Miranda




Am 26.02.2022 um 20:02 schrieb Aseem Prakash 
mailto:as...@uw.edu>>:

Hi Miranda (and GEP community):

Thanks for your thoughtful comments on the Ukraine crisis. Here is a commentary 
that Nives and I published in Forbes.com<http://forbes.com/>: "Ukraine Crisis 
is Terrible News for Climate Policy."

Abstract:
Effective decarbonization cannot be separated from energy security. Rising gas 
prices mean that fracked shale gas is back. About two dozen U.S. gas tankers 
are headed to Europe and an additional 33 might follow. Moreover, renewable 
energy will not create energy self-sufficiency as long as China controls the 
renewable energy supply chain, especially the critical minerals. Western 
democracies should invest in domestic mining while taking into account the 
concerns of local communities. The climate movement needs to reconsider its 
opposition to nuclear energy and carbon capture because the Ukraine crisis may 
have revied the fortunes of the fossil fuel industry, at least in the short 
term.

Here is the commentary:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prakashdolsak/2022/02/23/ukraine-crisis-is-terrible-news-for-climate-policy/?sh=2fa73d7d5041

​If you cannot access it, please email me and I will send you a PDF.

Best,

Aseem




ASEEM PRAKASH
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental 
Politics<http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/>
University of Washington, Seattle
aseemprakash.net<http://aseemprakash.net/>




From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com> 
mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of 
Schreurs, Miranda 
mailto:miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de>>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2022 10:44 AM
To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com> 
mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: [gep-ed] The Ukraine invasion democracy and energy transitions

Dear GEP-EDers

I am totally distracted and disgusted by what is going on in the Ukraine.  
Putin’s march into the Ukraine is frightening. It reminds me of what happened 
in Poland, Czechoslovakia, central and Eastern Europe.  I grew up in a 
neighbourhood of Europeans who fled the Soviet Union’s invasions of the past 
(Prague Spring). The potential for a break out of a larger war is real and a 
Cold War is certainly back. Putin has taken Europe and to some extent the US on 
a ride — and the west fell into his net.  He pursued the game of economic 
cooperation and interdependence, with major European and especially German 
companies become heavily dependent on Russian resources. Germany is about 50 
percent dependent on Russia for its gas supplies and is also highly dependent 
on its oil and coal.

Europe did not imagine what is now unfolding. Over the years, NATO forces have 
been weakened.  And despite what happened with the annexation of Crimea (in the 
Ukraine) and parts of Georgia, the West did little to deter what is now coming 
to light as a long planned strategy on Putin’s part to rebuild at least parts 
of the Soviet empire. NATO is now scrambling to strengthen border defences and 
alliances.  Hopefully the sanctions which have been introduced will have some 
impact. I understand that more are in planning. For the Ukraine, we have to 
hope that the aid and the sanctions are not much too little, much too late.

On top of the p

[gep-ed] The Ukraine invasion democracy and energy transitions

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear GEP-EDers

I am totally distracted and disgusted by what is going on in the Ukraine.  
Putin’s march into the Ukraine is frightening. It reminds me of what happened 
in Poland, Czechoslovakia, central and Eastern Europe.  I grew up in a 
neighbourhood of Europeans who fled the Soviet Union’s invasions of the past 
(Prague Spring). The potential for a break out of a larger war is real and a 
Cold War is certainly back. Putin has taken Europe and to some extent the US on 
a ride — and the west fell into his net.  He pursued the game of economic 
cooperation and interdependence, with major European and especially German 
companies become heavily dependent on Russian resources. Germany is about 50 
percent dependent on Russia for its gas supplies and is also highly dependent 
on its oil and coal. 

Europe did not imagine what is now unfolding. Over the years, NATO forces have 
been weakened.  And despite what happened with the annexation of Crimea (in the 
Ukraine) and parts of Georgia, the West did little to deter what is now coming 
to light as a long planned strategy on Putin’s part to rebuild at least parts 
of the Soviet empire. NATO is now scrambling to strengthen border defences and 
alliances.  Hopefully the sanctions which have been introduced will have some 
impact. I understand that more are in planning. For the Ukraine, we have to 
hope that the aid and the sanctions are not much too little, much too late.

On top of the populists and authoritarian leaders who have sprung up in so many 
countries, this invasion really calls for us all to do more to speak up for 
freedom and democracy. It is also a call to speed up our energy transitions. We 
need greater energy efficiency, energy savings and renewable energies to break 
the dependency on authoritarian regimes. Especially Europe but also the US, 
Japan, and S Korea  have paid into the coffers of Russia (and other dictatorial 
regimes) with our large appetites for fossil fuels. 

So, in response, I turned down my heat even further (it was already off in most 
rooms), wrote an article, and have participated in panels talking about what is 
going on with Russia and why democracy is in serious danger if we are not 
prepared to ourselves pay a price to protect it.  One way of doing this in the 
medium- to long-term is an energy transition. This will be important for 
climate change but also for the fight against authoritarianism. 

This is obviously an over simplification of a very complex situation, and I 
know that you all know this, but I somehow felt the need to say something….

Wishing for the best for the Ukraine…. 

Miranda Schreurs
Professor for Environment and Climate Policy
Technical University of Munich


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[gep-ed] Digital Transformation for a Sustainable Anthropocene: Ethical, Green, Inclusive Nov 17-19

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hello Gep-eders,

Tonight I am flying to Barcelona as I will for the next three days be 
moderating the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory 
Council (EEAC) annual conference on the theme, Digital Transformation for a 
Sustainable Anthropocene: Ethical, Green, Inclusive.  As vice-chair of the 
EEAC, I am happy to invite you all! (See attachment if you are interested)

The program for the EEAC event is here:  
https://eeac.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/01_11_2021-EEAC-AC-Programme.pdf

If you or any of your students would also like to attend this event, you are 
most welcome but you do have to register: 
https://mailchi.mp/be743ffa1a1a/eeac-annual-conferencedigital-transformation-for-a-sustainable-anthropocene-17-19-nov?e=801042cf8b

Best, Miranda Schreurs

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[gep-ed] COP 26 relevant country and international articles

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

This special issue on climate change with open access articles might be of 
interest to some of you given the COP 26 negotiations.

Best wishes,

Miranda Schreurs


Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies, open-access



TABLE OF CONTENTS



CJERS Vol. 14 No. 2 (2020)

Published April 27, 2021

https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2

https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/issue/view/210





Arthur Benz, Joan Debardeleben, Stephan Schott, Miranda Schreurs Introduction: 
Carbon Politics in Canada and 
Europe  
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/article/view/3169/2885



Markus Lederer Climate Change Politics in Canada and the EU—from Carbon 
Democracy to a Green Deal
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/article/view/2763/2884



Stephan Schott, Miranda Alice Schreurs Climate and Energy Politics in Canada 
and Germany: Dealing with Fossil Fuel 
Legacies , 
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/article/view/2766/2889



Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek Transformative Energy Policy in Federal Systems: 
Canada and Germany 
Compared 
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/article/view/2762/2888



Douglas Macdonald, Asya Bidordinova, Avet Khachatryan Central Governments in 
Multi-level Governance Systems Facing the Challenge of Jurisdictions with 
Rising 
Emissions

https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/article/view/2770/2891



Harold D. Clarke, Jon H. Pammett Environmental Issues in Recent British and 
Canadian 
Elections, 
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/article/view/2764/2892





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[gep-ed] New Open Access special issue on Carbon Politics in Canada and the EU

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

Here is a new publication that may be of interest to the list.



Carbon Politics in Canada and Europe: Coping with Jurisdictional and Interest 
Diversity,
Canadian Journal European and Russian Studies, Vol. 14(2)
Editors of the special  issue: Arthur Benz, Joan DeBardeleben, Stephan Schott 
and Miranda Schreurs

The special issue is available here:

https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/index



Arthur Benz, Joan Debardeleben, Stephan Schott, Miranda Schreurs
1-8
Introduction: Carbon Politics in Canada and 
Europe
https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2.3169

Markus Lederer
Climate Change Politics in Canada and the EU—from Carbon Democracy to a Green 
Deal?
https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2.2763.

Stephan Schott, Miranda Alice Schreurs
Climate and Energy Politics in Canada and Germany: Dealing with Fossil Fuel 
Legacies
https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2.2766

Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek
Transformative Energy Policy in Federal Systems: Canada and Germany 
Compared
https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2.2762

Douglas Charles Macdonald, Asya Bidordinova, Avet Khachatryan
   Rising Subnational Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Challenge to Meeting Federal 
Climate 
Policy
https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2.2770

Harold D. Clarke, Jon H. Pammett
Environmental Issues in Recent British and Canadian 
Elections
https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v14i2.2764


Best,


Miranda Schreurs
Professor of Environment and Climate Policy
Dean of Studies, TUM School of Governance
Bavarian School of Public Policy/Hochschule für Politik München
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Str. 1
München 80639, Germany

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[gep-ed] Fwd: [Regulation] Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship - Call for applications 2021/2022, Deadline: April 12th

[Schreurs, Miranda]

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Subject: [Regulation] Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship - Call for 
applications 2021/2022, Deadline: April 12th
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IASS Calls for Applications to the Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship

The Institute for Advanced Sustainability 
Studies, located in Potsdam, Germany (near 
Berlin) is currently seeking applications for the 2021 Klaus Töpfer 
Sustainability Fellowship. The fellowship is intended to honour individuals who 
strive, like Klaus Töpfer, to bring together the fields of science and politics 
in their work. Applicants from the fields of academia, politics, civil society, 
business, and the arts are invited to submit their applications by 12 April.

For more information, please refer to the following link:
https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/news/iass-calls-applications-klaus-topfer-sustainability-fellowship

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Franz Haniel Chair for Public Policy, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, 
University of Erfurt
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[gep-ed] Three positions at Technical University Munich

[Schreurs, Miranda]

HI all,

Please help spread the word. Note especially the third mentioned position which 
could also be open for GEP ED types.

(1) Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor for 
Political Psychology at the Hochschule für Politik at the Technical University 
of Munich.

This search is for a regular-rank faculty position at the Hochschule für 
Politik (HfP), the combined Department of Political Science and School of 
Public and International Affairs, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), 
one of Germany's leading research universities.  The position is open with 
regard to substantive focus (within the broadly conceived field of political 
psychology) and with regard to geographic focus.  We are looking above all for 
a first-rate scholar with an internationally recognized active research agenda 
and record - or strong promise - of important scholarly contributions, 
especially in the form of peer-reviewed publications that advance the research 
frontier in political psychology.  Reputation in (and contributions to) the 
discipline and the broader community will also be considered.  S/he will be 
expected to primarily teach in the Bachelor's and Master's programs of the HfP; 
s/he will also have the opportunity (and be expected) to work with and mentor 
PhD students/candidates (and later emerging scholars at the postdoctoral level).

For the official call, please visit: 
https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/professuren/NewsArticle_20201119_150826

To submit your application, please email it to:  
deka...@gov.tum.de


(2) Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor for 
Political Philosophy and/or Normative Politiical Theory at the Hochschule für 
Politik at the Technical University of Munich.

This search is for a regular-rank faculty position at the Hochschule für 
Politik (HfP), the combined Department of Political Science and School of 
Public and International Affairs, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), 
one of Germany's leading research universities.  The position is open with 
regard to substantive focus within the broad field(s) of political philosophy, 
normative political theory and ethics.  We are looking above all for a first 
rate scholar, with an internationally recognized active research agenda and 
record of - or strong promise of - important scholarly contributions 
(especially through peer-reviewed publications other scholarly output, but 
reputation in (and contributions to) the discipline and the broader community 
will also be considered).  S/he will be expected to primarily teach in the 
Bachelor's and Master's programs of the HfP; s/he will also have the 
opportunity (and be expected) to work with and mentor PhD students/candidates 
(and later emerging scholars at the postdoctoral level).

For the official call, please visit: 
https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/professuren/NewsArticle_20201119_150826

To submit your application, please email it to:  
deka...@gov.tum.de


(3) TUM Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant 
Professorship for Outstanding High-Potential Early-Career Scholars

Mößbauer professorships are intended to allow TUM to recruit researchers who 
may be working on exciting and emerging topics, for which no designated 
searches exist (yet) and/or which might cut across two or more disciplines.  
While these positions are unusually open with regard to substantive focus, as 
well as disciplinary and methodological approach, applicants are expected to 
contribute to TUM in one of several broad issue areas or fields identified in 
the call for applications as the focus for the current year - and applicants 
should spell out in their applications how their research (and teaching) will 
allow them to make that contribution.  (While the positions are not ex ante 
associated with any particular discipline or department, each Mößbauer TT 
assistant professor is ultimately appointed in association with one of the TUM 
schools or departments, where s/he teaches courses at the Bachelor's, Master's 
and PhD level, possibly with outreach to the rest 

[gep-ed] In case of any interest an article I wrote on 10 years post Fukushima

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi all,

For any in the list who might be interested, I wrote a piece on 10 years after 
the Fukushima disaster based on my many visits to Japan post-disaster. It’s 
open access

Reconstruction and revitalization in Fukushima a decade after the “triple 
disaster” struck: Striving for sustainability and a new future vision.
International Journal of Disaster Risk 
Reduction
Volume 53, 1 
February 2021, 102006


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420920315089?via%3Dihub


Best wishes

Miranda






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Dean of Studies, TUM School of Governance
Bavarian School of Public Policy/Hochschule für Politik München
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Re: [gep-ed] Readings/resources for finishing out this semester

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi Kate,

For precisely the reasons you describe below, I had my students do group 
projects as a class assignment where the assignment was to recognise that they 
are in a more privileged position than most people in the world right now and 
to contribute to problem solving themselves with an online project. The 
projects they developed were great!

One group did a project 100 Voices One Planet.  
https://www.hfp.tum.de/en/environmentalpolicy/news/news-single-view-environmentalpolicy-en/article/100-voices-one-planet-new-project-from-mirandas-students/
This project is winning awards.

Another group interviewed the different German political parties in Munich 
about the idea of a carless inner-city.  They then made a podcast. It was great 
listening to the different political views. The goal of the students is to help 
listeners better understand the political views of parties on key issues.

A third group looked at the impact of COVID on education, interviewing teachers 
and then doing a webinar (in Turkish) bringing in key experts. The webinar ran 
for 1.5 hours.

A fourth group developed information brochures on how to enhance recycling in 
Mexico.

I found that empowering the students to recognise that they can themselves 
contribute even during Corona times had a huge positive psychological pull for 
all of them.

And students from the Munich universities have created a new NGO called Think 
Tech, to develop artificial intelligence and Digital solutions to pressing 
global challenges.  www.thinktech.ngo

https://www.consciouscoders.io/#team-4



Best wishes

Miranda





Miranda Schreurs

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Dean of Studies, TUM School of Governance
Bavarian School of Public Policy/Hochschule für Politik München
Technical University of Munich

miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de



Am 15.11.2020 um 18:40 schrieb Kate O'NEILL 
mailto:kmone...@berkeley.edu>>:

Dear all - this is a rougher semester than usual in terms of finishing a Global 
Environmental Politics course on a strong note. I was wondering if anyone had 
any thoughts on an article, chapter or other resource that might help round it 
out. I have a Biden and Climate/Paris 
piece
 and connecting COVID to climate disasters/colonialism 
article,
 but I’m looking for a “next ten years of global environmental politics” piece, 
and, more importantly, something contemporary that might engage their 
imaginations in terms of thinking into the future or more widely about the 
world (I know that’s vague but I want to shift them out of their immediate 
stressful present if just for a moment. Doesn't have to be rosy but something 
that isn’t doom and end of the world).

As always, send suggestions to me and I’ll compile for the list!

All best to you all,

Kate

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[gep-ed] New article comparing energy transition debates in Germany, EU, US, China, Japan

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi everyone,

I wrote a piece called „Competing perspectives on energy transitions: a global 
comparison,“ for the Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. It’s open access and 
in English and relatively short so could be accessible to students.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41358-020-00214-7


Best,



Miranda Schreurs

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Dean of Studies, TUM School of Governance
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Technical University of Munich

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[gep-ed] Job opening for a tenure track assistant Professor in Sustainable Economic Policy (Bioeconomy) at the Technical University of Munich

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

please pass on the word to anyone you think might be qualified and interested:



The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the position 
of

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in » Sustainable Economic Policy (Bioeconomy) «

to begin as soon as possible. The position is a W2 fixed-term position (6 
years) with tenure track to a tenured W3 position (Associate Professor).

The deadline is 15. April:

For more information see:

https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-sustainable-economic-policy-bioeconomy-technical-university-of-munich-tum-720679


Best,

Miranda Schreurs
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Bavarian School of Public Policy (Hochschule fur Politik München)
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
80333 Munich, Germany

miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de
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[gep-ed] Great research overview on energy transition projects in Switzerland!

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hello all,

Switzerland is engaged in a deep-rooted energy transition away from fossil 
fuels and nuclear energy. The Swiss National Research Foundation supported a 
wide-array of really interesting research projects on paths to energy 
efficiency improvements and reduced energy consumption. For those interested in 
seeing some cutting edge research projects (with an applied focus) and 
interesting ways to communicate academic research to a more general audience 
check out the English summary of the research.  There are also some great 
graphics and films!


 https://www.nfp-energie.ch/en

https://www.nfp-energie.ch/en/program/resumee/


(I was on the advisory board of the research initiative, Managing Energy 
Consumption)

Best, MIranda Schreurs


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Re: [gep-ed] Campus Sustainability

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear Geoff and all,

thanks for all of your inputs so far.  Our semester is now coming to an end and 
my work on our report is picking up, so I’ll get back to you all soon with an 
update on what I’ve learned. I’m immensely grateful for all of the inputs so 
far!

Best, Miranda


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On 03 Feb 2020, at 20:00, Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith 
mailto:geoffre...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear Miranda, and others,

Two responses to your query about campus sustainability initiatives.

1. According to a recent metric, UC Davis ranks first in the U.S. and third in 
the world for campus sustainability.  The metric is the 2018 UI GreenMetric 
World University rankings.  The history, scope and ambitions of the UC Davis 
campus sustainability program can be gauged from here: 
https://www.ucdavis.edu/about/sustainability/

2. The New York Times ran an interesting piece on January 31st about the 
difficulties students at the University of the South faced when they tried to 
steer Sewanee's very substantial endowment funds in a more sustainable 
direction, and this on a campus that had a sustainability plan, at least on 
paper.  See 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/your-money/sewanee-endowment-climate-divestment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 6:23 AM Schreurs, Miranda 
mailto:miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de>> wrote:
Dear GEP-EDers

I’ve been asked to head up a task force at our university to upscale our 
sustainability activities. I would be very appreciative if any of you who are 
at universities doing something particularly powerful/effective in this area 
could share it with me.  I will be happy to collect and send around ideas.

Thanks!

Best wishes

Miranda Schreurs


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80333 Munich, Germany

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[gep-ed] Campus Sustainability

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear GEP-EDers

I’ve been asked to head up a task force at our university to upscale our 
sustainability activities. I would be very appreciative if any of you who are 
at universities doing something particularly powerful/effective in this area 
could share it with me.  I will be happy to collect and send around ideas.

Thanks!

Best wishes

Miranda Schreurs


Prof. for Environment and Climate Policy
Bavarian School of Public Policy (Hochschule fur Politik München)
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
80333 Munich, Germany

miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de
Tel: 0049 (0) 89 907793220

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[gep-ed] New Book: Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

with a large team of PhD and Masters students, my group has produced a new 
edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement.  I think many of 
you might find it interesting as a reference book.


Many of you contributed to the dictionary directly or indirectly, so thanks to 
all!

A preview is available at google books:

https://books.google.com/books?id=W0e4DwAAQBAJ=PR3=PR3=Historical+Dictionary+of+the+Green+Movement+2019=bl=uKSZpzNxw8=ACfU3U2UhcZtklknsXQFhAP7rudpSPKUPg=en=X=2ahUKEwjr0sP8rt7mAhVNQ80KHeGvC_EQ6AEwBXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage=Historical%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20Green%20Movement%202019=false



Contents
Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff

Preface
 Acronyms and Abbreviations
 Chronology
 Introduction: The Emergence and Development of Green Political Thought, 
Movements and Parties
 THE DICTIONARY
(Includes hundreds of entries)

Appendices
I. Introduction
II. Professional Journals
III. Environmental Databases, Portals and Rankings
IV. Environmental Education Resources
V. Environmental News Sources
VI. Environmental Think Tanks
VII. Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Green Groups, Green Movements
VIII. Green Parties

A. Federations of Green Parties

B. Green Parties by World Region

1. Africa

Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 
Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, 
Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Togo Tunisia, 
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

2. Asia Pacific

Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, 
New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan

3. South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, 
Peru, Venezuala

4. Middle East

Iran, Israel, Lebanon

5. Europe and Russia

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, 
Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, 
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 
Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United 
Kingdom (England and Wales), United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), United Kingdom 
(Scotland)

6. North America

Canada, Mexico, United States
IX.Global Conferences, Declarations, and International Agreements
X. Environmental Documentaries and Films
XI.Literature

A. Agriculture, Animal Rights, Genetic Modification, Meat

B. Anti-nuclear Politics, Nuclear Waste, Waste Governance

C. Autobiographies and Biographies of Green Activists

D.Climate Change Movements and Energy Transitions

E. Climate Denialism, Climate Skepticism

F. Environmental Governance: Local, National, and International

G. Ethics, Justice, Racism, and Welfare

H.Gender and Environment, Ecofeminism

I.  Green Parties and Electoral Politics

J.  Green Perspectives on the Economy

K.Green Political Thought and Green Politics

L. New Politics

M.   Risk and Risk Management

N.Green Movements and Parties: Comparative Perspectives

O.Green Politics by Country and World Region

1. Africa

2. Asia (except China and Japan)

3. Austria

4. Australia

5. Baltic States

6. Belgium

7. Brazil

8. Canada

9. Denmark

10. Europe and the European Union

11. Finland

12. France

13. Germany

14. Greece

15. India

16. Ireland

17. Italy

18. Japan

19. Latin America

20. Luxembourg

21. Mexico

22. Netherlands

23. New Zealand

24. Norway

25. Poland

26. Russia/Soviet Union

27. Spain

28. Sweden

29. Switzerland

30. United Kingdom

31. United States




Best wishes to all for a Happy 2020!!

Miranda Schreurs


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Dean of Students, School of Governance and Bavarian School of Public Policy
Technical University of Munich
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[gep-ed] new publications on energy transitions in federalist systems (special issue JED, partially open access)

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

we just published a special issue on energy transitions in federalist systems 
in the Journal of Environment and Development with support from the Swiss 
National Science Foundation and the Technical University of Munich. Maybe some 
of these articles will be of interest to some of you.

Andreas Balthasar, Miranda Schreurs and Frédéric Varone,
Energy Transition in Europe and the United States: Policy Entrepreneurs and 
Veto Players in Federalist Systems  (Open access)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1070496519887489

The focus of this special issue is on the energy transformations taking place 
in several European countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland) and 
at the federal and subnational (state) levels in the United States with special 
attention given to California. The cases examined all have federalist 
structures, and with the exception of the federal level of the United States, 
all have relatively ambitious climate and renewable energy targets. We compare 
these states out of an interest in better understanding how federalism 
interacts with energy transitions. The comparison is also intriguing as at the 
federal level the United States presents a stark contrast with the federalist 
European countries considered in this special issue but at the subnational 
level many similarities can be found.


Stephan Wurster and Christian Hagemann, Expansion of Renewable Energy in 
Federal Settings: Austria, Belgium, and Germany in Comparison.  (Open Access)  
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1070496519887488

In the face of accelerating climate change, the transition towards a nonnuclear 
renewable energy system represents a key political challenge, which can be 
aggravated by the increasing energy supply uncertainty created by the shift 
away from fossil fuels. In this article, we conduct a comparison of the 
expansion of renewable energy sources in Austria, Belgium, and Germany at the 
level of their subnational units (federal states), thereby covering three 
economically very important central European federal European Union members. We 
consider potentially influential factors in a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative 
analysis: In addition to state-specific socioeconomic and geographical 
characteristics, political factors, such as parties in government, and specific 
energy-related policy instruments are included in the analysis. We find that a 
high potential for renewable electricity expansion in combination with low 
financial prosperity is most likely to lead to a successful expansion of 
renewable electricity production from wind and photovoltaics.

Isabelle Stadelmann, Stefan Rieder, Chantal Strotz, The Politics of Renewable 
Energy Production in a Federal Context: The Deployment of Small Hydropower in 
Swiss Cantons  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1070496519886005
This article explores the factors that hinder and promote the deployment of 
renewable energy generating infrastructure in/across the Swiss cantons (i.e., 
the country’s federal units). Using the example of small-scale hydropower, we 
shed light on how political regulations at the cantonal level interact with 
national policies and the local political process to affect the deployment of 
renewable energy production. The analysis demonstrates that political 
regulations can both foster and hinder the deployment of renewable energy 
production. While the national feed-in tariff scheme is revealed to be a 
beneficial framework condition, cantonal regulations hamper, rather than 
facilitate, the deployment of small-scale hydropower. Moreover, inclusive local 
processes and the existence of local entrepreneurs seem to act as a trigger for 
the local acceptance of renewable energy generation infrastructure. More 
generally, we conclude that, quite independently of whether state structures 
are decentralized or centralized, subnational and local leeway in the 
definition and organization of projects can help to prevent or deal with local 
opposition.

State Leadership in U.S. Climate Change and Energy Policy: The California 
Experience
Daniel Mazmanian, John Jurewitz and Hal Nelson
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1070496519887484

It is a long-held belief among scholars and practitioners that the State of 
California is a notable subnational leader in environmental and climate change 
policy. This article focuses primarily on four essential contextual factors 
that explain why and how within the United States’ federal system of government 
California has become such an important leader, performing far in excess of the 
national government and most other states. These essential factors are 
preferences, authority, capacity, and effectiveness. The article then moves to 
the multifaceted implementation strategy California policy makers have employed 
to realize their environmental goals. Finally, despite the history of strong 
leadership, the state continues to face a 

Re: [gep-ed] does anyone know good papers on this topic?

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi Dale

you might look at the two volumes Mangement of Global Environmental Risks (MIT) 
put out by the Social Learning Group (led by William C. Clark).  We looked into 
the history of science, policy activities, and NGO activities on acid rain, 
ozone depletion, and climate change.  We have an article on NGOs specifically 
in one of the two volumes and all the country chapters go into it as well.

You might start with chapter 14 of volume 1:  Miranda A. Schreurs, William C. 
Clark, Nancy M. Dickson, and Jill Jäger, “Issue Attention, Framing, and Actors: 
An Analysis of Patterns across Arenas”but as said, the other chapters also 
have a lot of good historical info in them on the roles played by environmental 
movements on these three issues.

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/learning-manage-global-environmental-risks-volume-1

https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Manage-Global-Environmental-Risks/dp/0262692392


Best, Miranda



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Bavarian School of Public Policy (Hochschule fur Politik München)
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
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On 05 Oct 2019, at 16:24, Dale W Jamieson 
mailto:dale.jamie...@nyu.edu>> wrote:

us environmental ngo activity (and inactivity) around climate change in the 
1970s and 1980s.

thx in advance.

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Affiliated Professor of Law, Affiliated Professor of Medical Ethics, Affiliated 
Professor of Bioethics
Director, Center for Environmental and Animal Protection
New York University
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New York NY 10003-6653
https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/dale-jamieson.html

New Book: Oppenheimer, Oreskes, Jamieson et al - Discerning Experts: The 
Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy 
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo33765378.html




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Re: [gep-ed] THE GREEN NEW DEAL: PATHWAYS TO A LOW CARBON ECONOMY

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Hi Aseem

I have to use the chance to send you a link to an article that Guri Bang and I 
wrote back in 2010:

Guri Ban and Miranda Schreurs, “A Green New Deal: Framing US Climate 
Leadership,” In Rüdiger Wurzel and James Connelly, The European Union as a 
Leader in International Climate Change Politics. Routledge, 2010, pp. 235-251.

https://books.google.com/books?id=KfvFBQAAQBAJ=PT339=Miranda+Schreurs+green+new+deal=en=X=0ahUKEwjpqPLuyrnhAhXswVkKHcaVDUQQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage=Miranda%20Schreurs%20green%20new%20deal=false

Best, Miranda


Prof. for Environment and Climate Policy
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Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
80333 Munich, Germany

miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de
Tel: 0049 (0) 89 907793220

website Deutsch: http://www.hfp.tum.de/startseite/

website English: http://www.hfp.tum.de/en/home/

On 05 Apr 2019, at 20:25, Aseem Prakash mailto:as...@uw.edu>> 
wrote:


Call for Contributions

Public Administration Review’s Blog (Bully Pulpit) Symposium:

THE GREEN NEW DEAL: PATHWAYS TO A LOW CARBON ECONOMY





Guest Editors
Nives Dolšak
School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle



Aseem Prakash
Department of Political Science and the Center for Environmental Politics
University of Washington, Seattle





Objective and Rationale
In 2007, Thomas Friedman called for the Green New 
Deal. 
In 2010 report prepared for the United Nations Environment Program, Edward 
Barbier outlined a plan for a Global Green New 
Deal.
 But the idea of a Green New Deal captured popular imagination when Rep. 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) formally 
presented the Green New Deal resolution to the US Congress (House Resolution 
109 & 
Senate Resolution 
59) in 2019. 
Their Green New Deal (GND) proposal outlines an ambitious vision to transform 
America into a low carbon economy alongside addressing equity and justice 
issues. Several 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls have endorsed it fully 
while others have endorsed it in spirit. The GND also has its critics. Speaker 
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has shrugged it off as a "green dream." Virtually, all 
Republican leaders have opposed it. They have dubbed it as socialist, 
un-American, and so on.



Very few dispute that climate change is real and requires urgent attention. The 
recent IPCC report and the US Federal Climate 
Assessment
 paint a grim picture of climate change. Yet, climate policy remains a 
polarizing issue. Moreover, under the Trump Administration, the US has 
withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. It seeks to rollback the Clean Power Plan 
and dilute the fuel economy standards. But even at the global level, climate 
policies are facing a political challenge. Carbon emissions increased in 2018 
and countries continue to invest in coal. Rural France has violently protested 
against a carbon tax.  Political leaders in Australia and Brazil seem to have 
abandoned their countries' Paris pledges.



In the absence of federal leadership on climate policy, US States have emerged 
as climate leaders. But even climate leaders face challenges. California has 
canceled the high-speed rail project linking San Francisco with Los Angles 
citing cost overruns. Washington state voted down citizen initiatives for a 
carbon tax in 2016 and again in 2018. Even Seattle, whose Mayor took the 
leadership role in founding the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement in 2005, 
is witnessing rising carbon emissions.



Given these policy challenges, this blog symposium will feature short, 
1,000-word commentaries that examine both the successes and failures in the 
transition to a low carbon economy. Given the short time frame for climate 
action, which GND elements should be prioritized for implementation and why?  
Which administrative units ought to take the lead? What sorts of policy 
instruments should be employed? How will it be financed? What is the role of 
firms and nonprofits in the GND rollout? How can non-climate goals get 
incorporated in climate policies?



Given the expansive vision for GND, all policy scholars and practitioners are 
invited to explore how their work and expertise might relate to GND, and more 
broadly to the transition to a low carbon economy. The commentaries could 
address issues such as (but not limited to) the following:



  *   What sort of administrative structures are required to implement GND? To 
what extent is the experience of 

[gep-ed] literature and teaching ideas on green movements and concepts?

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

I am doing a revision of a Historical Dictionary of Green Movements (which is 
more like a encyclopedia of green movements).  It has a very extensive 
reference list dealing with green parties, green movements (environmental, but 
not exclusively environmental movements), green parties (but not exclusively 
green parties as other parties are also often quite green), green concepts, and 
national and international green policy development. We have entries for 
international environmental agreements, individually for about 100 countries on 
their political situation (how green is it), green ideas (sustainable 
development, environmental protection, animal rights, deep ecology…).

If you have articles or books that you think fit this concept and want to 
recommend two or three to include in the dictionary, I will be happy to 
consider.  I think the reference is used by libraries also to order books.

I am also including ideas for teachers: good youtube videos, internet learning 
sites, teaching tools.  So, any ideas along this line would also be welcome!

Best,

Miranda Schreurs




Prof. for Environment and Climate Policy
Bavarian School of Public Policy (Hochschule fur Politik München)
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
80333 Munich, Germany

miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de
Tel: 0049 (0) 89 907793220

website Deutsch: http://www.hfp.tum.de/startseite/

website English: http://www.hfp.tum.de/en/home/

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[gep-ed] postdoctoral fellowship in Global Transformations at the Bavarian School of Public Policy, Technical Univ of Munich

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all, for more information, please see the link below.

http://www.hfp.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bwi/hfp/Jobs/Visiting_Post-DocFellowship_HfP20182019_final.pdf


Best wishes,

MIranda Schreurs
Prof. for Environment and Climate Policy
Bavarian School of Public Policy (Hochschule fur Politik München)
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
80333 Munich, Germany

miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de
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[gep-ed] good article on Obama and climate change

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear all,

this NYTimes special does a great job of summarizing Obama’s climate policy and 
how it came about.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/us/politics/obama-climate-change.html?=section-news-1=click=Science=Footer=MoreInSection=WhatsNext=WhatsNext=article


Best, Miranda Schreurs



Until September 30, 2016:

Prof. Miranda Schreurs
Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU)
Freie Universität Berlin
Ihnestrasse 22
Berlin, 14195
Germany

Tel +49 30 838 56654
miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de

Starting October 1, 2016:

Prof. Environment and Climate Policy

Bavarian School of Public Policy/Hochschule für Politik
Technical University of Munich
Richard Wagner Strasse 1
80333 Munich, Germany

Email: miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de
Tel: 0049 (0) 89 907793220

website Deutsch: http://www.hfp.tum.de/startseite/

website English:
http://www.hfp.tum.de/en/home/


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[gep-ed] update on my life and new academic developments in Germany relevant for GEP-ED List

[Schreurs, Miranda]

Dear GEP-Ed List
I wanted to inform you about some up-coming changes in my life. After a truly 
amazing nine years directing the Environmental Policy and Research Center (FFU) 
at the Freie Universität Berlin, starting in October I will take on a new 
position as Professor of Climate and Environmental Policy at the Bavarian 
School of Public Policy, Technical University of Munich.

The Bavarian School of Public Policy (Hochschule für Politik or HfP) is 
developing a new political science program that will issue a bachelor of 
science (rather than a bachelor of arts) and will be developing MA and PhD 
programs in the near future.

The Bavarian School of Public Policy has newly joined the Technical University 
of Munich (TUM). A core group of 7 professors specializing in issues of 
climate, environment, energy, big data, migration, European and global 
governance and covering traditional political science fields (comparative, IR, 
political philosophy, methodology) has been hired.

More information including about the new professors and the school can be found 
at:
http://www.hfp.tum.de/en/home/
and
http://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/our-university/locations/hochschule-fuer-politik-bavarian-school-of-public-policy/

Information about the new bachelor’s study (in German) is available here:
http://www.hfp.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bwi/www/Flyer_HfP_BSc_PoWi_v1.pdf

More information about the future direction of the Environmental Policy 
Research Center (FFU) at the Freie Univ. Berlin will be sent around in a future 
posting.


Much as I am sure colleagues at the Freie Univ. Berlin will continue to be 
happy to see you in Berlin, I hope that I will be able to greet many of you in 
Munich!

Best wishes,

Miranda Schreurs






Prof. Miranda Schreurs
Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU)
Freie Universität Berlin
Ihnestrasse 22
Berlin, 14195
Germany

Tel +49 30 838 56654
miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de



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