Michael Rose

Curriculum

Michael Rose is a post-doctoral researcher, coordinator and lecturer with the Key Subject Area "Democratic Resilience: Democracy’s Sustainability in the Global Polycrisis Era" ("Embracing Transformation" program) at the Center for the Study of Democracy and the Institute of Political Science, Leuphana University Lüneburg.

 He holds a diploma (2012, University of Bamberg) and a doctorate (2016, University of Düsseldorf) in Political Science.

He is associate editor of the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning and co-convener of the Earth System Governance Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation.

Academic CV

• Since 2025: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Key Subject Area "Democratic Resilience: Democracy’s Sustainability in the Global Polycrisis Era" ("Embracing Transformation" program) at the Center for the Study of Democracy and the Institute of Political Science, School of Public Affairs, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• Winter term 2024/25: Administrative (interim) Professor of Governance and Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• Since 2023: Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
• 2018-2025: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Research Group on Governance, Participation and Sustainability (Prof. Newig), School of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2016-2018: Scientific Coordinator, head office, Center for Transformation Research and Sustainability, University of Wuppertal
• 2015-2018: Research Fellow, project: Well-Being Transformation Wuppertal (WTW) - an Urban Transition Laboratory for Sustainable Economics, Center for Transformation Research and Sustainability, University of Wuppertal
• 2014, 2016 & 2017: Lecturer at the Chair of Political Science II, University of Düsseldorf
• 2012-2015: Doctoral research fellow (scholarship) at the interdisciplinary post graduate programme "Linkage in Democracy (LinkDe)", Institute of Social Sciences, University of Düsseldorf
• 2005-2012: Student of Political Science (Diploma, equivalent to master's degree), including Public Administration, International Relations, and Philosophy, University of Bamberg

Research interests

• democracy research
• sustainability research
• sustainability state & sustainability institutions
• sustainability governance
• comparative politics
• institutional proxy representation of future generations
• institutions for future generations
• intergenerational equity
• knowledge cumulation
• real-world laboratories and transdiciplinary methods

Teaching

• Comparative politics and policy analysis
• Sustainability governance
• Inter- and transdisciplinary research

Transfer of scientific knowledge

Expert assessments, hearings, and keynotes with regard to future-just democracy and the representation of future generations