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Research Unit: Civil Society and Transnational Networks





Kristine Kern



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Kristine Kern  

Kristine Kern, Dr. rer. pol.
Research Fellow of the research unit "Civil Society and Transnational Networks".

  

Curriculum vitae


 
PhD in political science, master’s degree (Diplom) in economics, degree (Diplom) in public administration
Professional training in public administration (local and state) in the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg



 
Studied economics and political science at the University of ¬Tübingen, ¬Free University of Berlin, and the ¬University of California Davis


1990 - 1992
Research fellow at the Institute for Urban Research and Structural Policy (¬Institut für Stadtforschung und Strukturpolitik), Berlin, Germany


1992 - 1997
Research fellow at the Free University of Berlin; 1992-1996 Central Institute for Social Science Research; 1996-1997 Political Science Department; 1993-1997 cooperation on various research projects of the Research Unit for Environmental Policy (¬Forschungsstelle für Umweltpolitik).


1997 - 1999
Post-doctoral scholarship from the Graduate Research Training Program (Graduiertenkolleg) “Democracy in the U.S.A.” at the ¬John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Free University of Berlin.


1999
Joachim Tiburtius Award (Dissertation Award of the Federal State of Berlin)


since 1999
Research fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin, Research Unit “Civil Society and Transnational Networks”.

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Research Interests


(International) comparative policy analysis
Environmental policy, sustainability, Local Agenda 21
Policy diffusion, policy convergence, path dependence
New forms of governance
Federalism, multi-level systems (U.S.A., Switzerland, European Union)
Globalization, transnationalization


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Research Projects


>Governance by Transnational Network Organizations
(Transnational City Networks)
   

> Policy Diffusion, policy convergence, path dependence
   

>Environmental and Climate Change Policy in Multi-Level-Systems


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