Dr. Michael Rose

Michael Rose is a post-doctoral researcher, coordinator and lecturer with the Key Subject Area "Democratic Resilience" (as part of the "Embracing Transformation" project) at the Center for the Study of Democracy, 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. Research areas: sustainability and long-term governance, the sustainability state and national sustainability institutions, proxy representation of future generations, intergenerational justice, institutions for future generations, real-world laboratories for sustainable development, and knowledge cumulation in environmental governance research.

Academic CV:

• Since 2025: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Key Subject Area "Democratic Resilience" at the Center for the Study of Democracy, project "Embracing Transformation", Leuphana University Lüneburg
• Winter term 2024/25: Administrative (interim) Professor of Governance and Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2018-2025: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Research Group on Governance, Participation and Sustainability, 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. Thesis: Future Generations in Present-Day Democracy: The Theory and Practice of Proxy Representation [in German]
• 2009: Intern, research area "Peace and Sustainable Devlopment", Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (FEST), Heidelberg
• 2005-2012: Student of Political Science (Diploma, equivalent to master's degree), including Public Administration, International Relations, and Philosophy, University of Bamberg. Thesis: Sustainability Indicators in Germany: Institutionalisation and Functions at Land Level [in German]