Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher
Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher
Institute II Political Science
- since 1 Nov 2016: Chair of Political Science & Sustainable Development, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
- 2015-2016: Postdoc Researcher, Institute of Political Science, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
- 2008 - 2015: Research Group Leader ”Regional Governance and Integrated Rural Development / Scientific Knowledge Transfer“, Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen
- May 2008: Doctoral Degree (‘Dr. forest’), summa cum laude , Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen
- 2004 - 2007: Research Assistant, Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy, University of Göttingen (full time)
- 2001 - 2004: Research Assistant, Institute of Forest Policy and Nature Conservation, University of Göttingen (part time)
- 1999 - 2001: Freelance Consultant and Scientific Policy Advisor
- 1997 - 1999: Parental leave
- 4/1997: Diploma in Political Science (Dipl.-Politologe) Philipps-University Marburg
- 10/1991 - 4/1997: Study of Political Science, Public Economics and Media Science, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
Winter Term 2022/23
- Introduction into Social Sciences
- Global Sustainability Governance
- Research Seminar for Bachelor and Master Thesis
- Theories of political processes
- Sustainability Politics - An Introduction
Summer Term 2022
- Politikberatung: Die Beispiele Corona-Krise und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
- Politische Theorie
- Macht und Herrschaft
- Kolloquium / Forschungsseminar für Abschlussarbeiten (BA, MA)
Winter Term 2021/22
Forschungsfrei-Semester
Summer Term 2021
- Conflicts in Energy Transitions
- Kolloquium / Forschungsseminar für Abschlussarbeiten (BA, MA)
- Macht und Herrschaft
- Nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
- Politikberatung Die Beispiele Corona-Krise und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
Winter Term 2020/21
Summer Term 2020
- 30 Jahre Deutsche Einheit - deutsch-deutsche Teilung im Spielfilm
- Conflicts in Energy Transition
- Kolloquium / Forschungsseminar für Abschlussarbeiten (BA, MA)
- Konzepte, Akteure und Kontorversen wissenschaftlicher Politikberatung am Beispiel Umweltpolitik
- Macht und Herrschaft
Winter Term 2019/20
- Einführung in die Sozialwissenschaften
- Global Sustainability Governance
- Kolloquium / Forschungsseminar für Abschlussarbeiten (BA, MA)
- Theorien politischer Prozesse
- Politik und Nachhaltigkeit - eine politikfeldanalytische Einführung
Summer Term 2019
- Natural Resource Conflicts: Minerals, Shale Gas and Coal
- Nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
- Macht und Herrschaft
- Konzepte, Akteure und Kontroversen wissenschaftlicher Politikberatung am Beispiel der Umweltpolitik
- Kolloquium / Forschungsseminar für Abschlussarbeiten (BA, MA)
- Sustainability
- Regional governance
- Science-policy interface
- Environmental policy analysis
- Rural development
Projects
Bio-Ökopoli (Bio-Economy Politics), Scientific Knowledge Transfer
Cooperations
University Göttingen, Fernuniversity Hagen, Federal Agency For The Environment, Federal Agency For Nature Conservation, Austrian Ministry Of Science
2010 - present Regional Studies Association (RSA)
2009 - present German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband)
2001 - present German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Services
2017 - present Member of the external jury for the “Environmental Prize of the Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg”
2016 - present Member of the advisory board of the sustainability strategy of the Otto-von-Guericke-University
2011 - present Coordinator, IUFRO Division 9.05.07 – “Science-Policy Interactions” (International Union of Forest Research Organizations)
2014 – present Member of the Working Group Regional Development in Large-Scale Conservation Areas of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL)
2015 – present Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Forest Policy and Economics” (ISI-Listed)
2010 - present Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Annals of Forest Research” (ISI-listed)
2009 - 2011 Member of the Advisory Board of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Speaker responsible for issues surrounding the new generation of academics
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Politische Vierteljahresschrift” (scientific journal of the German Political Science Association)
2008 - 2012 Member of the Working Group for Competitions of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL)
2007 - present Member of the “Standing Committee on Environmental Politics” of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR)
2008-2009 Speaker of the Section ”Policy Analysis and Administrative Sciences“ of the German Association of Political Science (DVPW)
2006 - 2010 Speaker “Forum Young State and Administrative Sciences“ (FoJuS) German Association of Political Science
Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung, Annals of Forest Research, Austrian Climate Research Programme (ACRP), Biodiversity and Conservation, Central European Journal of Public Policy, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, dms der moderne Staat, disP - The Planning Review, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Environmental Management, Environmental Politics, Environmental Science and Policy, European Countryside, Forest Policy and Economics, Forstarchiv, GAIA German Policy Studies, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Economic & Social Geography, Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, Jubiläumsfonds der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank, Land Use Policy, Natur und Landschaft, Nature & Culture, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Policy Sciences, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Regional Studies, Südosteuropa, Sustainability, Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP)