Marius Melzer
Marius Melzer
Marius Melzer is a member of the Research Training Group “Policy performance of autocratic and democratic regimes” at the Department for Political Science at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg. In his dissertation, he focusses on the reasons for the performances of different regime types in environmental politics. Before, he finished his Bachelor studies at Bielefeld University with an exchange semester at Zürich University with the distinction for the best leaving certificate in political science. Melzer absolved his Master studies at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg. His research interests are in comparative politics, environmental politics, the analysis of political processes in democracies and autocracies, social systems theory and sports politics. A complete curriculum vitae is here available.
The research project
In his Dissertation, Marius Melzer focusses on the reasons for different performances of states in environmental policy. He expects that the regime type is important for the quality of environmental programmes. Melzer researches with a nested analysis: At first, he is analyzing statistical data and comparative international environmental policy studies to find out what conditions are necessary for a successful environmental policy. Afterwards, he conducts qualitative-oriented case-studies to learn about how states of different regime types use their governance-instruments. In the end, Melzer wants to clarify which efficiency and sustainability the government-programmes have for the preservation and improvement of their national environment. Prof. Dr. Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Prof. Dr. Manfred G. Schmidt are the supervisors of his project.
Publications
Finke, Daniel und Marius Melzer (2012): Parliamentary Scrutiny of EU Law proposals in Denmark – Why do Governments request a Negotiation Mandate? Wien: Institute for Advanced Studies.
Melzer, Marius (2010): Sportpolitik und die Liberalisierung der Ausländerklauseln – Hat sich die Nachwuchsförderung im Fußball und Basketball in Deutschland verändert? (Sports policy and the liberalization of the assignment clauses for foreign players – Has the promotion of young players in German football and basketball changed?) München: AVM.
